Steven Yearley

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Steven Yearley FRSE
Born	(1956-09-06) 6 September 1956 (age 68) Walthamstow, London, England
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Cambridge University of York
Doctoral advisor	Michael Mulkay
Academic work
Discipline	Sociology
Sub-discipline	Sociology of scientific knowledge
Institutions	Queen's University Belfast University of Ulster University of York University of Edinburgh

Steve Yearley FRSE (born 6 September 1956)^[1] is a British sociologist. He is Professor of the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge at the University of Edinburgh, a post he has held since 2005.^[2] He has been designated a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He is currently Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities.