Huw Beynon

Huw Beynon DSocSc FAcSS FLSW is an emeritus Professor of sociology at Cardiff University and Founding Director of the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University.[1] He specialises in sociology and organisational change and his main research interests include labour organisation, trade unionism, globalisation and post-industrial societies.[2]

Career

During his career, Huw Beynon has worked as a lecturer of sociology at Bristol University, a reader of sociology at Durham University,[3] a professor of sociology and Research Dean at Manchester University, and most recently, has worked at Cardiff University.[4]

He served on the Cardiff University Board, serving as the Chair of the Heads of School Committee for three years. He also was a member of many other committees at Cardiff University from 1999 to 2010, these included the Promotions Committee and the Research Committee.[1]

Beynon was the Founding Director of the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data (WISERD), a post he held from 2008 to 2010.[2] He was also part of the research team of three projects at WISERD that focused mainly on trade unions and social participation.[2]

Honours

• Awarded Doctor of Social Sciences by Manchester University in 1999.[5]
• Elected to the Academy of Social Sciences in 2000.[1]
• Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales in 2010.[4]
• Awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters by Durham University in 2013.[1]

Selected works

• Beynon, Huw; Hudson, Ray (2021). The Shadow of the Mine. Coal and the End of Industrial Britain. London: Verso. ISBN 978-1-83976-156-0
• Beynon, Huw (1973). Working for Ford. London: Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0-71390-553-3
• Beynon, Huw; Rowbotham, Sheila (2001). Looking at Class. London: Rivers Oram Press. ISBN 978-1-85489-120-4
• Beynon, Huw; Austin, Terry (1994). Masters and Servants: Class and Patronage in the Making of a Labour Organization. London: Rivers Oram Press. ISBN 978-1-85489-001-6
• Beynon, Huw; Cox, Andrew; Hudson, Ray (2000). Digging up Trouble: Environment, Protest and Open-cast Mining. London: Rivers Oram Press. ISBN 978-1-85489-112-9

References

1. DSc, Huw Beynon; ACSS; Sciences, FRSW Emeritus Professor School of Social. "Huw Beynon - People". Cardiff University. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
2. "Huw Beynon – Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data". Retrieved 2023-09-06.
3. "Beynon, Huw | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
4. Wales, The Learned Society of. "Huw Beynon". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
5. Says, Becca Black (2012-05-14). "About". Huw Beynon. Retrieved 2023-09-06.