Peter Wilkin

Peter Wilkin is a Reader in communication and media at Brunel. He joined the department in 2005.

Undergraduate

• Communication Technology and Research
• The Political Economy of Global Communication

Postgraduate

• Theories of Globalisation

Research Interests

Peter Wilkin's research interests are guided by a general interest in world-systems analysis and focus upon the following: theories of political economy and development;  social implications of ergonomic design; tory anarchism and conservative cultural works; satire and politics; the social and political thought of Noam Chomsky; international relations theory and historical sociology; the politics of pornography; the anti-globalisation/anti-capitalist movements; the political economy of the body; issues in political culture.

PhD Supervision

Peter Wilkin is happy to supervise students looking to carry out PhD research in any of these areas.

Publications

Journal Papers

(2010) Wilkin, P., The ideology of ergonomics, Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science 11 (3) : 230- 244 Download publication

(2009) Wilkin, P., Are you sitting comfortably? The political economy of the body, Sociology of Health and Illness 31 (1) : 35- 50 Download publication

(2008) Wilkin, P., Global communication and political culture in the semi-periphery: the rise of the Globo corporation, Review of International Studies 34 (S1) : 93- 113 Download publication

(2008) Wilkin, P., (Tory) anarchy in the UK: the very peculiar practice of tory anarchism, Journal of Anarchist Studies 17 (1) : 22- 44 Download publication

Books

(Accepted) Wilkin, P., The strange case of tory anarchism. Libri Publishing

(2006) Lacy, MJ. and Wilkin, P., Global politics in the information age. Manchester University Press