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Social Sciences and Humanities
UK
2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
75
Citations
66150
World Ranking
518
National Ranking
89

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Martyn Hammersley is affiliated with The Open University in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences. Their research spans several subfields including sociology and political science, education, political science and international relations, language and linguistics, and anthropology.

The primary focus of Hammersley's work lies in contemporary sociological theory and practice. Other main topics of research include educator training and historical pedagogy, language, discourse and communication strategies, Weber and Simmel's sociological theory, German social sciences and history, qualitative research methods and ethics, and children's rights and participation.

Hammersley has a significant publication record, including numerous papers published in well-known academic venues. These frequent publication venues include:

  • Tréma
  • Qualitative Inquiry
  • Journal of Classical Sociology
  • International Journal of Social Research Methodology
  • The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology

Among their recent papers are:

  • What is an 'open society'? Bergson, Strauss, Popper, and Deleuze (2024) published in History of European Ideas
  • Experimenting with Ethnography: A Companion to Analysis (2022) published in The AAG Review of Books
  • Karl Mannheim's Ideology and Utopia and the public role of sociology (2021) published in Journal of Classical Sociology
  • Karl Mannheim on Fascism: Sociological Lessons About Populism and Democracy Today? (2021) published in Sociological Research Online
  • Planning versus the market: The dispute between Hayek and Mannheim and its contemporary relevance (2021) published in British Journal of Sociology

Hammersley's book publication includes:

  • Troubling Sociological Concepts: An Interrogation (2020), published by The Open University

Collaboration has been an element of Hammersley's academic work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Anna Traianou
  • Sihame Chkair
  • Paul Atkinson
  • Chae-Young Kim

Best Publications

  • Ethnography: Principles and Practice

    Martyn Hammersley;Paul Atkinson

  • What's Wrong With Ethnography?: Methodological Explorations

    Martyn Hammersley

  • Ethnography and participant observation.

    Paul Atkinson;Martyn Hammersley

  • Reading ethnographic research

    Martyn Hammersley

  • Case Study Method: Key Issues, Key Texts

    Roger Gomm;Martyn Hammersley;Peter Foster

  • What's wrong with ethnography?

    Martyn Hammersley

  • Ethnography: problems and prospects

    Martyn Hammersley

  • The politics of social research

    Martyn Hammersley

  • The relationship between qualitative and quantitative research: paradigm loyalty versus methodological eclecticism

    Martyn Hammersley

  • Deconstructing the qualitative-quantitative divide 1

    Martyn Hammersley

  • Ethics in Qualitative Research: Controversies and Contexts

    Martyn Hammersley;Anna Traianou

  • Case Study Method

    Roger Gomm;Martyn Hammersley;Peter Foster

  • Questioning Qualitative Inquiry: Critical Essays

    Martyn Hammersley

  • Taking Sides in Social Research: Essays on Partisanship and Bias

    Martyn Hammersley

  • On 'systematic' reviews of research literatures: A 'narrative' response to Evans & Benefield

    Martyn Hammersley

  • Case Study and Generalization

    Roger Gomm;Martyn Hammersley;Peter Foster

  • Educational Research, Policymaking and Practice

    Martyn Hammersley

  • Some Notes on the Terms ‘Validity’ and ‘Reliability’

    Martyn Hammersley

  • On Feminist Methodology

    Martyn Hammersley

  • Social research: Philosophy, politics and practice

    Martyn Hammersley

  • Ethnography: Potential, Practice, and Problems: Ethnography - Problems and Prospects

    Martyn Hammersley

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Woods
Peter Woods The Open University
Paul Atkinson
Paul Atkinson Cardiff University
Andy Hargreaves
Andy Hargreaves Boston College
Sara Delamont
Sara Delamont Cardiff University
Ben Rampton
Ben Rampton King's College London
Jan Blommaert
Jan Blommaert Tilburg University

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