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Biography
Dr Wright joined The School of Sociology and Social Policy in January 2022 as an Assistant Professor in Criminology. Prior to this, he worked at Nottingham Trent University, as a Lecturer, and then Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology. Prior to this, Dr Wright previously worked and studied in The School of Sociology and Social Policy, as an ESRC funded doctoral researcher, part-time teacher, and then as researcher at The University of Nottingham's Rights Lab.
Dr Wright is the Senior Tutor for The School of Sociology and Social Policy. He is also the Disability Liaison Officer for the School, a member of the School's Research Ethics and Integrity Committee (REIC), and the School's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee.
In terms of academic qualifications, Dr Wright read for the following degrees: BA (Hons) Sociology and Social Policy, MSc Social and Cultural Theory, MA Criminological and Socio-legal Research, and PhD Sociology.
Teaching Summary
Dr Wright currently convenes Investigating Social Worlds (a first year research methods module), and teaches on Contemporary Theories of Crime, Justice and Society (a second year criminological… read more
Research Summary
Dr Wright's current research agenda includes:
- an ongoing interview study on the relation between ethnography and the neoliberal university. You can read a blogpost about this here.
- the future of work, in terms of harm and power. You can read a related blogpost here.
- decolonizing zemiology
- those with sexual convictions, their experience of prison and release
Dr Wright's doctoral research was concerned with theorisations of identity in 'late' modernity, taking a boxing club as an ethnographic case study to host such a discussion. This work hosted a dialogue between the sociologies of Bauman and Bourdieu. Findings, discussion, and theorisation relate to, for instance: social class in the twenty-first century, particularly the relationship between class and taste, the condensation of time, the concept of failure, contemporary racisms in and beyond sport. Alongside this, Dr Wright has conducted research on prisons, capoeira, and modern slavery and mental health.
Edward is a member of the following UoN research centres:
- The Criminal Justice Research Centre
- The Identities, Citizenship, Equalities and Migration Centre
Recent Publications
Dr Wright currently convenes Investigating Social Worlds (a first year research methods module), and teaches on Contemporary Theories of Crime, Justice and Society (a second year criminological theory module).
Previously, Dr Wright has taught a wide range of subjects at various academic levels (i.e. UG through to PGR), such as: research methods for criminology and sociology, philosophy of social science, criminological theory, sociological theory, the sociology of crime, the sociology of harm/zemiology, prisons and society.