Research output per year
Research output per year
Accepting PhD Students
Luke Yates is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Manchester. His research focuses on protest, everyday life, consumption and technology. He is programme director of Manchester's BSocSc in Sociology, co-organiser of Manchester’s long-standing research group on social movements and alternative futures and a researcher in the Sustainable Consumption Institute.
Current and recent research has included the examination of the political tactics of digital 'platform' economy businesses such as Uber and Airbnb (public report here, open-access article here, book here); collective action and social practice theory, 'everyday' life and its relationships with politics and consumption, changes in everyday practices (around eating habits and economies of sharing in households), and strategy in social movements, especially as it relates to prefigurative politics. See Research tab for more.
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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 examiner, Masters in Sociology, The University of Essex
1 Sept 2025 → …
Research output: Other contribution
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Southerton, D. (PI), Azapagic, A. (CoI), Boons, F. (CoI), Evans, J. (CoI), Gallego Schmid, A. (CoI), Heeks, R. (CoI), Hodson, M. (CoI), Holmes, H. (CoI), Katz-Gerro, T. (CoI), MacGregor, S. (CoI), Mylan, J. (CoI), Paterson, M. (CoI), Sharmina, M. (CoI), Welch, D. (CoI) & Yates, L. (CoI)
1/09/18 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
Yates, L. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Yates, L. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
Gillan, K. (Co-Organiser), Fadaee, S. (Co-Organiser), Tinsley, M. (Co-Organiser), Yates, L. (Co-Organiser) & Vuckovic, C. (Co-Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
Yates, L. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
Yates, L. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
Yates, L. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
15/04/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
10/04/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
21/03/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
3/05/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research