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Fellows of the Institute for Advanced Studies
Emeritus Fellows
Professor Nicholas Abercrombie
Professor
Nicholas Abercrombie, who retired in July 2004 from his position as Deputy
Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University, accepted an Emeritus
Fellowship of the Institute. Nick was also a Professor of Sociology at
Lancaster and enjoyed an enviable reputation as an engaged, enthusiastic,
and exciting lecturer. His most recent research has focused on two main
areas. The first concerns the role of the mass media as mechanisms of
cultural transmission and the second concerns the impact of processes
of commodification and marketization on cultural values. Although he has
moved to Bath since his retirement, he maintains his
links with the University through the Institute and other activities.
Further information and publications
Professor Norman Fairclough
Professor Norman Fairclough, who retired in July 2004 from his position as Professor of Language in Social Life in the Department of Linguistics, moved to an Emeritus Fellowship of the Institute. Norman is a world-class scholar whose work has had an impact far beyond linguistics. He is best known for his many contributions to critical discourse analysis as a distinctive methodology, as a series of substantive analyses in the area of language, ideology, and power, and as a basis for the critique of contemporary economic, political, and social transformations. He is currently working on two main themes: (a) discourse aspects of the financial and economic crisis; (b) methodology for analysing political discourse.
Further information and publications
Associate Fellows
Professor Russell Belk
Professor Russell Belk is the N. Eldon Tanner Professor of Business Administration, Graduate School, David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. He is widely regarded as a consumer behavior expert and has been published in numerous academic journals. He also is the author of several books including two forthcoming titles; “Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods in Marketing” and “Research in Consumer Behavior.” A former President of the International Society for Marketing and Development and the Association for Consumer Research, Dr. Belk is also a Fellow of the Association for Consumer Research. He is an influential figure in the field of the anthropology of consumption and was recently awarded Sheth Foundation/Journal of Consumer Research.
Further information and publications.
Professor Michael Hulme
Professor Michael Hulme is an Honorary Professorial Fellow of Lancaster University and Associate Fellow of the Institute. A graduate of Lancaster University Management School (M.Phil Critical Management) he is also a member of the University Court. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts and a Member of the Market Research Society. Michael is Senior Director of the Social Futures Observatory and is an active trans-disciplinary researcher with a national and international reputation for research at the interface of the academy and business. He writes regularly for leading quality journals and newspapers and is a frequent contributor to television and radio. Further information about his research can be found on his personal webpage www.michaelhulme.co.uk
IAS Post-doctoral Fellows
Lucy Baragwanath
Lucy Baragwanath, a New Zealander with Cornish connections, was appointed as the first post-doctoral research fellow in the Institute for Advanced Studies from February 2003 to August 2005. Lucy held a Top Achiever Doctoral Scholarship from the New Zealand Government’s Foundation for Science, Research and Technology. Her doctoral thesis was on the knowledge-based economy (KBE) and globalization in Aotearoa-New Zealand. On completion of her doctorate she wrote a critique of her government’s economic policy for the knowledge-based economy and was then commissioned to produce a consultancy report. Her research at the IAS compared KBE strategies in the Northwest (in the context of British and European policies) with contemporary strategies in New Zealand. She used a combination of investigative techniques, including from narrative policy analysis, critical discourse analysis, interviews, and comparative institutional analysis. Her work on this topic was influential in part in the decision to make the knowledge-based economy the theme for the first annual research programme in 2005-2006. Following completion of her fellowship she moved to London and then returned to New Zealand.
Ramon Ribera-Fumaz
After graduating and working as an economist in Barcelona, Ramon Ribera-Fumaz moved to Manchester where he completed a PhD in Geography on neo-liberalism and entrepreneurial city strategies in Manchester and Barcelona. He joined the IAS as a post-doctoral fellow in January 2005, leaving in February 2007 for a lectureship at the Universita Oberta de Catalunya (the Catalonian Open University). His main interests are the study of uneven development and processes of urban restructuring and have extended to include cultural political economy and the political economy of the Mediterranean basin. In the spirit of the IAS, his work engages with different disciplines: cultural and economic geography, urban studies, planning, economics, political science, discourse analysis, and cultural studies. His work at the IAS focused on cultural political economy, cultural policy, and the creative industries and included further research on Manchester as well as on Preston and Wigan. He retains his link with the IAS through a research cluster that he co-directs with Javier Caletrio of the Sociology Department and the Centre for Mobilities Research
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