Dr Neil Jenkings
Senior Research Associate

  • Email: neil.jenkings@ncl.ac.uk
  • Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 3806
  • Address: Room 3.67
    Level 5 Daysh Building
    Claremont Road
    Newcastle Upon Tyne
    NE1 7RU

Roles and Responsibilities

Senior Research Associate, School of Geography Politics and Sociology

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) in Sociology and Social Research, University of Northumbria.

Diploma of the Market Research Society

MA Sociology Of Contemporary Society, University of York. 

MSc Research Methods, University of Surrey.

PhD in Sociology, University of Nottingham.

UKCHIP (Council for Health Informatics Professionals) Level 3

Previous Positions

DAAD, Scholarship, Alfred Schutz Memorial Archive, University of Konstanz, Germany. 

Post-Doc Research Fellow, School of Pharmacy, University College London

Senior Research Associate, Sowerby Centre for Health Informatics (SCHIN) Newcastle University

Senior Research Associate, GPS, Newcastle University.

Senior Research Associate, Institute for Health and Society, Newcastle University.

Senior Research Associate, GPS, Newcastle University.

Research Consultant, Dept. of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Leicester. 

Memberships

British Sociological Association

International Institute for Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis 

International Visual Sociology Association.

UK Health Informatics Professionals.

Research Interests

Military representation in photography and print media, contemporary military memoirs and University Armed Service Units.

Health Informatics, Medical and Health Services Decision-Making and Information Provision and Biobanking.

Interaction and collaborative work in rock climbing.

Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis. 

Current Work

University Armed Service Units, Militarism and Popular Culture, Representations of the Military.

Future Research

On-going studies in Military Culture, Health Informatics, Biobanking and Rock climbing - but open to interesting suggestions!

Major Recent Funded Projects

ESRC (2012-) As Co-investigator on 'The Value of the University Armed Service Units'. Project with Dr Alison William and Prof. Rachel Woodward.

ESRC (2009-11)As Co-Investigator on 'The Social Production of the Contemporary British Military Memoir'. Project with Prof. Rachel Woodward.

ESRC (2006-07) As Research Associate on 'Negotiating identity and Representation in the Mediated Armed Forces'. With Dr Trish Winter (University of Sunderland) and Professor Rachel Woodward (Newcastle University).

 

Not Currently Teaching