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55
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16745
World Ranking
1985
National Ranking
355

Overview

Gerard Delanty is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. The primary area of research includes social sciences, with a specific focus on sociology and political science, political science and international relations, education, and information systems. Their scholarship spans over 27 publications in the social sciences, covering diverse subfields and topics.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences

Within these, the subfields of study are:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Education
  • Information Systems
  • Computer Science Applications

The key research topics addressed across these works comprise:

  • Critical Theory and Philosophy
  • Eastern European Communism and Reforms
  • Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Political and Economic History of UK and US
  • Digital Education and Society
  • Digital Media and Philosophy

Gerard Delanty has published frequently in several academic journals, with a concentration in certain venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • European Journal of Social Theory
  • Thesis Eleven
  • Social Science Information
  • Journal of Classical Sociology
  • Journal of sociology

Recent important papers authored by Gerard Delanty include:

  • "Critical theory and the question of technology: The Frankfurt School revisited" (2021, Thesis Eleven)
  • "Imagining the future: Social struggles, the post-national domain and major contemporary social transformations" (2020, Journal of sociology)
  • "Introduction to the special issue on the Russo-Ukrainian War: A new European war? Considerations on the Russo-Ukrainian War" (2023, European Journal of Social Theory)
  • "Futures of sustainability: Perspectives on social imaginaries and social transformation. A comment on Frank Adloff and Sighard Neckel's research program" (2021, Social Science Information)
  • "Introduction: Social theory and the idea of the future" (2024, European Journal of Social Theory)

Collaboration is an evident part of their research activity. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Neal Harris
  • Interviewed by Daniel Chernilo
  • Aldo Mascareño
  • Philippe Chanial
  • Andrew Schaap

Best Publications

  • Citizenship in a Global Age

    Gerard Delanty

  • Challenging Knowledge: The University in the Knowledge Society

    Gerard Delanty

  • Rethinking Europe: Social Theory and the Implications of Europeanization

    Gerard Delanty;Chris Rumford

  • The cosmopolitan imagination: critical cosmopolitanism and social theory

    Gerard Delanty

  • The Cosmopolitan Imagination: The Renewal of Critical Social Theory

    Gerard Delanty

  • Inventing Europe: Idea, Identity, Reality

    Gerard Delanty

  • Social Science: Beyond Constructivism and Realism

    Gerard Delanty

  • The Foundations of Social Theory

    Gerard Delanty

  • Philosophies of Social Science: The Classic and Contemporary Readings

    Gerard Delanty;Piet Strydom

  • Citizenship In A Global Age: Society, Culture, Politics

    Gerard Delanty

  • Modernity and postmodernity : knowledge, power and the self

    Gerard Delanty

  • Social Theory in a Changing World: Conceptions of Modernity

    Gerard Delanty

  • Models of citizenship: Defining European identity and citizenship

    Gerard Delanty

  • Citizenship as a learning process: disciplinary citizenship versus cultural citizenship

    Gerard Delanty

  • Nationalism and Social Theory: Modernity and the Recalcitrance of the Nation

    Gerard Delanty;Patrick O'Mahony

  • The SAGE Handbook of Nations and Nationalism

    Gerard Delanty;Krishna Kumar

  • The Idea of a Cosmopolitan Europe: On the Cultural Significance of Europeanization

    Gerard Delanty

  • The University in the Knowledge Society

    Gerard Delanty

  • Routledge handbook of cosmopolitanism studies

    Gerard Delanty

  • Routledge Handbook of Cosmopolitanism Studies : 2nd edition

    Gerard Delanty

  • Transnational Identities: Becoming European in the EU

    Gerard Delanty

  • Social Science: Beyond Realism and Contructivism

    Gerard Delanty

Frequent Co-Authors

Ruth Wodak
Ruth Wodak Lancaster University
Ulrich Beck
Ulrich Beck Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Marshall Scott Poole
Marshall Scott Poole University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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