Carlton Brick

Lecturer in Sociology at the University of the West of Scotland

Carlton Brick is a lecturer in sociology at the University of the West of Scotland since 2003. Before becoming a full time academic, he has had a varied and wide ranging employment history, including amongst others, civil servant, and sports journalist.

Prior to joining UWS he was Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Social & Cultural Studies of Sport & Leisure,School of Life & Sport Sciences, University of Surrey Roehampton, where he completed his PHD in 2002.

His particular areas of expertise and academic interest are broadly drawn from fields of sociology of leisure, identity and consumption, and social theory. He has published widely on these subjects in a number of different academic (and non-academic) publications, and media platforms.