Nick Cimini
Nick Cimini

Dr Nick Cimini

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  n.cimini@napier.ac.uk

  

Biography

Nick studied for a BA Hons in Sociology with Politics at the University of Paisley, an MSc in Science and Technology Studies at the University of Edinburgh, and a PhD at the University of Sheffield. He worked for three years as a lecturer at the University of Derby, from 2010 to 2013, and has been at Edinburgh Napier since then.

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Using Theory to Study Empirical Cases: Reflections on Using Habermas to Study Genetic and Reproductive Politics

Journal Article
Cimini, N. (2020)
Using Theory to Study Empirical Cases: Reflections on Using Habermas to Study Genetic and Reproductive Politics. Forum: Qualitative Social Research / Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung, 21(3), https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-21.3.3366
Attempts to apply social theory to the study of empirical cases are too often reduced to treating theory as formula. Complex theoretical ideas are torn from the contexts of th...

Trade unions and career services: Potential partners for promoting social justice at work

Journal Article
Robertson, P. J., Cimini, N., Post, J., & Corry, J. (2020)
Trade unions and career services: Potential partners for promoting social justice at work. Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 44(1), 5-12. https://doi.org/10.20856/jnicec.4401
This paper argues that trade unions represent natural allies for career services, as they have shared interests in addressing issues of social justice at work. This potentiall...

A role for trades unions in careers education

Journal Article
Cimini, N., & Robertson, P. (2018)
A role for trades unions in careers education. Scottish Left Review, 21-21
No abstract available.

Higher workload - a universal problem

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Cimini, N. (2017)
Higher workload - a universal problem
EIS-ULA President Nick Cimini, a lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University, describes the severe workload pressures that continue to be placed on university staff and students. ...

Echoes of eugenics in Osborne’s budget

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Cimini, N. (2015)
Echoes of eugenics in Osborne’s budget
Eugenics is alive and well – in the Tory budget. Nicholas Cimini explains why.

Confidence and empowerment against pessimism and cynicism in Scottish referendum

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Cimini, N. (2014)
Confidence and empowerment against pessimism and cynicism in Scottish referendum

An Aesthetic for Deliberating Online: Thinking Through “Universal Pragmatics” and “Dialogism” with Reference to Wikipedia

Journal Article
Cimini, N., & Burr, J. (2012)
An Aesthetic for Deliberating Online: Thinking Through “Universal Pragmatics” and “Dialogism” with Reference to Wikipedia. Information Society, 28(3), 151-160. https://doi.org/10.1080/01972243.2012.669448
In this article we examine contributions to Wikipedia through the prism of two divergent critical theorists: Jürgen Habermas and Mikhail Bakhtin. We show that, in slightly dis...

Struggles online over the meaning of ‘Down’s syndrome’: A ‘dialogic’ interpretation

Journal Article
Cimini, N. (2010)
Struggles online over the meaning of ‘Down’s syndrome’: A ‘dialogic’ interpretation. Health, 14(4), 398-414. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363459309358598
Bakhtin’s suggestion that a unified truth demands a ‘multiplicity of consciousnesses’ seems particularly relevant in the ‘globally connected age’. At a time when the DIY/‘punk...