Barbara Adam

For other people with similar names, see Barbara Adams (disambiguation).

Barbara E. Adam, FAcSS, FLSW (born 3 May 1945) is a retired British sociologist and academic. She specialises in social theory particularity in reference to time. From 1988 to her retirement in 2011, she lectured at Cardiff University; she was appointed Professor of Sociology in 1999.^[1][2] She was the founding editor of the academic journal Time & Society.^[2]

Barbara Adam
Born	(1945-05-03) 3 May 1945 (age 80)
Nationality	British
Occupation(s)	Lecturer, Cardiff University Professor of Sociology, Cardiff University Founding editor, Time & Society
Awards	Philip Abrams Memorial Prize, British Sociological Association 1991 J T Fraser Prize, International Society 1995
Honours	Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences (2009)

Honours

In 1991, she was awarded the Philip Abrams Memorial Prize by the British Sociological Association for her monograph Time and Social Theory.^[3] In 1995, she was awarded the J T Fraser Prize by the International Society for the Study of Time for her monograph Timewatch: The Social Analysis of Time.^[1] In 2009, she was elected an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS);^[1] in 2014, Academicians were retitled Fellows (FAcSS) to bring the Academy of Social Sciences inline with other British learned societies.^[4]

In 2013, she was elected as a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.^[5]

Selected works

• Adam, Barbara (1990). Time and social theory. Oxford: Polity. ISBN 978-0745607405.
• Adam, Barbara (1995). Timewatch: The Social Analysis of Time. Cambridge: Polity Press. ISBN 978-0745610207.
• Adam, Barbara (1998). Timescapes of Modernity: The Environment and Invisible Hazards. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415162746.
• Allan, Stuart; Adam, Barbara; Carter, Cynthia, eds. (1999). Environmental Risks and the Media. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415214469.
• Adam, Barbara (2004). Time. Cambridge: Polity. ISBN 978-0745627779.
• Adam, Barbara; Groves, Chris (2007). Future Matters: Action, Knowledge, Ethics. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-9004161771.