- Reaction Value: Affective reflex in the digital public sphere Davies, Will . 2024. Reaction Value: Affective reflex in the digital public sphere. Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory, 25(3), pp. 297-317. ISSN 1600-910X
- The Revenge of Sovereignty on Government? The Release of Neoliberal Politics from Economics Post-2008 Davies, Will . 2021. The Revenge of Sovereignty on Government? The Release of Neoliberal Politics from Economics Post-2008. Theory, Culture & Society, 38(6), pp. 95-118. ISSN 0263-2764
- Post-neoliberalism? An introduction Davies, Will ; and Gane, Nicholas. 2021. Post-neoliberalism? An introduction. Theory, Culture & Society, 38(6), pp. 3-28. ISSN 0263-2764
- The Politics of Recognition in the Age of Social Media Davies, Will . 2021. The Politics of Recognition in the Age of Social Media. New Left Review(128), pp. 83-99. ISSN 0028-6060
- Anti-Equivalence: Pragmatics of post-liberal dispute Davies, Will . 2021. Anti-Equivalence: Pragmatics of post-liberal dispute. European Journal of Social Theory, 24(1), pp. 44-64. ISSN 1368-4310
- The Financialization of Anti-capitalism? The case of the ‘Financial Independence Retire Early’ Community Taylor, Nicholas ; and Davies, Will . 2021. The Financialization of Anti-capitalism? The case of the ‘Financial Independence Retire Early’ Community. Journal of Cultural Economy, 14(6), pp. 694-710. ISSN 1753-0350
- Green Populism?: Action and mortality in the anthropocene Davies, Will . 2020. Green Populism?: Action and mortality in the anthropocene. Environmental Values, 29(6), pp. 647-668. ISSN 0963-2719
- Succession Economics: Sustaining prosperity beyond death Davies, Will . 2020. Succession Economics: Sustaining prosperity beyond death. CUSP Working Paper Series(24), ISSN 2397-8341
- Anger Fast & Slow: Mediations of justice and violence in the Age of Populism Davies, Will . 2020. Anger Fast & Slow: Mediations of justice and violence in the Age of Populism. Global Discourse, 10(2-3), pp. 169-185. ISSN 2326-9995
- Coronavirus and progressive taxation Davies, Will . 2020. Coronavirus and progressive taxation. Discover Society,
- Society as a Broadband Network Davies, Will . 2020. Society as a Broadband Network. London Review of Books, 42(7), ISSN 0260-9592
- The last global crisis didn't change the world. But this one could Davies, Will . 2020. The last global crisis didn't change the world. But this one could. The Guardian, ISSN 0261-3077
- The Political Economy of Pulse: Techno-somatic rhythm and real-time data Davies, Will . 2019. The Political Economy of Pulse: Techno-somatic rhythm and real-time data. Ephemera, 19(3), pp. 513-536. ISSN 2052-1499
- Elite Power under Advanced Neoliberalism Davies, Will . 2017. Elite Power under Advanced Neoliberalism. Theory Culture and Society, 34(5-6), pp. 227-250. ISSN 0263-2764
- Moral Economies of the Future - the Utopian Impulse of Sustainable Prosperity Davies, Will . 2017. Moral Economies of the Future - the Utopian Impulse of Sustainable Prosperity. CUSP Working Paper Series(5),
- How Are We Now?: Real-time mood-monitoring as valuation Davies, Will . 2017. How Are We Now?: Real-time mood-monitoring as valuation. Journal of Cultural Economy, 10(1), pp. 34-48. ISSN 1753-0350
- The New Neoliberalism Davies, Will . 2016. The New Neoliberalism. New Left Review, 101, ISSN 0028-6060
- The return of social government: From ‘socialist calculation’ to ‘social analytics’ Davies, Will . 2015. The return of social government: From ‘socialist calculation’ to ‘social analytics’. European Journal of Social Theory, 18(4), pp. 431-450. ISSN 1368-4310
- The Chronic Social: Relations of Control Within and Without Neoliberalism Davies, Will . 2015. The Chronic Social: Relations of Control Within and Without Neoliberalism. New Formations(84/85), pp. 40-57. ISSN 0950-2378
- 'When is a market not a market? ‘Exemption’, ‘externality’ and ‘exception’ in the case of European State Aid rules' Davies, Will . 2013. 'When is a market not a market? ‘Exemption’, ‘externality’ and ‘exception’ in the case of European State Aid rules'. Theory Culture & Society, 30(2), pp. 32-59. ISSN 0263-2764
- 'The Emerging Neo-Communitarianism' Davies, Will . 2012. 'The Emerging Neo-Communitarianism'. The Political Quarterly, 83(4), pp. 767-776.
