I am a researcher in the Sociology department with part-time teaching duties. My main research focus is interactional studies of government/governance and the use of 'official' or scientific information in policy making. I teach Technology and Society, the Sociology of Organizations and Sociological Theory. I am trained as an Ethnomethodologist and Conversation Analyst.Publications:Watson, P. G. (2014). Can Politicians Afford Knowledge? Evidence as Affordance in New Government Oversight Arrangements. Administration & Society (Early View Sept. 2014)Mair, M., Elsey, C., Watson, P. G. and Smith, P. (2013) Interpretive Asymmetries, Retrospective Inquiry and the Reconstruction of Action in an Incident of Friendly Fire. Symbolic Interaction. Vol. 36(4): pp. 398-416Mair, M., Watson, P. G., Elsie, C. and Smith, P. V. (2012) Some Technical Reflections on an Instance of Friendly Fire British Journal of Sociology, Vol. 63(1), pp. 75-96 Watson, P. G., Brennan, M., Walkerdine, J., Jones, M. and Duquenoy, P. (2009) Towards an Ethical Interaction Design: the issue of including stakeholders in law-enforcement software development Australian Computer Human Interaction (OZCHI) Conference Proceedings, Nov. 27-29th, Melbourne Australia, pg. 313-316 Watson, P. G. and Greiffenhagen, C. (2009) On Press Scrums: The Gathering of Comment for News Broadcasts in Fitzgerald, Richard and Housely, William (eds.) Media, Policy and Interaction London, AshgateWatson, P. G. (2006) "Analyst for Hire: L'analysis de Conversation comme produit a vendre?" Carnet de Bord, no. 11, September 2006, pg. 57-65

Human Computer Interaction, Governance, Ethnography, how can policy makers reduce carbon emissions 80% by 2040? Observational research of policy discussions.

Ethnographer and Requirements Engineer on Human Computer Interaction, ethically based design project with UK police service.