David Harris

Dave Harris is Professor of Leisure and Education at UCP Marjon (Plymouth). He is a sociologist, and his interests are described in his title.


Dawn Lyon

Dawn Lyon is Lec­turer in soci­ology at the School of Social Policy, Soci­ology and Social Research, Uni­ver­sity of Kent. She stud­ies fish­mon­gers, build­ing work, migra­tion and career nar­rat­ives.


Fiona Venn


Kat Riach

Kat Riach is Lecturer at Essex Business School. She studies age inequality and ageing identities at work, and sensory methodologies.


Lynne Pettinger

Lynne Pet­tinger is Lec­turer in soci­ology at the Uni­ver­sity of Essex. She stud­ies musi­cians, customers of prostitutes, cus­tomer ser­vice work and green collar work.


Mark Harvey

Mark Harvey is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for Research in Economic Sociology and Innovation (CRESI) at the University of Essex. His current research addresses capitalist political economies faced with global climate change, peak oil, growing food demand, and sustainable consumption.


Mick Hutton

Mick Hutton is a former navvy and tube-train driver, and now works as a musician and plumber.


Miriam Glucksmann

Miriam Glucks­mann is Pro­fessor in soci­ology at the Uni­ver­sity of Essex. She stud­ies food work, fact­ory work and con­sump­tion work.


Scott Taylor

Scott Taylor is Senior Lecturer at University of Exeter Business School. He studies religion and spirituality at work.


Tim Strangleman

Tim Strangleman in Reader in sociology at the School of Social Policy, Soci­ology and Social Research, Uni­ver­sity of Kent. He studies work identity, deindustrialisation, corporate photography, and nostalgia, in particular in the former Guinness brewery at Park Royal, west London.


Toby Peecock

Toby Peecock is a piano tuner and a member of the Colchester-based creative writing group, Ellipsis.


Victoria Tedder

Victoria Tedder is a PhD student in sociology at the School of Social Policy, Soci­ology and Social Research, Uni­ver­sity of Kent.