Jason Hughes
Senior Lecturer
Sociology and Communications
Brunel University
Uxbridge, UB8 3PH
United Kingdom
Biography
Qualifications
- PhD Sociology (Leicester)
- BSc Applied Sociology (Leicester)
Personal Biography
My first post was at the University of Leicester as a lecturer in employment studies at the Centre for Labour Market Studies in 1996. There I taught courses related to human resource management and training, and developed an interest in figurational sociology. I joined Brunel in 2006 in the Business School, again teaching courses related to business and management, but ‘smuggling in’ my interests in sociology! I later moved to Sociology & Communications at Brunel, where I now teach and research in relation to diverse range of topics. I have also been centrally involved in the management of the School of Social Sciences. I am currently Deputy Head of School for Development and External Relations – a role that gives me responsibility for developing academic partnerships with other institutions, and developing links with external bodies. In addition, I have previously worked as Deputy Head of School for Learning and Teaching, and Deputy Head of School for Taught Postgraduate Studies.
Research
Research Overview
My research interests relate to four central, overlapping, areas: organisational/industrial sociology; the sociology of emotions; the sociology of the body and health; and sociological theory. More specifically, I am interested in: emotional reflexivity, emotional labour, and emotional intelligence; leisure commodities (particularly tobacco); addiction; work and identity; the history of sociology/historical sociology; and figurational sociology. My first book, Learning to Smoke (Chicago Press, 2003) won the 2006 Norbert Elias prize (hear interview on Radio 4's Thinking Allowed). More recently, I have published on such topics as communities of practice, ‘dirty work’, moral panics, and the sociology of Norbert Elias.
Member, Centre for Biomedicine & Society
Member, Centre for Culture, Media & Regulation
Current Projects
Return to Winston Parva
Collaborator with Dr John Goodwin (University of Leicester) and Dr Henrietta O’Connor (University of Leicester)
March 2012 –
Ilya Neustadt and the Development of Sociology in Britain
Collaborator with Dr John Goodwin (University of Leicester)
March 2011 –
Dirty Work in Three Occupations
Collaborator with Prof. Ruth Simpson (Brunel Business School) and Dr. Natasha Slutskaya (Brunel Business School)
July 2011 -
Recently Completed Projects
Ilya Neustadt and Norbert Elias: A Figurational Analysis of Epistollary Forms
Collaborator, Dr. John Goodwin (University of Leicester)
July 2010 – June 2011
Butchers, Dirty Work and the Management of Occupational Identity. Men Managing Taint in the Meat Trade
Collaborator with Prof. Ruth Simpson (Brunel Business School) and Dr. Natasha Slutskaya (Brunel Business School)
May 2009 – July 2011
PhD Supervision
Amanda Rohloff: Climate change, moral panic and civilization: on the development of global warming as a perceived social problem; September 2008 –
Michael Dunning: A figurational study of Britain’s experiences of “terrorism”; September 2008 –
Alexandra Jugureanu: Greater happiness for a greater number: a debate in terms of ethics and controversy with implications for public policy; September 2010 –
Catherine Lee: Governmentality and habitus in the field of higher education: a conceptual framework for understanding the relationship between governance and academic practice in England; September 2007 –
Ibrahim Sadiq: Ideology in the service of genocide: a comparative study on Iraq and Syria. Concentrating on the Kurdish case in both countries under the ruling of Ba’th Socialist Arabic Party; September 2010 –
Erin Dermody: Thanatological Thoughts: A Cross Examination of Emotion in Tourists Travelling to and Visiting Dark Tourism Sites; April 2012 –
Teaching
Undergraduate Programmes
Module convenor
- Crime, Deviance and Addiction (Year 3)
- Work and Society (Year 2)
Module contributor
- Research in Practice (Year 2)
- Introduction to Social Inquiry (Year 1)
Postgraduate Programmes
