Dr Emma Uprichard

Professor of Sociology

I have a longstanding and passionate interest in the methodological challenge of applying complexity theory in the social sciences. The key questions driving my research are: Why do things change the way they change? How might we empirically capture complex patterns of change and continuity in the social world? How might the past and present, and desired and projected futures interact intergenerationally, and how might these be empirically explored? This has led me to empirically explore change and continuity in cities, food and eating, childhood, time, social research methods and methodology, and sociology.

Listed publications:

• Uprichard, E. (in press 2012) 'Sampling: Bridging probability and non-probability designs' International Journal of Social Research Methodology.

• Byrne, D. and Uprichard, E. (in press) 'Useful complex causality', in the Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Social Science, Kinkard, H. (ed), Oxford: Oxford University Press

• Uprichard, E. (in press) 'Dirty Data: Longitudinal classification systems', in Sociological Review - Special Review - Special Issue Monograph on Value and Measure, Adkins, L. and Lury. C. (eds).

• Nettleton, S. and Uprichard, E. (2011) 'A Slice of Life': Food Narratives and Menus from Mass-Observers in 1982 and 1945', Sociological Research Online, 16:2.

• Uprichard, E. (2011) 'Narratives of the Future: Complexity, time and temporality' in the Sage Handbook Innovation in the Social Research Methods, Williams, M. and Vogt, P. (eds), London: Sage, pp.103-119.

• Uprichard, E., Burrows, R. and Parker, S. (2009) 'Geodemographic Code and the Production of Space', Environment and Planning A, 41(12): 2823-2835.

• Uprichard, E. (2009)'Introducing Cluster Analysis: What can it teach us about the case?' in Handbook of Case Based Methods, Ragin, C. and Byrne, D. (eds), London: Sage, pp.132-148.

• Uprichard, E. (2009) 'Questioning Research with Children: Discrepancy between theory and practice?' Children and Society, 24(1): 3-13.

• Uprichard, E., Burrows, R. and Byrne, D. (2008) 'SPSS as an 'Inscription Device': From causality to description?' Sociological Review: Anniversary Issue - From causality to description, 56(4): 606-622.