Barbara Adam | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 May 1945 |
| Occupations | Lecturer, Cardiff University Professor of Sociology, Cardiff University Founding editor, Time & Society |
| Awards | Philip Abrams Memorial Prize, British Sociological Association 1991 J T Fraser Prize, International Society 1995 |
| Honours | Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences (2009) |
Barbara E. Adam, FAcSS, FLSW (born 3 May 1945) is a retired British sociologist and academic. She specialises in social theory particularity in reference to time. From 1988 to her retirement in 2011, she lectured at Cardiff University; she was appointed Professor of Sociology in 1999.[1][2] She was the founding editor of the academic journal Time & Society.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Adam received a Lyceum education in Germany before relocating to the United Kingdom, where she developed her entire academic career at Cardiff University.[1] She earned both her M.Phil. and Ph.D. in sociology at Cardiff, specializing in time studies.
Academic career
[edit]Adam joined the faculty of Cardiff University, where she advanced an innovative temporal approach to social theory, epistemology, and methodology.[3] She was awarded two major ESRC Fellowships (1994 and 2003). From 1999 to 2000, she held the prestigious Max Weber Chair at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich.[4]
In 1992, Adam founded the international journal Time & Society, providing an institutional platform for the emerging interdisciplinary field focused on social time.[5]
Honours
[edit]In 1991, she was awarded the Philip Abrams Memorial Prize by the British Sociological Association for her monograph Time and Social Theory.[6] In 1995, she was awarded the J T Fraser Prize by the International Society for the Study of Time for her monograph Timewatch: The Social Analysis of Time.[1] In 2009, she was elected an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS);[1] in 2014, Academicians were retitled Fellows (FAcSS) to bring the Academy of Social Sciences inline with other British learned societies.[7]
In 2013, she was elected as a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.[8]
Selected works
[edit]- Adam, Barbara (1990). Time and social theory. Oxford: Polity. ISBN 978-0745607405.
- Adam, Barbara (1995). Timewatch: The Social Analysis of Time. Cambridge: Polity Press. ISBN 978-0745610207.
- Adam, Barbara (1998). Timescapes of Modernity: The Environment and Invisible Hazards. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415162746.
- Allan, Stuart; Adam, Barbara; Carter, Cynthia, eds. (1999). Environmental Risks and the Media. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415214469.
- Adam, Barbara (2004). Time. Cambridge: Polity. ISBN 978-0745627779.
- Adam, Barbara; Groves, Chris (2007). Future Matters: Action, Knowledge, Ethics. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-9004161771.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Professor Barbara Adam". Cardiff University. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Professor Barbara Adam". Institute of Advanced Study. Durham University. 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ "Opaque Futures: Challenge for Social Sciences". Universitetet i Bergen (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ^ "Professor Barbara Adam | IAS Durham". Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ^ Adam, Barbara (1 February 2022). "Thirty years of Time & Society: The challenges for time studies revisited". Time & Society. 31 (1): 6–9. doi:10.1177/0961463X211073004. ISSN 0961-463X.
- ^ "BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize". The British Sociological Association. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ "Fellows". Academy of Social Sciences. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ Wales, The Learned Society of. "Barbara Adam". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
