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Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
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. I have also worked on the development and use of creative qualitative methods for use in social science 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; sociology of everyday lives; creative research methods.
Supervision information
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)
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)
My previous PhD students are:
Gagun Chhina, 'An Ethnography of Video Game Play in India.'
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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):
External positions
Editor of Sociology
2018 → 2022
Areas of expertise
- HM Sociology
- HS Societies secret benevolent etc
- H Social Sciences (General)
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Dementia@Manchester
- Biotechnology
- Digital Futures
- Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing
- Creative Manchester
Keywords
- lying
- lie detection
- deception
- secrecy
- dementia
- synthetic biology
- surveillance
- collaboration
- interdisciplinarity
- responsible research and innovation
- everyday life
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The digitalisation paradox of everyday scientific labour: How mundane knowledge work is amplified and diversified in the biosciences
Ribeiro, B., Meckin, R., Balmer, A. & Shapira, P., 1 Jan 2023, In: Research Policy. 52, 1, 104607.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lying and Time: Moving Beyond the Moral Question of Lying
Hodgson, J. & Balmer, A., 24 Feb 2022, In: Sociology. p. tbcResearch output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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‘Ways of being’ in the domestic garden for people living with dementia: doing, sensing and playing
Buse, C., Balmer, A., Keady, J., Nettleton, S. & Swift, S., 16 Dec 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Ageing and Society.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Simmel and Shakespeare on Lying and Love
Balmer, A. & Durrant, M., 31 Jan 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Cultural Sociology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Pop-Up Stall: A Mass Object-Elicitation Method
Meckin, R. & Balmer, A., 19 Jul 2021, In: International Journal of Qualitative Methods.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
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Air Space: Creating a Community-Integrated Network of Interdisciplinary Research on Socio-Atmospherics (AWARD)
Hicks, S., Woodward, S., Balmer, A., Ashton, J., Evans, J., Lewis, C., Topping, D. & Jankovic, V.
1/08/23 → 31/07/24
Project: Research
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Manchester Synthetic Biology Research Centre for Fine and Speciality Chemicals
Scrutton, N., Azapagic, A., Balmer, A., Barran, P., Breitling, R., Delneri, D., Dixon, N., Faulon, J., Flitsch, S., Goble, C., Goodacre, R., Hay, S., Kell, D., Leys, D., Lloyd, J., Lockyer, N., Martin, P., Micklefield, J., Munro, A., Pedrosa Mendes, P., Randles, S., Salehi Yazdi, F., Shapira, P., Takano, E., Turner, N. & Winterburn, J.
14/11/14 → 13/05/20
Project: Research
Prizes
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Sketching the Lab; Painting with Data
Andy Balmer (Keynote speaker)
2018 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
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Sociology (Journal)
Andy Balmer (Editor)
2018 → 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work › Research
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Responsible Research and Innovation from End to End: The Case of Biosynthetic Menthol
Andy Balmer (Keynote speaker)
2017 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
Press/Media
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THE WEEK: The false promise of the lie detector
5/10/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
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THE GUARDIAN: The race to create a perfect lie detector – and the dangers of succeeding
5/09/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
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WIRED: The science behind the EU's creepy new border tech is totally flawed
16/11/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment