Publications

Published papers

Griffiths, D. (2010) 'Academic Influence Amongst the UK Public Elite', Sociology, 44(4), 734-750.

Griffiths, D., Miles, A., and Savage, M. (2008) ‘The End of the English Cultural Elite?’ in Savage, M. and Williams, K. (eds.), Remembering Elites, Sociological Review Monograph, Oxford: Blackwell.

Papers submitted for publication

Griffiths, D. (forthcoming) Independence from Westminster? Under review.

Griffiths, D. (forthcoming) The Role of Boardroom Capital Under review.

Griffiths, D. (forthcoming) Analysing Multiple Types of Connections with a Network Under review.

Works in Progress

Griffiths, D., Lambert, P.S., Bihagen, E., (forthcoming) Inequality and the Composition of advantaged occupational groupings in Sweden and the UK

Conference presentations

The Social Networks of the Public Elite
ESRC Seminar Series: Studying Elites, Buxton, 17/9/2010

With Paul Lambert: Social Networks and Occupational Structure
British Sociological Association Annual Conference, Glasgow, 7/4/2010

The Importance of Boardroom Capital on Perceived Expertise
Workshop on Top-Income and Elites, SOFI, Stockholm, 23rd September 2009

Analysing Multiple Types of Connections with a Network
Stirling Conference on Social Network Analysis, University of Stirling, 18th September 2009

Independence from Westminster? The positioning of Scotland on reserved quangos
Scotland: Ten Years On , University of the West of Scotland, 19th June 2009

Academic influence amongst the UK Public Elite
XXIX Sunbelt Conference , Mission Bay, San Diego, 15th March 2009

The Differences within Public Elites
Cresc Annual Conference , Manchester, 5th September 2007
ASNA Conference , Zurich, 15th September 2007

The Outside Interests of the UK Cultural Agencies
Simon Institute Annual Conference, Manchester, 16th April 2007
XXVII Sunbelt Conference, Corfu, 4th May 2007

PhD Thesis

Griffiths, D. (2008) The Social Networks of the Public Elite. PhD thesis, University of Manchester.

Reviews

Griffiths, D. (2010) Unanticipated Gains: Origins of Network Inequality in Everyday Life by Mario Luis Small, Sociological Research Online, Volume 15, Issue 1.

Media coverage

Reisz, M. (2010) 'Less Pay, but no loss of prestige' , Times Higher Education, 19/8/2010