Stephen Ball (sociologist)

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Stephen J. Ball
Born (1950-01-21) 21 January 1950 (age 74)
NationalityBritish
Education University of Essex (BA, 1972)
University of Sussex (MA, 1973; DPhil, 1978)
Known for Policy sociology
Awards Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts since 1998
Fellow of the British Academy since 2006
Scientific career
Fields Sociology of education
Education policy
Institutions
Website www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/about/ioe-life/academics/stephen-ball

Stephen John Ball, FRSA , FBA , FAcSS (born 21 January 1950) is a British sociologist and the Karl Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education at the Institute of Education of University College London (formerly part of the University of London). [1] He has been described as "one of the most eminent scholars in the field of education policy". [2] In 2013, Michael W. Apple wrote that "...one of the things that set Stephen Ball apart from many others is his insistence that both structural and poststructural theories and analyses are necessary for ‘bearing witness’ and for an adequate critical understanding of educational realities". [3] He is the co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Education Policy , alongside founding editor Ivor Goodson. [4]

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Honours

Ball was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) in 1998, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) in 2000, and a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 2006. [5]

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References

  1. "Ball, Prof. Stephen John". Who's Who 2018 . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2017. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.151496. ISBN   978-0-19-954088-4.
  2. Mainardes, Jefferson; Marcondes, Maria Inês (April 2009). "Entrevista com Stephen J. Ball: um diálogo sobre justiça social, pesquisa e política educacional" [Interview with Stephen J. Ball: a dialogue on social justice, research and education policy]. Educação & Sociedade (in Portuguese). 30 (106): 303–318. doi: 10.1590/S0101-73302009000100015 . ISSN   0101-7330.
  3. Apple, Michael W. (November 2013). "Between traditions: Stephen Ball and the critical sociology of education". London Review of Education. 11 (3): 206–217. doi: 10.1080/14748460.2013.840981 . ISSN   1474-8460.
  4. "Interview with Professor Stephen Ball". Routledge Education Arena. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  5. "Stephen J. Ball CV" (PDF). Universidad de San Andrés. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
    - "BA fellows..." . Times Higher Education. 7 July 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2022.