Dr John Jordan

School of Health & Society

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Current positions

Lecturer in Social Policy

Biography

I am a lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Salford. I teach across a range of subjects, including globalisation, research methods, housing and welfare. I am particularly interested in welfare systems, the modern far-right, and theoretical perspectives in Marxism, post-structuralism and neoliberalism. I would be happy to receive PhD supervision enquiries.

Areas of Research

Welfare, far-right, conspiracy theories, Marxist theory, post-structuralist theory

Areas of Supervision

Social Class, inequality, Marxist theory and practice, Post-structuralism, welfare, unemployment

Teaching

Programme Leader - Applied Social Research Methods Masters
Module leader - Research Methods in Action (post-graduate)
Module leader - Globalisation, Society & Crime (L5)
Module leader - Comparative and Global Social Policy (L6)
Co-Module Leader - Housing, Policy and Society (L6)
Module leader - Ideological Approaches to Welfare (L5)
Qualitative methods - Seminar Tutor (L5)
Quantitative methods - Seminar Tutor (L5)

Qualifications and Recognitions

Qualifications
  • PGCap

    2023 - 2024
  • Review of Work Programme

    2013 - 2016
  • Sociology and Global Transformations

    2010 - 2012
  • Sociology and General Studies

    1991 - 1994