Judy Wajcman

Judy Wajcman
Born (1950-12-12) 12 December 1950
Academic work
Main interests Social studies of technology
Notable works TechnoFeminism

Judy Wajcman (born 12 December 1950),[1] is a Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science.[2]

She was formerly a Professor of Sociology in the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University.[3] She has been a Visiting Professor at the Lehman Brothers Centre for Women in Business at London Business School, and at the Oxford Internet Institute. She has previously held posts in Cambridge, Edinburgh, Manchester, Sydney, Tokyo, Vienna, Warwick and Zurich. She has also been a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford.[4] She was the first woman fellow at St. John's College, Cambridge (Norman Laski Research Fellow 1978–80).[5]

She was President (2010–2011) of the Society for the Social Studies of Science,[6] and still sits on its Handbook Committee.[7]

Research

Wajcman is probably best known for her analysis of the gendered nature of technology.[8] She was an early contributor to the social studies of technology, as well as to studies of gender, work, and organisations.[9][10]

Selected bibliography

Books

Book chapters

Journal articles

Positions held

  • Research Associate, October 2008 – September 2014
  • Senior Research Fellow, October 2007 – October 2008
  • Research Associate, March 2006 – October 2007
  • Visiting Fellow, October 2005 – February 2006

References

  1. ↑ "Wajcman, Judy". Library of Congress. Retrieved 13 February 2015. Sources: found: The Social shaping of technology, 1998: CIP t.p. (Judy Wajcman, Sch. Soc., Aust. Nat. Univ.) data sheet (b. 12/12/50)
  2. ↑ "Wajcman, Judy". London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Folbre, Nancy; Bittman, Michael (2004), "Contributors", in Folbre, Nancy; Bittman, Michael, Family time: the social organization of care, London New York: Routledge, p. x ISBN 9780203411650
  4. ↑ "Professor Judy Wajcman, Research Associate". Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Professor Judy Wajcman". London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Past Presidents and Council Members: Presidents". 4sonline.org. Society for the Social Studies of Science. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Committees: Handbook Committee". 4sonline.org. Society for the Social Studies of Science. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  8. ↑ Wajcman, Judy (2001), "Gender and technology", in Wright, James D.; Smelser, Neil J.; Baltes, Paul B., International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences (volume 9), Amsterdam New York: Elsevier, pp. 5976–5979, ISBN 9780080430768.
  9. ↑ Major, Debra A.; Burke, Ronald J. (2013), "Contributors", in Major, Debra A.; Burke, Ronald J., Handbook of work-life integration of professionals: challenges and opportunities, Cheltenham, UK Massachusetts, USA: Edward Elgar, p. xv, ISBN 9781781009284.
  10. ↑ Lyon, Stina (22 January 2015). "Pressed for time: The acceleration of life in digital capitalism, by Judy Wajcman (book review)". Times Higher Education (TES Global). Retrieved 10 June 2015. Her most significant message, however, relates to gender. Earlier work on the relationship between modernity, technology and time pressures engendered by the commodification of labour focused largely on men, as employers, capitalists and worker-employees, and thus on the labour process in the public domain of production, and not on the interrelated difficulties in "doing domestic time" in care, child-rearing and home maintenance.
  11. ↑ Professor Judy Wajcman: Oxford Internet Institute
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