14 Facts About Michael Billig

Michael Billig was born on 1947 and is a British academic.

Michael Billig is Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences at Loughborough University, working principally in contemporary social psychology although much of his work crosses disciplinary boundaries in the social sciences.

Michael Billig registered for a doctoral degree under Tajfel's supervision, and he obtained his doctorate from Bristol University in 1972.

In 1973 Michael Billig was appointed to a lectureship in psychology at the University of Birmingham.

Michael Billig wrote a series of important books exploring these topics.

Michael Billig held visiting professor positions at Temple University, Philadelphia, University of California-Santa Barbara and the Sapienza University of Rome.

Michael Billig became interested in studying the far-right and realised that an experimental approach would be inappropriate.

Michael Billig wrote a pamphlet, Psychology, Racism and Fascism, published by the anti-fascist Searchlight magazine.

Michael Billig became interested in highlighting and reinvigorating the use of classical rhetoric to explore thinking in the context of social issues.

One feature of Michael Billig's work is the variety of topics that he has worked on.

Michael Billig argued that, when it comes to describing human actions, heavy technical nouns are, in fact, often less precise than ordinary language.

Michael Billig developed these themes in More Examples, Less Theory, which claims that psychologists and other social scientists today accord theory too much importance.

Michael Billig suggests that researchers should try to examine real-life examples directly, rather than through the oversimplifying lens of theory.

Michael Billig retired in 2017 and was appointed emeritus professor at Loughborough University.