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31
Citations
5085
World Ranking
243
National Ranking
25

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Fellow of the British Academy
  • 2009 - Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

David Nelken is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with a strong focus on sociology, political science, and law. They have contributed notably to several subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Law, Infectious Diseases, and Clinical Psychology.

Their work often explores themes related to human rights and development, international labor and employment law, and corruption and economic development. Additional research topics include environmental law and policy, global security and public health, viral infections and outbreaks research, and migration, health, and trauma.

David Nelken has published extensively in various academic venues. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • International Journal of Law in Context
  • Journal of Law and Society
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis

Their recent papers reflect a focus on legal and social implications of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the role of social indicators in law and society. Notable recent publications include:

  • Between comparison and commensuration: a case-study of COVID-19 rankings, 2021, International Journal of Law in Context
  • Numbers in an emergency: the many roles of indicators in the COVID-19 crisis, 2021, International Journal of Law in Context
  • Covid-19 and the Social Role of Indicators: A Preliminary Assessment, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Beyond Social Constructionism? Cicourel and the Search for Ecological Validity, 2020, Journal of Law and Society

David Nelken frequently collaborates with other researchers including Mathias Siems, Marta Infantino, Nathan Genicot, David Restrepo-Amariles, and John Harrington, with multiple joint publications appearing especially with Mathias Siems.

Recognition of their academic contributions includes being named a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Using the Concept of Legal Culture

    David Nelken

  • Comparative Criminal Justice: Making Sense of Difference

    David Nelken

  • Adapting legal cultures

    David Nelken;Johannes Feest

  • Comparative Criminal Justice: Beyond Ethnocentrism and Relativism

    David Nelken

  • Comparing Legal Cultures

    David Nelken

  • Law in action or living law? Back to the beginning in sociology of law

    David Nelken

  • Comparative Legal Studies: Traditions and Transitions

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  • Whom can you Trust? The Future of Comparative Criminology

    David Nelken

  • Comparative law: a handbook

    E Örücü;David Nelken

  • Disclosing/Invoking Legal Culture: an Introduction

    David Nelken

  • White-Collar and Corporate Crime

    David Nelken

  • The thin line between legitimate and criminal enterprises: subsidy frauds in the European Community

    Nikos Passas;David Nelken

  • Comparing criminal justice

    David Nelken

  • The ‘Gap Problem’ in the Sociology of Law: A Theoretical Review

    David Nelken

  • The Judges and Political Corruption in Italy

    David Nelken

  • The Corruption of Politics and the Politics of Corruption: An Overview

    David Nelken;Michael Levi

  • Comparative Legal Research and Legal Culture: Facts, Approaches, and Values

    David Nelken

  • The corruption of politics and the politics of corruption

    Michael Levi;David Nelken

  • The Futures of Criminology

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  • Foil comparisons or foiled comparisons? Learning from Italian juvenile justice:

    David Nelken

  • Towards a sociology of legal adaptation

    David Nelken

  • Blind Insights? The Limits of a Reflexive Sociology of Law

    David Nelken

  • Beyond Compare? Criticizing “The American Way of Law”

    David Nelken

  • Law as communication

    David Nelken

  • Comparing Legal Cultures

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  • Can Law Learn from Social Science

    David Nelken

Frequent Co-Authors

Mathias M. Siems
Mathias M. Siems European University Institute
Michael Levi
Michael Levi Cardiff University

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