Alex Fenton studied Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh, and later took a Masters in Social Research Methods at the University of Surrey. After completing his Masters, he worked as a social researcher in several UK universities, conducting projects in the field of poverty, housing and spatial analysis. From 2006 to 2011 he was Research Associate at the Centre for Housing and Planning Research at the University of Cambridge, and from 2011 to 2012 Research Fellow at the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion at the London School of Economics. In 2013 he moved to Berlin to undertake doctoral studies. In 2018 he completed his doctorate in Sociology on "Official Statistics and the Welfare State: The Production of Poverty Statistics in Britain and Germany since 1970" at Leibniz University Hannover. He has been at DZHW in Berlin since 2017 where his research concentrates on the uses of science in regulation, policy and standardisation. He is also a post-doc in the research group "Reflexive Metrics" at the Humboldt University, Berlin.

Alex Fenton
Research Area Research System and Science Dynamics
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Since 2018
Post-doc in research group "Reflexive Metrics" at the Humboldt University Berlin
Since 2017
Researcher at DZHW
2013 - 2018
DPhil Sociology Leibniz University Hannover. Scholarship from the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung
2011 - 2012
Research Fellow at the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics.
2006 - 2011
Research Associate at the Centre for Housing and Planning Research, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge.
2005 - 2006
Independent Social Researcher, London.
2004 - 2005
Research Officer, Institute of Education, London.
2002 - 2004
MSc Social Research Methods at the University of Surrey.
1999 - 2002
Web and Software Developer, London.
1998 - 1999
Information Officer, Coin Street Community Builders, London.
1994 - 1998
MA(Hons) Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh.