Professor John Roberts
Professor - Sociology and Communications
Marie Jahoda 232
- Email: john.roberts@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 266377
- Social Science and Communications
- Social and Political Sciences
- College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences
Summary
I completed my PhD at Cardiff University in 2000 on urban space and free speech. I’ve studied and taught at various universities including Essex, Lancaster, Leeds, and Manchester universities. I joined Brunel in 2004.
Qualifications:
- PhD Sociology (Cardiff)
- MA Sociology (Essex)
- BA Sociology (Lancaster)
- PG Cert Research (Cardiff)
- PG Cert Teaching and Learning (Brunel)
Newest selected publications
Roberts, JM. (2024) 'Outline of a Critical Sociology of Free Speech in Everyday Life: Beyond Liberal Approaches'. The Sociological Review, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 17. ISSN: 0038-0261 Open Access Link
Roberts, JM. (2024) 'Digital Technology, Work, Finance and Crises: Do We Now Live in Lash and Urry’s Capitalism of Mobilities or in Ernest Mandel’s Late Capitalism?'. Revista de Estudios Globales, 3 (5). pp. 133 - 159.Open Access Link
Roberts, JM. (2023) 'A road scheme, the state, and the détournement of urban space: Henri Lefebvre and competing publics in postwar Hyde Park, London'. Political Geography, 107. pp. 1 - 9. ISSN: 0962-6298 Open Access Link
Roberts, JM. (Accepted) 'Critical Realism', in Theodoros, I. (ed.) The Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Research Methods in the Social Sciences. Edward Elgar. , forthcoming.
Roberts, JM. (2023) 'Traffic logic, state strategies and free speech in an urban park: The Park Lane Road Improvement Scheme, London, 1955–1962'. Journal of Historical Geography, 81. pp. 179 - 189. ISSN: 0305-7488 Open Access Link