Jeff Hearn - Biography

Biography

Hearn did his MA - specialised and Thesis in Organisational Sociology - at the Department of Management Studies of the University of Leeds. He received a PhD on Social Theory, Social Planning and Theories of Patriarchy at the University of Bradford 1986. His first published book was in 1983, a materialist analysis of men's relations to children, followed by the book, “'Sex' at 'Work'”, authored with Wendy Parkin, in 1987, on the power and paradox of 'organisation sexuality', a book on sexuality in organisations, and then “The Gender of Oppression”, a neo-marxist, pro-feminist critique of contemporary patriarchy in the same year.

His later books include "Men in the Public Eye" (Routledge, 1992), "The Violences of Men" (Sage, 1998), "European Perspectives on Men and Masculinities" (with Keith Pringle and members of CROME, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, 2009).

A review of some of his work on men and masculinities is to be found in the book: Fidelma Ashe 'The New Politics of Masculinity', Routledge, 2006 (http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415663700/), and another on his work with Wendy Parkin on gender, sexuality and organisations in the book: Tommy Jensen and Timothy L: Wilson (eds.) On the Shoulders of Giants, Studentlitteratur, 2011 (http://www.studentlitteratur.com/o.o.i.s?id=2362&artnr=33804-01&csid=102&mp=12630).

Hearn has been Lecturer, Senior-Lecturer, Research Fellow, Visiting Professor, Professor and the like at universities in Bradford, Manchester, Sunderland, Åbo and elsewhere. He is currently teaching as a professor at the "Hanken School of Economics" in Helsinki and Linköping University, Sweden. He is also Professor of Sociology, Huddersfield University, and an UK Academician in the Social Sciences.

Jeff Hearn is a member of the British Sociological Association, since 2005 member of the Conference and Events Committee of BSA. He is co-editor of:

• Men and Masculinities, Sage, London, ISSN 1097-184X

managing co-editor of:

• Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality, New York, Routledge (http://www.routledge.com/books/series/routledge_advances_in_feminist_studies_and_intersectionality_RAIFSAI/)

associate editor of:

• Gender, Work and Organization, Blackwell, Oxford. (1994-), ISSN 0968-6673

and member of the editorial board of other journals, e.g.:

• Leadership, Sage, London, ISSN 1742-7150
• Sexualities: Studies in Culture and Society, Sage, London, ISSN 1363-4607
• Sociology Compass, Blackwells, Malden, US.
• Journal of Gender Studies, Taylor & Francis, London.
• Journal of Sexual Aggression, Whiting & Birch, London.
• International Journal of Work Organization and Emotion, Inderscience, Geneva.
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (formerly Equal Opportunities International), Emerald Press, Bradford, UK
• NORMA: Nordic Journal of Masculinity Studies, Universitetsforlaget, Norway.
• Gender in Management: An International Journal, Emerald Press, Bradford, UK