Dr Wallace McNeish

Contact info

w.mcneish@abertay.ac.uk

01382 308742

Biography

Wallace McNeish holds the following degrees:

BA (Hons) Social Sciences (Politics and Sociology), First Class, Glasgow Caledonian University, 1994.

M.Phil in Political in Political Theory and Philosophy, Distinction, Thesis:听Habermas, Foucault and the New Social Movements, University of Glasgow, 1995.

PhD in Sociology,听The Anti-Roads Protest Movement in Nineties Britain: a Sociological Interpretation, University of Glasgow, 2000.

Before coming 海角视频e taught a variety of Sociology and Politics courses at the University of Glasgow, University of Stirling and Glasgow Caledonian University. He also worked as a contract researcher on a number of funded sociology projects at the University of Glasgow.

He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2009 and served as Sociology Division Leader between 2011 and 2015 when he gave up the position because it ceased to be rotational and became permanent.

Teaching
Research

Wallace McNeish is currently Module听Leader听for

ELE011 Debating the 21st Century

厂翱颁102听History and Social Change

SOC201 Classical Social Theory

厂翱颁401听Political Sociology

SOC400 Sociology Honours Project

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He contributes teaching to

SOC301听Contemporary Social Theory

ELE012听Film and Game Genres

Interests

Wallace McNeish has conducted published听research in the following fields

Social Movements and Political Protest

Environmentalism

The British Welfare State

Young People,听Unemployment,听Education, Training and Labour Markets in the European Union

Young People, Disadvantage and Access to Higher Education

The Effects of 海角视频ing Sociology upon the Lives of Non-Traditional Higher Education Students

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He has recently developed a research听interest in

The Computer Games Industry

Creative Industries

Apocalypticism in Contemporary Culture and Society

The Scottish Independence Movement

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Wallace McNeish will consider听supervisions for Masters by Research or PhDs that fall broadly within the fields indicated above.

More Information

Funding

I have recently completed leading an ATLEF funded interdisciplinary research project entitled 'Creativity, Employability and the Gaming Habitus'. This project brought together members of the Sociology Division and the School of Arts, Media and Computer Games to听research games, gaming, gamers and game cultures.

Esteem

Currently External Examiner for BSc (Hons) Sociology and BA (Hons) Criminology, Teeside University.

External Examiner for: BA (Hons) Community Studies & BA (Hons) Applied Community Studies, University of Bolton, 2009-2014.

Grant Application Reviewer for the ESRC.

Referee听for听Sociological Research Online,听Sociology,听Mobilization, Journal of Youth Studies, Eastern Sociological Forum.

Knowledge Exchange

Wallace McNeish has given conference presentations, invited papers and interactive workshops over the past twenty years at a variety of venues including: the British Sociological Association (various venues), Alternative Futures (Manchester Metropolitan), Employment Research Institute (Napier University), C-SAP (Birmingham), European Youth Transitions (Madrid), British Philosophy of Sport Association (University of Brighton), DIGRA (海角视频), University of Glasgow, Universitty of Bologna, University of Pamplona, University of Copenhagen, University of Niederrhein, 听Heriot-Watt University.

Outreach

The Sociology听Division听regularly engages in different forms of outreach, recruitment and public engagement activity including Information and Open听Days, School and College visits, the hosting of Schools and Colleges teaching events, public debates and media contributions in relation to specialist research fields.

If you would like a sociologist from the Division to engage in any form of public engagement activity please use the contact details for staff provided on the University webpages.