Dr Paul Gilfillan (B.A. Hons, MSc. (Taught), MSc. (Research), PhD) is a Senior Lecturer in the Psychology, Sociology and Education Division. He is also an associate member of the Centre for Applied Social Sciences.
- Overview
- Research Interests
- Research Publications
- Teaching & Learning
- Activities & Awards
I was born in 1965 in Kirkcaldy (Fife) and was educated at the local Catholic schools. I left Scotland aged 17 to attend Maynooth College (Ireland) and graduated in 1987. After some years travelling and working abroad I returned to Scotland to complete a Doctorate in Social Anthropology at Edinburgh University (1997-2002) on the topic of Scottish Nationalism. I was Research Fellow at Glasgow University (2006-2008) before being appointed Lecturer in Sociology at QMU in 2008 and Senior lecturer in 2014. I was Programme Leader for the Psychology & Sociology programme (2010-2014) and during this time helped to successfully launch the new single honours programme in Public Sociology at QMU.
Affiliations/Memberships to Other Organisations:
- British Sociological Association
Research/Knowledge Exchange Centre Membership:
- An associate member of the Centre for Applied Social Sciences
Active research interests:
Ethnography, Social Class, Nationalism, Sociology of Christianity, Sociology of Scotland, Pilgrimage
Research Methods:
Ethnography, Interviewing, Longitudinal Research
Please see my research publications in eResearch – Queen Margaret University’s repository
My main areas of teaching are Introduction to Academic Life, Research Methods, the history of social theory, the sociology of contemporary Scotland.
Teaching:
X1022 Introduction to Academia & the Sociological Imagination
X3044 Social Research: Theory and Practice
X3046 Sociology of Liberation
X4056 Sociology of Scotland
I was nominated for the 2014 BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize for best first sole-authored monograph in sociology.
