Jeff Hearn
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Jeff Richard Hearn (born August 5, 1947) is a British
sociologist
.
.
He received a PhD
on Social Theory, Social Planning and Theories of Patriarchy at the University of Bradford
1986. His first published book was in 1983, a materialist analysis of men's relations to children, followed by the book, “'Sex' at 'Work'”, authored with Wendy Parkin, in 1987, on the power and paradox of 'organisation sexuality', and then “The Gender of Oppression”, a neo-marxist, pro-feminist
critique of contemporary patriarchy
in the same year.
A review of his work on men and masculinities is to be found in the book: Fidelma Ashe 'The New Politics of Masculinity', Routledge, 2006 (http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415663700/), and another on his work with Wendy Parkin on gender, sexuality and organisations in the book: Tommy Jensen and Timothy L: Wilson (eds.) On the Shoulders of Giants, Studentlitteratur, 2011 (http://www.studentlitteratur.com/o.o.i.s?id=2362&artnr=33804-01&csid=102&mp=12630).
Hearn has been Lecturer, Senior-Lecturer, Research Fellow, Visiting Professor, Professor and the like at universities in Bradford
, Manchester
, Sunderland
, Åbo, Oslo
and elsewhere. He is currently teaching as a professor at the "Hanken School of Economics" in Helsinki
and Linköping University, Sweden.
Jeff Hearn is a member of the British Sociological Association
, since 2005 member of the Conference and Events Committee of BSA. He is co-editor of:
managing co-editor of:
associate editor of:
and member of the editorial board of other journals, e.g.:
The principles in short: Critical studies on men should be profeminist and respect the autonomy of feminism/women's studies; critical especially to men's practices, interdisciplinary and use various methods; reflexive also to its own research.
United Kingdom
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sociologist
Sociology
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Biography
Hearn did his MA - specialised and Thesis in Organisational Sociology - at the Department of Management Studies of the University of LeedsUniversity of Leeds
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.
He received a PhD
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on Social Theory, Social Planning and Theories of Patriarchy at the University of Bradford
University of Bradford
The University of Bradford is a British university located in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The University received its Royal Charter in 1966, making it the 40th University to be created in Britain, but its origins date back to the early 1800s...
1986. His first published book was in 1983, a materialist analysis of men's relations to children, followed by the book, “'Sex' at 'Work'”, authored with Wendy Parkin, in 1987, on the power and paradox of 'organisation sexuality', and then “The Gender of Oppression”, a neo-marxist, pro-feminist
Pro-feminism
Pro-feminism refers to support of the cause of feminism without implying that the supporter is a member of the feminist movement. The term is most often used in reference to men who are actively supportive of feminism and of efforts to bring about gender equality...
critique of contemporary patriarchy
Patriarchy
Patriarchy is a social system in which the role of the male as the primary authority figure is central to social organization, and where fathers hold authority over women, children, and property. It implies the institutions of male rule and privilege, and entails female subordination...
in the same year.
A review of his work on men and masculinities is to be found in the book: Fidelma Ashe 'The New Politics of Masculinity', Routledge, 2006 (http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415663700/), and another on his work with Wendy Parkin on gender, sexuality and organisations in the book: Tommy Jensen and Timothy L: Wilson (eds.) On the Shoulders of Giants, Studentlitteratur, 2011 (http://www.studentlitteratur.com/o.o.i.s?id=2362&artnr=33804-01&csid=102&mp=12630).
Hearn has been Lecturer, Senior-Lecturer, Research Fellow, Visiting Professor, Professor and the like at universities in Bradford
University of Bradford
The University of Bradford is a British university located in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The University received its Royal Charter in 1966, making it the 40th University to be created in Britain, but its origins date back to the early 1800s...
, Manchester
University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...
, Sunderland
City of Sunderland
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, Åbo, Oslo
University of Oslo
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and elsewhere. He is currently teaching as a professor at the "Hanken School of Economics" in Helsinki
Helsinki
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and Linköping University, Sweden.
Jeff Hearn is a member of the British Sociological Association
British Sociological Association
The British Sociological Association is a scholarly and professional society for sociologists in the United Kingdom, and was founded in 1951. They publish the academic journals Sociology, Work, Employment and Society and Cultural Sociology as well as their membership newsletter...
, since 2005 member of the Conference and Events Committee of BSA. He is co-editor of:
- Men and Masculinities, Sage, London, ISSN 1097-184X
managing co-editor of:
- Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality, New York, Routledge (http://www.routledge.com/books/series/routledge_advances_in_feminist_studies_and_intersectionality_RAIFSAI/)
associate editor of:
- Gender, Work and Organization, Blackwell, Oxford. (1994-), ISSN 0968-6673
and member of the editorial board of other journals, e.g.:
- Leadership, Sage, London, ISSN 1742-7150
- Sexualities: Studies in Culture and Society, Sage, London, ISSN 1363-4607
- Sociology Compass, Blackwells, Malden, US.
- Journal of Gender StudiesJournal of Gender StudiesThe Journal of Gender Studies is a leading British peer-reviewed scientific journal for interdisciplinary gender studies, published by Routledge. It has been published since 1991, and publishes articles relating to gender from a feminist perspective covering a wide range of disciplines....
