Perri 6 is a British

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. He changed his name from David Ashworth to Perri 6 in 1983. Whilst not an academic at the time, many years later he said he was amused by the notion of "6, P" appearing in academic papers. 6 worked for

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, a

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with close ties to

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in the 1990s. Much of 6's recent research is based on the

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, which he refers to as "neo-Durkheimian institutional theory". He has conducted government-backed research for the

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, and has written on behalf of the think-tank

. He has also contributed to the peer-reviewed ''Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory'', ''Social Policy and Society'' and ''

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''. 6 is currently chair in Public Management at

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Honours and awards

* In 2013, he was elected as a

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Selected bibliography

* * 6, Perri; Fletcher‐Morgan, Charlotte; Leyland, Kate. "Making people more responsible: the Blair Government's Programme for changing Citizens' behaviour." ''Political Studies'' 58.3 (2010): 427–449
abstract

References

External links

* at Queen Mary University of London Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century British social scientists Academics of Nottingham Trent University Academics of Queen Mary University of London British sociologists Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences Place of birth missing (living people) {{UK-sociologist-stub