Andrew Pilkington

Andrew Pilkington is Professor of Sociology at the University of Northampton. He is currently Associate Director of the Centre for Children and Youth and Director of the Equality and Diversity Research Group. He has written extensively in the field of the sociology and is regularly invited to give presentations of his work across the world. Within the last academic year, this has entailed giving keynotes and other talks in Jamaica, Singapore, Spain, New Zealand and Australia. His research has especially focused on issues relating to race and ethnicity, and he has published widely in this area, including Racial Disadvantage and Ethnic Diversity in Britain (Palgrave, 2003). He is an Associate of the Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics, Chair of the Association of Teachers of Social Sciences and is particularly interested in exploring different pedagogies in addressing equality and diversity issues.

United Kingdom

Email: andy.pilkington@northampton.ac.uk