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MA, PhD
Personal Chair
- About
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- Email Address
- j.bone@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 274117
- Office Address
Department of Sociology Room F44 Edward Wright Building Dunbar Street King's College University of Aberdeen AB24 3QY
- School/Department
- School of Social Science
Qualifications
- PhD Sociology2004 - University of Aberdeen
- MA Hons Sociology1998 - University of Aberdeen
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Current
Coordinator Aberdeen Just Transitions Lab
Community Planning Aberdeen Working Group
Social Science Enterprise and Engagement Champion
ISC Link Tutor
Previous
Head of Department of Sociology (January 2013 – September 2019)
Outreach and Widening Access Committee
Articulation Committee
FE Liaison
- External Memberships
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Undergraduate External Examiner University of Exeter 2015-2018
Postgraduate External Examiner University of Exeter 2015-2018
Membership Director British Sociological Association 2014-2016
Vice Chair British Sociological Association 2017-2018
Chair British Sociological Association 2018-2021
Member British Academy, Strategic Forum for the Social Sciences 2020-2021
Member Aberdeen City Council, Community Planning Aberdeen, Anti-Poverty Outlook Improvement Group 2021- Present
Member Aberdeen City Council, Anti-Stigma Working Group 2021- 2022
Member CFINE (North East Food Bank Consortium) Board of Directors 2021- Present
Academic Adviser Aberdeen City Council’s Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee 2022- Present
Latest Publications
The Great Decline: From the Era of Hope and Progress to the Age of Fear and Rage
Bristol University Press. 304 pagesBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE] Book
Climate Assemblies and Deliberative Democracy: A Global Best Practice Review
Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen. 40 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsMeasuring Just Transition: Indicators and scenarios for a Just Transition in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire
University of Aberdeen. 104 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsScotland and England’s Colliding Nationalisms: Neoliberalism and the Fracturing of the United Kingdom
British Politics, vol. 18, pp. 401–419Contributions to Journals: ArticlesJust Transition for Workers and Communities in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire: Rapid Evidence Review
University of Aberdeen. 57 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned Reports
Prizes and Awards
Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 2007 Joint Winner (Best First Book in Sociology)
- Research
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Research Overview
My research interests are in political economy, social and biosocial theory, well-being and energy (just) transition research. In terms of theoretical work, I have a specific interest in the way in which human biological capacities and propensities shape and delimit the dialectical relationship between individual and society, with implications for understanding social organisation, social change, interaction and well-being. From a more empirical perspective, I am interested in the way in which the contemporary trajectory of global developments and economic policy is affecting organisations, individuals and communities in terms of identities, working lives, health and well-being, social polarisation and social cohesion
Research Specialisms
- Social Theory
- Political Sociology
- Socio-Economics
- Health and Welfare
- Social Policy
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
Aberdeen Just Transitions Lab - Energy Transition in Aberdeen
Social Determinants of Health
Understanding Contemporary Geopolitical Crises
Knowledge Exchange
Stigma; Its Impact & Your Role (Invited) Lecture and Q&A - Community Planning Aberdeen February 2022
UK Political Economy and the SNP – SNP Inverurie Constituency Association (Invited) August 2016
‘’ SNP Ellon Constituency Association (Invited) September 2016
‘’ SNP Aberdeenshire Regional Constituency Association (Invited) September 2016
Panel Session, ‘Health or Wealth’, May Festival 2014, James Mackay Hall, Aberdeen University with Dr Sandra Carlisle (Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen),Ewan Gurr (Trussell Trust) and Sir Malcolm Bruce MP. Chair: Eleanor Bradford, BBC Health Correspondent Scotland.
Regional Engagement with Aberdeen City Council, NHS Grampian, CFINE, Grampian Regional Equalities Council and other regional NGOs
MEDIA ENGAGEMENT
Interviews, comment and appearances: BBC Radio 4; BBC Television Scotland; Grampian Television; Scottish Television; Channel 4 'Dispatches'; The Sunday Times; The Scotsman; The Herald; The Daily Mail; The Daily Express; The Big Issue; The Sun; The Mirror; Aberdeen Press & Journal and Evening Express.
Collaborations
Aberdeen Just Transitions Lab (Current)
Aberdeen Health Determinants Research Centre (Current)
Political Activism and Social Media (Past)
Supervision
David Magee
Karen Lumsden
Dave McBey
Jeremy Watt
Paul Fleetwood
Sheila Lawrence
Simone Haarbosch
Lorna Watson (Current)
Moon Sultana (Current)
Maren Mitchell (Current)
Funding and Grants
Aberdeen Health Determinants Research Collaborative: NIHR (Oct 22 - Sept 27) £1,297,340 Co-applicant
Advancing Community Climate: deliberative participatory democracy within North East Scotland: Scottish Government (Nov 2022 - May 2023) £92, 396 Co-applicant
A Just Transition for workers in North East Scotland: Uplift (July 22 - Oct 23) £126,803 Co-applicant
Pilot Study (Pump Prime Funding) Transitions in an Energy City: The role of civil society in securing a Just Transition in Aberdeen, £11,407 Co-applicant
ESRC Social Media - Developing Understanding, Infrastructure & Engagement, £541,922 (2014-2016) Co-applicant
Pilot Study: 'On the Treadmill': scoping study on labour and housing market effects on young people's lives and well being. College Small Grant £1620
- Teaching
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Programmes
- Undergraduate, 4 year, September start
- Postgraduate, 3 stage, September start
- Postgraduate, 3 stage, September start
- Undergraduate, 5 year, September start
Courses
- ME33SR: Medical Humanities
Teaching Responsibilities
My teaching across the Sociology programme reflects my broad expertise as a sociological generalist as well as my specialisms in social/biosocial theory and political economy. With respect to the latter, my interdisciplinary expertise has also led to me teaching on IR5007 International Political Economy, a course and programme devised and introduced jointly with PIR colleagues. I coordinated this course in 2018/19. As above, I also currently coordinate Thinking Sociologically and previously coordinated and reshaped Sociology’s honours dissertation programme, introducing taught elements to enhance student employability.
- Publications
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Nature: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences
Routledge, London, United KingdomBooks and Reports: BooksThe Social Map & the Problem of Order: A Re-evaluation of ‘Homo Sociologicus'
Theory & Science, vol. 6:1Contributions to Journals: Articles'The Longest Day: flexible working in value direct selling organisations'
Contributions to Conferences: Papers'Emotional Labour & The Fabricated Self'
Contributions to Conferences: Papers