Overview
Howard Davis (BA Cambridge; PhD Edinburgh) was appointed Professor of Social Theory and Institutions at Bangor University in 1997 and was Head of the School of Social Sciences from 1999-2007. He worked previously at the universities of Kent and Glasgow, where he was a founder member of the Glasgow Media Group. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. From 2008- 2018 he was Co-Director of the Wales Institute for Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD). His main areas of research are social theories of culture and creativity; cultural formations and transitions in post-Soviet societies; social identities at local, national and international levels; research methods for the sociological analysis of culture, language and identities. His most recent project is part of WISERD Civil Society and examines experiences of participation at the local level and their implications for civic exclusion and expansion.
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Publications
2023
- PublishedAre local students disadvantaged? Understanding institutional, local and national sense of belonging in higher education
Ahn, M. Y. & Davis, H., Feb 2023, In: British Educational Research Journal. 49, 1, p. 19-34
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedSerhii Plokhy The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History
Davis, H., Dec 2023, In: Society. 60, p. 1040-1044 5 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review - PublishedStudents’ sense of belonging and their socio-economic status in higher education: a quantitative approach
Ahn, M. Y. & Davis, H., Feb 2023, In: Teaching in Higher Education. 28, 1, p. 136-149 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2022
- PublishedBiographical Research Methods
Davis, H. H. & Eichsteller, M. J., 4 May 2022, First ed. London: SAGE Publications Ltd. 217 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
2021
- PublishedLocal Civil Society: Place, Time and Boundaries
Mann, R., Dallimore, D., Davis, H., Day, G. & Eichsteller, M., 2 Dec 2021, Policy Press. 160 p. (Civil Society and Social Change)
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review - PublishedReligion and local civil society: participation and change in a post-industrial village
Davis, H., Dallimore, D., Mann, R. & Eichsteller, M., Sept 2021, In: Journal of Contemporary Religion. 36, 2, p. 287-309 23 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2020
- PublishedFour domains of students’ sense of belonging to university
Ahn, M. Y. & Davis, H., 3 Mar 2020, In: Studies in Higher Education. 45, 3, p. 622-634 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedSense of belonging as an indicator of social capital
Ahn, M. Y. & Davis, H., 13 Jul 2020, In: International Journal of Sociology & Social Policy. 40, 7/8, p. 627-642
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2019
- PublishedPushing the boundaries of Big Local
Dallimore, D., Davis, H., Eichsteller, M. & Mann, R., 31 Mar 2019, Local Trust. 18 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
2018
- PublishedPlace, belonging and local voluntary association leadership
Dallimore, D., Davis, H., Mann, R. & Eichsteller, M., Jul 2018.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review - PublishedPlace, belonging and the determinants of volunteering
Dallimore, D., Davis, H., Eichsteller, M. & Mann, R., Mar 2018, In: Voluntary Sector Review. 9, 1, p. 21-38
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2017
- PublishedLanguage in autobiographical narratives: Motivation, capital and transnational imaginations
Davis, H., Day, G., Eichsteller, M. & Baker, S., Jun 2017, In: Language, Discourse & Society. 5, 1, p. 53-70 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPlace, belonging and the determinants of volunteering
Dallimore, D., Davis, H., Eichsteller, M. & Mann, R., Sept 2017.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
2016
- PublishedCivil Society: Participation in Wales, in place and over time
Dallimore, D., Davis, H., Mann, R. & Eichsteller, M., 6 Jul 2016.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review - PublishedDissociation, reflexivity and habitus
Rafieian, S. & Davis, H. H., Nov 2016, In: European Journal of Social Theory. 19, 4, p. 556-573
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedFour domains of students’ sense of belonging to university
Ahn, M. Y. & Davis, H., 2016.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review - PublishedHypnosis, Placebo, and Performance
Rafeian, S. & Davis, H., 18 Aug 2016, Biosemiotic Medicine: Healing in the World of Meaning. Goli, F. (ed.). Springer Verlag, p. 133-154 (Studies in Neuroscience, Consciousness and Spirituality; vol. 5, no. 1).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review - PublishedSense of belonging, as an indicator of social capital
Ahn, M. Y. & Davis, H., 2016.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review - PublishedSocial engagements, as the key factor for students’ sense of belonging to university
Ahn, M. Y. & Davis, H., 2016.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review - PublishedThe complexity of student’s sense of belonging to higher education institutions
Ahn, M. Y. & Davis, H., 2016.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
2015
- PublishedAlan Touraine
Davis, H. H. & Wright, J. (Editor), 2 Apr 2015, International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. Elsevier Science
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedFalse Self-Employment
Davis, H. H., Dawson, M. (Editor), Fowler, B. (Editor), Miller, D. (Editor) & Smith, A. (Editor), 1 Oct 2015, Stretching the Sociological Imagination: Essays in Honour of John Eldridge. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 83-98
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
2014
- PublishedThe category of religion in Alain Touraine's critique of modernity
Davis, H. H., 17 Jul 2014, p. -.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
2012
- PublishedInternational Education in the Life Course
Davis, H., Day, G., Baker, S. & Eichsteller, M., 1 Jan 2012, The Evolution of European Identities: Biographical Approaches. Day, G. & Miller, R. (eds.). 2012 ed. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 45-60
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
2011
- PublishedReframing Society and Culture in Post-Soviet Russia
Davis, H. H. & Erofeev, S., 1 Jan 2011, In: Comparative Sociology. 10, 5, p. 710-734
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2010
- Published'There's one shop you don't go into if you are English': The social and political integration of English migrants into Wales.
