Dr Joseph Ibrahim

Joseph is a sociologist who has research interests in social theory, and the culture, values and practices of social movements. He has a particular interest in the work of Pierre Bourdieu and has published a monograph drawing on his ideas.

Joseph is a member of the British Sociological Association’s Bourdieu study group and the founder and co-convenor of the Political and Social Movements Specialist Group for the Political Studies Association. He founded the latter group to provide a national level hub for scholars to promote research in this area.

He has completed projects on the politics of the alternative globalization movement, student politics and protests, and social movement emergence during times of austerity. He has recently completed (with John Roberts) a two-volume collection with Routledge on Contemporary left-wing activism: democracy, participation and dissent.

He is on the editorial board of the journals, Sociological Research Online, Journal of Cultural Analysis and Social Change, and the editorial review board of the book series Transforming Capitalism (Rowman and Littlefield). At Leeds Beckett, Joseph co-directs the Global Inequalities research programme, his role centres around reviewing research and funding proposals, organizing research seminars and annual symposia and providing general leadership and oversight for the groups research strategy

Joseph is Director of Studies for PhD projects and teaches on the following BA (Hons) Sociology modules:

• Culture, Media and Society
• Modern Social Theory
• Politics, Protest and Social Movements