Judy Wajcman

Judy Wajcman
Born	12 December 1950
Academic work
Main interests	Social studies of technology
Notable works	TechnoFeminism

Judy Wajcman (born 12 December 1950),^[1] is a Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science.^[2]

She was formerly a Professor of Sociology in the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University.^[3] She has been a Visiting Professor at the Lehman Brothers Centre for Women in Business at London Business School, and at the Oxford Internet Institute. She has previously held posts in Cambridge, Edinburgh, Manchester, Sydney, Tokyo, Vienna, Warwick and Zurich. She has also been a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford.^[4] She was the first woman fellow at St. John's College, Cambridge (Norman Laski Research Fellow 1978–80).^[5]

She was President (2010–2011) of the Society for the Social Studies of Science,^[6] and still sits on its Handbook Committee.^[7]

Research

Wajcman is probably best known for her analysis of the gendered nature of technology.^[8] She was an early contributor to the social studies of technology, as well as to studies of gender, work, and organisations.^[9][10]

Selected bibliography

Books

• Wajcman, Judy (1983). Women in control: dilemmas of a workers co-operative. New York City: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9780312887377.
• Wajcman, Judy; MacKenzie, Donald (1985). The social shaping of technology: how the refrigerator got its hum. Milton Keynes Philadelphia: Open University Press. ISBN 9780335150267.
• Wajcman, Judy (1991). Feminism confronts technology. University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 9780271008028.
• Wajcman, Judy (1998). Managing like a man: women and men in corporate management. University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 9780271018485.
• Wajcman, Judy (2004). TechnoFeminism. Cambridge Malden, Massachusetts: Polity. ISBN 9780745630441.
• Wajcman, Judy; Edwards, Paul (2005). The politics of working life. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191556692.
• Wajcman, Judy; Hackett, Edward; Amsterdamska, Olga; Lynch, Michael (2008). The handbook of science and technology studies (3rd ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press Published in co-operation with the Society for the Social Studies of Science. ISBN 9781435605046.
• Wajcman, Judy (2015). Pressed for time: the acceleration of life in digital capitalism. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226196473.

Book chapters

• Wajcman, Judy (2001), "Gender and technology", in Wright, James D.; Smelser, Neil J.; Baltes, Paul B., International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences (volume 9), Amsterdam New York: Elsevier, pp. 5976–5979, ISBN 9780080430768.
• Wajcman, Judy; Bittman, Michael (2004), "The rush hour: the quality of leisure time and gender equity", in Folbre, Nancy; Bittman, Michael, Family time: the social organization of care, London New York: Routledge, pp. 171–194 ISBN 9780203411650
• Wajcman, Judy; Martin, Bill (2004), "Understanding class inequality in Australia", in Devine, Fiona; Waters, Mary C., Social inequalities in comparative perspective, Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, pp. 163–190, ISBN 9780631226857.
• Wajcman, Judy; Sübak, Andra; Chesley, Noelle (2013), "Information and communication technology use and work-life integration", in Major, Debra A.; Burke, Ronald J., Handbook of work-life integration of professionals: challenges and opportunities, Cheltenham, UK Massachusetts, USA: Edward Elgar, pp. 245–268, ISBN 9781781009284.

