Dr Aaron Winter

Senior Lecturer in Sociology (Race and Anti-Racism)

Profile

Dr Aaron Winter is Senior Lecturer in Sociology (Race and Anti-Racism) and Director of the Centre for Alternatives to Social and Economic Inequalities (CASEI). Prior to arriving at Lancaster University in 2022, he taught at the University of Brighton, University of Sussex, Abertay University and the University of East London.

His research is on the far right with a focus on racism, historical change, mainstreaming, terrorism and counterterrorism. He is co-editor of the books Discourses and Practices of Terrorism: Interrogating Terror (Routledge 2010), Reflexivity in Criminological Research: Experiences with the Powerful and Powerless (Palgrave 2014), Historical Perspectives on Organised Crime and Terrorism (Routledge 2018) and Researching the Far Right: Theory, Method and Practice (Routledge 2020), and co-author, with Aurelien Mondon, of Reactionary Democracy: How Racism and the Populist Far Right Became Mainstream (Verso 2020). He has published in Ethnic and Racial Studies, Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, Journal of Political Ideologies, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Sociological Research Online and Women and Performance, as well as openDemocracy, The Independent, Discover Society, Novara Media and Jacobin. He has advised a range of organisations, governmental bodies, local councils and educational institutions on issues related to racism and the far right, and has frequently appeared in the media, including: BBC, NBC, LBC, France 24, Times Radio, The Times, The Guardian, NewStatesman, Al Jazeera, HuffPost, Washington Post, der Freitag, Financial Times, Christian Science Monitor, Radio France, Times Radio, Aftenposten, dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH, Kathimerini, Vice, and Wired.

He is co-editor of the journal Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power and the Manchester University Press (MUP) series Racism, Resistance and Social Change, and sits on the editorial board of Ethnic and Racial Studies and the organising committee of the Reactionary Politics Research Network (RPRN). He previously served as a BSA Trustee, co-convenor of the Race and Ethnicity Study Group and coordinator of the Social Divisions/Social Identities and Race, Ethnicity and Migration streams.

Current Teaching

Module Convenor: SOCL360 Independant Dissertation Project

Module Convenor: SOCL365 Racism, Populism and the Far Right: A Sociological Perspective

Module Convenor: SOCL210 Dissertation Prep

Lecturer: SOCL200 Sociological Thought for Our Times

My Role

Senior Lecturer in Sociology (Race and Anti-Racism)

Director of the Centre for Alternatives to Social and Economic Inequalities (CASEI)

Deputy Doctoral Director

North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (NWSSDTP) Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Pathway Lead for Criminology, Social Policy and Social Work

Personal Tutor (Sociology)

Web Links

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=PCRFV8YAAAAJ&hl=en

External Roles

Co-Editor, Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power

Editorial Board Member, Ethnic and Racial Studies

Co-Editor, Manchester University Press (MUP) book series Racism, Resistance and Social Change

Co-convenor, Reactionary Politics Research Network (RPRN)

Previous External Roles:

Associate Editor, Sociological Research Online, 2014-2018

Editorial Board Member, Rowman and Littlefield book series Off the Fence: Morality, Politics and Society, 2015-18

Sociology and Criminology Foundation, External Examiner, Birmingham City University, 2018

External Examiner, Sociology, University of Glasgow, 2014-2018

Supervisor, British Library-British Sociological Association (BSA) Postdoc Fellowship Sociology in the Archives, 2018-2019

Grant Reviewer, Early Career Fellowship, Churchill College, University of Cambridge, UK, 2023

Grant Reviewer Independent Social Research Foundation (ISRF), UK, 2022

Grant Reviewer, National Science Centre, Poland, 2020

Grant Reviewer, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Research Centre Grant Competition, 2018

Sociology Representative, Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) Criminology Research Excellence (REF) Consultation Advisory Group, 2017

Member, Quality Assurance Agency of Higher Education (QAA) Sociology Subject Benchmarking Group, 2015-2016

Trustee, British Sociological Association (BSA), 2015-2019

Member, BSA Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, 2018-2019

Coordinator, BSA Race, Ethnicity and Migration Stream, 2014-2017

Convener, BSA Race and Ethnicity Study Group, 2013-2017

Mentor, BSA, 2016-2018

Member of BSA Governance Review Committee, 2015-2016

PhD Supervision Interests

I welcome PhD proposals related to: racism and anti-racism; race and class; the far right; fascism; populism; reactionary politics; racist violence; extremism and counterextremism; terrorism and counterterrorism.