Programme convenor
- MSc Social and Cultural Research
- MSc Media and Communications (Term 1, 2012)
Module convenor
- Qualitative Methods in Social and Cultural Research
- Dissertation MSc Social and Cultural Research
- Dissertation in Medicine, Bioscience & Society
- Dissertation in Science, Technology & Contemporary Society
- Dissertation in Sociology of Health & Illness
Module contributor
- Popular Culture
Administration
- Graduate Tutor/Director of Taught Postgraduate Programmes
- Deputy Head of School, Development and External Relations
- School Erasmus Convenor
- School Representative on Sub-Committee for Collaborative Provision
External Activity
- External Examiner, University of Mauritius. MSc in Human Resource Studies
- Member of Prize Awarding Committee, Norbert Elias Foundation, Netherlands
- Reviewing: I currently review for a number of journals including: Organization; British Journal of Sociology; Sociology of Health and Illness; Social Science & Medicine; International Journal of Management Reviews; Journal of Workplace Learning; etc
- Reviewed a number of book proposals for publishers such as Sage, Ashgate, and Queens McGill University Press
- Reviewed grant applications for bodies such as the Economic and Social Research Council
Publications
Publications
Journal Papers
(2013) Hughes, J., Norbert Elias and The Habits of Good Sociology, Human Figurations
(2012) Slutskaya, N., Simpson, A. and Hughes, J., Lessons from Photoelicitation: Encouraging Working Men to Speak, Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management 7 (1) : 16- 33
(2011) Goodwin, J. and Hughes, J., Ilya Neustadt, Norbert Elias, and the Leicester Department: personal correspondence and the history of sociology in Britain., Br J Sociol 62 (4) : 677- 695 Download publication
(2011) Simpson, R., Slutskaya, N. and Hughes, J., Emotional dimensions of dirty work: men’s encounter with taint in the butcher trade, International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion 4 (2) : 195- 212
(2011) Goodwin, J. and Hughes, J., Ilya Neustadt, Norbert Elias, and the Leicester Department: Informal Sources and the History of Sociology in Britain., British Journal of Sociology 62 (4) : 677- 695
(2011) Hughes, J., Rohloff, A., David, M. and Petley, J., Foreword: Moral panics in the contemporary world, Crime, Media, Culture 7 (3) : 211- 214
(2011) David, M., Rohloff, A., Petley, J. and Hughes, J., The idea of moral panic – ten dimensions of dispute, Crime, Media, Culture 7 (3) : 215- 228
(2010) Hughes, J., Emotional intelligence: Elias, Foucault and the reflexive emotional self, Foucault Studies (8) : 28- 52
(2005) Hughes, J., Bringing emotion to work: Emotional intelligence, employee resistance and the reinvention of character, Work, Employment & Society 19 (3) : 603- 625 Download publication
(2005) Hughes, J. and Seow, C., Guest editorial, The Journal of Workplace Learning 19 (2) : 273- 275
(2001) Hughes, J., The learning organisation: what is it? Does it constitute a useful set of ideas for the HRD practitioner, International Journal of Applied Human Resource Management 2 (2) : 109- 122
(2001) Hughes, J., Getting emotional: the learning organisation and emotional intelligence, International Journal of Applied Human Resource Management 2 (3) : 12- 29
Conference Papers
(2012) Hughes, J., Norbert Elias and the Habits of Good Sociology, Reinventing Elias, Human Figurations -
(2012) Hughes, J. and Rojek, C., The Status of Politics in Figurational Sociology, Norbert Elias and Figurational Sociology: Prospects for the Future
(2009) Hughes, J., The habits of good sociology, 12th Simpósio Internacional Processo Civilizador
(2008) Hughes, J., The rise of emotional reflexivity: emotional intelligence, informalisation, and the management of affect, Control or Care of the Self: The Sociology of the Subject in the 21st Century
(2008) Hughes, J., How might sociological knowledge develop, Sociology for the 21st Century
Book Chapters
(2013) Malcolm, D., Mansfield, L. and Hughes, J., Norbert Elias and Leisure Studies. In: Blackshaw, T. ed. Routledge Handbook of Leisure Studies.
