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Chris Grey is Emeritus Professor of Organization Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, and was previously a Professor at Cambridge University and Warwick University. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS). He originally studied Economics and Politics at Manchester University, where he also gained a PhD on the regulation of financial services.
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Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 25 June 2016 English
So post-truth politics won the day and in a grotesque act of national self-harm Britain has voted to leave the EU. Within hours reality began to bite back as the …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 23 June 2016 English
The expression ‘post-truth politics’ is one which I have only just become aware of, and I am not sure who coined it. The earliest usage I have found is an …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 24 May 2016 English
Before the virtual ink had dried on my last post, the campaign for the UK to leave the EU produced their biggest and, so far, most pernicious, lie with the …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 20 May 2016 English
The expression “there are lies, damned lies, and statistics” has never been definitively attributed but it has become a political cliché. And in some ways an unfair one, since it …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 26 February 2016 English
I am not going to write yet again about the EU Referendum today, or at least not directly, but rather about some reflections prompted by an article that appeared in …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 19 February 2016 English
I had intended to write a post about Owen Hatherley’s stimulating recent book The Ministry of Nostalgia, and then thought I wanted to write something about today’s EU summit where …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 24 January 2016 English
As a UK Referendum on EU membership gets closer, much is being made by those urging exit of the idea of national sovereignty. Indeed for some Brexiters this is the …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 18 December 2015 English
For what will probably be my final post of the year I return, as no doubt I will many times next year, when it is likely to be held, to …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 6 November 2015 English
In a previous post, I mentioned my article on The Conversation website, which tried to clarify what different Brexit options would mean. It has received over 16,000 hits – apparently …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 9 October 2015 English
Regular readers of this blog – if there are any! – will know that I am very committed to the UK remaining within the EU. With a referendum on this …