Comparative Political Economy; crisis and conflict in contemporary capitalism; European politics
Elected 2016
Social theory, political economy, and sociology addressing social movements, democratic politics and the public sphere, including nationalism, religion, secularism, universities and the history of social science
Sociology of personal and everyday life; affinities, kinship, relationalities, connectedness, personal relationships; ecological sociology and socio-atmospherics; qualitative, creative and mixed methodologies, including ‘facet methodology’
Evolutionary approaches to demography and anthropology; thematic interests in family, fertility and health; research integrity and the persistence of eugenic ideology.