(2012) Simpson, R., Slutskaya, N. and Hughes, J., Gendering and embodying dirty work: men managing taint in the context of nursing care.. In: Simpson, R., Slutskaya, N. and Hopfl, H. eds. Dirty Work: Concepts and Identities. London : Palgrave
(2010) Hughes, J., Os hábitos da boa sociologia (The habits of good sociology). In: de Souza, EF., Simões, JL. and de Figueiredo Lucena, R. eds. Escritos a partir de Norbert Elias. Recife, Brazil : Editora Universitária da UFPE (2)
(2009) Hughes, J., "Corações inteligentes": Intelligencia emocional, trabalho emocional e informalização ("Intelligent hearts": Emotional intelligence, emotional labour and informalisation). In: Gebara, A. and Wouters, C. eds. O Controle Das Emoções (Control of Emotions). Paraíba, Brazil : UFPB (3) : 135- 163
(2007) Hughes, J., Norbert Elias. In: Stones, R. ed. Key sociological thinkers. Palgrave 168- 183
(2007) Hughes, J., Jewson, N. and Unwin, L., Communities of practice: A contested concept in flux?. In: Hughes, J., Jewson, N. and Unwin, L. eds. Communities of practice: Critical perspectives. Abingdon : Routledge 1- 16
(2007) Hughes, J., Lost in translation: Communities of practice - The journey from academic model to practitioner tool. In: Hughes, J., Jewson, N. and Unwin, L. eds. Communities of practice: Critical perspectives. Abingdon : Routledge 30- 40
(2007) Hughes, J., Jewson, N. and Unwin, L., Communities of practice: Further developments and unresolved issues. In: Hughes, J., Jewson, N. and Unwin, L. eds. Communities of practice: Critical perspectives. Abingdon : Routledge 171- 179
(2006) Hughes, J., Smoking. In: Ritzer, G. ed. The Blackwell encyclopedia of sociology. Wiley-Blackwell -
(2005) Hughes, J., Elias. In: Harrington, A., Marshall, BL. and Müller, HP. eds. Encyclopedia of social science. London : Routledge
(2005) Hughes, J., Figuration. In: Harrington, A., Marshall, BL. and Müller, HP. eds. Encyclopedia of Social Science. London : Routledge
(2005) Hughes, J., Civilisation. In: Harrington, A., Marshall, BL. and Müller, HP. eds. Encyclopedia of social science. Routledge
(2004) Hughes, J., Tobacco: Social and cultural uses. In: Goodman, J. ed. Tobacco in history and culture: An encyclopedia. Charles Scribner's Sons 551- 568
(2004) Hughes, J., Snuff. In: Goodman, J. ed. Tobacco in history and culture: An encyclopedia. Charles Scribners & Sons 547- 551
(2004) Hughes, J., Tobacco use as a civilizing process. In: Wada, S. ed. Collected works on cultural and sociological conceptualizations of 'rationality'. Tokyo : Waseda University
(2003) Hughes, J., La Consommation de tabac dans le Processus de Civilisation (Tobacco consumption in the process of civilization). In: Dunning, E. and Mennell, S. eds. Norbert Elias. London : Sage Publications -
Books
(2014) Hughes, J. and Goodwin, J., Key Concepts in HRM. Sage Publications
(2013) Hughes, J. and Goodwin, J., Documentary and Archival Research. Sage Publications
(2013) Critcher, C., Hughes, J., Petley, J. and Rohloff, A., Moral panics in the contemporary world. Bloomsbury Academic
(2012) Dunning, E. and Hughes, J., Norbert Elias: Knowledge, Interdependence, Power, Process. Bloomsbury
(2012) Hughes, J., Visual Methods. Sage
(2012) Hughes, J., Internet Research Methods. Sage
(2007) Hughes, J., Jewson, N. and Unwin, L., Communities of practice: Critical perspectives. Routledge
(2003) Hughes, J., Learning to smoke: Tobacco use in the West. University of Chicago Press
