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Details for Dr Will Atkinson
| Personal details | |
| Name | Dr Will Atkinson |
| Job title | Reader in Sociology |
| Department | School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies University of Bristol |
| Contact details | This expert can be contacted via the University of Bristol Public Relations
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| Qualifications | BA(Nott.Trent), MSc (Bristol), PhD(Bristol) |
| Professional details | |
| Membership of professional bodies | The British Sociological Association |
| Keywords | social class class politics class culture educational inequalities social mobility inequality |
| Areas of expertise | My area of expertise is social class, covering the different approaches and measurements of class and the patterns of inequality and difference associated with it in the realms of education, work, social mobility, health, politics and lifestyles. I have particular expertise in the understanding of exactly how class produces these patterns. |
| Media experience | Coverage of my research in both local and national print media National and local radio interviews |