Professor Tom Shakespeare FBA

Elected 2018

Fellow type: UK Fellow
Year elected: 2018
Sections: Sociology, Demography and Social Statistics
Website: https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/people/shakespeare.tom

10-Minute Talks: How disabled people achieve good lives in three African countries

6 May 2020 Professor Tom Shakespeare FBA

Current post

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Professor of Disability Research

Past appointments

Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia Professor of Disability Research

2013 - 2018

Newcastle University Senior Research Fellow

2010 - 2008

World Health Organization, Geneva Technical Officer, Disability and Research Team

2008 - 2013

National Endowment of Science, Technology and the Arts Fellow

2005 - 2008

Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences Research Institute, University of Newcastle Director of Outreach; Research Fellow

1999 - 2005

University of Leeds University Research Fellow

1996 - 1999

University of Sunderland Lecturer in Sociology

1992 - 1995

Publications

Disability – the Basics

Tom Shakespeare - Published in 2017 by Routledge

Disability Rights and Wrongs

Tom Shakespeare - Published in 2006 by Routledge

Second edition 2014

The Sexual Politics of Disability

Tom Shakespeare, Dominic Davies, Kath Gillespie-Sells - Published in 1997 by Continuum

The British Academy 10-Minute Talks: How disabled people achieve good lives in three African countries

Nine Fellows of the British Academy on how their subjects could shape the 2020s

Related Fellows

Professor Paul Boyle FBA

Population and health geography; family, gender and migration; health inequalities; migration and health; disease clustering; longitudinal and administrative data

Professor Michael Anderson FBA

Social, economic and geographic histories of Scotland, the UK, and Western Europe since the 18th century. Social economy of households and families

Professor George Brown FBA

Sociology

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Professor Tom Shakespeare FBA

10-Minute Talks: How disabled people achieve good lives in three African countries

Current post

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Professor of Disability Research

Past appointments

Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia Professor of Disability Research

2013 - 2018

Newcastle University Senior Research Fellow

2010 - 2008

World Health Organization, Geneva Technical Officer, Disability and Research Team

2008 - 2013

National Endowment of Science, Technology and the Arts Fellow

2005 - 2008

Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences Research Institute, University of Newcastle Director of Outreach; Research Fellow

1999 - 2005

University of Leeds University Research Fellow

1996 - 1999

University of Sunderland Lecturer in Sociology

1992 - 1995

Publications

Disability – the Basics

Tom Shakespeare - Published in 2017 by Routledge

Disability Rights and Wrongs

Tom Shakespeare - Published in 2006 by Routledge

The Sexual Politics of Disability

Tom Shakespeare, Dominic Davies, Kath Gillespie-Sells - Published in 1997 by Continuum

The British Academy 10-Minute Talks: How disabled people achieve good lives in three African countries

Nine Fellows of the British Academy on how their subjects could shape the 2020s

Related Fellows

Professor Paul Boyle FBA

Professor Michael Anderson FBA

Professor George Brown FBA

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Professor Tom Shakespeare FBA

10-Minute Talks: How disabled people achieve good lives in three African countries

Current post

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Professor of Disability Research

Past appointments

Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia Professor of Disability Research

2013 - 2018

Newcastle University Senior Research Fellow

2010 - 2008

World Health Organization, Geneva Technical Officer, Disability and Research Team

2008 - 2013

National Endowment of Science, Technology and the Arts Fellow

2005 - 2008

Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences Research Institute, University of Newcastle Director of Outreach; Research Fellow

1999 - 2005

University of Leeds University Research Fellow

1996 - 1999

University of Sunderland Lecturer in Sociology

1992 - 1995

Publications

Disability – the Basics

Tom Shakespeare - Published in 2017 by Routledge

Disability Rights and Wrongs

Tom Shakespeare - Published in 2006 by Routledge

The Sexual Politics of Disability

Tom Shakespeare, Dominic Davies, Kath Gillespie-Sells - Published in 1997 by Continuum

The British Academy 10-Minute Talks: How disabled people achieve good lives in three African countries

Nine Fellows of the British Academy on how their subjects could shape the 2020s

Related Fellows

Professor Paul Boyle FBA

Professor Michael Anderson FBA

Professor George Brown FBA

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