Name Fiona Devine | ||
Books Class Practices, Sociological Research Methods i, Social class in America, Affluent workers revisited | ||
Video 0.1: Welcome to AMBS - Fiona Devine
Fiona Devine OBE FAcSS (born 6 June 1962) is a professor of sociology at the University of Manchester and head of Manchester Business School.
Contents
- Video 01 Welcome to AMBS Fiona Devine
- 03 Managing Responsibly MOOC Welcome from Fiona Devine Head of AMBS
- Education
- Career
- Awards
- References
0.3 Managing Responsibly MOOC: Welcome from Fiona Devine, Head of AMBS
Education
Devine's degree, masters and doctorate were all gained from the University of Essex.
Career
Devine is best known for sociology writings about a new model of class structures: seven classes ranging from the Elite at the top to a Precariat at the bottom. She collaborated with the BBC website BBC Lab UK on the Great British Class Survey. More generally Devine specialises in social stratification and mobility; class identity; and in gender, work and family. She is co-director of the Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change at Manchester.
Awards
She was awarded an OBE for Services to Social Sciences in 2010 and elected to the Academy of Social Sciences in 2011.