Rate My Professor Chris Yuill

Professor Chris Yuill is a Professor in the School of Law and Social Sciences at The Robert Gordon University, serving as Head of Sociology. His research specializations encompass the sociology of health, alienation theory drawing from Marxist perspectives, social inequalities in health, social work practices, and urban social experiences. Yuill's work examines how capitalist structures influence wellbeing, chronic illness management, and professional transformations in social services.

Yuill has authored and co-authored influential publications in these areas. Key books include 'Understanding the Sociology of Health: An Introduction' (Sage, 2021, with Anne-Marie Barry), with its sixth edition recently published; 'Key Concepts in Health Studies' (Sage, 2010, with Eilidh Duncan and Iain Crinson); and 'Alienation and Wellbeing' (Policy Press, 2023). Prominent articles feature 'Forgetting and remembering alienation theory' (History of the Human Sciences, 2011, cited 127 times), 'Marx: Capitalism, alienation and health' (Social Theory & Health, 2005, cited 105 times), 'The body as weapon: Bobby Sands and the republican hunger strikes' (Sociological Research Online, 2007, cited 48 times), 'The changing face of social work: social worker perceptions of a neoliberalising profession' (Critical and Radical Social Work, 2020, with Alice Butler-Warke and Janine Bolger, cited 46 times), and 'What can alienation theory contribute to an understanding of social inequalities in health?' (International Journal of Health Services, 2008, with Iain Crinson, cited 45 times). Additional outputs from RGU's OpenAIR repository cover social workers and alienation (2018), the labour process of illness work under austerity (2021), digital health needs in deprived communities, landscape and wellbeing, and qualitative studies on long-term health conditions among food-insecure populations. Yuill contributes to criminology education through the RGU Crime Files Podcast.