Professor Nikolas Rose
Professor of Sociology
Research interests
- Mental Health
- Policy
- Psychology
- Psychiatry
Contact details
Biography
Professor Nikolas Rose originally trained as a biologist before switching to psychology and then to sociology. In 1992, he joined Goldsmiths College, where he was Head of Sociology and Pro-Warden for Research.
Ten years later, he joined the London School of Economics as a Martin White Professor of Sociology. He was also Head of the Department of Sociology (2002-2006) and the founder and Director of the Centre for the Study of Bioscience, Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Society (BioS).
He joined King's in January 2012 to establish the new Department of Social Science, Health & Medicine, now the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine, and was Head of Department from 2012 to 2018. He is Co-Director of the King's Centre for Society and Mental Health.
Research
- Biological and genetic psychiatry
- Behavioral neuroscience
- The social and political history of the human sciences
- The genealogy of subjectivity
- The history of empirical thought in sociology, law and criminology
- the changing rationalities and techniques of political power
For the last decade, Nikolas' work has focused on the conceptual, social and political dimensions of the contemporary life sciences and biomedicine, with a current focus on developments in psychiatry and the social shaping of mental health.
Teaching
Undergraduate
Further details
Research
Neuroscience & Society Network
Engaging with the social, political and economic implications of developments in neuroscience.
Biotechnology & Society research group
Addressing the social, ethical and legal questions arising from developments in health and biomedicine using a multidisciplinary research approach.
Mental health, migration and the megacity: Urban transformation in China
Exploring the relationship between rural-urban migration and mental health in global megacities like Shanghai.
Project status: Completed
Urban Brain Lab
Understanding the connections between the social and the neurological lives of urban citizens, with particular attention to mental health.
Project status: Ongoing
Mental health, migration and the megacity in São Paulo
Looking at the relationship between mental health and urban transformation since the late nineteenth-century in São Paulo.
Project status: Completed
Social science and Urban public health institute
Working with collaborators around the theme of urban public health
News
Professors Andrew Pickles and Nikolas Rose elected to the British Academy
Professor Andrew Pickles from the IoPPN’s Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics and Professor Nikolas Rose, of the Department of Global Health &...
We need to mobilise communities and address the causes of mental ill health in our response to COVID-19
A shift in focus is needed if the UK government is to adequately respond to mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic, say academics from the Centre...
UK's first Centre to tackle modern society's impact on mental health
The UK’s first major UKRI-funded Centre for Society and Mental Health will investigate how rapid changes in modern society impact on our mental health.
The Centre for Society & Mental Health announces exciting new PhD studentships
King's Centre for Society & Mental Health announces new PhD studentships in three areas.
Events
Centre for Society & Mental Health launch event
Launch event of the new ESRC Centre for Society & Mental Health at King's College London, with a performance by the Soothsayers
Please note: this event has passed.
Features
Mental health and social change in the time of COVID-19
Efforts to contain and delay the spread of COVID-19 has transformed our social worlds. Yet, we need be wary of rushing to frame them in terms of mental health.
Understanding the impacts on society of COVID-19
How the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy is helping us understand the huge societal shifts created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Research
Neuroscience & Society Network
Engaging with the social, political and economic implications of developments in neuroscience.
Biotechnology & Society research group
Addressing the social, ethical and legal questions arising from developments in health and biomedicine using a multidisciplinary research approach.
Mental health, migration and the megacity: Urban transformation in China
Exploring the relationship between rural-urban migration and mental health in global megacities like Shanghai.
Project status: Completed
Urban Brain Lab
Understanding the connections between the social and the neurological lives of urban citizens, with particular attention to mental health.
Project status: Ongoing
Mental health, migration and the megacity in São Paulo
Looking at the relationship between mental health and urban transformation since the late nineteenth-century in São Paulo.
Project status: Completed
Social science and Urban public health institute
Working with collaborators around the theme of urban public health
News
Professors Andrew Pickles and Nikolas Rose elected to the British Academy
Professor Andrew Pickles from the IoPPN’s Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics and Professor Nikolas Rose, of the Department of Global Health &...
We need to mobilise communities and address the causes of mental ill health in our response to COVID-19
A shift in focus is needed if the UK government is to adequately respond to mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic, say academics from the Centre...
UK's first Centre to tackle modern society's impact on mental health
The UK’s first major UKRI-funded Centre for Society and Mental Health will investigate how rapid changes in modern society impact on our mental health.
The Centre for Society & Mental Health announces exciting new PhD studentships
King's Centre for Society & Mental Health announces new PhD studentships in three areas.
Events
Centre for Society & Mental Health launch event
Launch event of the new ESRC Centre for Society & Mental Health at King's College London, with a performance by the Soothsayers
Please note: this event has passed.
Features
Mental health and social change in the time of COVID-19
Efforts to contain and delay the spread of COVID-19 has transformed our social worlds. Yet, we need be wary of rushing to frame them in terms of mental health.
Understanding the impacts on society of COVID-19
How the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy is helping us understand the huge societal shifts created by the COVID-19 pandemic.