Fiona Devine

Fiona Devine CBE FAcSS (born 6 June 1962)[1] is a professor of sociology at the University of Manchester and head of Manchester Business School.[2]

Fiona Devine CBE FAcSS
Born	6 June 1962
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Essex
Thesis	Privatism and the working class: affluent workers in the 1980s? (1990)
Academic work
Institutions	University of Manchester Manchester Business School
Main interests	Sociology
Website	http://www.mbs.ac.uk/research/people/profiles/FDevine

Education

Devine's degrees, master's and doctorate were all gained from the University of Essex.[1][3]

Career

Devine is best known for sociology writings about a new model of class structures: seven classes ranging from the Elite at the top to a Precariat at the bottom. She collaborated with the BBC website BBC Lab UK on the Great British Class Survey.[4] More generally Devine specialises in social stratification and mobility; class identity; and in gender, work and family.[5] She is co-director of the Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change at Manchester.[6]

Awards

She was awarded an OBE for Services to Social Sciences in 2010 and elected to the Academy of Social Sciences in 2011. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to the Social Sciences.

Selected bibliography

Books

• Devine, Fiona; Waters, Mary C. (2004). Social inequalities in comparative perspective. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9780631226857.
• Devine, Fiona; Savage, Mike; Scott, John; Crompton, Rosemary (2005). Rethinking class: culture, identities and lifestyles. Basingstoke, Hampshire New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780333968956.

Book chapters

• Devine, Fiona; Waters, Mary C. (2004), "Introduction", in Devine, Fiona; Waters, Mary C. (eds.), Social inequalities in comparative perspective, Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, pp. 1–19, ISBN 9780631226857.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Devine, Fiona (2004), "Talking about class in Britain", in Devine, Fiona; Waters, Mary C. (eds.), Social inequalities in comparative perspective, Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, pp. 191–213, ISBN 9780631226857.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Journal articles

• Devine, Fiona; Snee, Helene (2014). "Taking the next step: Class, resources and educational choice across the generations" (PDF). Journal of Youth Studies. 17 (8): 998–1013. doi:10.1080/13676261.2014.881987. S2CID 144672757.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Devine, Fiona; Snee, Helene (May 2015). "Doing the Great British class survey". The Sociological Review. 63 (2): 240–258. doi:10.1111/1467-954X.12282.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Devine, Fiona (2016). "The working class, middle class, assimilation and convergence". The Sociological Review.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) (Monograph series.)
• Devine, Fiona; Sensler, Marianne (January–March 2017). "Class, politics and the progressive dilemma". The Political Quarterly. 88 (1): 30–38. doi:10.1111/1467-923X.12331.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

References

1. "People of today: Fiona DEVINE". debretts.com. Debrett's. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014.
2. "Professor Fiona Devine". mbs.ac.uk. Manchester Business School. Archived from the original on 23 July 2016.
3. Devine, Fiona (1990). Privatism and the working class: affluent workers in the 1980s? (PhD). University of Essex. OCLC 22151706.
4. Staff writer (March 2011), "CRESC reseaarch and the BBC's Great British Class Survey", in CRESC (ed.), CRESC News (Issue 12) (PDF), p. 9
5. "Fiona Devine". web.stanford.edu. Stanford University. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014.
6. Bradshaw, Della (16 December 2013). "Manchester Business School appoints sociologist to top job". Financial Times.

External links

• Profile: Manchester Business School