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. (2026) 'Pierre Bourdieu and the Sociology of Free Speech', in Harnois, C. (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Speech and Censorship. Oxford University Press.
Roberts, JM. (2025) 'The Hegemony of Free Speech'. Dialogues in Sociology, forthcoming. pp. 1 - 9.Open Access Link
Roberts, JM. (2025) 'Outline of a Critical Sociology of Free Speech in Everyday Life: Beyond Liberal Approaches'. The Sociological Review, 73 (3). pp. 697 - 713. ISSN: 0038-0261 Open Access Link
Roberts, JM. (2025) 'Multiaccentual coalitions, dialogic grief and carnivalesque assemblies: Judith Butler and Mikhail Bakhtin meet in the world of ethics'. Philosophy and Social Criticism, 51 (3). pp. 460 - 479. ISSN: 0191-4537 Open Access Link
Roberts, JM. (2024) 'The Neoliberal City, Democracy and Participation'. Urban Eidos, 3 (3). pp. 51 - 62.Open Access Link