Les Back is Professor of Sociology at the University of Glasgow.  He is also a journalist, broadcaster and musician. His published work is mainly in the areas of the sociology of race and racism, ethnicity, multiculturalism, urban culture, music and sport. His book Migrant City (Routledge, 2018) (co-authored with Shamser Sinha, Charlynne Bryan, Vlad Baraka & Mardoche Yembi) develops an experimental mode of co-creation in which research participants are also credited as authors. Most recently he has published The Unfinished Politics of Race (University of Cambridge Press, 2022) with colleagues Michael Keith, John Solomos & Kalbir Shukra.

Keynote Lecture

Doing it yourself, going it alone: The two sides of DIY

Publications

Back, L. (2023) What sociologists learn from music: identity, music-making, and the sociological imagination. Identities, (doi: 10.1080/1070289X.2023.2268969) (Early Online Publication)
Back, L. (2007) The Art of Listening. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.