Justin Waring MSc, PhD

Justin Waring is a Professor of Medical Sociology and Healthcare Organisation at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham. His research deals with the changing organization and management of healthcare systems, and public services more broadly.

His primary interest is to understand how new organizational forms and processes interact with institutionalized professional practices, cultures, and identities; and how such institutional influences can both stimulate or stymie reform. He is interested in the application of social theory to different social, cultural, and organizational contexts, as a means of both explaining social phenomena and extending theoretical rigor. The conceptual and theoretical foundations of hiswork involve making connections between medical and organizational sociology, sociology of the professions, and public services management. He specializes in the use of ethnographic and mixed method research techniques.