CRESI to lead new research on social network structures

A new research project led by Sociology’s Dr Ben Anderson in collaboration with Dr David Hunter (Department of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering) and Dr Alexei Vernitiski (Mathematical Sciences) is planning to use extensive call records datasets to explore the value of novel mathematical network analysis methods in deriving emergent clusters of ‘social similarity’.

Twitter helps to strengthen CRESI collaborative research with Taiwan

Professor Mark Harvey has been invited to be a Visiting Scholar at the National Dong Hwa University in Taiwan to facilitate collaborative research on sustainable consumption and bottled water, with Dr William Li, a graduate from the Department of Sociology.

The collaboration stemmed from a job posting to the Department’s Twitter and Facebook feeds for a research officer to support Professor Harvey’s ESRC funded project on bottled water.

New research on attitudes towards biotechnology

In partnership with the University of Southampton, CRESI members have secured a £40K research grant from the Wellcome Trust to explore attitudes towards science in general and biotechnology in particular. Dr Nick Allum and Dr Paul Stoneman will employ a mixed-method approach to analysing the Trust’s forthcoming data with standard quantitative techniques as well as using ALCESTE software to find patterns in the language used to describe science.

Types and causes of youth unemployment in Essex

Members of CRESI have recently finished consultancy work for Essex County Council to investigate the causes of NEET status in the region, that is those who are Not in Education, Employment or Training. Dr Paul Stoneman employed latent class analysis to uncover typologies of unemployed young people in the region and, along with Dr Darren Thiel, reviewed the knowledge base on the causes of youth unemployment. Their work will provide the basis for more in-depth research which aims to track secondary school students and NEETs to gain a better understanding of the pathways to NEET status.

Senior Research Officers wanted to work on Prof. Miriam Glucksmann’s ERC grant

Applications are invited for two European Research Council funded Senior Research Officer Posts in the Department of Sociology, to undertake research on the new field of consumption work. The positions have become available as part of Professor Miriam Glucksmann’s 3 year ERC Advanced Investigator Grant to undertake a programme of research on ‘Consumption Work and Societal Divisions of Labour’.

CRESI secures ESRC sustainable consumption funding

In collaboration with colleagues at a number of Universities including Manchester, Lancaster and Edinburgh, CRESI’s Professor Mark Harvey and Dr Ben Anderson have secured substantial ESRC funding to develop their work on sustainable consumption as part of the Sustainable Practices Research Group of the ESRC Sustainable Behaviour Group.

Miriam Glucksmann wins €810k to study “Consumption Work and Societal Divisions of Labour”

Prof. Miriam Glucksmann has secured a €810k grant from the highly competitive and prestigious European Research Council Advanced Investigator scheme.

The project, “Consumption Work and Societal Divisions of Labour” aims to radically revise the foundational concept of ‘the division of labour’ by situating traditional understandings of the technical allocation of tasks within an expanded theoretical framework.

CRESI to undertake ‘global challenges’ research

Prof. Mark Harvey and Dr Ben Anderson are to lead ground-breaking research as part of a programme of cross-university ‘Global Challenges‘ projects.

Project: Digital Inclusion and Health

Dr Ben Anderson (Sociology) and Dr Ewen Speed (Health & Human Sciences) have secured a research contract to develop a framework for Digital Inclusion and Health.

Project – The transition to a sustainable bio-economy: innovation and expectations

CRESI Director Mark Harvey has been awarded a £256K ESRC grant to investigate innovation for and expectations of the future transition to a sustainable bio-economy