Will Atkinson

2.1k total citations
67 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Will Atkinson is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Urban Studies and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Will Atkinson has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 17 papers in Urban Studies and 13 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Will Atkinson's work include Social and Cultural Dynamics (48 papers), Cultural Industries and Urban Development (17 papers) and Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (8 papers). Will Atkinson is often cited by papers focused on Social and Cultural Dynamics (48 papers), Cultural Industries and Urban Development (17 papers) and Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (8 papers). Will Atkinson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and France. Will Atkinson's co-authors include Christopher Deeming, Steven Roberts, Mike Savage, Andreas Schmitz, Keith Randle, Lennart Rosenlund, Harriet Bradley and Frédéric Lebaron and has published in prestigious journals such as British Journal of Sociology, Sociology and Ethnic and Racial Studies.

In The Last Decade

Will Atkinson

65 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Will Atkinson United Kingdom 19 978 246 236 199 129 67 1.3k
Johs. Hjellbrekke Norway 7 599 0.6× 144 0.6× 131 0.6× 81 0.4× 116 0.9× 13 878
Niall Cunningham United Kingdom 9 689 0.7× 169 0.7× 176 0.7× 85 0.4× 126 1.0× 20 1.0k
Steven Threadgold Australia 17 632 0.6× 122 0.5× 122 0.5× 163 0.8× 152 1.2× 48 915
Wendy Bottero United Kingdom 18 735 0.8× 123 0.5× 179 0.8× 126 0.6× 104 0.8× 31 1.0k
Dick Houtman Netherlands 24 1.4k 1.4× 44 0.2× 617 2.6× 198 1.0× 115 0.9× 146 2.1k
Daniel Laurison United Kingdom 14 666 0.7× 231 0.9× 196 0.8× 168 0.8× 97 0.8× 29 998
Sean Nixon United Kingdom 10 497 0.5× 262 1.1× 80 0.3× 53 0.3× 36 0.3× 27 1.1k
Mary Ann Clawson United States 11 755 0.8× 230 0.9× 151 0.6× 43 0.2× 113 0.9× 30 1.5k
Dan Woodman Australia 18 1.1k 1.1× 94 0.4× 203 0.9× 218 1.1× 390 3.0× 46 1.4k
Jean-Claude Chamboredon Chile 12 750 0.8× 145 0.6× 169 0.7× 122 0.6× 141 1.1× 29 1.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Will Atkinson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Will Atkinson

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All Works

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Atkinson, Will, et al.. (2025). The making of a chorister: class, family and choir schools. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 46(5). 594–609. 1 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Will. (2025). Multidimensional social mobility and educational strategies in the UK. European Societies. 1–24. 1 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Will. (2024). Bourdieu on love: A latent capital, a primary field and a new research agenda. The Sociological Review. 73(3). 645–660. 3 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Will. (2024). The class differentiation of older age: Capitals and lifestyles. British Journal of Sociology. 75(4). 554–573. 2 indexed citations
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Schmitz, Andreas, Will Atkinson, & Frédéric Lebaron. (2023). Rethinking the nation and international relations: The space of nation states. British Journal of Sociology. 74(4). 673–689. 1 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Will. (2023). Charting fields and spaces quantitatively: from multiple correspondence analysis to categorical principal components analysis. Quality & Quantity. 58(1). 829–848. 9 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Will. (2022). The genesis of Brexit in the UK: outline of a multi-field model. Theory and Society. 52(2). 243–261. 1 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Will. (2022). Falling in and out of love: With and beyond Bourdieu on individual enchantment and disenchantment. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour. 52(2). 377–391. 5 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Will. (2019). Luc Boltanski’s pragmatic sociology: A Bourdieusian critique. European Journal of Social Theory. 23(3). 310–327. 13 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Will. (2018). Time for Bourdieu: Insights and oversights. Time & Society. 28(3). 951–970. 35 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Will. (2016). Class and Cuisine in Contemporary Britain Reheated. The Sociological Review. 64(1). 194–201. 1 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Will. (2016). The Structure of Literary Taste: Class, Gender and Reading in the UK. Cultural Sociology. 10(2). 247–266. 19 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Will & Christopher Deeming. (2015). Class and Cuisine in Contemporary Britain: the Social Space, the Space of Food and Their Homology. The Sociological Review. 63(4). 876–896. 39 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Will & Keith Randle. (2014). ‘Sorry mate, you're finishing tonight’: a historical perspective on employment flexibility in the UK film industry. Work Organisation Labour & Globalisation. 8(1). 4 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Will, Steven Roberts, & Mike Savage. (2012). Class Inequality in Austerity Britain: Power, Difference and Suffering. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 41 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Will. (2010). Same formula, different figures: Change and persistence in class inequalities. 63(63). 11–24. 4 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Will. (2010). Class, Individualization and Late Modernity: In Search of the Reflexive Worker. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 42 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Will. (2007). Beck, individualization and the death of class: a critique1. British Journal of Sociology. 58(3). 349–366. 120 indexed citations

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