Dr Simon Carter
Research interests
Simon Carter has a particular interest in Science and Technology Studies especially as applied to issues of health and medicine. He has recently completed an historical study examining the cultural turn towards the sun and sunlight in early twentieth century Europe and this research provides an analysis of the roles that sunlight played in the mediation of such notions as health, pleasure, the body, gender and class. He has also conducted research into critical approaches to the public understanding of science as applied to health issues.
Recent publications
- Carter, S. (2007) Rise and Shine: Sunlight, Technology and Health, Oxford: Berg
- Raine, R. Sanderson, C. Carter, S. Hutchings, A. Larkin, K and Black, N (2004) An Experimental Study of Determinants Of Group Judgments in Clinical Guideline Development, The Lancet, Vol. 364, Issue 9432, 31 July 2004, Pages 429-437.
- Raine, R. Carter, S. Sensky, T. and Black, N. (2004) General practitioners' perceptions of chronic fatigue syndrome and beliefs about its management, compared with irritable bowel syndrome: qualitative study. British Medical Journal. 328:1354-1357
- Carter, S & Michael, M (2003), Signifying across Time and Space: A Case Study of Biomedical Educational Texts, Sociology of Health and Illness, 25 (2), 232-259
- Black, N. & Carter, S. (2001) Public Accountability: one rule for practitioners, one for scientists? Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 6 (3), 130-133.
- Michael, M & Carter, S (2001) Science Fact and Fiction: Public Understanding of Human Genetics, Science as Culture, 10 (1), 5-32.
- Clift, S, and Carter, S. (2000) Tourism and Sex: Culture, Commerce and Coercion. London: Cassell (Tourism, leisure and Recreation Series).
- Carter, S. (1998) Tourists’ and travelers’ social construction of Africa and Asia as risky locations, Tourism Management, 19 (4), 349-359
- Carter, S, Horn, K, Hart, G, Dunbar, M, Scoular, A, MacIntyre, S (1997). The Sexual Behaviour of International Travellers at Two Glasgow GUM Clinics, International Journal of STD & AIDS, 8.
- Carter, S. (1997) Reducing Aids Risk: a case of mistaken identity? Science as Culture, 6(2), 220-245.
Contact details
Sociology Department
Faculty of Social Sciences
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
UK
email: s.d.carter@open.ac.uk