Announcement

Abstract

Book Reviews Editor or Editors The Editorial Board of Sociology of Health and Illness, on behalf of the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness, are seeking to appoint a Book Reviews Editor or Editors to take up a three-year term of office from 1st October 2014. An honorarium (agreed by the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness) is payable for the above duties. This is currently £1,000 per annum. Book review copy is required seven times per year. Copy usually needs to be supplied in a form that is acceptable to the copy editor (i.e. double spaced). The copy editor serves as an intermediary between the Book Reviews Editor and the publisher, and close co-operation between all these parties is necessary. Completing these tasks takes about one half day per week. Good reliable secretarial help is essential, and reasonable office costs are reimbursed up to £500 per annum. This could include contracted secretarial help. Applicants should be aware that writing book reviews is rarely regarded as an academic priority, and identifying and chasing up reviewers can be time consuming. Candidates for the post should have a track record of writing book reviews themselves, some previous editorial experience, involvement with the BSA medical sociology community and ideally also experience of working with academic journals and an international network of academic and health related contacts. The post can be jointly held, in which case the honorarium and duties are shared as agreed by the post holders, and the appointment is made to both named Book Reviews Editors. The team strongly encourage a joint post of two editors, given the time required to fulfil the role. At the end of one three-year term of office, the Editorial Board can invite the Editor or Editors to continue for one further three-year term of office, should the Editor (or both Editors, in the case of a joint appointment) wish to continue. In the case of joint appointments, if one Editor leaves or resigns, the Board can in exceptional cases co-opt a joint Book Reviews Editor for the remainder of the remaining Editor's term. However, at the end of that term the Editorial Board will open up the post to other applicants as well.