Journal articles

• Wajcman, Judy (June 2000). "Feminism facing industrial relations in Britain". British Journal of Industrial Relations. Wiley. 38 (2): 183–201. doi:10.1111/1467-8543.00158.
• Wajcman, Judy (June 2000). "Reflections on gender and technology studies: In what state is the art?". Social Studies of Science. Sage. 30 (3): 447–464. doi:10.1177/030631200030003005.
• Wajcman, Judy; Bittman, Michael (September 2000). "The rush hour: the character of leisure time and gender equity". Social Forces. Oxford Journals. 79 (1): 165–189. doi:10.1093/sf/79.1.165.
• Wajcman, Judy; Martin, Bill; Riemens, Wendy (December 2000). "Managerial and professional careers in an era of organisational restructuring". Journal of Sociology. Sage. 36 (3): 329–344. doi:10.1177/144078330003600304.
• Wajcman, Judy; Martin, Bill (May 2004). "Markets, contingency and preferences: contemporary managers' narrative identities". The Sociological Review. Wiley. 52 (2): 240–264. doi:10.1111/j.1467-954X.2004.00467.x.
• Wajcman, Judy; Bittman, Michael; Rice, James Mahmud (September 2004). "Appliances and their impact: the ownership of domestic technology and time spent on household work". British Journal of Sociology. Blackwell. 55 (3): 401–423. doi:10.1111/j.1468-4446.2004.00026.x.
• Wajcman, Judy (December 2006). "New connections: social studies of science and technology and studies of work". Work, Employment and Society. Sage. 20 (4): 773–786. doi:10.1177/0950017006069814.
• Wajcman, Judy (March 2008). "Life in the fast lane? Towards a sociology of technology and time". British Journal of Sociology. Wiley. 59 (1): 59–77. doi:10.1111/j.1468-4446.2007.00182.x.
• Wajcman, Judy; Bittman, Michael; Brown, Judith E. (August 2008). "Families without borders: mobile phones, connectedness and work-home divisions". Sociology. Sage. 42 (4): 635–652. doi:10.1177/0038038508091620.
• Wajcman, Judy; Bittman, Michael; Brown, Judith E. (December 2009). "The mobile phone, perpetual contact and time pressure". Work, Employment and Society. Sage. 23 (4): 673–691. doi:10.1177/0950017009344910.
• Wajcman, Judy (January 2010). "Feminist theories of technology". Cambridge Journal of Economics. Oxford Journals. 34 (1): 143–152. doi:10.1093/cje/ben057.
• Wajcman, Judy; Rose, Emily (July 2011). "Constant connectivity: rethinking interruptions at work". Organization Studies. Sage. 32 (7): 941–961. doi:10.1177/0170840611410829.
• Wajcman, Judy; Jones, Paul K. (September 2012). "Border communication: media sociology and STS". Media, Culture & Society. Sage. 34 (6): 673–690. doi:10.1177/0163443712449496.

Positions held

• Oxford Internet Institute:^[11]

• Research Associate, October 2008 – September 2014
• Senior Research Fellow, October 2007 – October 2008
• Research Associate, March 2006 – October 2007
• Visiting Fellow, October 2005 – February 2006

References

1. "Wajcman, Judy". Library of Congress. Retrieved 13 February 2015. Sources: found: The Social shaping of technology, 1998: CIP t.p. (Judy Wajcman, Sch. Soc., Aust. Nat. Univ.) data sheet (b. 12/12/50)
2. "Wajcman, Judy". London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
3. Folbre, Nancy; Bittman, Michael (2004), "Contributors", in Folbre, Nancy; Bittman, Michael, Family time: the social organization of care, London New York: Routledge, p. x ISBN 9780203411650
4. "Professor Judy Wajcman, Research Associate". Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
5. "Professor Judy Wajcman". London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
6. "Past Presidents and Council Members: Presidents". 4sonline.org. Society for the Social Studies of Science. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
7. "Committees: Handbook Committee". 4sonline.org. Society for the Social Studies of Science. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
8. Wajcman, Judy (2001), "Gender and technology", in Wright, James D.; Smelser, Neil J.; Baltes, Paul B., International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences (volume 9), Amsterdam New York: Elsevier, pp. 5976–5979, ISBN 9780080430768.
9. Major, Debra A.; Burke, Ronald J. (2013), "Contributors", in Major, Debra A.; Burke, Ronald J., Handbook of work-life integration of professionals: challenges and opportunities, Cheltenham, UK Massachusetts, USA: Edward Elgar, p. xv, ISBN 9781781009284.
10. Lyon, Stina (22 January 2015). "Pressed for time: The acceleration of life in digital capitalism, by Judy Wajcman (book review)". Times Higher Education. TES Global. Retrieved 10 June 2015. Her most significant message, however, relates to gender. Earlier work on the relationship between modernity, technology and time pressures engendered by the commodification of labour focused largely on men, as employers, capitalists and worker-employees, and thus on the labour process in the public domain of production, and not on the interrelated difficulties in "doing domestic time" in care, child-rearing and home maintenance.
11. Professor Judy Wajcman: Oxford Internet Institute