About

I presently teach on a variety of modules across the Sociology Degree route. I am also module leader for The Practice of Social Science, Graduate Development, Shaping Societies, Education Schooling and Society and Education, Power and Control.  I enjoy teaching and aim to make this an enjoyable and stimulating experience for students. I take a student-centred approach and feel very strongly about promoting self-directed learning. I constantly encourage students to engage with a broad array of materials and develop their own opinions and arguments in response to that material.

Principal Lecturer

Teaching

Sheffield Institute of Social Sciences

College of Social Sciences and Arts

I am currently undertaking research into student experience of learning contracts, student feedback and the use of MS Teams by students. Previous research was concerned with the effects of the digital divide and social inclusion, particularly in deprived communities. Here, he is particularly interested in the people who use public / third sector ICT provision and the social and economic implications of networking within these facilities and the wider community. I have also investigated the rational/irrational debate surrounding the fear of crime.

 

Research

Karl's current research is centrally concerned with the effects of the digital divide and social inclusion, particularly in deprived communities. Here, he is particularly interested in the people who use public / third sector ICT provision and the social and economic implications of networking within these facilities and the wider community. Previously, he has investigated the rational/irrational debate surrounding the fear of crime.

I am currently undertaking research into student experience of learning contracts, student feedback and the use of MS Teams by students. Previous research was concerned with the effects of the digital divide and social inclusion, particularly in deprived communities. Here, he is particularly interested in the people who use public / third sector ICT provision and the social and economic implications of networking within these facilities and the wider community. I have also investigated the rational/irrational debate surrounding the fear of crime.

Publications

BAKER-GREEN, Karl (2008) 'ICT in Deprived Communities’, A presentation to the Final PhD Conference on Applied Research and the Implementation of Objective 1, Sheffield (2008)

BAKER-GREEN, Karl (2003) ‘Community Regeneration and Social Exclusion’, A paper presented to the BSA Conference 'Social Futures: Desire, Excess and Waste', University of York (2003).

BAKER-GREEN, Karl (2003) ‘Community Regeneration: The information society in deprived areas of South Yorkshire’, a paper presented to the Mapping Today, Exploring Tomorrow Postgraduate Conference, University of Nottingham (2002).

Other activities

UKAT Blog Editor

 

Postgraduate supervision

Current supervision includes:   

Ximing Chen (PhD Candidate) Private education in China: A case study of a private secondary school