Tim Jordan (sociologist)
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Tim Jordan is an emeritus professor at the University College London in the Department of UCL Arts and Sciences. Prior to that, he worked at the University of Sussex, King's College London in culture, media and creative industries and digital humanities departments, and has previously worked as the head of the sociology department at the Open University. He has published his work on hacking and online cultures. He was co-founder of the journal Social Movement Studies.
Jordan was a reader in Sociology at the Open University[1] for eleven years[2] and during his time there he became the head of the department of sociology.[3] He moved to King's College London, in 2011.[2] He was a senior lecturer at King's College and a member of two departments: Culture, media and creative industries and Digital humanities.[3] He has been the head of the department of culture, media and creative industries.[3] He moved to the University of Sussex as Head of the School of Media, Film and Music in 2014. He then moved in 2020 to University College London as Professor of Digital Cultures and Head of the Programme in Arts and Sciences (BASc). He stood down as Head of Department of UCL Arts and Sciences in 2024 and in 2025 he became Emeritus Professor of Arts and Sciences.
Social Movement Studies journal
He was co-founder and former editor in 2002 of the Routledge journal Social Movement Studies: Journal of Social, Cultural and Political Protest.[4]
Areas of interest
Jordan has specific interests in internet cultures and the way internet technologies have affected wider cultures.[5] He has worked on politically motivated hacking and has researched hacking communities.[1] He has also had interest in massive multiplayer online games as a 'player and analyst'[1] and has published work on Pokémon.[3]
