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Research.com Recognitions

  • 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

John Bynner is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several main fields, including Social Sciences, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Computer Science. Within these fields, they have contributed to multiple subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics, Information Systems, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Communication.

Their research covers a variety of topics with particular focus on Youth Education and Societal Dynamics, Impulse Buying and Technology Impacts, Educational Innovations and Challenges, Socioeconomic and Demographic Analysis, Social Media and Politics, Social Policy and Reform Studies, and Employment and Welfare Studies.

John Bynner has worked frequently with co-author Walter R. Heinz. Their research outputs have been published notably in the venue Policy Press eBooks, where they have produced several papers and books.

Recent published papers include:

  • Front Matter, 2021, Policy Press eBooks
  • Index, 2021, Policy Press eBooks
  • Contents, 2021, Policy Press eBooks

Regarding book publications, Bynner has multiple entries with Policy Press, including several editions or versions of "Youth Prospects in the Digital Society" from 2021. They have also published a version of this work with Bristol University Press eBooks.

  • Youth Prospects in the Digital Society (Policy Press, 2021)
  • Youth Prospects in the Digital Society (Bristol University Press eBooks, 2021)

Bynner has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom. This award marks their involvement and standing within the social sciences community.

Best Publications

  • Changes in the transition to adulthood in the UK and Canada: the role of structure and agency in emerging adulthood

    James Côté;John M. Bynner

  • Rethinking the Youth Phase of the Life-course: The Case for Emerging Adulthood?

    John Bynner

  • Social exclusion and the transition from school to work: The case of young people not in education, employment, or training (NEET)

    John Bynner;Samantha Parsons

  • The Benefits of Learning: The Impact of Education on Health, Family Life and Social Capital

    Tom Schuller;John Preston;Cathie Hammond;Angela Brassett-Grundy

  • Investigation into the increase in hay fever and eczema at age 16 observed between the 1958 and 1970 British birth cohorts.

    Barbara K Butland;David P Strachan;Sarah Lewis;John Bynner

  • Risk and Resilience in the Life Course: Implications for Interventions and Social Policies

    Ingrid Schoon;John Bynner

  • Metaphors of youth transitions: niches, pathways, trajectories or navigations

    Karen Evans;Andy Furlong

  • The Influence of Context, Timing, and Duration of Risk Experiences for the Passage from Childhood to Midadulthood

    Ingrid Schoon;John Bynner;Heather Joshi;Samantha Parsons

  • Does Numeracy Matter More

    John Bynner;Sam Parsons

  • The Importance of Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood for Adulthood Socioeconomic Status, Mental Health, and Problem Behavior

    Leon Feinstein;John Bynner

  • The sexual behaviour of young people

    Michael George Schofield;John Bynner

  • Youth, citizenship and social change in a European context

    John Bynner;Lynne Chisholm;Andy Furlong

  • British Youth Transitions in Comparative Perspective

    John Bynner

  • Study of the aetiology of wheezing illness at age 16 in two national British birth cohorts.

    S. Lewis;B. Butland;D. Strachan;J. Bynner

  • Work transitions.

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  • Twenty-something in the 1990s : Getting On, Getting By, Getting Nowhere

    John Bynner;Elsa Ferri;Peter Shepherd

  • Childhood Risks and Protective Factors in Social Exclusion.

    John Bynner

  • Numeracy and employment

    Samantha Parsons;John Bynner

  • Pregnancy smoking and childhood conduct problems: a causal association?

    Barbara Maughan;Colin Taylor;Alan Taylor;Neville Butler

  • Youth and social capital

    Helena Helve;John Bynner

  • Self-esteem and delinquency revisited

    John M. Bynner;Patrick M. O'Malley;Jerald G. Bachman

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingrid Schoon
Ingrid Schoon University College London
Leon Feinstein
Leon Feinstein University of Oxford
Heather Joshi
Heather Joshi University College London
Harvey Goldstein
Harvey Goldstein University of Bristol
Andy Green
Andy Green University College London
Barbara Maughan
Barbara Maughan King's College London
John E. Schulenberg
John E. Schulenberg University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Megan E. Patrick
Megan E. Patrick University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Robert F. Schoeni
Robert F. Schoeni University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Alan Taylor
Alan Taylor King's College London

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