DAVID BYRNE

Attended University of Newcastle and LSE before teaching at Durham 1970-74. Research Director North Tyneside Community Development Project 1974-77. Reader in Sociology Ulster Polytechnic 1977-80. Since at University of Durham. National positions have included Treasurer Social Policy Association, Treasurer Joint Universities' Council for Social and Public Administration, Chief Examiner for Sociology studentships ESRC. Editor of Sociology, Member ESRC College of Assessors, Academician - Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences.

Research Interests
Case based methods
Complexity theory
Postindustrial social structures
Privatization of welfare systems
Quantitative methods
Urban systems