David Inglis

David Inglis is a contemporary sociologist and academic.

Education and career Inglis earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Cambridge and then went on to complete his Master's and PhD in sociology at the University of York.

He has been a sociology professor at the University of Helsinki since 2017. He was previously a sociology professor at the University of Exeter and the University of Aberdeen.

He was a founding editor of the journal Cultural Sociology, and headed the Finnish Sociological Association, the Westermarck Society, from 2020 through 2022.

Books Inglis is the author or coauthor of books including: A Sociological History of Excretory Experience: Defecatory Manners and Toiletry Technologies (Edwin Mellen Press, 2001) Culture and Everyday Life (Routledge, 2005) The Uses of Sport: A Critical Study (with John Hughson and Marcus Free, Routledge, 2005) An Invitation to Social Theory (with Christopher Thorpe, Polity Press, 2012)

His edited volumes include: The Sociology of Art: Ways of Seeing (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) The Globalization of Food (Berg, 2009), The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Sociology (SAGE, 2016) The Routledge International Handbook to Veils and Veiling Practices (Routledge, 2018). Drinks in Vogue: Exploring the Changing Worlds of Fashions and Beverages (Routledge, 2023)