Jonathan Clark

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Dr Jonathan Clark

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8385-7223

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    Profile summary

    • Portfolio Lead in Sociology and Anthropology
    • Lecturer in Sociology (Social and Political Thought)
    • SSC School Timetabling Coordinator
    I undertake research in social, political and cultural theory, the philosophy of the social sciences, and Health Policy.
    My theoretical research focuses on the work of Hannah Arendt with a wider interest in the history of ideas, intellectual history, ideology and discourse.
    My applied research in health policy uses discourse analyses and realist approaches for considering professionalism, governance, institutional organisation and neoliberalism in diverse health sectors.

    Professional memberships

    • Fellow, Higher Education Academy
    • Member, Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities, Bard College
    • Member, International Sociological Association (ISA)
    • Member, ISA Research Committee on Sociological Theory
    • Member, European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR)

    Roles on external bodies

    External Examiner for the Criminology and Sociology Undergraduate Programmes at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU)

    Supervised research degrees

    Doctoral Students (Current):

    PhD Social Policy: Kiseop Nam, "Community Integrated Care for the Elderly: A Study on the Plan for the Cooperation and Integration of Participants" (working title), Director of Studies

    PhD Sociology: Thomas Jenkins, "The Non-League Stadium: The Last Bastion of Football Anti-Consumerist Space but Perhaps the Final Footballing Domino to Fall in the Neoliberal Epoch" (working title), 2nd Supervisor

    PhD Social Policy: Theresa Waight, "Social justice and the creation and sustainability of lone father households; a cross national comparative analysis" (working title), 3rd Supervisor

    PhD Sociology: Juliet Hall, "Dyscluded: The experience of women mothering autistic children as described in their stories" (submitted and awaiting examination), 3rd Supervisor

    Doctoral Students (Completed):

    PhD Social Policy: Rebecca Carter Dillon (2021) "An Intersectional Analytical Critique of the Troubled Families Programme in Cornwall", 3rd Supervisor

    Teaching interests

    I have extensive experience teaching social, political and cultural theory at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Substantive areas of teaching include classical and contemporary theory, digital sociology, philosophy of science and social science, social inequalities, legal theory and jurisprudence.
    Currently, I teach social theory across all three stages of the BSc (Hons) Sociology, deliver the introductory module on the MSc Digital Culture and Society, as well as contribute to a suite of MSc Advanced Professional Practice programmes and the LLM Law.
    I supervise at Bachelors, Masters and PhD levels, contributing methodologically to areas concerning epistemology and ontology as well as discursive, auto/biographical, and health policy research.
    I am a Fellow of The Higher Education Academy and was  Faculty winner of the UPSU SSTAR Award for Most Innovative Use of Teaching Methods in both 2016 and 2017. 

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    • SDG 1 - No Poverty
    • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    • SDG 4 - Quality Education
    • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

    Academic qualifications

    15 Social sciences, Doctorate, Reclaiming novelty: Hannah Arendt on natality as an anti-methodological methodology for sociology, University of Essex

    Award Date: 5 Jul 2018

    22 Education and teaching, Other, Certificate for Professional Development for External Examiners, Advance HE

    Award Date: 31 May 2018

    22 Education and teaching, Other postgraduate qualification (e.g. PGCE, Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma), Postgraduate Certificate of Academic Practice, University of Plymouth

    Award Date: 20 Jun 2016

    15 Social sciences, Other higher degree (e.g. Masters degree), “Breaking the Cycle”: The Concept of Movement in the Work of Hannah Arendt., Memorial University of Newfoundland

    Award Date: 24 Oct 1997

    15 Social sciences, First Degree, BA Sociology and Philosophy (Double Major), Memorial University of Newfoundland

    Award Date: 31 May 1994

    External positions

    External Examiner, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Research Interests

    • Health policy
    • Social Justice
    • Society
    • Social evaluation
    • social prescribing
    • Philosophy
    • Sociology
    • interdisciplinary collaborations
    • Interdisciplinary Methodologies
    • Interdisciplinary research methods
    • Medical Education

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    • 4 Article
    • 2 Commissioned report
    • 1 Previously awarded Doctoral thesis
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