Research output per year
Research output per year
Accepting PhD Students
I have three main research areas: 1) sociology of everyday life; 2) creative qualitative methodology; and 3) sociology of scientific practices.
My research in the area of everyday life is mostly concerned with lying, deception, secrecy and information management in routine interactions. My present work explores the sociological potential of the Mass Observation Project. I have also worked on the development and use of creative qualitative methods for studying everyday life and for public engagement with science and research. Finally, I have conducted research into scientific practices and health/illness (mostly based on the case studies of synthetic biology, and dementia).
I am happy to supervise PhD students in the following areas: lying, deception and secrecy; lie detection and surveillance technology; mass observation; sociology of everyday lives; creative research methods.
My current PhD students are:
Tom Bosak, 'Potent Connections with Celestial Bodies: Belonging to humanity and the meanings of astral objects in everyday life.' (SoSS +3 Scholarship)
My previous PhD students are:
Cedomir Vuckovich 'The Colonization of Higher Education: Power, Reproduction and Resistance' (ESRC 1+3 scholarship)
David Dobson, "Dementia, Sexuality and Secrecy" (ESRC 1+3 CASE scholarship)
Molly Drummond, "Safe Space Practices and Utopia" (AHRC 1+3 scholarship)
Gagun Chhina, 'An Ethnography of Video Game Play in India.'
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Editor of Sociology
2018 → 2022
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Hicks, S. (PI), Woodward, S. (CoI), Balmer, A. (CoI), Ashton, J. (CoI), Evans, J. (CoI), Lewis, C. (CoI), Topping, D. (CoI) & Jankovic, V. (CoI)
1/08/23 → 31/07/24
Project: Research
Scrutton, N. (PI), Azapagic, A. (CoI), Balmer, A. (CoI), Barran, P. (CoI), Breitling, R. (CoI), Delneri, D. (CoI), Dixon, N. (CoI), Faulon, J.-L. (CoI), Flitsch, S. (CoI), Goble, C. (CoI), Goodacre, R. (CoI), Hay, S. (CoI), Kell, D. (CoI), Leys, D. (CoI), Lloyd, J. (CoI), Lockyer, N. (CoI), Martin, P. (CoI), Micklefield, J. (CoI), Munro, A. (CoI), Pedrosa Mendes, P. (CoI), Randles, S. (CoI), Salehi Yazdi, F. (CoI), Shapira, P. (CoI), Takano, E. (CoI), Turner, N. (CoI) & Winterburn, J. (CoI)
14/11/14 → 13/05/20
Project: Research
Andy Balmer (Editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work › Research
Andy Balmer (Keynote speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
Andy Balmer (Keynote speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
5/10/19
1 Media contribution
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5/09/19
1 Media contribution
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16/11/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment