Professor Alan Warde
Research interests
I joined the University of Manchester in September 1999, my previous position being Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University.
Current research is wide ranging, and covers the sociology of consumption, with particular emphasis on food, social stratification and economic sociology. Empirical work employs qualitative and quantitative approaches, and includes comparative methods, social network analysis and correspondence analysis. Theoretical interests include the sociology of Pierre Bourdieu, theories of practice, and structuralism.
In CRESC I am convenor of one area of theme one, concerning consumption. I will be engaged on a comparative study of elite consumption. I will also be taking a particular interest in the structure of the cultural elite in the UK, as part of the inquiry into contemporary elites.
Current major research projects include:
- 2002-4, Consumer Trust in Food: a European study of the social and institutional conditions for the production of trust, funded by EC Framework V, with Mark Harvey.
- 2003-6 'Cultural Capital and Social Exclusion: a critical investigation, funded by ESRC, with Tony Bennett, Elizabeth Silva and David Wright (Open Unversity) and Mike Savage and Modesto Gayo-Cal in Manchester.
- 2003-6 'Social capital and consumption: promoting network analysis', with Mike Savage, John Scott (Essex University) & Gindo Tampubolon, ESRC Programme on Research Methodology.
- 2003-5 'The diffusion of consumer culture: a comparative analysis', with Dale Southerton, Wendy Olsen & Shu-Li Cheng, ESRC Programme on Cultures of Consumption.
Recent publications
- M Harvey, A McMeekin & A Warde (eds.) (2004) Qualities of Food, Manchester, Manchester University Press.
- S.Metcalfe & A.Warde (eds.) (2002) Market Relations and the Competitive Process. Manchester, Manchester University Press.
- M.Savage, A.Warde & K.Ward (2002) Urban Sociology, Capitalism and Modernity, (second edition). Macmillan/Palgrave, BSA Series.
- J.Gronow & A.Warde (eds.) (2001) Ordinary Consumption. London, Routledge.
Contact Details
Department of Sociology
Roscoe Building
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9PL
UK
tel: +44 (0)161 275 7363
email: alan.warde@manchester.ac.uk