David R. Inglis
David Robert Inglis is a contemporary sociologist and academic.
Education and career
Inglis earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Cambridge and then went on to complete his Master's and PhD in sociology at the University of York.He has been a sociology professor at the University of Helsinki since 2017. He was previously a sociology professor at the University of Exeter and the University of Aberdeen.
He was a founding editor of the journal Cultural Sociology, and headed the Finnish Sociological Association, the Westermarck Society, from 2020 through 2022.
Books
Inglis is the author or coauthor of books including:- A Sociological History of Excretory Experience: Defecatory Manners and Toiletry Technologies
- Culture and Everyday Life
- The Uses of Sport: A Critical Study
- An Invitation to Social Theory
- The Sociology of Art: Ways of Seeing
- The Globalization of Food,
- The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Sociology
- The Routledge International Handbook to Veils and Veiling Practices.
- ''Drinks in Vogue: Exploring the Changing Worlds of Fashions and Beverages''