Author: Daniel Nehring

My career so far, which current sees me as senior lecturer in sociology in the Department of Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy of Swansea University, has taken me to a fairly wide range of places, and this has allowed me to experience a wide range of approaches to sociology and social science. In my blog, I reflect on this diversity and its implications for the future of the discipline. Over the last few years, I have also become interested in exploring the contours of academic life under neoliberal hegemony. Far-reaching transformations are taking place at universities around the world, in terms of organizational structures, patterns of authority, and forms of intellectual activity. With my posts, I hope to draw attention to some of these transformations.

How Useful are E-Readers for Academic Reading, Really?
Career
March 13, 2013

How Useful are E-Readers for Academic Reading, Really?

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How Does Sociology Feel?
Career
February 19, 2013

How Does Sociology Feel?

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To build a successful academic career, you need to play by the rules.
Career
February 6, 2013

To build a successful academic career, you need to play by the rules.

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How can textbooks further student engagement?
Featured
January 27, 2013

How can textbooks further student engagement?

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And Then There Were No Books

And Then There Were No Books

When the customs agent started to smile, I knew that things would go badly indeed. He told me that my books would not be allowed into the country, unless I paid a fine of 50 per cent of their current price (a lot of money, and more than I could possibly afford).

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Are You a Viking? University, Masculinity and the Language of Violence

Are You a Viking? University, Masculinity and the Language of Violence

The academic world today is in the process of being colonised by the values, mindset, and operational principles of business.

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Showmanship and The Entrepreneurial University

Showmanship and The Entrepreneurial University

The dominance of form over substance in the academic labour market has become so unforgiving that small flaws may invalidate a candidate´s presentation of self. You certainly can do the job, but you just don´t look the part.

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How to Improve Your CV and Get a Great Job

How to Improve Your CV and Get a Great Job

The unsettling truth about the Academic job market.

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I Have No Time to Think and Write

I Have No Time to Think and Write

The extent to which academics in different situations own their time appears to be closely associated with the distribution of privilege. In an academic world that is elitist one needs to acquire privileges in order to have time.

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British Higher Education and the Language of Business

British Higher Education and the Language of Business

Money, markets, and higher education in the media.

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全球社会学的前景

全球社会学的前景

Note: This is a translation of my post on global sociology (completed with the help of Amanda Pang). A few weeks ago, […]

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Writing the North Atlantic Bubble, part 2

Writing the North Atlantic Bubble, part 2

Many sociology departments teach along conventionalist, Eurocentric lines. Nonetheless, a reformulation of the scope of the sociological curriculum seems to be slowly taking shape.

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