I began my research in the history of social science by studying for a PhD degree at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History. Under the supervision of Professor Mary S. Morgan, I investigated the emergence and early history of two groups of dissenting economists - Post Keynesians and Radical Political Economists. My thesis title was:
Dissent In Economics: Making Radical Political Economics and Post Keynesian Economics, 1960-1980.
On conclusion of my degree in 2005, I took a one-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College London. There, I contrasted my findings with the literature on dissent in natural science. I have found striking similarities in dissenters’ construction of identity and difference. This cultural practice is often called in science studies: "boundary work."
I am now preparing my findings for book publication. I am researching the files of the Students for Democratic Society, examining their pamphlets and newsletters. I am also interested in the secondary literature on radical thought in others disciplines, such as history, sociology and education.