• Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology

My teaching interests include social theory, qualitative methodologies and the sociology of the body.  Current PhD supervision involves work  on childhood, understandings of self and wellbeing and sexualisation.  A member of the British Sociological Association, I am an Associate Director at the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships based at Edinburgh University and sit on the editorial board for the journal Sociology.  My recent research has focused on trust and the nature of emotional lives and social change.  I am research convenor for the Childhood, Families and Relationships Research Group within SASS.

• Sociological research on trust, childhood, the body and emotional lives and social change . I am currently working on an ESRC funded study on emotions talk (Somebody to talk to: practices and beliefs about informal and formal emotional support in the UK)

• Childhoods, Families and Relationships

• ASRP05-Qualitative Data Analysis (Contributing Lecturer)
• SOC9CZ-Honours Dissertation (Dissertation Supervisor)
• SOC9SE-Sociology of Childhood (Contributing Lecturer)
• SOC9SN-Sociology of The Body (Co-ordinator)
• SPC911-Social Differentiation (Contributing Lecturer)
• SPC9C5-Research Process I (Contributing Lecturer)

Books

• J. Brownlie, A. Greene and A. Howson (eds) (2008) Researching Trust and Health New York: Routledge

Journal Papers

• Brownlie, J. and Sheach Leith, V. (forthcoming) 'Social Bundles: Thinking through the infant body' Childhood.

• Brownlie, J. (forthcoming)  ' "Being there": Multidimensionality, reflexivity and the study of emotional lives' British Journal of Sociology

• Brownlie, J. (forthcoming) '"Not going there": Limits to the professionalisation of our emotional lives' Sociology of Health and Illness

• Brownlie, J. and Anderson, S. (forthcoming) 'Build it and they will come? Public beliefs about "emotions talk" and the talking therapies' British Journal of Guidance and Counselling

• J. Brownlie (2009) 'Researching not playing in the public sphere' Sociology 43(40):699-716

• J. Brownlie (2009) ‘Age of grief in a time of talk’ Sociological Research Online, Volume 14, Issue 5

  
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• Brownlie, J. with Anderson, S. and Given, L. (2008) 'Triumph of the therapeutic? Beliefs and Practices about Emotional Support in the UK' in British Social Attitudes Book  London: Sage

• Brownlie, J. 2006. 'The Basic Stuff of our memories': Embodying and Embedding Discipline Sociological Research Online

  
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• Brownlie, J. and Howson, A. 2006 ‘Between the demands of truth and government: health practitioners, trust and immunisation work’ Social Science and Medicine

• Brownlie, J. and Howson, A. (2005)‘Leaps of faith and MMR: an empirical study of trust’ Sociology, 39 (4): 221-239

• Brownlie, J.‘(2005) An unsolvable justice problem?’ Punishing young people’s sexual violence Journal of Law and Society 30(4): 506-531

• Brownlie, J. (2004) 'Tasting the witches’ brew: Foucault and therapeutic practices Sociology 38(3):515-532

• Brownlie, J. (2003) The young sexual offender: managing the “dangerous” Criminal Justice Matters 51 (October)

• Brownlie, J.(2001) ‘The ‘Being-Risky’ Child: Governing Childhood and Sexual Risk Sociology 35,2: 519-537

• Brownlie, J. 1997. 'Working with men. Review Article' Scottish Affairs 21:65-73

Book Chapters

• Brownlie, J. (2008) 'Conceptualizing trust and health' in J. Brownlie, A. Greene and A. Howson (eds) (2008) Researching Trust and Health New York: Routledge

• Brownlie, J. and Howson, A. (2008) ' Introduction' in J. Brownlie, A. Greene and A. Howson (eds) Researching Trust and Health New York: Routledge

• Brownlie, J. and Anderson, I. 'A neglected problem, Minority ethnic elders with dementia' 99-117 in Bowes, A. and Sim, D. (eds.) Perspectives on welfare: The experiences of minority ethnic groups in Scotland Aldershot: Ashgate Publishers

• Brownlie, J. 'Constituting the young sexual abuser. Ideas of governance, risk and childhood' 68-80 in Collis, M., Munro, L., Russell, S. (eds.) Sociology for a New Millenium: Challenges and Prospects Victoria, Australia: Monash University

Research Reports

• Brownlie. J. and Howson, A. 'Leaps of Faith: A Sociological Re-Analysis of parental and professional talk about MMR' Chief Scientist's Office, Scottish Executive

• Brownlie, J. with Anderson, S. and Murray, L.'Disciplining Children: Research with parents in Scotland' Central Research Unit, Scottish Executive

• Brownlie, J., Anderson, S. and Ormston, R. 2005 'Children as Researchers' Scottish Executive Education Department

Edited Books

• No Edited Books in our records

• Someone to Talk to: A study of beliefs and practices about emotional support in the UK