Mike Michael
Professor
Sociology
Goldsmiths University of London
United Kingdom
Biography
Mike Michael joined the Department in 1998 from Lancaster University where I had been Deputy Director of the Centre for Science Studies and Science Policy. Mike has a BA in Experimental Psychology from University of Oxford and PhD in Social Psychology from University of Durham. Despite this background in psychology, Mike has managed to transform himself into a sociologist of sorts, even going so far as to serve as Head of the Sociology Department 2001-2004.
Research Interest
Interests in microsociology, qualitative methods and recent theoretical perspectives on materiality. Mike has offered options in Science and Society, Animals and Society, and Sociologies of Everyday Life
Publications
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Speculating Wilkie, Alex. 2017. Speculating. In: Celia Lury; Patricia T. Clough; Una Chung; Rachel Fensham; Sybille Lammes; Angela Last; Mike Michael and Emma Uprichard, eds. Routledge Handbook of Interdisciplinary Research Methods. London; New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN 1138886874
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The Sacrifice: How Scientific Experiments Transform Animals and People Birke, Lynda; Arluke, Arnold and Michael, Mike. 2007. The Sacrifice: How Scientific Experiments Transform Animals and People. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press. ISBN 1557534322
