Dr. Alexander Smith

Biography

Alex Smith is a Senior Leverhulme Research Fellow and Assistant Professor in Sociology at the University of Warwick. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Sociology at the University of Kansas and holds an Honorary Lectureship at the Institute of Science and Society at the University of Nottingham. His research involves long-term ethnographic fieldwork in the greater Kansas City metropolitan area as part of a multi-year project titled 'Making Science Public: Challenges and Opportunities', a collaborative effort funded by the Leverhulme Trust involving colleagues from the Universities of Sheffield and Warwick. Smith has previously held postdoctoral fellowships at the Universities of Birmingham, Edinburgh, and Keele. He earned his PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Edinburgh and edits the 'New Ethnographies' book series at Manchester University Press. Smith's research focuses on the intersections of politics, religion, and science in both American and British contexts and has received funding from notable organizations including the British Academy and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). He is the Principal Investigator of the ESRC seminar series promoting interdisciplinary collaboration among various universities. His selected publications highlight his expertise and contributions to sociology, particularly related to issues of democracy and social justice.

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