- ‘Ways of owning: towards an economic sociology of privatization’ Davies, Will . 2012. ‘Ways of owning: towards an economic sociology of privatization’. Poetics, 20(2), pp. 167-184. ISSN 0304-422X
- ‘Rationalities of ignorance: on financial crisis and the ambivalence of neo-liberal epistemology’ Davies, Will ; and McGoey, Linsey. 2012. ‘Rationalities of ignorance: on financial crisis and the ambivalence of neo-liberal epistemology’. Economy & Society, 41(1), pp. 64-83. ISSN 0308-5147
- ‘Knowing the Unknowable: The Epistemological Authority of Innovation Policy Experts’ Davies, Will . 2011. ‘Knowing the Unknowable: The Epistemological Authority of Innovation Policy Experts’. Social Epistemology, 25(4), pp. 401-421. ISSN 0269-1728
- Economic advice as a vocation: symbioses of scientific and political authority Davies, Will . 2011. Economic advice as a vocation: symbioses of scientific and political authority. British Journal of Sociology, 62(2), pp. 304-323. ISSN 0007-1315
- The Political Economy of Unhappiness Davies, Will . 2011. The Political Economy of Unhappiness. New Left Review, 71, pp. 65-80. ISSN 0028-6060
- ‘Economics and the “nonsense” of law: the case of the Chicago antitrust revolution’ Davies, Will . 2010. ‘Economics and the “nonsense” of law: the case of the Chicago antitrust revolution’. Economy and Society, 39(1), pp. 64-83. ISSN 0308-5147
Professor Will Davies
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My research looks at how expert knowledge is deployed politically in neoliberal societies.
I am a sociologist and political economist, working on diverse topics, including neoliberalism, happiness science, environmental politics and anti-expert politics. What links this work is an interest in the interface of knowledge and power, drawing on the work of Michel Foucault, Luc Boltanski and Max Weber. I am Co-Director of the interdisciplinary Political Economy Research Centre and convene the BA in Politics Philosophy & Economics.
Academic qualifications
- BA Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge 1998
- MA Modern European Philosophy, University of Essex 1999
- PhD Sociology, Goldsmiths 2009
Teaching and supervision
BA Politics Philosophy & Economics
Featured publications
Publications and research outputs
Book
- Unprecedented? How COVID-19 Revealed the Politics of Our Economy Davies, Will ; Dutta, Sahil Jai ; Taylor, Nick ; and Tazzioli, Martina . 2022. Unprecedented? How COVID-19 Revealed the Politics of Our Economy. London: Goldsmiths Press. ISBN 9781913380120
- This is Not Normal: The collapse of liberal Britain Davies, Will . 2020. This is Not Normal: The collapse of liberal Britain. London: Verso.
- Nervous States: How feeling took over the world Davies, Will . 2018. Nervous States: How feeling took over the world. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 9781787330108
Edited Book
- Economic Science Fictions Davies, Will , ed. 2018. Economic Science Fictions. London: Goldsmiths Press. ISBN 9781906897680
Book Section
- Post-Liberal Competitions?: Pragmatics of Gamification and Weaponisation Davies, Will . 2020. Post-Liberal Competitions?: Pragmatics of Gamification and Weaponisation. In: David Stark, ed. The Performance Complex: Competition and Competitions in Social Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198861669
- The Neoliberal State: Power Against Politics Davies, Will . 2018. The Neoliberal State: Power Against Politics. In: Damien Cahill; Melinda Cooper; Martijn Konings and David Primrose, eds. The Sage Handbook of Neoliberalism. London: Sage. ISBN 9781412961721
- Elites without Hierarchies: Intermediaries, 'Agency' and the super-rich Davies, Will . 2017. Elites without Hierarchies: Intermediaries, 'Agency' and the super-rich. In: Ray Forrest; Sin Yee Koh and Bart Wissink, eds. Cities and the Super-Rich: Real Estate, Elite Practices, and Urban Political Economies. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 19-38. ISBN 9781137557155
Article
- Another age of anxiety: psychological distress and the 'asset economy' Davies, Will . 2025. Another age of anxiety: psychological distress and the 'asset economy'. Theory Culture & Society, 42(5), pp. 3-20. ISSN 0263-2764
- Owning Towards Death: The Asset Condition as Existential Conundrum Davies, Will . 2024. Owning Towards Death: The Asset Condition as Existential Conundrum. Finance & Society, 10(3), pp. 215-233. ISSN 2059-5999
- Stay Home: Mapping the New Domestic Regime Davies, Will ; Dutta, Sahil Jai; and Taylor, Nick. 2024. Stay Home: Mapping the New Domestic Regime. Economy & Society, 53(3), pp. 400-423. ISSN 0308-5147
Digital
- "Swamped" by anti-immigration campaigns Jones, Hannah ; Bhattacharyya, Gargi; Forkert, Kirsten; Davies, Will ; Dhaliwal, Sukhwant; Gunaratnam, Yasmin ; Jackson, Emma ; and Saltus,, Roiyah. 2014. "Swamped" by anti-immigration campaigns.
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London Review of Books
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