- Stay Home: Mapping the New Domestic Regime Davies, Will; Dutta, Sahil Jai and Taylor, Nick. 2024. Stay Home: Mapping the New Domestic Regime. Economy & Society, 53(3), pp. 400-423. ISSN 0308-5147
- Post-neoliberalism? An introduction Davies, Will and Gane, Nicholas. 2021. Post-neoliberalism? An introduction. Theory, Culture & Society, 38(6), pp. 3-28. ISSN 0263-2764
- The Revenge of Sovereignty on Government? The Release of Neoliberal Politics from Economics Post-2008 Davies, Will. 2021. The Revenge of Sovereignty on Government? The Release of Neoliberal Politics from Economics Post-2008. Theory, Culture & Society, 38(6), pp. 95-118. ISSN 0263-2764
- The Politics of Recognition in the Age of Social Media Davies, Will. 2021. The Politics of Recognition in the Age of Social Media. New Left Review(128), pp. 83-99. ISSN 0028-6060
- Anti-Equivalence: Pragmatics of post-liberal dispute Davies, Will. 2021. Anti-Equivalence: Pragmatics of post-liberal dispute. European Journal of Social Theory, 24(1), pp. 44-64. ISSN 1368-4310
- The Financialization of Anti-capitalism? The case of the ‘Financial Independence Retire Early’ Community Taylor, Nicholas and Davies, Will. 2021. The Financialization of Anti-capitalism? The case of the ‘Financial Independence Retire Early’ Community. Journal of Cultural Economy, 14(6), pp. 694-710. ISSN 1753-0350
- Green Populism?: Action and mortality in the anthropocene Davies, Will. 2020. Green Populism?: Action and mortality in the anthropocene. Environmental Values, 29(6), pp. 647-668. ISSN 0963-2719
- Succession Economics: Sustaining prosperity beyond death Davies, Will. 2020. Succession Economics: Sustaining prosperity beyond death. CUSP Working Paper Series(24), ISSN 2397-8341
- Anger Fast & Slow: Mediations of justice and violence in the Age of Populism Davies, Will. 2020. Anger Fast & Slow: Mediations of justice and violence in the Age of Populism. Global Discourse, 10(2-3), pp. 169-185. ISSN 2326-9995
- Coronavirus and progressive taxation Davies, Will. 2020. Coronavirus and progressive taxation. Discover Society,
- Society as a Broadband Network Davies, Will. 2020. Society as a Broadband Network. London Review of Books, 42(7), ISSN 0260-9592
- The last global crisis didn't change the world. But this one could Davies, Will. 2020. The last global crisis didn't change the world. But this one could. The Guardian, ISSN 0261-3077
- The Political Economy of Pulse: Techno-somatic rhythm and real-time data Davies, Will. 2019. The Political Economy of Pulse: Techno-somatic rhythm and real-time data. Ephemera, 19(3), pp. 513-536. ISSN 2052-1499
- Elite Power under Advanced Neoliberalism Davies, Will. 2017. Elite Power under Advanced Neoliberalism. Theory Culture and Society, 34(5-6), pp. 227-250. ISSN 0263-2764
- Moral Economies of the Future - the Utopian Impulse of Sustainable Prosperity Davies, Will. 2017. Moral Economies of the Future - the Utopian Impulse of Sustainable Prosperity. CUSP Working Paper Series(5),
- How Are We Now?: Real-time mood-monitoring as valuation Davies, Will. 2017. How Are We Now?: Real-time mood-monitoring as valuation. Journal of Cultural Economy, 10(1), pp. 34-48. ISSN 1753-0350
- The New Neoliberalism Davies, Will. 2016. The New Neoliberalism. New Left Review, 101, ISSN 0028-6060
- The return of social government: From ‘socialist calculation’ to ‘social analytics’ Davies, Will. 2015. The return of social government: From ‘socialist calculation’ to ‘social analytics’. European Journal of Social Theory, 18(4), pp. 431-450. ISSN 1368-4310
- The Chronic Social: Relations of Control Within and Without Neoliberalism Davies, Will. 2015. The Chronic Social: Relations of Control Within and Without Neoliberalism. New Formations(84/85), pp. 40-57. ISSN 0950-2378
- 'When is a market not a market? ‘Exemption’, ‘externality’ and ‘exception’ in the case of European State Aid rules' Davies, Will. 2013. 'When is a market not a market? ‘Exemption’, ‘externality’ and ‘exception’ in the case of European State Aid rules'. Theory Culture & Society, 30(2), pp. 32-59. ISSN 0263-2764
- 'The Emerging Neo-Communitarianism' Davies, Will. 2012. 'The Emerging Neo-Communitarianism'. The Political Quarterly, 83(4), pp. 767-776.
