Robert van Krieken

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Robert van Krieken is an Australian sociologist, professor of sociology at the University of Sydney. [1] [2] He has also worked as Professor of Sociology at University College Dublin (2009-2011). [3] He is the author of Children and the State, [4] Norbert Elias, [5] Celebrity Society, [6] and co-author of the sociology textbook Sociology, [7] originally titled Sociology: Themes and Perspectives (Australian edition), [8] and Celebrity and the Law (with Patricia Loughlan and Barbara McDonald). [9] He has served in a variety of offices in the International Sociological Association, currently a Board Member of Working Group 02 Historical and Comparative Sociology. [10] In 2006-2010 he was a member of the executive committee, [11] and at the XVII World Congress of Sociology in Gothenburg he was elected vice-president (finance and membership) for 2010-2014. [12] He is also a member of The Australian Sociological Association.

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His fields of research include the sociology of childhood, processes of civilization and decivilization, the formation of the self, sociological theory, especially that of Norbert Elias, celebrity, law and society, and cultural genocide. [13]

Biography

Robert Michael van Krieken (1955) was born of Dutch parents in Hong Kong, where he attended primary school. From secondary school onwards he has lived in Sydney, Australia. He studied sociology as part of a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of New South Wales, where he also did his PhD, which he completed in 1977. He started working at the University of Sydney in 1979, teaching Social Theory in the Department of Social Work. In the 1990s he played a central role in the development of a sociology programme at the University of Sydney, which since 2001 it has been the core of a distinct Department of Sociology & Social Policy. He went on to complete a Law degree at the University of Sydney, gaining his LLB in 2003, which formed the foundation for the development of a programme in socio-legal studies, now also part of the Department of Sociology & Social Policy. [1]

He is currently on the editorial board of Contemporary Sociology, [14] and he has also served on the editorial boards of Law & Social Inquiry and Childhood.

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References

  1. 1 2 Department of Sociology & Social Policy, Staff Profiles. "Professor Robert van Krieken". University of Sydney. Retrieved 14 January 2013.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ↑ "Robert van Krieken". Google Scholar. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Researchers at UCD, Staff Listing. "Professor Robert van Krieken". University College Dublin. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  4. ↑ van Krieken, Robert (1992). Children and the State: Social Control and the Formation of Australian Child Welfare. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN   978-1863730952.
  5. ↑ van Krieken, Robert (1998). Norbert Elias. London: Routledge. ISBN   978-0415104166.
  6. ↑ van Krieken, Robert (2012). Celebrity Society. London: Routledge. ISBN   978-0415581509.
  7. ↑ van Krieken, R., Habibis, D., Smith, P. Maton, K. Martin, G. (2010). Sociology. Sydney: Pearson. ISBN   978-0733993862.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ van Krieken, R., Habibis, D., Smith, P., Hutchins, B. (2005). Sociology:Themes & Perspectives. Sydney: Peason. ISBN   9780733971396.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ Loughlan, P., McDonald, B., van Krieken, R. (2010). Celebrity & the Law. Sydney: Federation Press. ISBN   9780733971396.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ Working Group on Historical and Comparative Sociology WG02. "Board 2011-2014". ISA WG02. Retrieved 14 January 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ↑ Former Executive Committees. "2006-1010". ISA. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  12. ↑ ISA Executive Committee 2010-2014. "Vice-President, Finance & Membership". ISA. Retrieved 14 January 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ↑ UCD School of Sociology. "Professor Robert van Krieken". University College Dublin. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  14. ↑ Editorial Board Members. "Contemporary Sociology". American Sociological Association. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
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