David R. Inglis

David Robert Inglis is a contemporary sociologist and academic.

Education and career
Inglis earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Cambridge and then went on to complete his Master's and PhD in sociology at the University of York.

He has been a sociology professor at the University of Helsinki since 2017. He was previously a sociology professor at the University of Exeter and the University of Aberdeen.

He was a founding editor of the journal Cultural Sociology, and headed the Finnish Sociological Association, the Westermarck Society, from 2020 through 2022.

Books
Inglis is the author or coauthor of books including:
 * A Sociological History of Excretory Experience: Defecatory Manners and Toiletry Technologies (Edwin Mellen Press, 2001)
 * Culture and Everyday Life (Routledge, 2005)
 * The Uses of Sport: A Critical Study (with John Hughson and Marcus Free, Routledge, 2005)
 * An Invitation to Social Theory (with Christopher Thorpe, Polity Press, 2012)

His edited volumes include:
 * The Sociology of Art: Ways of Seeing (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005)
 * The Globalization of Food (Berg, 2009),
 * The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Sociology (SAGE, 2016)
 * The Routledge International Handbook to Veils and Veiling Practices (Routledge, 2018).
 * Drinks in Vogue: Exploring the Changing Worlds of Fashions and Beverages (Routledge, 2023)