What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Law
- Social science
- Anthropology
His primary areas of study are Social science, Sociology of health and illness, Medical sociology, Social psychology and Postmodernism.
His Sociology of health and illness research includes themes of Structure and agency, Habitus, Meaning, Mainstream and Elevation.
His Medical sociology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Social medicine, Reductionism and Embodied cognition.
His work in Embodied cognition covers topics such as Health technology which are related to areas like Late modernity.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Human sexuality, Developmental psychology, Sleep in non-human animals, Objectivity and Social organization in addition to Social psychology.
His Postmodernism study incorporates themes from Life course approach, Sick role and Strengths and weaknesses.
His most cited work include:
- Chronic illness as biographical disruption or biographical disruption as chronic illness? Reflections on a core concept (463 citations)
- The Lived Body: Sociological Themes, Embodied Issues (399 citations)
- Theorising class, health and lifestyles: can Bourdieu help us? (277 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His primary areas of investigation include Social science, Social psychology, Medical sociology, Sociology of health and illness and Politics.
His research integrates issues of Medicalization and Media studies in his study of Social science.
His research in Medical sociology tackles topics such as Social theory which are related to areas like Habitus and Public health.
His Sociology of health and illness research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Postmodernism, Structure and agency, Reductionism and Mainstream.
His research in Postmodernism intersects with topics in Reflexivity, Modernity and Late modernity.
His study looks at the relationship between Late modernity and topics such as Psychoanalysis, which overlap with Embodied cognition.
He most often published in these fields:
- Social science (17.89%)
- Social psychology (12.20%)
- Medical sociology (11.38%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2008-2019)?
- Politics (9.76%)
- Social science (17.89%)
- Sleep in non-human animals (7.32%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Simon J. Williams mainly investigates Politics, Social science, Sleep in non-human animals, Cognition and Sleep.
Simon J. Williams combines subjects such as Contemporary society, Social psychology, Blame and Multitude with his study of Politics.
His Life course approach study in the realm of Social psychology connects with subjects such as Family life.
His Social science study frequently links to other fields, such as Medical sociology.
His Cognition study combines topics in areas such as Developmental psychology, Cognitive science and Sociology of health and illness.
His Sociology of health and illness research incorporates themes from Normality and Third age, Fourth Age.
Between 2008 and 2019, his most popular works were:
- The pharmaceuticalisation of society? A framework for analysis. (201 citations)
- Neuroculture, active ageing and the ‘older brain’: problems, promises and prospects (67 citations)
- The Politics of Sleep (40 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Law
- Social science
- Anthropology
Simon J. Williams spends much of his time researching Social science, Psychiatry, Corporate governance, Politics and Sleep in non-human animals.
His Social science research includes elements of Anthropology and Medical sociology.
In his research, Reflexivity is intimately related to Mediation, which falls under the overarching field of Medical sociology.
His study on Medicalization is often connected to Context as part of broader study in Psychiatry.
His work deals with themes such as Contemporary society and Consciousness, which intersect with Politics.
He has researched Developmental psychology in several fields, including Social work, Cognition and Sociology of health and illness.
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