Prof Ken Roberts BSc(Soc); MSc(Econ)
Professor Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology
- +44 (0)151 795 8564
- Work email K.Roberts@liverpool.ac.uk
Professional Activities
Conference Roles
- Class formsation and disti nction: fifteen years of change in Eastern Europe, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Bulgarian Sociological Association, 2013)
- Youth cultures and the formation of a new political generation in Eastern Europe, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Freie Universitat, Berlin, 2012)
- Career guidance in England today, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (ESRC, 2012)
- Leisure in the West after the end of the long baby boomer generation, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (International Sociological Association, 2011)
- The end of the long baby boomer generation, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (European Sociological Association, 2011)
- Current theoretical and methodological trends within youth studies, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Uppsala University, 2010)
- Trends in Leisure Research, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Zhejiang University, 2009)
- 1989: so hard to remember and so easy to forget, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (ISA RC34, Council and Europe, European Union, 2009)
- Leisure and sociology: past achievements and current challenges, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Chinese Academy of Arts, 2009)
- Youth in Transition, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2008)
- Undergraduate education: meanings and means, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Open Society Institute, 2008)
- Youth in the 21st Century: Individualisation, Reflexivity and Social Integration, by Invitation (National Pedagogical Dragomanov University, Kiev, 2007)
- Leisure in cosmopolitan Europe, by Invitation (European Parliament, Brussels, 2007)
- Youth Transitions , by Invitation (Yerevan State University, 2007)
- 'The student experience of higher eudcation', Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (HEFC Wales, 2006)
- 'The young self-employed in East-Central Europe', Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (UniCredit Foundation/University of Trento, 2006)
- Degree Day Speech, by Invitation (Edith Cowan University, Perth, 1998)
Editorships
- Journal of Education and Work (Editorial Board Member, 2007 - present)
- WORLD LEISURE JOURNAL (Editor, 2004 - present)
- Journal of Youth Studies (Advisory Board Member, 2000 - present)
- Society and Leisure (Editorial Board Member, 1997 - present)
- Leisure Studies (Editorial Board Member, 1997 - present)
Examination Roles
- Loughborough University, PhD (2009)
- University of Faisalabad, PhD (2007)
- University of Sheffield, PhD (2007)
- University of Faisalabad, PhD (2006)
- University of Ulster, PhD (2006)
Professional Body Memberships
- Leisure Studies Association (Lifetime Member by Invitiation, 2003 - present)
- Academy of Social Sciences (Academician, 2001 - present)
- Institute of Career Guidance (Honorary Fellow, 1998 - present)
- International Sociological Association (Member, 1986 - present)
- British Sociological Association (Member, 1970 - present)