Research Output per year
Personal profile
Personal profile
I am a Senior Lecturer in Sociology, with extensive experience of applying of discourse analytic research across a wide range of topics including doctor-patient interactions, teenage pregnancy, death and dying, immigration, higher education, and environmental issues.
I have held a number of external grants related to my work in discourse studies. In addition, I have also carried out research on teaching and learning in Higher Education including consultancy work for the QAA (Scotland).
I have served on the editorial boards of academic journals including the International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social and Community Studies, the International Journal of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies and Philosophy Studies. I was also appointed as one of three Senior Associates of the Higher Education Academy’s Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics.
I have also contributed to various local and national media items including a BBC Scotland interview on teenage pregnancy, an STV feature on internet dating, and a report by The Evening Telegraph on the 2017 parliamentary elections.
Teaching
Undergraduate Modules
Module Tutor
· SOC203 Digital Sociology
· SOC405 Language, Discourse & Society
Module Contributor
· ELE009 Sustainable Development in Scotland
· SOC101 Contemporary Social Issues
· SOC304 Propaganda, PR & Misinformation
· SOC305 Researching Society
· PSY303 Research Methods in Psychology
· SOC400 Dissertation (Qualitative Research Methods)
Current Postgraduate Degree Teaching
Module Contributor
· GRS501 Research Methods (Qualitative research design and analysis for postgraduate research students)
Research interests
Interests & Current Projects
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Healthcare: doctor-patient interaction; professionalisation and identity; health policy and agenda setting
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Higher education and the knowledge economy: personal development planning, graduate attributes; employability and career discourse, citizenship
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Environmentalism and social issues: sustainability and environmental responsibility; tourism impact
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Discourse studies: discourse theory and pragmatics, discursive psychology, conversation analysis, Wittgenstein
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Politics and media: new media and political discourse, ideology and opinion polling; social media and political contact.
PhD Supervisions: Five to successful completion; Masters: Two to successful completion
PhD Examination: Seven examinations
Related Professional Body Membership
International Sociological Association
International Visual Sociology Association I
International Society for Political Psychology
International Pragmatics Association
Societas Linguistica Europaea
Funding
2012 – 2014
Title: Developing and Supporting the Curriculum; Curriculum for Excellence and its impact on higher education in Scotland, Project Leader, QAA (Scotland): Enhancement Themes (£12,000)
2009 – 2012
Title: Graduates for the 21st Century (First Year Experience), Project Leader, QAA (Scotland): Enhancement Themes (£22,000)
2008 – 2011
Title: Senior Associate (Scotland), Sociology, HEA, Centre for Sociology, Anthropology & Politics (£14,250)
2006 – 2008
Title: Personal Development Planning in Sociology & Social Science: The Scottish Higher Education Context. Principal Investigator. HEA, Centre for Sociology, Anthropology & Politics (£12,000)
2001 –2004
Title: A discourse analysis of shared decision making in primary care. (Co-director with F. Sullivan, J. Dowell, and S. Cowan). Chief Scientist Office reference number: CZS/1/8 (£45,279)
Esteem
Undergraduate
East Anglia University (Norwich City College Campus), BA (Hons Psychology with Sociology, 2016- present
Robert Gordon University, BA (Hons) Applied Social Sciences, (2014 – present)
De Montfort University, BA (Hons) Health Studies, (2012 – 2017) and BA (Hons) Sociology (2016 – 2017).
Strathclyde, BA (Hons) Education and Social Services, (2012 – 2016)
Liverpool Hope University BA (BSc) Applied Social Sciences, (2009 – 2012); BSc Health and Wellbeing 2012 – 2014)
Chief External Examiner, BA (Hons) Applied Social Science, (previously validated by the Open University), University of the West of Scotland (2005 – 2009)
Postgraduate
Manchester Metropolitan University, MRes Interdisciplinary Social Science Subjects (2014 – 2016)
Journal Editorial Board Membership
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social and Community Studies (Associate Editor)
International Journal of Technologies in Learning (Associate Editor)
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies (Associate Editor)
Philosophy Today: An International Journal of Contemporary Philosophy (Expert reviewer on Wittgenstein’s later philosophy)
Philosophy Study (Editorial Board)
Outreach
Dr Moir has contributed to various thematic pieces within the local and national media (e.g. BBC Scotland interview on teenage pregnancy in Dundee; STV on internet dating; The Courier on internet 'trolling'; The Evening Telegraph on the 2017 parliamentary elections in terms of local constituencies).
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Research Output 1995 2019
A working identity: pre-professional status in nursing and the ethics of care
Moir, J., 28 Jun 2019, Language, identity and community. Ciepiela, K. (ed.). 1st ed. Berlin: Peter Lang, p. 223-246 (Lodz studies in language; vol. 62).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Internationalizing higher education: a critical overview
Moir, J., 24 May 2018, Proceedings of MAC 2018 in Prague. Vopava, J., Douda, V., Kratochvíl, R. & Konecki, M. (eds.). Prague: MAC Prague consulting s.r.o., p. 212-219 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Britain, Bulgaria and benefits: the political rhetoric of European (dis)integration
Moir, J., 29 Aug 2017, National identity and Europe in times of crisis: doing and undoing Europe. Karner, C. & Kopytowska, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Bingley: Emerald, p. 61-82 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Accounting for actions and omissions: a discourse analysis of student nurse accounts of responding to instances of poor care
Ion, R. M., Smith, K., Moir, J. & Nimmo, S., 1 May 2016, In : Journal of Advanced Nursing. 72, 5, p. 1054-1064 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Global citizenship: an education or an identity?
Moir, J., 18 Oct 2016, Identity in communicative contexts. Ciepiela, K. (ed.). Oxford: Peter Lang, p. 147-158 12 p. (Łódź Studies in Language; no. 48).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Thesis
An exploratory study of male ex-prisoners’ experiences of health and healthcare in prison and the community
Author: Fraser, J., 24 Oct 2017Supervisor: Moir, J. (Supervisor) & Dickens, G. L. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
Class, gender and habitus : a ‘Bourdieuian’ perspective of social reproduction and change in the contemporary sports field with a focus on adventure climbing
Author: Holland-Smith, D., Apr 2018Supervisor: Moir, J. (Supervisor) & McNeish, W. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
Pharmacy technician regulation and professionalism : a discourse analytic study
Author: Nairn, C., Apr 2015Supervisor: Moir, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
Psychological theories and lay accounts of occupational choice: a comparative study of mechanical engineering and nursing undergraduates
Author: Moir, J., Mar 1990Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
UKIP and the construction of immigration in the media:a comparison with the 1930s
Author: Hill, J., Jun 2016Supervisor: Moir, J. (Supervisor) & Law, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Masters Thesis › Masters by Research