Kate Fox is a British social anthropologist, co-director of the Social Issues Research Centre (SIRC)[1] and a Fellow of the Institute for Cultural Research.[2] She has written several books, including Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour.
Kate Fox | |
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Nationality | British |
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Parent | Robin Fox (father) |
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Alma mater | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
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Discipline | Social anthropologist |
Institutions | MCM Research Ltd. Social Issues Research Centre |
Website | www |
Kate Fox is the daughter of anthropologist Robin Fox. As a child she lived in the UK, the United States, France, and Ireland. She studied for an undergraduate degree in anthropology and philosophy at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.[3] In 1989 she became co-director of MCM Research Ltd., and continues to provide consulting services.[4][5] She is now a co-director of the Social Issues Research Centre, based in Oxford, England.[6]
Recent topics include social effects of alcohol[7] and the purposes of small talk.[8] Fox is currently writing a book that "examine[s] many aspects of 21st-century life and obsessions - including mobile phones, social media, online dating, shopping, celebrity, reality TV, computer games, selfies, etc - from an evolutionary/anthropological perspective".[9]
In 2004, Fox married the neurosurgeon and acclaimed author Henry Marsh,[10] having been previously married to Peter Kibby (during which time she was credited as Kate Fox Kibby).[11]
Fox has written a number of books, including: