Dr Josh Bullock
Contact
- Email: j.bullock@kingston.ac.uk
- Location: Penrhyn Road
- Faculty: Faculty of Business and Social Sciences
- School: School of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Department: Department of Criminology, Politics and Sociology
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About
I am a senior lecturer and Course Leader for criminology and sociology. My research predominantly focuses on nonreligion, but I am interested in how and where people find a sense of connection, as well as what values and beliefs people hold (especially Millennials).
My latest research project (2023-24) "Weekday Worldviews: The Patrons, Promise and Payoff of Psychic Nights in England" is the first sociological investigation of the relationships between worldviews and psychological wellbeing amongst those attending public psychic/séance events in England. The project offers a unique look at a grassroots phenomenon using mixed methods (survey, observation, interview, comparison), analysing patterns of belief and their implication for understanding the relationship between science, spirituality, and wellbeing.
I have contributed to mapping the diversity of people who say they have no religion on the Understanding Unbelief project by using surveys, social media, and interview data, travelling to six countries (UK, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Norway, and Romania) across 25 towns and cities.
My previous research has focused on nationalism, religion, and anti-immigrant sentiment, as well as vaccine hesitancy with publications in Nature, PLOS ONE, Culture and Religion and The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Europe.
I was awarded best lecturer and best use of technology 2021 in the School of Law and Social and Behavioural Sciences, Student Awards. I was awarded runner-up best dissertation supervisor 2022 at Kingston University. I was awarded teaching excellence in 2023 the School for Law, Social and Behaviour Sciences.
Academic responsibilities
Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology
Qualifications
- PhD, Kingston University, London
- MSc Social and Cultural Theory, University of Bristol
- BA Media and Cultural Studies and Sociology, The University of the West of England
Gallery of work
Religious Diversification in Northern Europe Network
Hosted in Bergen 2023
Presenting research findings in Tartu, Estonia
Annual conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions 2019
Research in Germany
Leipzig 2018
Research in Romania
Timisoara Orthodox Cathedral, 2018
Research in Norway
Kristiansand, 2018
Research in Poland
Zakopane 2018
"Spirited Conversations" Leeds (2023).
Spirited Conversations: Wellbeing, Reason and Communication with the Dead Being Human Event in Leeds
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