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Fiona Devine is Vice-President and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Professor of Sociology at The University of Manchester. She was previously Head of Sociology (2004-7), Head of the School of Social Sciences (2009-13) and Head of Alliance Manchester Business School (2013-23) at the University which she first joined in 1994. Prior to Manchester she worked at the University of Liverpool, the Policy Studies Institute, and the former Department of Employment in London. She studied Sociology and Government as an undergraduate at the University of Essex where she also completed an MA and PhD.
Fiona's research interests are in the related fields of social stratification and mobility (with a comparative focus including the US), work and employment, and politics and participation. Much of her research has been funded by grants from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Leverhulme Trust. With a team of colleagues, she was involved in the BBC’s Great British Class Survey, an online survey completed by over 300,000 thousand people, and a class calculator completed by 9 million people. The results appeared in the book, Social Class in the 21st Century, published by Penguin in 2015.
Fiona was a member of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Chair of its International Advisory Committee (2003-7), a member of the Governing Council of the European Science Foundation (ESF) and the UK representative on the New Opportunities for Research Funding Co-operation Agency in Europe (NORFACE) Network Board. She has held visiting positions at the Department of Sociology, University at Chicago, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and the Institute for Social Science Research, University of Queensland, and was a member of the Research Evaluation Committee for Education and Human Society for Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA).
Fiona was a member of the Assembly of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce (2015-2023). She was a Chair of the North West Citizen’s Panels for the Bank of England (2018-2023). She was awarded an OBE in 2010 and a CBE in 2019 for services to social sciences, elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) in 2011 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (FRSA) in 2014. Fiona is a companion of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).
These include social stratification and mobility, politics and participation, space mobility and lifestyles and gender, work and family.
Current Projects
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):
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Preprint/Working paper › Discussion paper
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Mason, J. (PI), Crossley, N. (CoI), Devine, F. (CoI), Heaphy, B. (CoI), May, V. (CoI), Nazroo, J. (CoI) & Smart, C. (CoI)
1/10/08 → 31/03/11
Project: Research
Fiona Devine (Other)
Activity: Internal positions, career professional development, other peer review and other › Other › Research
Fiona Devine (Other)
Activity: Internal positions, career professional development, other peer review and other › Other › Research
Fiona Devine (Academic expert member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of professional association › Research
Fiona Devine (Other)
Activity: Internal positions, career professional development, other peer review and other › Other › Research
Fiona Devine (Academic expert member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of professional association › Research
Michael Savage (Participant), Fiona Devine (Participant), Alan Warde (Participant), Andrew Miles (Participant) & Niall Cunningham (Participant)
Impact: Technological impacts, Societal impacts
Marianne Sensier, Fiona Devine & Elvira Uyarra
14/07/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
29/05/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
1/05/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert comment
Elaine Ferneley, Fiona Devine & Sherry Fu
2/02/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
Marianne Sensier & Fiona Devine
12/06/17
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media