David Robert Inglis is a contemporary sociologist and academic.

Education and career

Inglis earned a

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

in sociology from the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

and then went on to complete his Master's and PhD in sociology at the

University of York , mottoeng = On the threshold of wisdom , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £8.0 million , budget = £403.6 million , chancellor = Heather Melville , vice_chancellor = Charlie Jeffery , students ...

. He has been a sociology professor at the

University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin yliopisto, sv, Helsingfors universitet, abbreviated UH) is a public research university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turku (in Swedish ''Åbo'') in 1640 as the ...

since 2017. He was previously a sociology professor at the

University of Exeter The University of Exeter is a public university , public research university in Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom. Its predecessor institutions, St Luke's College, Exeter School of Science, Exeter School of Art, and the Camborne School of Min ...

and the

University of Aberdeen The University of Aberdeen ( sco, University o' 'Aiberdeen; abbreviated as ''Aberd.'' in List of post-nominal letters (United Kingdom), post-nominals; gd, Oilthigh Obar Dheathain) is a public university, public research university in Aberdeen, Sc ...

. He was a founding editor of the journal ''

Cultural Sociology The sociology of culture, and the related cultural sociology, concerns the systematic analysis of culture, usually understood as the ensemble of symbolic codes used by a member of a society, as it is manifested in the society. For Georg Simmel, ...

'', and headed the Finnish Sociological Association, the Westermarck Society, from 2020 through 2022.

Books

Inglis is the author or coauthor of books including: *''A Sociological History of Excretory Experience: Defecatory Manners and Toiletry Technologies'' (Edwin Mellen Press, 2001) *''Culture and Everyday Life'' (Routledge, 2005) *''The Uses of Sport: A Critical Study'' (with John Hughson and Marcus Free, Routledge, 2005) *''An Invitation to Social Theory'' (with Christopher Thorpe, Polity Press, 2012) His

edited volume An edited volume or edited collection is a collection of scholarly or scientific chapters written by different authors. The chapters in an edited volume are original works (not republished works). Alternative terms for edited volume are ''contribut ...

s include: *''The Sociology of Art: Ways of Seeing'' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) *''The Globalization of Food'' (Berg, 2009), *''The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Sociology'' (SAGE, 2016) *''The Routledge International Handbook to Veils and Veiling Practices'' (Routledge, 2018).Review of ''The Routledge International Handbook to Veils and Veiling Practices'': Mari Toivanen, ''Youth and Globalization'', *''Drinks in Vogue: Exploring the Changing Worlds of Fashions and Beverages'' (Routledge, 2023)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Inglis, David R. Living people Academic staff of the University of Helsinki Alumni of the University of Cambridge Alumni of the University of York British sociologists British expatriates in Finland Year of birth missing (living people)