Linsey McGoey
Linsey McGoey | |
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![]() Linsey McGoey | |
Born | 17 April 1978 |
Nationality | Canadian |
Known for | Research in Ignorance studies and about charity |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | London School of Economics |
Thesis | The value of ignorance: Antidepressant drugs and the policies of objectivity in medicine (2007) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Sociology |
Linsey McGoey (born 17 April 1978[1]) is a Canadian sociologist and academic based in England. She is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex.[2] She is known for having written about philanthropy in her book No Such Thing as a Free Gift and co-editing the Routledge International Handbook of Ignorance Studies with Matthias Gross.[3][4][5] Her next book, The Unknowers: How Elite Ignorance Rules the World, was published in 2019.[6]
Education and career
[edit]She was educated at Carleton University, graduating with a BA in Journalism. She then completed an MA at the London School of Economics in Anthropology.[7]
She received a PhD from the London School of Economics in 2007 with a thesis on The value of ignorance: Antidepressant drugs and the policies of objectivity in medicine.[8]
Major works
[edit]- McGoey, L. (2014). An introduction to the sociology of ignorance: essays on the limits of knowing. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 978-1-13-877967-9.
- Gross, M. and McGoey, L., editors (2015). Routledge International Handbook of Ignorance Studies. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-71896-7.
- McGoey, L. (2015). No Such Thing as a Free Gift: The Gates Foundation and the Price of Philanthropy. Verso Publication. ISBN 9781784780838.
- McGoey, L. (2019). The Unknowers: How Strategic Ignorance Rules the World. Zed Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1780326351.
References
[edit]- ^ "Linsey MCGOEY - Personal Appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
- ^ "Profile for Linsey McGoey at the University of Essex". www.essex.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
- ^ Beckett, Andy (2015-10-24). "No Such Thing As a Free Gift: The Gates Foundation and the Price of Philanthropy by Linsey McGoey – review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
- ^ Jack, Andrew (28 October 2015). "Review: 'No Such Thing As a Free Gift', by Linsey McGoey". Financial Times. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
- ^ "Everything you ever wanted to know about ignorance, but were afraid to ask – the "Routledge International Handbook of Ignorance Studies"". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
- ^ "Overview of forthcoming university press books on Donald J. Trump". www.insidehighered.com. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
- ^ "What are Philanthropic Organizations Hiding? An Interview with Linsey McGoey". booksandideas.net. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
- ^ McGoey, Linsey (2007). The value of ignorance: Antidepressant drugs and the policies of objectivity in medicine (PhD). London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 20 August 2021.