Block Allen, David M

Biography

He is a ICREA Research Professor in Sociolinguistics in the Departament d'Anglès i Lingüística, Universitat de Lleida. Therehe is a member of the Cercle de Lingüística Aplicada. He is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences (UK); Visiting Professor at University College London, Institute of Education; and editor of the Routledge book series Political Economy and Applied Linguistics. He joined ICREA in September 2012 after 16 years at the University College London Institute of Education, where he was Professor of Languages in Education. Prior to that, he worked in Barcelona for 18 years as an English teacher in centres such as ESADE, and as a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the Universitat de Barcelona and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.He completed my PhD in Applied Linguistics at the University Lancaster (UK) in 1995.

Research Interest

He has published articles, chapters and books on a variety of topics in applied linguistics, including second language identities, bi/multilingualism and language in society. At present,he is incorporating into my work past and present thinking in political economy (from Smith and Marx to Piketty and Harvey), as he developed conceptual frameworks for understanding globalization, internationalisation, multiculturalism, bi/multilingualism, identity and social movements. In his most recent work He has focussed on neoliberalism as the dominant ideology/rationality in contemporary societies, socioeconomic stratification in 21st century societies and class as a key dimension of being in the world. This orientation is reflected in two books, Neoliberalism and Applied Linguistics (Routledge, 2012; co-authored, with John Gray and Marnie Holborow) and Social Class in Applied Linguistics (Routledge, 2014); numerous articles and chapters appearing in 2016, 2017 and 2018; and two additional books under contract and in preparation: Political Economy and Sociolinguistics: Redistribution and Recognition. (Bloomsbury) and (with Lídia Gallego-Balsà) Minority Ethnic Students in Higher Education: Talking Multilingualism and Identity (Multilingual Matters).