Claire Alexander

Biography

Claire is Professor of Sociology at The University of Manchester and a member of the Critical In/Equalities research cluster where she works on race, ethnicity, migration and youth in Britain. She is Director of Social Responsibility for the School of Social Sciences. Claire is Editor of Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power. She is on the editorial board of Ethnic and Racial Studies and Contemporary Sociology. She is also Founder and Co-Chair of the Runnymede Trust’s Academic Forum. External examining MPhil/PhD External Examiner at The University of Manchester, University of Bradford, University of Essex, Kings College London, City University, Goldsmiths College London, University of Edinburgh, SOAS, Oxford University, Sheffield University, Nottingham University, Nottingham Trent University.

Research Interest

Race, ethnicity, masculinity and youth identity in Britain; Muslim identities; South Asian migration and diaspora; ethnography and oral history.