Alexander Hensby

Dr Alexander Hensby is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Social and Political Movements at the University of Kent, UK. He has conducted research and written on a number of contemporary social movements, including UK student protests, Black Lives Matter, Extinction Rebellion, and heritage activism in the American South. He is the author of Participation and Non-Participation in Student Activism (2017), and Theorizing Global Studies (2011, with Darren J. O’Byrne), and is a member of the editorial board for the journal Sociology. Additionally, Dr Hensby is a Senior Research Fellow in Student Success, specialising in the study of race, attainment, and belonging in UK universities. He is the co-editor of Race, Capital, and Equity in Higher Education (2024, with Barbara Adewumi).