2018

Meadows, Robert, Williams, Simon J., Gabe, Jonathan, Coveney, Catherine and Arber, Sara (2018) The sociology of sleep. In: Cappuccio, Francesco and Miller, Michelle A. and Lockley, Steven W. and Rajaratnam, S. M. W. , (eds.) Sleep, Health and Society : from aetiology to public health (2nd edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press. (In Press)

2017

Williams, Simon J., Coveney, Catherine and Gabe, Jonathan (2017) The concept of medicalisation reassessed : a response to Busfield. Sociology of Health & Illness, 39 (5). pp. 775-780. doi:10.1111/1467-9566.12576

Gabe, Jonathan, Williams, Simon J. and Coveney, Catherine (2017) Prescription hypnotics in the news : a study of UK audiences. Social Science and Medicine, 174 . pp. 43-52.

2016

Meloni, Maurizio, Williams, Simon J. and Martin, Paul (2016) The biosocial : sociological themes and issues. The Sociological Review Monographs, 64 (1). pp. 7-25. doi:10.1002/2059-7932.12010

2015

Gabe, Jonathan, Coveney, Catherine and Williams, Simon J. (2015) Prescriptions and proscriptions : moralising sleep medicines. Sociology of Health & Illness, 38 (4). pp. 627-644. doi:10.1111/1467-9566.12383

Williams, Simon J., Coveney, Catherine and Meadows, Robert (2015) 'M-apping’ sleep? Trends and transformations in the digital age. Sociology of Health & Illness, 37 (7). pp. 1039-1054. doi:10.1111/1467-9566.12283

Gabe, Jonathan, Williams, Simon J., Martin, Paul and Coveney, Catherine (2015) Pharmaceuticals and society : power, promises and prospects. Social Science & Medicine, 131 . pp. 193-198. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.02.031

2013

Williams, Simon J., Coveney, Catherine and Gabe, Jonathan (2013) Medicalisation or customisation? Sleep, enterprise and enhancement in the 24/7 society. Social Science & Medicine, Volume 79 . pp. 40-47. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.07.017

2012

Williams, Simon J., Higgs, Paul and Katz, Stephen (2012) Neuroculture, active ageing and the ‘older brain’ : problems, promises and prospects. Sociology of Health & Illness, Vol.34 (No.1). pp. 64-78. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9566.2011.01364.x

Williams, Simon J., Gabe, Jonathan and Martin, Paul (2012) Medicalization and pharmaceuticalization at the intersections : a commentary on Bell and Figert (2012). Social Science & Medicine, Volume 75 (Number 12). pp. 2129-2130. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.08.006

2011

Williams, Simon J. (2011) Review of Neurosociology: the nexus between neuroscience and social psychology, by Franks, D. British Journal of Sociology, Vol.62 (No.4). pp. 744-745. ISSN 0007-1315

Coveney, Catherine, Gabe, Jonathan and Williams, Simon J. (2011) The sociology of cognitive enhancement : medicalisation and beyond. Health Sociology Review, Vol.20 (No.4). pp. 381-393. doi:10.5172/hesr.2011.20.4.381

Williams, Simon J., Martin, P. A. and Gabe, Jonathan (2011) Evolving sociological analyses of ‘pharmaceuticalisation’ : a reply to Abraham. Sociology of Health & Illness, Vol.33 (No.5). pp. 729-730. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9566.2011.01396.x

Williams, Simon J., Martin, Paul and Gabe, Jonathan (2011) The pharmaceuticalisation of society? A framework for analysis. Sociology of Health & Illness, Vol.33 (No.5). pp. 710-725. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9566.2011.01320.x

Williams, Simon J. (2011) The politics of sleep : governing (un)consciousness in the late modern age. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.. ISBN 9780230223660

Williams, Simon J., Katz, Stephen and Martin, Paul (2011) Neuroscience and medicalisation : sociological reflections on memory, medicine and the brain. In: Pickersgill, Martyn and Van Keulen, Ira, (eds.) Sociological Reflections on the Neurosciences. Advances in Medical Sociology (No.13). Bingley: Emerald, pp. 231-254. ISBN 9781848558809

Martin, Paul A., Pickersgill, Martin, Coveney, Catherine and Williams, Simon J. (2011) Pharmaceutical cognitive enhancement : interrogating the ethics, addressing the issues. In: Segev, Idan and Markram, Henry, (eds.) Augmenting cognition. Lausanne: EPFL Press. ISBN 9782940222582

2010

Williams, Simon J. (2010) The biopolitics of chronic illness : biology, power and personhood. In: Scambler, Graham and Scambler, Sasha, (eds.) New directions in the sociology of chronic and disabling conditions : assaults on the lifeworld. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 205-224. ISBN 9780230222700

Williams, Simon J. (2010) New developments in neuroscience and medical sociology. In: Cockerham, William C., (ed.) The new Blackwell companion to medical sociology. Blackwell companions to sociology . Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 530-551. ISBN 9781405188685

Williams, Simon J., Meadows, R. and Arber, S. (2010) The sociology of sleep. In: Cappuccio, Francesco and Miller, Michelle A. and Lockley, Steven W., (eds.) Sleep, health, and society : from aetiology to public health. Epidemiology: From Aetiology to Public Health . Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 275-299. ISBN 9780199566594

