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 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

Professor Alan Warde FBA

Consumption, cultural sociology, food and eating, mixed methods, social change, social and cultural capital, social stratification, social theory, sustainable consumption, theories of practice

Alan Warde FBA

Professor Walter Powell FBA

The emergence and persistence of institutions; the transfer of ideas and practices across organisations; the role of networks in facilitating or hindering innovation; and the contributions of civil society to democracy

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