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Professor Satnam Virdee is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Glasgow since 2005, with prior roles at the University of Strathclyde, Policy Studies Institute, and University of Warwick. His work focuses on historical sociology, capitalism, racism, and social movements. He has authored influential books like Racism, Class and the Racialized Outsider (2014) and Britain in Fragments (2023). He has been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2023) and the Academy of Social Sciences (2018).
- Education: Not explicitly listed in the text.
- Key roles: Director of the Centre for Research on Racism, Ethnicity and Nationalism (2005–2020), Co-Director of ESRC Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity (2013–2018).
Research interests include the historical entanglement of capitalism and racism, counter-hegemonic movements, and racialized outsider theory. His recent work explores racialized capitalism and societal fragmentation. He has delivered plenaries at conferences such as the International Working Class Studies Association (2019) and Historical Materialism (2017).
Notable grants include ESRC-funded projects on racism and nationalism in Scotland (2004–2006) and CoDE (2013–2017). He supervises PhD students on topics ranging from Brexit to antiracist activism. Current roles include Co-chair of Glasgow's Race Equality Committee.
