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Profiles
Dr Jonathan Clark
Lecturer in Sociology (Social and Political Thought)
School of Society and Culture (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)
Biography
Biography
Associate Head of School (Staffing and Resources)
Lecturer in Sociology (Social and Political Thought)
Qualifications
PhD Sociology (University of Essex)
MA Sociology (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
BA Sociology and Philosophy, Double Major (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
PGCAP (University of Plymouth)
Certificate for Professional Development for External Examiners (AdvanceHE)
UPSU SSTAR Awards 2017: Faculty Winner (Business) for Most Innovative Use of Teaching Methods
UPSU SSTAR Awards 2016: Faculty Winner (Business) for Most Innovative Use of Teaching Methods
Professional membership
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
I am module leader for:
Research
Research
Research interests
The political writings of Hannah Arendt; social and political theory; philosophy of social science; cultural studies and the media; critical discourse analysis; the discourses of regulation and professionalism.
Other research
Health Policy Research
Publications
Publications
Sheaff R, Halliday J, Exworthy M, Allen P, Mannion R, Asthana S, Gibson A, Clark J & Sheaff WR (2016) 'A qualitative study of diverse providers' behaviour in response to commissioners, patients and innovators in England: research protocol' BMJ Open 2016; 6:e0 10680. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010680
Archer, J., Regan de Bere, S., Nunn, S. Clark, J. & Corrigan, O. (2015) "'No One Has Yet Properly Articulated What We Are Trying to Achieve': A Discourse Analysis of Interviews With Revalidation Policy Leaders in the United Kingdom" in Academic Medicine 90(1):88-93. DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000464
"What is Revalidation: In Policy?" Research Report published September 2012 (Health Foundation funded), Julian Archer, Sam Regan de Bere, Suzanne Nunn, Jonathan Clark, Oonagh Corrigan. http://www1.plymouth.ac.uk/peninsula/research/camera/revalidation/Documents/Stage-One-Report.pdf
Clark, J., Archer, J., Corrigan, O.P., & Regan de Bere, S. ‘Revalidation as Mechanism for Professional Cultural Change? A Foucauldian analysis of the Purposes and Aims of the Proposed Policy for UK Medical Revalidation’. Social Science Perspectives on Health Professions Education: an International Symposium, University of Toronto, May 2011.
Clark, J., Archer, J., Corrigan, O.P., & Regan de Bere, S. ‘What is at the heart of Revalidation?’. The Third Annual Academic Meeting of the Academy of Medical Educators, London, January 2011.
Clark, J. ‘Hannah Arendt: Methodological Considerations .’ Social and Political Thought Conference 2002, Centre for Social and Political Thought, University of Sussex.
Clark, J. ‘Breaking the Cycle: The Concept of Movement in the Work of Hannah Arendt’. MA thesis, 1997, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Clark, J. ‘Fredric Jameson’s Postmodern Marxism’ Codgito, Volume 4, 1996.