Dr Simon Weaver
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Membership and affiliation

• Member of the British Sociological Association (BSA) from 2003
• Member of the International Society for Humor Studies (ISHS) from 2005
• Member of the Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA) from 2012
• Member of the Centre for Comedy Studies Research (CCSR), Brunel University London, from 2013
• Member of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) from 2015
• Member of the Centre for Global Lives (CGL), Brunel University London, from 2017

Media interests

Simon discussing 20 years of The Office: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57317470

Can comedy bring leavers and remainers together: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51287747

Simon on BBC One Sunday Politics South West discussing 'just joking' and offensive humour: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00055hd/sunday-politics-south-west-12052019

Is Brexit funny? http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2018/06/26/is-brexit-funny-the-cultural-significance-of-comedy-about-brexit-echo-chamber/

An interesting article on studies of offensive humour: Weaver, S. & K. Morgan (2017) ‘What is the point of offensive humour’, The Conversation. 9th May. Available at [https://theconversation.com/what-is-the-point-of-offensive-humour-76889].

Coverage of a symposium organised as a part of a research project on Sacha Baron Cohen: Grove, J. ‘Borat creator Sacha Baron Cohen to be focus of academic symposium’, Times Higher Education, 4th January 2015, [http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/borat-creator-sacha-baron-cohen-to-be-focus-of-academic-symposium/2017741.article].

Simon Weaver discussing anti-racist comedy of black comedians on BBC Radio Four, Thinking Allowed, 10th March 2010, available at [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00r7l7g]