Huw Beynon

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Huw Beynon DSocSc FAcSS FLSW is an emeritus Professor of sociology at Cardiff University and Founding Director of the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University. [1] He specialises in sociology and organisational change and his main research interests include labour organisation, trade unionism, globalisation and post-industrial societies. [2]

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Career

During his career, Huw Beynon has worked as a lecturer of sociology at Bristol University, a reader of sociology at Durham University, [3] a professor of sociology and Research Dean at Manchester University, and most recently, has worked at Cardiff University. [4]

He served on the Cardiff University Board, serving as the Chair of the Heads of School Committee for three years. He also was a member of many other committees at Cardiff University from 1999 to 2010, these included the Promotions Committee and the Research Committee. [1]

He was also the Founding Director of the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data (WISERD), a post he held from 2008 to 2010. [2] He was also part of the research team of three projects at WISERD that focused mainly on trade unions and social participation. [2]

Honours

Selected works

Beynon, Huw; Hudson, Ray (2021). The Shadow of the Mine. Coal and the End of Industrial Britain. London: Verso. ISBN 978-1-83976-156-0

Beynon, Huw (1973). Working for Ford. London: Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0-71390-553-3

Beynon, Huw; Rowbotham, Sheila (2001). Looking at Class. London: Rivers Oram Press. ISBN 978-1-85489-120-4

Beynon, Huw; Austin, Terry (1994). Masters and Servants: Class and Patronage in the Making of a Labour Organization. London: Rivers Oram Press. ISBN 978-1-85489-001-6

Beynon, Huw; Cox, Andrew; Hudson, Ray (2000). Digging up Trouble: Environment, Protest and Open-cast Mining. London: Rivers Oram Press. ISBN 978-1-85489-112-9

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