, Taylor & Francis, London. - Journal of Sexual AggressionJournal of Sexual AggressionThe Journal of Sexual Aggression is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes articles about research findings and the development of theory, policy, and practice regarding sexual aggression in all its forms...
, Whiting & Birch, London. - International Journal of Work Organization and Emotion, Inderscience, Geneva.
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (formerly Equal Opportunities International), Emerald Press, Bradford, UK
- NORMA: Nordic Journal of Masculinity Studies, Universitetsforlaget, Norway.
- Gender in Management: An International Journal, Emerald Press, Bradford, UK
Critical studies on men
During and after the time of his studies Jeff Hearn has been an active member of the profeminist men’s movement. With David Morgan, Colin Creighton, Chris Middleton, Ray Thomas and Clive Pearson, he initiated some ground rules for the study of men and masculinity, published as ‘Changing men's sexist practice in sociology’, Network, No 25, January 1983. Following work in the Men and Masculinity Research/Study Group at Bradford, the principles were developed and published in Achilles' Heel in 1987, and 3 years later Hearn and Morgan appended a sixth in the book "Men, Masculinities and Social Theory".The principles in short: Critical studies on men should be profeminist and respect the autonomy of feminism/women's studies; critical especially to men's practices, interdisciplinary and use various methods; reflexive also to its own research.
Research focus
- Critical studies on men, including men's violences to women and children;
- Sociology of organisations and management, including gender, sexuality and violence in and around organisations;
- Globalisation and transnationalism, with a focus on men, organisations, management and social welfare;
- Social theory;
- Sociology of culture.
Research and politics
With his qualifications as researcher and expert in fields of gender and organizational studies Hearn took part on several projects of different governments, political institutions and ngos, e.g.:- EU-Project CROME - Critical Research On Men In Europe, a comparative studies of the situation of men in Europe.
- National Expert, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland, Seminar for Joint Project between the United States and Finland concerning the Advancement of Women in the Baltic Countries, Riga, March 1999.
- Member of international expert group for UNICEF, Swedish Government and SIDA (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) Ending Gender-based Violence (2001–2004) presented to UN March 2004.
- Invited expert of Amnesty InternationalAmnesty InternationalAmnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
Finland to provide public responses on “Questions on violence” as part of international anti-violence Internet campaign. - Founder member and member of Board of profeministimiehet in 1999, a profeminist group of men in Helsinki.
Literature
- Jeff Hearn: Men in the Public Eye. The Construction and Deconstruction of Public Men and Public Patriarchies, London/New York 1992, ISBN 0-415-07620-X
- Jeff Hearn: The Violences of Men. How Men Talk About and How Agencies Respond to Men's Violence to Women, London 1998, ISBN 0-8039-7940-1
- Jeff Hearn, Jennie Popay, Jeanette Edwards (eds.): Men, Gender Divisions and Welfare, London/New York 1998, ISBN 0-415-11971-5
- Jeff Hearn, Wendy Parkin: Gender, Sexuality and Violence in Organizations: the Unspoken Forces of Organization Violations, London 2001, ISBN 0-7619-5912-2
- Jeff Hearn, Tuula Heiskanen (eds.): Information Society and the Workplace: Spaces, Boundaries and Agency, London 2004, ISBN 0-415-27223-8
- Michael Kimmel, Jeff Hearn and Raewyn Connell (eds.) Handbook of Studies on Men and Masculinities, Sage, Thousand Oaks, Ca., 2005.
- Keith Pringle, Jeff Hearn et al. Men and Masculinities in Europe, Whiting & Birch, London, 2006.
- Jeff Hearn and Keith Pringle, with members of CROME European Perspectives on Men and Masculinities: National and Transnational Approaches, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2006/2009.
- Jeff Hearn, Rebecca Piekkari and Marjut Jyrkinen Managers Talk about Gender: What Managers in Large Transnational Corporations Say about Gender Policies, Structures and Practices, Edita, Helsinki, 2009. Available at: http://dhanken.shh.fi/dspace/bitstream/10227/476/1/978-952-232-068-1.pdf
- Viv Burr and Jeff Hearn (eds.) Sex, Violence and The Body: The Erotics of Wounding, Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills and New York, 2008.
- Jeff Hearn, Liisa Husu, Anna-Maija Lämsä and Sinikka Vanhala (eds.) Leadership through the Gender Lens: Women and Men in Organizations¸ Edita, Helsinki, 2010. Available at: http://dhanken.shh.fi/dspace/bitstream/10227/753/1/71-978-952-232-101-5.pdf
- Elzbieta Oleksy, Jeff Hearn and Dorota Golanska (eds.) The Limits of Gendered Citizenship: Contexts and Contradictions, Routledge, New York, 2011.
- Elisabetta Ruspini, Jeff Hearn, Bob Pease and Keith Pringle (eds.) Men and Masculinities around the World: Transforming Men's Practices, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2011.
External links
- CV and list of publications of Jeff Hearn (opens as word-documents)
- CROME - Critical Research on Men in Europe
- Achilles Heel, magazine of pro-feminist, radical men
- Profeministimiehet – board of pro-feminist in Finland