Linsey McGoey | |
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 Linsey McGoey | |
| Born | 17 April 1978 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Known for | Research in Ignorance studies and about charity |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
| Thesis | The value of ignorance: Antidepressant drugs and the policies of objectivity in medicine (2007) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Sociology |
Linsey McGoey (born 17 April 1978 [1] ) is a Canadian sociologist and academic based in England. She is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex. [2] She is known for having written about philanthropy in her book No Such Thing as a Free Gift and co-editing the Routledge International Handbook of Ignorance Studies with Matthias Gross. [3] [4] [5] Her next book,The Unknowers:How Elite Ignorance Rules the World, was published in 2019. [6]
