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Research interests
My research and writing widens the scope of business and management studies, whether in terms of particular sorts of organisations (the worker co-op, circus, zoo etc), or ways of representing organising (in art, cartoons, films etc). I'm also interested in the philosophy of the concept 'organization', and how it can be understood in relation to social justice, digitization and distribution across time and space. There's a full publication list here - https://sites.google.com/view/profmartinp/home?authuser=0
My recent writing has been about ‘alternative’ organisation in two senses. One is work on local money, worker self-management, alternative finance and so on. The other is on different ways of thinking about what ‘organisation’ means, so I have written about angels, shipping containers, art galleries, as well as books on outlaws and Daniel Defoe. My most recent books were 'Life After Covid 19' and 'Anarchism, Organization and Management', and the previous one was 'Shut Down the Business School'. I was the lead for the Bristol Inclusive Economy Initiative and a Distinguished Fellow of the Schumacher Institute.
I am also very interested in how academics write, and how they might cultivate new audiences for their ideas, and I write journalism as regularly as I can.
My plans for the next few years include pieces on academic activism, sociodigital organization, Andy Warhol, comic book villains and the history of journals.
Keywords
- organization theory
- alternative organisations
- social economy
- culture and work
- social theory
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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CenSoF: ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures
Halford, S., Southerton, D., Manchester, H., Evans, D. M., Watson, D. L., Anderson, B., Cater, K. F., Carver, N., Clarke, P. H., Dermott, E., Facer, K., Hauert, S., Liu, W., Liveley, G., McDermont, M. A., McQuillan, D., O'Kane, A. A., Owen, R., Parker, M., Preist, C. W., Schien, D., Sriprakash, A., Milivojevic, S., Hussain, R., Gutierrez Lopez, M., Cheilan, L., Villela , M., Thomas, L. M., Van Isacker, T., Valladares Celis, C., Atkins, E., Knight, E. W., Pykett, J., Pitts, H., Williamson, B., Lagedamont, M., Dowse, M. J., Brand, J. F., James, R. & Okafo, D.
1/05/22 → 30/04/27
Project: Research, Parent
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Once upon a Hill: community-led approaches to local economic development
1/01/21 → 31/05/21
Project: Research
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Once upon a Hill: An action research inquiry into community engagements with Robinswood Hill Country Park
Parker, M., Willatt, A. M. & Farlow, S.
1/12/20 → 31/07/21
Project: Research
Research output
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Social infrastructure platforms: the case of AskingBristol
Parker, M., Brown, J., Jusu-Sheriff, H. & Manley, J., 10 Jan 2023, In: International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Collecting local views on the post-Covid future of flying using online qualitative methods: A case study of Bristol, UK
Atkins, E., Harper, L., Paddock, J., Parker, M. & Preist, C. W., 1 Jun 2022, In: Case Studies in the Environment. 6, 1, 1464020.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Critical theory in use: organizing the Frankfurt School
Cluley, R. & Parker, M., 21 Jun 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Human Relations. 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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