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Alex Simpson is the Discipline Chair of Criminology at Macquarie University. His research predominantly employs ethnographic methodologies to examine the dynamics of power, inequality, and elite social groups. He critically explores the performative rituals that underpin the maintenance and development of financial landscapes, while interrogating masculinist identities that sustain neoliberal traits such as competition and risk-seeking behavior. Simpson completed his PhD at the University of York in 2015, supported by an ESRC studentship. His scholarly work has been published in prominent international journals such as Sociology, Cities, Sociological Review, and Gender, Work & Organization. In 2021, he published a research monograph entitled 'Harm Production and Moral Dislocation in Finance' with Emerald, contributing to the discourse on social finance and cultural production. He is currently working on an edited volume titled 'Gendering Place and Affect' and conducting research on the incorporation of the Barangaroo financial district in Sydney. Additionally, Simpson supervises multiple PhD students and engages in research topics related to zemiology, organisational culture, and social harm.
Macquarie University • Sydney, NSW
Leads the Criminology department, overseeing academic programs and research initiatives.
Applied to Department of Business (MBA Program).