2009

Humphreys, C., Lowe, Pam and Williams, Simon J. (2009) Sleep disruption and domestic violence: exploring the interconnections between mothers and children. Child & Family Social Work, Vol.14 (No.1). pp. 6-14. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2206.2008.00575.x

Williams, Simon J. and Martin, Paul (2009) Risks and benefits may turn out to be finely balanced. Nature, Vol.457 (No.7229). p. 532. doi:10.1038/457532a

Williams, Simon J. (Simon Johnson), 1961- and Gabe, Jonathan and Davis, Peter, eds. (2009) Pharmaceuticals and society : critical discourses and debates. Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.. ISBN 9781405190848

Williams, Simon J. (2009) Review of The Sleep of Others and the Transformations of Sleep Research by Kroker, K. Sociology of Health & Illness, Vol.31 (No.1). pp. 152-153. ISSN 0141-9889

Hancock, Philip, Williams, Simon J. and Boden, Sharon (2009) Managing sleep? The colonization of everyday/night life. In: Hancock, Philip and Tyler, Melissa, (eds.) The Management of Everyday Life. The Palgrave Critical Management Studies Series . Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230524798

Williams, Simon J. (2009) The 'neurosociology' of emotion? Progress, problems and prospects. In: Hopkins, Debra and Kleres, Jochen and Flam, Helena and Kuzmics, Helmut, (eds.) Theorizing emotions : sociological explorations and applications. Frankfurt ; New York: Campus Verlag, pp. 245-268. ISBN 9783593389721

2008

Williams, Simon J., Gabe, Jonathan and Davis, Peter (2008) The sociology of pharmaceuticals: progress and prospects. Sociology of Health and Illness, Vol.30 (No.6). pp. 813-824. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9566.2008.01123.x

Boden, Sharon, Williams, Simon J., Seale, Clive, Lowe, Pam and Steinberg, Deborah Lynn (2008) The social construction of sleep and work in the British print news media. Sociology - The Journal of the British Sociological Association, Vol.42 (No.3). pp. 541-558. doi:10.1177/0038038508088839

Williams, Simon J., Sealey, Clive, Boden, Sharon, Lowe, Pam and Steinberg, Deborah Lynn (2008) Waking up to sleepiness: Modafinil, the media and the pharmaceuticalisation of everyday/night life. Sociology of Health and Illness, Vol.30 (No.6). pp. 839-855. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9566.2008.01084.x

Williams, Simon J. (2008) The sociological significance of sleep : progress, problems and prospects. Sociology Compass, Vol.2 (No.2). pp. 639-653. doi:10.1111/j.1751-9020.2007.00088.x

Williams, Simon J. and Crossley, Nick (2008) Introduction: sleeping bodies. Body & Society, Vol.14 (No.4). pp. 1-13. doi:10.1177/1357034X08096892

Williams, Simon J., Seale, Clive, Boden, Sharon, Lowe, Pam and Steinberg, Deborah Lynn (2008) Medicalization and beyond: the social construction of insomnia and snoring in the news. Health, Vol.12 (No.2). pp. 251-268. doi:10.1177/1363459307086846

2007

Arber, Sara, Hislop, Jenny and Williams, Simon J. (2007) Editor's introduction: gender, sleep and the life course. Sociological Research Online, Vol.12 (No.5). doi:10.5153/sro.1628

Williams, Simon J., Lowe, Pam and Griffiths, Frances (2007) Embodying and embedding children's sleep : some sociological comments and observations. Sociological Research Online, Vol.12 (No.5). Article: 6. doi:10.5153/sro.1466

Seale, Clive, Boden, Sharon, Williams, Simon J., Lowe, Pam and Steinberg, Deborah Lynn (2007) Media constructions of sleep and sleep disorders : a study of UK national newspapers. Social Science & Medicine, Vol.65 (No.3). pp. 418-430. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.03.035

Lowe, Pam, Humphreys, Cathy and Williams, Simon J. (2007) Night terrors: women's experiences of (not) sleeping where there is domestic violence. Violence against Women, Vol.13 (No.6). pp. 549-561. doi:10.1177/1077801207301556

Williams, Simon J. (2007) Vulnerable/dangerous bodies? The trials and tribulations of sleep. Sociological Review, Vol.55 (Suppl.1). pp. 142-155. doi:10.1111/j.1467-954X.2007.00698.x

Williams, Simon J. (2007) The social etiquette of sleep: some sociological reflections and observations. Sociology, Vol.41 (No.2). pp. 313-328. doi:10.1177/0038038507074977

2006

Dixon-Woods, Mary, Williams, Simon J., Jackson, Clare J, Akkad, Andrea, Kenyon, Sara and Habiba, Marwan (2006) Why do women consent to surgery, even when they do not want to? An interactionist and Bourdieusian analysis. Social Science and Medicine, 62 (11). pp. 2742-2753. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.11.006

2002

Boden, Sharon and Williams, Simon J. (2002) Consumption and emotion : the romantic ethic revisited. Sociology - The Journal of the British Sociological Association, 36 (3). pp. 493-512. doi:10.1177/0038038502036003001