Perri 6 is a British

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. He changed his name from David Ashworth to Perri 6 in 1983. Whilst not an academic at the time, many years later he said he was amused by the notion of "6, P" appearing in academic papers. 6 worked for Demos, a

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with close ties to

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in the 1990s. Much of 6's recent research is based on the cultural theory of risk, which he refers to as "neo-Durkheimian institutional theory". He has also done government-backed research for the

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, and has written on behalf of the think-tank Demos. He has also written for the peer-reviewed ''Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory'', ''Social Policy and Society'' and ''

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''. 6 is currently Chair in Public Management at

Queen Mary University of London , mottoeng = With united powers , established = 1785 – The London Hospital Medical College1843 – St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College1882 – Westfield College1887 – East London College/Queen Mary College , type = Public researc ...

Honors and awards

* In 2013, he was elected as a

fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences The Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) is an award granted by the Academy of Social Sciences to leading academics, policy-makers, and practitioners of the social sciences. Fellows were previously known as Academicians and used the ...

Selected bibliography

References

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* at Queen Mary University of London Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century social scientists Academics of Nottingham Trent University Academics of Queen Mary University of London British sociologists Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences Place of birth missing (living people) {{UK-sociologist-stub