Dr Mark Erickson BA, MA, PhD
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Applied Social Science
Falmer
Brighton
BN1 9PH
Telephone: +44 (0)1273 644525
Email: M.Erickson@brighton.ac.uk
Research interests
- Science and technology
- Climate change and society
- Sociological theory
- History of the human sciences
- Social research methods
- Work and employment
Teaching
- Sociology
- Sociology of science and technology
- Sociology of climate change
- Sociology of work and employment
- Research methods
Forthcoming publications
Williams, S., Bradley, H., Devadason, R., and Erickson, M. 2013: Globalization and Work Cambridge: Polity
Erickson, M. 2012: 'Network as metaphor' International Journal of Criminology and Sociological Theory Vol 5, No. 2 pp. 912-921
Recent publications
ERICKSON, MARK (2012) Network as Metaphor International Journal of Criminology and Sociological Theory, 5 (2). ISSN 1916-2782
Erickson, Mark and Webster, Frank (2012) Science and technology: now and in the future. In: Ritzer, George, ed. The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Sociology. Blackwell Publishing Ltd/John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, pp. 609-625. ISBN 978-1-4443-3039-7; 978-1-4443-4735-7
Erickson, Mark (2011) The usual suspects Metascience, 20 (2). pp. 317-320. ISSN 0815-0796
Erickson, Mark and Turner, Charles (2010) The sociology of Wilhelm Baldamus: paradox and inference Ashgate Publishing Limited, Abingdon. ISBN 978-0-7546-9686-5, 978-0-7546-7856-4
Erickson, Mark (2010) 'Efficiency and effort' revisited: emotional labour and contemporary sociology of work In: Erickson, Mark and Turner, Charles, eds. The sociology of Wilhelm Baldamus: paradox and inference. Ashgate Publishing Limited, Farnham, pp. 35-52. ISBN 9780754678564, 9780754696865
Erickson, Mark (2010) Why should I read histories of science? History of the Human Sciences, 23 (4). pp. 68-91. ISSN 0952-6951
Erickson, Mark (2010) Why should I read histories of science? A response to Patricia Fara, Steve Fuller and Joseph Rouse History of the Human Sciences, 23 (4). pp. 105-108. ISSN 0952-6951
Erickson, Mark, Bradley, Harriet, Stephenson, Carol and Williams, Steve (2009) Business in society: people, work and organizations Polity Press, Cambridge. ISBN 13:978-0-7456-4232-1, 13: 978-0-7456-4233-8
Erickson, Mark (2008) Small stories and tall tales: nanotechnology, science fiction and science fact In: Science and its publics. Cambridge Scholars Press, Cambridge, pp. 137-158.
Gray, Ann, Campbell, Jan, Erickson, Mark, Hanson, Stuart and Wood, Helen (2007) CCCS selected working papers (set) Routledge, Abingdon, UK. ISBN 9780415412599
Gray, A., Campbell, J., Erickson, Mark, Hanson, S. and Woods, H., eds. (2007) CCCS selected working papers: volume 1 Routledge, London. ISBN 9780415324403
Gray, A., Campbell, J., Erickson, Mark, Hanson, S. and Woods, H., eds. (2007) CCCS selected working papers: volume 2 Routledge, London. ISBN 9780203357071
Erickson, Mark (2007) Introduction to CCCS selected working papers In: Gray, Ann, Campbell, Jan, Erickson, Mark, Hanson, Stuart and Wood, Helen, eds. CCCS Selected Working Papers. Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 1-12. ISBN 10415324416
Erickson, L. and Erickson, M., eds. (2005) Russia: war, peace and diplomacy - essays in honour of John Erickson Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, UK. ISBN 0297849131
Erickson, Mark (2005) Science, culture and society: understanding science in the 21st Century Polity Press, UK. ISBN 0745629741
Webster, F. and Erickson, Mark (2004) Technology and social problems In: Ritzer, George, ed. Handbook of social problems: a comparative international perspective. Sage Publications, London, UK, pp. 416-432. ISBN 0 7619 2610 0
Erickson, Mark (2002) Science as a vocation in the 21st Century: an empirical study of science researchers Max Weber Studies, 3 (1). pp. 33-55. ISSN 1470-8078
Erickson, Mark (2002) What do normative accounts tell us? History of the Human Sciences, 15 (2). pp. 102-109. ISSN 1461-720X
Erickson, Mark and Shakespeare, T. (2001) Different strokes: beyond biological determinism and social constructionism In: Rose, Hilary and Rose, Steven, eds. Alas poor Darwin: Arguments against evolutionary psychology. Vintage Books, UK, pp. 190-205. ISBN 0099283190
Erickson, Mark and Stephenson, C. (2001) Seeing beyond the myths at work Career research and development, 1 (2). pp. 11-13. ISSN 1472-6564
Bradley, Harriet, Erickson, Mark, Stephenson, Carol and Williams, Steve (2000) Myths at work Polity Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 0745622704
Reviews
Erickson, M. 2010. "The usual suspects." Metascience: 1-4.
Erickson, M. 2008. "Review: Bienvenido Leon, Science on Television: The Narrative of Scientific Documentary. Luton: The Pantaneto Press, 2007. [El documental de divulgacion cientifica, Barcelona: Paidos, 1999.]" European Journal of Communication 23:92-93.
Erickson, M. 2007. "Review: Andrew Chadwick, Internet Politics: States, Citizens, and New Communication Technologies. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2006." European Journal of Communication 22:237-239.
Erickson, M. 2007. "Review: Vincent Kiernan, Embargoed Science. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2006." European Journal of Communication 22:509-511.
Erickson, M. 2007. "Review: Peter Broks, Understanding Popular Science. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2006." European Journal of Communication 22:251-253.
Erickson, M. 2005. "Book Review: The Social Study of Information and Communication Technology: Innovation, Actors, and Contexts." European Journal of Communication 20:546-548.
Erickson, M. 2005. "Book Review: Sociology on Culture." European Journal of Communication 20:134-135.
Erickson, M. 2002. "Review of Building the Trident Network, Maggie Mort." Work Employment and Society. 16:771-774.
Erickson, M. 2004. "Review of Natural Born Cyborgs by Andy Clark." The Canadian Journal of Sociology 29:471-473.

