Huw Beynon DSocSc FAcSS FLSW is an emeritus Professor of sociology at Cardiff University and Founding Director of the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University.
[1] He specialises in sociology and organisational change and his main research interests include labour organisation, trade unionism, globalisation and post-industrial societies.
[2] During his career, Huw Beynon has worked as a lecturer of sociology at Bristol University, a reader of sociology at Durham University,[3] a professor of sociology and Research Dean at Manchester University, and most recently, has worked at Cardiff University.
[1] Beynon was the Founding Director of the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data (WISERD), a post he held from 2008 to 2010.
[2] He was also part of the research team of three projects at WISERD that focused mainly on trade unions and social participation.