Essex Sociology’s new ‘Research Bytes‘ YouTube channel includes interviews with Professor Mark Harvey and Professor Miriam Glucksmann. Mark discusses his research on the tomato and on new approaches to sustainable biofuels and land-use whilst Miriam describes her recent research on work and especially the new paradigm of ‘consumption‘ work.
ESRC funded Senior Research Officer in the Department of Sociology needed to undertake comparative research on consumption practices of bottled water in Europe, Mexico and India. The post has arisen as part of the formation of the Sustainable Practices Research Group, led by the University of Manchester, a programme of research on sustainability and consumption. The appointed researcher will work under the direction of Professor Mark Harvey, Director of the Centre for Research in Economic Sociology and Innovation (CRESI).
For more information see http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ACC425/senior-research-officer/
Mark Harvey and Felix Behling‘s work on false employment in the construction industry is gathering media attention:
These tax-evasive labour practises practices are estimated to cost the UK tax payer conservatively £1.7 billion per year.
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’.
Prof. Mark Harvey and Dr Ben Anderson are to lead ground-breaking research as part of a programme of cross-university ‘Global Challenges‘ projects. Read the rest of this entry »
CRESI’s 7th May 2009 seminar will be given by Professor Miriam Glucksmann (Sociology, University of Essex). Seminars are held in Room 6.345, are open to all staff and students and are followed by a reception in the Sociology Common Room (6.341).
CRESI’s 12th March 2009 seminar will be given by Prof Mark Harvey (Sociology, University of Essex). Seminars are held in Room 6.345, are open to all staff and students and are followed by a reception in the Sociology Common Room (6.341). Read the rest of this entry »
CRESI’s 12th February 2009 seminar will be given by Dr Andrew Fagan (Human Rights Centre, University of Essex). Seminars are held in Room 6.345, are open to all staff and students and are followed by a reception in the Sociology Common Room (6.341).. NB: Starts at 17:00, 1 hour later than usual. Read the rest of this entry »
CRESI’s 29th January 2009 seminar will be given by Dr Ben Anderson (University of Essex) who will discuss a range of results form an ongoing programme to develop synthetic small area estimates of economic and sociological ‘outcomes’ not currently collected by the UK Census. Read the rest of this entry »
