{"id":41,"date":"2016-05-16T13:45:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T13:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/john-urry\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2016-05-27T09:45:08","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T09:45:08","slug":"research-profile","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/john-urry\/research-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Selected Major Achievements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"bullet\">\n<li>Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Lancaster University, 2007-2016<\/li>\n<li>Published c40 books\/journal special issues, c80 peer refereed articles and c110 book chapters; work translated into over 20 languages<\/li>\n<li>Total Publish or Perish\/Google Scholar H score of 79<\/li>\n<li>See personal profile for all publications: <a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.google.co.uk\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=0cUV4OEAAAAJ\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">http:\/\/scholar.google.co.uk\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=0cUV4OEAAAAJ<\/span><\/a>\u2019<\/li>\n<li>RAE Panel Chair 1996, 2001<\/li>\n<li>Former editor, <em>International Library of Sociology; <\/em>founding Co-Editor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gbhap.com\/journals\/titles\/17450101.asp\"><em><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">Mobilities<\/span><\/em><\/a> (2006-2016)<\/li>\n<li>Founding Academician\/Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences; Fellow, Royal Society of Arts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Books\/Special Issues Published since 2000:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"bullet\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/BJS\/pastVolumes\/vol51\/index100.aspx\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc\"><strong>S<\/strong><strong>ociology for the New Millennium<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (<em>British Jnl of Sociology<\/em> Special Issue, 2000)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.routledge-ny.com\/shopping_cart\/products\/product_detail.asp?sku=&amp;isbn=0415190894&amp;parent_id=&amp;pc=\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc\"><strong>Sociology Beyond <\/strong><strong>Societies<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (Routledge 2000)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bod.sagepub.com\/content\/6\/3-4\/1.abstract\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">Bodies of Nature<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (Sage 2001; co-edited with Phil Macnaghten)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"publicity info on global complexity\" href=\"http:\/\/www.polity.co.uk\/book.asp?ref=0745628184\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">Global Complexity<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (Polity 2003)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tcs.sagepub.com\/content\/22\/5.toc\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">Complexity<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (<em>Theory, Culture &amp; Society<\/em> Special Issue, 2005)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tcs.sagepub.com\/content\/vol21\/issue4-5\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">Automobilities<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (Theory, Culture and Society\/Sage 2004\/5; co-edited with Mike Featherstone, Nigel Thrift)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taylorandfrancis.com\/shopping_cart\/products\/product_detail.asp?sku=&amp;isbn=0415374340&amp;pc=\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">Mobile Technologies of the City<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (Routledge 2006; co-edited with Mimi Sheller)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.envplan.com\/contents.cgi?journal=A&amp;volume=38&amp;issue=2\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">Mobilities and Materialities<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (<em>Environment and Planning A<\/em> Special Issue, 2006; co-edited with Mimi Sheller)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/https\/www.ashgate.com\/shopping\/title.asp?key1=&amp;key2=&amp;orig=results&amp;isbn=0%207546%204882%206\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">Mobilities, Networks, Geographies<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (Ashgate 2006; with Jonas Larsen, Kay Axhausen)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.polity.co.uk\/book.asp?ref=9780745634180\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">Mobilities<\/span><\/strong> <\/a>(Polity 2007)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Aeromobilities at Routledge\" href=\"http:\/\/www.routledgenursing.com\/books\/Aeromobilities-isbn9780415449564\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">Aeromobilities<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (Routledge 2009; co-edited with Saulo Cwerner and Sven Kesselring)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"After the Car at Polity\" href=\"http:\/\/www.polity.co.uk\/book.asp?ref=9780745644219\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">After the Car<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (Polity 2009; with Kingsley Dennis)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mobile Lives\" href=\"http:\/\/www.routledge.com\/books\/details\/9780415480222\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">Mobile Lives<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (Routledge 2010; with Anthony Elliott)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tcs.sagepub.com\/content\/27\/2-3.toc\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">Changing Climates<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (Theory Culture and Society Special Issue, 2010; co-edited with Bron Szerszynski)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mobile Methods\" href=\"http:\/\/www.routledge.com\/books\/details\/9780415492423\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">Mobile Methods<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (Routledge 2011; co-edited with Monika Buscher and Katian Witchger)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politybooks.com\/book.asp?ref=9780745650364\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">Climate Change and Society<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (Polity 2011)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ashgate.com\/isbn\/9781409418535\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">Cities and Fascination <\/span><\/strong><\/a>(Ashgate 2011; co-edited with Heiko Schmid, Wolf-Dietrich Sahr)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uk.sagepub.com\/books\/Book234297\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">The Tourist Gaze 3.0<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (Sage 2011; with Jonas Larsen)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/zedbooks.co.uk\/node\/16818\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">Societies Beyond Oil<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (Zed 2013)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.polity.co.uk\/book.asp?ref=9780745664859\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">Offshoring<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (Polity 2014)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Energy and Society<\/strong> (Theory, Culture and Society Special Issue; co-edited with David Tyfield)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Recent Articles in ISI Journals:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Annals of Tourism Research<\/em> (2007), <em>Mobilities <\/em>(2007, 2013), <em>Global Environmental Change<\/em> (2008), <em>Environment and Planning. Society and Space <\/em>(2008),<em> British Journal of Sociology<\/em> (2008, 2009), <em>Journal of Transport Geography<\/em> (2011, 2012), <em>European Journal of Social Theory (2009, 2015), Theory, Culture and Society<\/em> (2010, 2014), <em>Sociological Review <\/em>(2010),<em> Soziale Welt<\/em> (2010),<em> Futures <\/em>(2013), <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A<\/em> (2013).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recent Major Research Grants<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"bullet\">\n<li><strong>Future of Cities <\/strong>(BIS Foresight, Author of Living in the City, 2014)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Low Carbon Innovation in China &#8211; Prospects, Politics and Practice<\/strong> (ESRC: Principal Investigator 2013-5)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Corpus Approaches to Social Science ESRC Research Centre <\/strong>(ESRC: Co-Investigator, 2013-8)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Liveable Cities Research Programme <\/strong>(EPSRC: Co-Investigator 2012-7)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emerging middle classes and low carbon mobilities in Brazil and UK <\/strong>(British Academy: Principal Investigator 2011-2)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Global Welcome? Migrant workers, service cultures, tourist places<\/strong> (ESRC: Mentor 2009-2010)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Music and Automobility<\/strong> (ESRC: Mentor 2010)<\/li>\n<li><strong>UK-China Networks of Low Carbon Innovation<\/strong>(ESRC: Principal Investigator 2007-10)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transport and <\/strong><strong>Technology<\/strong> (ESRC: Principal Investigator 2010-2013)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Travel Time Use in the Information Age<\/strong> (EPSRC: Principal Investigator 2004-7)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Degrees<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2004 Honorary Doctorate, Roskilde University, Denmark1972 PhD Sociology, Cambridge1967 BA, MA Economics, Cambridge (&#8216;double first&#8217;)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selected Major Achievements Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Lancaster University, 2007-2016 Published c40 books\/journal special issues, c80 peer refereed articles and c110 book chapters; work translated into over 20 languages Total Publish or Perish\/Google Scholar H score of 79 See personal profile for all publications: http:\/\/scholar.google.co.uk\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=0cUV4OEAAAAJ\u2019 RAE Panel Chair 1996, 2001 Former editor, International Library of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":486,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/john-urry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/john-urry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/john-urry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/john-urry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/486"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/john-urry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/john-urry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/john-urry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/john-urry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}