Auteur: David Calvey

Dr. David Calvey is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). Prior to working at MMU, he held teaching and research positions at the University of Manchester, Liverpool John Moores University, The Open University, and was a Visiting Fellow at the University of Queensland. His publications and research interests span ethnography, covert research, humour studies, martial arts, ethnomethodology, organizational creativity, private security, and the night-time economy. He is a member of the British Sociological Association (BSA) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). His recent book is Covert Research: The Art, Politics and Ethics of Undercover Fieldwork (2017), SAGE.