B.A.(Hons), PhD.
Chair in Sociology
- About
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- Email Address
- claire.wallace@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 273137
- Office Address
School of Social Science King's College Aberdeen AB24 3QY
- School/Department
- School of Social Science
Biography
After graduating from the University of Kent, Claire Wallace taught at Plymouth and Lancaster Universities. During the early 1990s, she helped to set up the Sociology Department at the Central European University Prague, before moving to the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna, where she became Head of Sociology. She has been Professor of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen since 2005
Claire Wallace served as President of the European Sociological Association, 2007-2009 and was editor of their flagship journal "European Societies".
Within Aberdeen, she was Director of Research for the College of Arts and Social Sciences, 2008-2011 and then became Vice-Principal for Research and Knowledge Exchange for the University, 2011-2014.
Research
Claire Wallace has been researching quality of life and was Director of the European Observatory on Social Cohesion and Trust, 2005-2006. She spent many years working on transitions in Eastern Europe including projects on health in the former Soviet Union, national, regional and European identity as well as work, family and care across Europe.
More recently, she was a co-investigator at the Rural Digital Economy Hub (dot.rural) which was aimed at transforming rural areas in the UK using digital technology. The project was funded by the RCUK, a joint UK research council initiative on the theme of Digital Economy. As part of this research team she was also partner in the Cultures and Community Network Plus set of projects funded by the EPSRC.
At present she is a Principal Investigator on an Horizon 2020 Project about Cultural Tourism (https://www.SPOTprojectH2020.eu) and a partner of the ESRC-sponsored Research Centre DIGIT, focused on digital working (https://digit-research.org/),
Postgraduate Supervision
Claire Wallace would welcome postgraduate students in the following fields: work, care and welfare, quality of life, cultural tourism, digital working and the role of the digital economy in rural areas.
Qualifications
- BSc Sociology and Social Anthropology1978 - University of Kent
- PhD Sociology1985 - University of KentClaire Wallace's PhD was about young people leaving school and unemployment on the Isle of Sheppey
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Equality and Diversity Committee, School of Social Science
- External Memberships
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Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences,
Member of the European Sociological Association
Member of the International Sociological Association
Latest Publications
Media tourism and COVID-19: An empirical investigation of the impact of COVID-19 on the Scottish tourism industry
Tourism Culture & Communication, vol. 23, no. 2-3, pp. 207-218Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe impact of COVID-19 on cultural tourism. Introductory article for special issue of tourism culture and communication.: THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON CULTURAL TOURISM
Tourism Culture & Communication, vol. 23, no. 2-3, pp. 87-96Contributions to Journals: ArticlesGovernmentality versus Community: The Impact of the COVID Lockdowns
International Journal of Community Well-Being, vol. 6, pp. 223-240Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42413-023-00189-7
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21909/1/s42413-023-00189-7.pdf
The role of civil society in cultural heritage, digitalisation, and the quality of rural life
Rural quality of life. Johansen, P. H., Tietjen, A., Iversen, E. B., Lolle, H. L., Fisker, J. K. (eds.). Manchester University Press, pp. 274-297, 24 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersParticipation and civic engagement in Scotland: the importance of contributions from older adults
Institutions and Organizations as Learning Environments for Participation and Democracy? Opportunities, Challenges, Obstacles. Spannring, R., Smidt, W., Unterrainer, C. (eds.). Springer, pp. 255-292, 18 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
- Research
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Research Overview
Claire Wallace is currently Principal Investigator on two projects: Cultural Tourism and Digital Working.
The first is sponsored by Horizon 2020 of the European Union and is comparing cultural tourism in different parts of Europe (www.SPOTprojectH2020.eu). The Aberdeen part of this is looking at media tourism - that is Tourism related to films, books, TV series
The second project is sponsored by the ESRC and is looking at the future frontiers in digital working (https:digit-research.org)
Research Areas
Sociology
Research Specialisms
- Social Sciences
- Social Policy
- Sociology
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
- Teaching
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Courses
- SO5155 The Comparative Study of European Societies
Teaching Responsibilities
Director of Fourth Year Option "European Societies"
- Publications
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Linking to the past: an analysis of community digital heritage initiatives
ASLIB Proceedings, vol. 65, no. 6, pp. 564-580Contributions to Journals: ArticlesQuality of life in Europe: Quality of society and public services. Third European Quality of Life Survey
Commissioned by EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIVING AND WORKING CONDITIONS. Luxembourg: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. 109 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsSocial Quality, the Quality of Life and Parents with Young Children in Europe
Family Wellbeing: European Perspectives. Mínguez, A. M. (ed.). Springer, pp. 27-51, 25 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4354-0_3
Can information and communications technology enhance social quality?
International Journal of Social Quality, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 98-117Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3167/IJSQ.2012.020207
Next Generation Satellite Broadband for enabling Universal Service Commitment
Contributions to Conferences: PapersSocial quality: A way to measure the quality of society
Social Indicators Research, vol. 108, no. 1, pp. 153-167Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-011-9871-0
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2524/1/fulltext_2_.pdf
Happines in a Post-Conflict Society: Rwanda
Happiness Across Cultures: Views of Happiness and Quality of Life in Non-Western Cultures. Selin, H., Davey, G. (eds.). Springer, pp. 361-376, 16 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2700-7
Satisfaction and Societal Quality in Kazakhstan
Happiness Across Cultures: Views of Happiness and Quality of Life in Non-Western Cultures. Selin, H., Davey, G. (eds.). Springer, pp. 107-120, 14 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] http://www.springer.com/series/6504
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2700-7
Creating Sustainable Digital Community Heritage Resources using Linked Data
Contributions to Conferences: PapersQuality of life in Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey
ef1136: Eurofound. 123 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned Reports