Day, G. A., Davis, H. H. & Drakakis-Smith, A., 1 Nov 2010, In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 36, 9, p. 1405-1423
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedAttitudes to Language and Bilingualism among English In-Migrants to North Wales.
Davis, H. H., Day, G. A. & Morris, D. (Editor), 1 Jan 2010, Welsh in the Twenty-First Century. 2010 ed. University of Wales Press, p. 148-167
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedInside out: An 'English' dispersal into North-West Wales.
Drakakis-Smith, A., Day, G. A. & Davis, H. H., 1 Mar 2010, In: Immigrants and Minorities. 28, 1, p. 42-69
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedLanguage Acquisition in Biographical Narratives: Steps in Supranational Identity Formation.
Davis, H. H. & Baker, S., 12 Jul 2010.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
2009
- PublishedBad News
Beharrell, P., Davis, H. H., Eldridge, J., Hewitt, J., Hart, J., Philo, G., Walton, P. & Winston, B., 1 Jan 2009, Routledge.
Research output: Book/Report › Book - PublishedExploring European identities through biographical narrative interviews.
Davis, H. H., Baker, S., Day, G. A. & Kowalska, M., 1 Jan 2009.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedMore Bad News
Beharrell, P., Davis, H. H., Eldridge, J., Hewitt, J., Hart, J., Philo, G., Walton, P. & Winston, B., 1 Jan 2009, Routledge.
Research output: Book/Report › Book - PublishedRepresentations of Otherness in Russian Newspapers: the theme of migration as a counterpoint to Russian national identity.
Davis, H. H. & Sosnovskaya, A., 1 Oct 2009, In: Journal of Intercultural Communication. 21, p. 1-15
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedRevisiting the concept of the Public Intellectual
Davis, H. H., Fleck, C. (Editor), Hess, A. (Editor) & Lyon, E. S. (Editor), 1 Jan 2009, Intellectuals and Their Publics: Perspectives from the Social Sciences. 2009 ed. Ashgate
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
2008
- PublishedMigrating to North Wales: The 'English' Experience
Day, G. A., Day, G., Drakakis-Smith, A. & Davis, H. H., 1 Sept 2008, In: Contemporary Wales. 21, 1, p. 101-129
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPortrait of a Locality? The local press at work in North West Wales 2000-2002
Day, G. A., Day, G., Drakakis-Smith, A. & Davis, H. H., 1 Jan 2008, In: Contemporary Wales. 21, p. 25-26
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2007
- PublishedBuilding a Tatar elite: Language and national schooling in Kazan.
Veinguer, A. A. & Davis, H. H., 1 Jun 2007, In: Ethnicities. 7, 2, p. 186-207
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe regional and the global in the context of changing cultural production.
Davis, H. H. & Yerofeyev, S., 1 Dec 2007, In: Regionologiia. 4, p. 5-14
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2006
- PublishedBeing English in north Wales: Inmigration and the immigrant experience
Day, G., Davis, H. H. & Drakakis-Smith, A., 2006, In: Nationalism and Ethnic Politics. 12, 3-4, p. 577-598
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2005
- PublishedMediating religion in post soviet Russia: Orthodoxy and national identity in broadcasting
Davis, H. H., 1 Jan 2005, In: Studies in World Christianity. 11, 1, p. 65-86
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Projects
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01/10/2014 – 01/08/2019 (Finished)
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01/07/2010 – 31/07/2011 (Finished)
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Analysis of the Correlates of Self-Reported Work Related to Illness in the labour Force Survey
01/01/2010 – 30/07/2010 (Finished)
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PRIMO_RF Development of the Model for Professional Recognition of Foreign Qualifications in Russia
01/01/2009 – 30/06/2016 (Finished)
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The Evolution of European Identity: Using biographical Methods to study the development of European
01/03/2008 – 05/09/2013 (Finished)
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Mothers, Wives And Changing Lives:Uncove
15/01/2007 – 23/08/2012 (Finished)
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01/04/2005 – 31/08/2009 (Finished)