Barbara E. Adam, FAcSS, FLSW (born 3 May 1945) is a retired British sociologist and academic. She specialises in social theory particularity in reference to time. From 1988 to her retirement in 2011, she lectured at Cardiff University; she was appointed Professor of Sociology in 1999.[1][2] She was the founding editor of the academic journal Time & Society.[2]

Barbara Adam
Born (1945-05-03) 3 May 1945 (age 79)
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Lecturer, Cardiff University
Professor of Sociology, Cardiff University
Founding editor, Time & Society
AwardsPhilip Abrams Memorial Prize, British Sociological Association 1991
J T Fraser Prize, International Society 1995
HonoursAcademician of the Academy of Social Sciences (2009)

Honours

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In 1991, she was awarded the Philip Abrams Memorial Prize by the British Sociological Association for her monograph Time and Social Theory.[3] In 1995, she was awarded the J T Fraser Prize by the International Society for the Study of Time for her monograph Timewatch: The Social Analysis of Time.[1] In 2009, she was elected an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS);[1] in 2014, Academicians were retitled Fellows (FAcSS) to bring the Academy of Social Sciences inline with other British learned societies.[4]

In 2013, she was elected as a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.[5]

Selected works

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  • Adam, Barbara (1990). Time and social theory. Oxford: Polity. ISBN 978-0745607405.
  • Adam, Barbara (1995). Timewatch: The Social Analysis of Time. Cambridge: Polity Press. ISBN 978-0745610207.
  • Adam, Barbara (1998). Timescapes of Modernity: The Environment and Invisible Hazards. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415162746.
  • Allan, Stuart; Adam, Barbara; Carter, Cynthia, eds. (1999). Environmental Risks and the Media. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415214469.
  • Adam, Barbara (2004). Time. Cambridge: Polity. ISBN 978-0745627779.
  • Adam, Barbara; Groves, Chris (2007). Future Matters: Action, Knowledge, Ethics. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-9004161771.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Professor Barbara Adam". Cardiff University. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Professor Barbara Adam". Institute of Advanced Study. Durham University. 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  3. ^ "BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize". The British Sociological Association. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Fellows". Academy of Social Sciences. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  5. ^ Wales, The Learned Society of. "Barbara Adam". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 22 August 2023.