The University of Sheffield
Department of Sociological Studies

critical sociology

Academic and research staff
Matthias Benzer Socio-critical projects of contemporary sociological theory
Kathy Boxall Inclusive epistemologies with people with profound intellectual disabilities
Jo Britton Mixed race and whiteness
Harriet Churchill The social construction of parenting and family relations; everyday family practices
Tom Clark ‘Public’ sociology; the utility of sociological research; the sociology of everyday life
Marilyn Gregory Theorising criminal justice, homicide suicide
Jan Horwath The social construction of child abuse, the social construction of 'good enough' parenting
Zoe Irving Political sociology
Allison James Social construction of childhood, socialisation, children as social actors
Richard Jenkins Identity theory; critique of Bourdieuan theory; critical conceptualisation of power and collectivity; and the development of interactionism for the 21st century
Majella Kilkey Gender and masculinities theory; sociology of work, with specific reference to paid domestic work
Susan Molyneux-Hodgson Sociology of science, theorising inter-disciplinarity, nature-society
Clive Norris Theorising surveillance, the sociology of crime, deviance and social control
Kate Reed Theorising future of the discipline, theorising health and illness
Victoria Robinson Feminist theory, gender and masculinities theory
Maurice Roche Sociology of Europe, sociology of citizenship and social policy, sociology of mega cultural and sport events, sociology of everyday life
Afua Twum-Danso The social construction of childhood, Children's Agency
Alan Walker Social construction of old age, sociology and political economy of ageing, social quality
Lorna Warren Theorising later life, and later life and gender
Bridgette Wessels Sociology of technology, critical studies of new media, theories of internet and society
Postgraduate research students
Aline Gaus Memory studies; identity theory; political sociology
Steven Corbett Political sociology; democracy, hegemony and social change; the democratic dialectic
Jennifer Kettle Discourses of heterosexuality within intimate relationships: an intergenerational approach
Katie Monaghan Babies and very young children as social actors and agents; the social construction of babyhood
Gregory White Sociology of development; development anthropology
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