- ‘Ways of owning: towards an economic sociology of privatization’ Davies, Will. 2012. ‘Ways of owning: towards an economic sociology of privatization’. Poetics, 20(2), pp. 167-184. ISSN 0304-422X
- ‘Rationalities of ignorance: on financial crisis and the ambivalence of neo-liberal epistemology’ Davies, Will and McGoey, Linsey. 2012. ‘Rationalities of ignorance: on financial crisis and the ambivalence of neo-liberal epistemology’. Economy & Society, 41(1), pp. 64-83. ISSN 0308-5147
- ‘Knowing the Unknowable: The Epistemological Authority of Innovation Policy Experts’ Davies, Will. 2011. ‘Knowing the Unknowable: The Epistemological Authority of Innovation Policy Experts’. Social Epistemology, 25(4), pp. 401-421. ISSN 0269-1728
- Economic advice as a vocation: symbioses of scientific and political authority Davies, Will. 2011. Economic advice as a vocation: symbioses of scientific and political authority. British Journal of Sociology, 62(2), pp. 304-323. ISSN 0007-1315
- The Political Economy of Unhappiness Davies, Will. 2011. The Political Economy of Unhappiness. New Left Review, 71, pp. 65-80. ISSN 0028-6060
- ‘Economics and the “nonsense” of law: the case of the Chicago antitrust revolution’ Davies, Will. 2010. ‘Economics and the “nonsense” of law: the case of the Chicago antitrust revolution’. Economy and Society, 39(1), pp. 64-83. ISSN 0308-5147
Professor Will Davies
My research looks at how expert knowledge is deployed politically in neoliberal societies.
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I am a sociologist and political economist, working on diverse topics, including neoliberalism, happiness science, environmental politics and anti-expert politics. What links this work is an interest in the interface of knowledge and power, drawing on the work of Michel Foucault, Luc Boltanski and Max Weber. I am Co-Director of the interdisciplinary Political Economy Research Centre and convene the BA in Politics Philosophy & Economics.
Academic qualifications
- BA Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge 1998
- MA Modern European Philosophy, University of Essex 1999
- PhD Sociology, Goldsmiths 2009
Teaching and supervision
BA Politics Philosophy & Economics
Featured publications
Publications and research outputs
Book
- Unprecedented? How COVID-19 Revealed the Politics of Our Economy Davies, Will; Dutta, Sahil Jai; Taylor, Nick and Tazzioli, Martina. 2022. Unprecedented? How COVID-19 Revealed the Politics of Our Economy. London: Goldsmiths Press. ISBN 9781913380120
- This is Not Normal: The collapse of liberal Britain Davies, Will. 2020. This is Not Normal: The collapse of liberal Britain. London: Verso.
- Nervous States: How feeling took over the world Davies, Will. 2018. Nervous States: How feeling took over the world. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 9781787330108
Edited Book
- Economic Science Fictions Davies, Will, ed. 2018. Economic Science Fictions. London: Goldsmiths Press. ISBN 9781906897680
Book Section
- Post-Liberal Competitions?: Pragmatics of Gamification and Weaponisation Davies, Will. 2020. Post-Liberal Competitions?: Pragmatics of Gamification and Weaponisation. In: David Stark, ed. The Performance Complex: Competition and Competitions in Social Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198861669
- The Neoliberal State: Power Against Politics Davies, Will. 2018. The Neoliberal State: Power Against Politics. In: Damien Cahill; Melinda Cooper; Martijn Konings and David Primrose, eds. The Sage Handbook of Neoliberalism. London: Sage. ISBN 9781412961721
- Elites without Hierarchies: Intermediaries, 'Agency' and the super-rich Davies, Will. 2017. Elites without Hierarchies: Intermediaries, 'Agency' and the super-rich. In: Ray Forrest; Sin Yee Koh and Bart Wissink, eds. Cities and the Super-Rich: Real Estate, Elite Practices, and Urban Political Economies. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 19-38. ISBN 9781137557155
Article
- Another age of anxiety: psychological distress and the 'asset economy' Davies, Will. 2025. Another age of anxiety: psychological distress and the 'asset economy'. Theory Culture & Society, ISSN 0263-2764
- Owning Towards Death: The Asset Condition as Existential Conundrum Davies, Will. 2024. Owning Towards Death: The Asset Condition as Existential Conundrum. Finance & Society, 10(3), pp. 215-233. ISSN 2059-5999
- Reaction Value: Affective reflex in the digital public sphere Davies, Will. 2024. Reaction Value: Affective reflex in the digital public sphere. Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory, 25(3), pp. 297-317. ISSN 1600-910X
Conference or Workshop Item
- Tank Book Talks (with Will Davies and Ayesha Hameed) O'Sullivan, Simon D.; Davies, Will and Hameed, Ayesha. 2018. 'Tank Book Talks (with Will Davies and Ayesha Hameed)'. In: Tank Book Talks. Tank, Great Portland Street, London, United Kingdom 18 October 2018.
Digital
- "Swamped" by anti-immigration campaigns Jones, Hannah; Bhattacharyya, Gargi; Forkert, Kirsten; Davies, Will; Dhaliwal, Sukhwant; Gunaratnam, Yasmin; Jackson, Emma and Saltus,, Roiyah. 2014. "Swamped" by anti-immigration campaigns.
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London Review of Books
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The Guardian
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