Dr. Paul Jones

Biography

Paul K. Jones works at the intersection of sociology, critical theory, and political communication. He has published widely on the relations between media policy, political communication, and the public sphere in Australia and international comparative media systems. Jones has held Australian Research Council grants and has participated in both local and international research teams. He is a founding member of the editorial board of Cultural Sociology and has extensively researched the work of Raymond Williams in cultural sociology. He served on the executive board of the International Sociological Association’s Sociological Theory research committee from 2006 to 2014. His academic affiliations include Visiting Fellowships at the London School of Economics, University of Cambridge, University of California, Berkeley, and the Yale Center for Cultural Sociology. Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the University of New South Wales and an Affiliated Member at Das Forschungszentrum Social Theory in Innsbruck. His forthcoming publications include research on demagogic populism as a critical sociological alternative to mainstream studies of populism. Additionally, he supervises graduate students exploring areas of digital media and social theory.

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