Professor Susie Scott FBA

The micro-sociological perspectives of symbolic interactionism and Goffman's dramaturgy, applied to questions of self-identity, emotions, mental health and everyday life. Originator of the sociology of shyness and sociology of nothing
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Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2023
Honours
FBA, FAcSS

Current post

University of Sussex Professor of Sociology

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Helen Margetts FBA

The relationship between government, politics and digital technology including: digital government; politics and social media; public policy-making and data-intensive technologies such as artificial intelligence

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Professor Tariq Modood FBA

Theory and politics of multiculturalism, secularism, Islamophobia, racial equality; sociology of ethnic minorities in higher education and employment; with special reference to Muslims in Western Europe

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Professor Ian Gough FBA

Meeting human needs within planetary boundaries; from social policy to eco-social policy; from efficiency to sufficiency; synthesising wellbeing, equality and sustainability; distinguishing excessive consumption from necessities and basic services.

Professor Ian Gough FBA

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