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Professor David Canter, the internationally renowned applied social researcher and world-leading crime psychologist, is perhaps most widely known as one of the pioneers of "Offender Profiling" being the first to introduce its use to the UK.

Robert Dingwall is a consulting sociologist, providing research and advisory services particularly in relation to organizational strategy, public engagement and knowledge transfer.

My career so far has taken me to a fairly wide range of places, and this has allowed me to experience a wide range of approaches to sociology and social science. In my blog, I reflect on this diversity and its implications for the future of the discipline. Over the last few years, I have also become interested in exploring the contours of academic life under neoliberal hegemony. Far-reaching transformations are taking place at universities around the world, in terms of organisational structures, patterns of authority, and forms of intellectual activity. With my posts, I hope to draw attention to some of these transformations.

Dr. Sarah-Louise Quinnell is the Learning Technology Manager at Maudsley Learning a Community Interest Company focused on providing education and training activities and events to promote mental health and well-being. She is also a researcher affiliated to the UCL Centre for Digital Humanities. All views are her own and do not necessarily represent her employer's views or policies.

Welcome to the blog for the Social Science Bites podcast: a series of interviews with leading Social Scientists. Each episode explores an aspect of our social world. You can access all audio and the transcripts from each interview here. For a full list of previous episodes see http://www.socialsciencespace.com/socialsciencebites-archive/. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter @socialscibites to keep up to date on the latest activities.

Dr. Joseph Wronka is Professor of Social Work, Springfield College, and Massachusetts, where he teaches primarily courses pertaining to social policy, human rights, social justice, qualitative research, and international social work. Presently, he is a Fulbright Senior Specialist in the discipline of social work with expert areas in social justice and poverty. He is also Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva for the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW).