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Dr Tom Mills

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1389-7577

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PhD projects

I am open to supervising PhD students with an interest in elites, upper classes, corporate influence, action and harms, media and communications, think tanks, neoliberalism and conservatism.

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Room: MB732(b)
Phone: 0121 204 3332
Email:  [email protected]k

Biography

I am a sociologist with an interest in digital methods, social network analysis and investigative research. My work is in two overlapping areas: media and communications and elites. In both, I am concerned with examining powerful organisations and networks. I am particularly interested in critical examinations of economic and political elites, and the use of computational methods to research corporate influence, action and harms. I am the author of The BBC: Myth of a Public Service, a book which examines the BBC’s relationship with the state and the ways in which the rise of neoliberalism impacted on its organisational structure and culture. 

Research Interests

  • Elites and inequality
  • Corporate power and harms
  • Think tanks and policy network
  • Media and communications
  • Sociology of knowledge and expertise
  • Counter-terrorism and Islamophobia
  • Digital methods, social network analysis, investigative research.

Teaching Activity

  • Digital Methods for Social Science and Humanities (LK2041)
  • Elites (LK3042)
  • Racisms (LK2030)
  • From Social Problems to Public Policies (LK1021)

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Dr Mills's research focuses on elites and inequality, corporate power and harms, think tanks and policy network and media and communications.

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Sociology, University of Bath

2008 → 2015

External positions

Senior Research Fellow, De Montfort University Media Discourse Centre

31 Oct 2015 → …

Chair, Media Reform Coalition

Keywords

  • HM Sociology
  • Elites
  • Media Communications
  • Corporate power
  • Social Network Analysis
  • Knowledge and Expertise
  • Digital Sociology
  • Social Harm
  • HT Communities. Classes. Races
  • Islamophobia

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  2. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  3. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  4. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  5. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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