Dr Simon Weaver
Reader
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- Email: simon.weaver@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 265029
- Social Science and Communications
- Social and Political Sciences
Membership and affiliation
- Member of the British Sociological Association (BSA) from 2003
- Member of the International Society for Humor Studies (ISHS) from 2005
- Member of the Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA) from 2012
- Member of the Centre for Comedy Studies Research (CCSR), 香港六合彩搅珠直播, from 2013
- Member of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) from 2015
- Member of the Centre for Global Lives (CGL), 香港六合彩搅珠直播, from 2017
Media interests
Simon discussing 20 years of The Office:
Can comedy bring leavers and remainers together:
Simon on BBC One Sunday Politics South West discussing 'just joking' and offensive humour:
Is Brexit funny?
An interesting article on studies of offensive humour: Weaver, S. & K. Morgan (2017) ‘What is the point of offensive humour’, The Conversation. 9th May. Available at [].
Coverage of a symposium organised as a part of a research project on Sacha Baron Cohen: Grove, J. ‘Borat creator Sacha Baron Cohen to be focus of academic symposium’, Times Higher Education, 4th January 2015, [].
Simon Weaver discussing anti-racist comedy of black comedians on BBC Radio Four, Thinking Allowed, 10th March 2010, available at []