Brian McDonough is Course Leader of Sociology at Solent University, UK. His research specialises in work and the body, human expertise, and the use of information and communication technologies in the workplace. He is author of Flying Aeroplanes and Other Sociological Tales: An Introduction to Sociology and Research Methods (Routledge, 2021), co-author of Universal Basic Income (Routledge, 2020), and co-author of Social Problems in the UK (Routledge, 2015). He has also published on commercial pilot expertise in journals such as Qualitative Research, using Heideggarian and Merleau-Pontian philosophy to understand the role of the working body, and how AI and other technologies impact workers in aviation settings.
Jane Parry is an Associate Professor of Work and Employment at the University of Southampton, UK. Her research looks at changes in employment, working practices, and disadvantage in labour markets. She is co-editor of A New Sociology of Work
