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Harley Dickinson is a full Professor of Sociology at the University of Saskatchewan, affiliated with the College of Arts and Science and Department of Sociology. He joined in 1983 as an assistant professor, earned tenure in 1985, and was promoted to full professor by 1991. He served as Head of the Department of Sociology and Director of the Social Research Unit, later becoming Associate Dean of Social Sciences in 2008. Dickinson holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Lancaster University (UK).
His research focuses on knowledge systems, reflexive modernization theory, and their applications in healthcare, psychiatry, family dynamics, and higher education. He emphasizes sociological analysis of professional and institutional knowledge processes. Current work synthesizes theories by Beck, Giddens, and Habermas to study modernization/anti-modernization dynamics.
No specific scientific awards or grants are listed. His teaching includes advanced courses like SOC 891.3 (Theory & Method of Social Analysis) and SOC 420/820.3 (Medical Sociology). He remains active in institutional leadership, advocating for faculty and student opportunities within the College of Arts and Science.
