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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
47
Citations
17457
World Ranking
3270
National Ranking
554

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

Phillip Brown is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom and has built a body of work primarily within the social sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including sociology and political science, education, political science and international relations, economics and econometrics, and general health professions. The main focus of their scholarly activity centers around youth education and societal dynamics, labor market dynamics and wage inequality, digital economy and work transformation, employment and welfare studies, intergenerational and educational inequality studies, global educational policies and reforms, as well as higher education and employability.

Brown has published extensively in notable academic journals, with frequent contributions to the International Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Education and Work, and the British Journal of Sociology of Education. Their recent papers include:

  • Educational expansion, poverty reduction and social mobility: Reframing the debate (2020, International Journal of Educational Research)
  • Higher education, graduate talent and the prospects for social mobility in China's innovation nation (2021, International Journal of Educational Research)
  • Some observations on the race to higher education, digital technologies and the future of work (2020, Journal of Education and Work)
  • Education, opportunity and the future of work in the fourth industrial revolution (2024, British Journal of Sociology of Education)
  • High skilled workplaces, technological change and employment: Can educational reform do it? (2023, International Journal of Educational Research)

Collaboration is a significant feature of Brown's academic work, with frequent co-authors including David James, Sahara Sadik, Manuel Souto-Otero, Jing Xu, and Simon Freebody.

In addition to journal articles, Brown has contributed to book literature with a publication titled Friendship as Ecclesial Binding released in 2022 by Brepols.

Their research themes often intersect education, labor markets, and social mobility, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach within social sciences that involves examining educational reform, digital technologies, and employment trends in the context of societal change.

Phillip Brown holds the distinction of being a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom, underscoring their recognized position within the academic community.

Best Publications

  • The Global Auction: The Broken Promises of Education, Jobs, and Incomes

    Phillip Brown;Hugh Lauder;David Ashton

  • The Mismanagement of Talent: Employability and Jobs in the Knowledge Economy

    Phillip Brown;Anthony Hesketh;Sarah Williams

  • Employability in a Knowledge-driven Economy

    Phillip Brown;Anthony Hesketh;Sara Williams

  • The ‘Third Wave’: education and the ideology of parentocracy

    Phillip Brown

  • The Mismanagement of Talent

    Phillip Brown;Anthony Hesketh;Sarah Williams

  • Education, Culture, Economy, and Society

    Albert Henry Halsey;Hugh Lauder;Phillip Brown;Amy Stuart Wells

  • Cultural capital and social exclusion: some observations on recent trends in education, employment and the labour market

    Phillip Brown

  • The Opportunity Trap: Education and Employment in a Global Economy

    Phillip Brown

  • High Skills: Globalization, Competitiveness, and Skill Formation

    Phillip Brown;Andy Green;Hugh Lauder

  • Higher Education And Corporate Realities: Class, Culture And The Decline Of Graduate Careers

    Phillip Brown;Richard Scase

  • Education, meritocracy and the global war for talent

    Phillip Brown;Stuart Tannock

  • Capitalism and Social Progress: The Future of Society in a Global Economy

    Phillip Brown;Hugh Lauder

  • Education, opportunity and the prospects for social mobility

    Phillip Brown

  • Education for economic survival: from Fordism to post-Fordism?

    Phillip Brown;Hugh Lauder

  • Education, Globalization and Economic Development

    Phillip Brown;Hugh Lauder

  • The transformation of education and society: an introduction

    Phillip Brown;Hugh Lauder;A. H. Halsey;Amy Stuart Wells

  • Education, globalization and social change

    Hugh Lauder;Phillip Brown;Jo Anne Dillabough;A H Halsey

  • Globalisation, knowledge and the myth of the magnet economy

    Phillip Brown;Hugh Lauder

  • Education, globalisation and economic development

    Phillip Brown;Hugh Lauder

  • Education, Globalisation and the Future of the Knowledge Economy

    Phillip Brown;Hugh Lauder;David Ashton

Frequent Co-Authors

Carol Vincent
Carol Vincent University College London
Andy Green
Andy Green University College London
Rosemary Crompton
Rosemary Crompton City, University of London
Diane Reay
Diane Reay University of Cambridge
Neil Selwyn
Neil Selwyn Monash University
Sara Delamont
Sara Delamont Cardiff University
Richard Sparks
Richard Sparks University of Edinburgh

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