Jason Hughes
University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom jason.hughes@le.ac.ukUniversity of LeicesterUnited KingdomLeicester, United KingdomUniversity of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom jason.hughes@le.ac.uk
André Saramago
University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal asaramago@fe.uc.ptUniversity of CoimbraPortugalCoimbra, PortugalUniversity of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal asaramago@fe.uc.pt
Michael Dunning
University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom md404@leicester.ac.ukUniversity of LeicesterUnited KingdomLeicester, United KingdomUniversity of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom md404@leicester.ac.uk
Kahryn Hughes
University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom k.a.hughes@leeds.ac.ukUniversity of LeedsUnited KingdomLeeds, United KingdomUniversity of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom k.a.hughes@leeds.ac.uk
Jason Hughes is Professor of Sociology at the University of Leicester, UK, elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and appointed member of the European Academy, Academia Europaea. His key publications relate to sociological theory, particularly the work of Norbert Elias, methods and practice, with substantive research relating to smoking, e-cigarettes and addiction, work, organisations, and youth. Recent funded projects include a Cancer Research UK-funded study of adolescent e-cigarettes use, and a UKRI-funded study of health priorities and community engagement.
André Saramago is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra, an integrated researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, in the thematic line (Semi)peripheral capitalism: Crises and alternatives, and an invited researcher at the Orient Institute, in the research group Southeast Asia and South Asia. His research interests are in the fields of critical international theory, process sociology, political ecology and East Asia.
Michael Dunning is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Leicester, UK, and Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His main publications to date relate to process sociology and the work of Norbert Elias. In particular, this has involved research and publications that seek a process-sociological understanding of terrorism, extremism, gender-based violence, and drug use. Recent funded work includes the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 “DigiGen, research into the impact of technological transformations on the Digital Generation Project.”
Kahryn Hugues is Associate Professor, University of Leeds. She is Director of the Timescapes Archive, Editor-in-Chief of the BSA Sociological Research Online, and Senior Fellow of the National Centre for Research methods (NCRm). During the last twenty years, her research funding has been from flagship ESRC methods programmes, as well as more substantively focused funding, including from Cancer Research UK. She is an international leader in new methods of Qualitative Secondary Analysis, and has led research on the longitudinal dynamics of poverty, health and addiction.