David Miller (sociologist)

David Miller (born 1964) is a British academic, and professor of political sociology at the University of Bristol. He is the co-founder and co-director of the non-profit company Public Interest Investigations.

This article is about the British sociologist. For the British political theorist, see David Miller (political theorist).

Career

Miller earned a Bachelor's degree in biological science from the University of Glasgow. He undertook doctoral research with the Glasgow Media Group.[1]

Miller began his academic career as a lecturer and then reader in film and media studies at the University of Stirling, before switching to sociology.[1] From 2004 to 2011, he was professor of sociology at the University of Strathclyde.[2] Since 2011, he has been professor of sociology at the University of Bath[3] and subsequently at the University of Bristol.

Miller is the co-founder and co-director of the non-profit company Public Interest Investigations, which has two main projects, Spinwatch, a website "devoted to public interest reporting on spin lobbying and political corruption", and Powerbase, a wiki that purports to "...[monitor] power networks and conflicts of interest".[4]

Syrian Civil War

Miller is a member of the Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media (SPM), alongside Piers Robinson and Tim Hayward. The group has stated that the White Helmets civil defence organisation was involved in staging the Douma chemical attack in a false flag operation.[5]

Suspension from Labour Party

In May 2020, Miller was suspended as a member of the Labour Party[6] and resigned the following month. Miller described the "targeted harassment" of him and other socialist members as confirming "the degree of influence that Zionist advocates and lobbyists for Israel have over disciplinary processes and Party policy".[7][8]

Selected publications
  • A Century of Spin: How Public Relations Became the Cutting Edge of Corporate Power (Pluto Press, 2008)[3]
  • Thinker, Faker, Spinner, Spy: Corporate PR and the Assault on Democracy (Pluto Press, 2007)[3]
  • Bad News for Labour: Antisemitism, the Party and Public Belief, Greg Philo, Mike Berry, Justin Schlosberg, Antony Lerman, David Miller (Pluto Press, 2019)

References
  1. "Appointments: University of Bath, David Miller". Times Higher Education. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  2. "David Miller - University of Bath, Bath - UB - Department of Social and Policy Sciences - ResearchGate". ResearchGate. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  3. "David Miller". the Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  4. "Home". www.dmiller.info. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  5. York, Chris (29 January 2020). "The 'Useful Idiots': How These British Academics Helped Russia Deny War Crimes At The UN". HuffPost.
  6. "Lecturer who said Starmer received 'Zionist' money suspended by Labour". www.thejc.com. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  7. "Ahead of a probe into his conduct, Bristol professor resigns from Labour blaming 'the Zionist movement'". www.thejc.com. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  8. Kennedy, Dominic (16 June 2020). "Lecturer David Miller quits 'Zionist' Labour Party". The Times. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
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