Stephen J. Ball

Stephen J Ball is Emeritus Professor of Sociology of Education at the Institute of Education, University College London, where he was previously the Karl Mannhiem Professor of Sociology of Education. Before IOE Stephen Ball was at KCL and the University of Sussex where he also obtained his MA and D.Phil degrees. He is a British Academy Fellow, a Fellow of the Society of Educational Studies, and a laureate of Kappa Delta Phi. He holds visiting positions at the Universities of Copenhagen and Glasgow and has honorary degrees from the Universities of Turku and Leicester. He writes sociology and crime fiction - read The Death of an External Examiner (2020) Stephen Ball was born in London and now splits his time between London and Catalunya, with his wife Trinidad, who is an artist. When not being a sociologist Stephen walks, watches birds and films and listens to Jazz.