Steven Yearley
| Steven Yearley | |
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| Born | 6 September 1956 Walthamstow, London, England | 
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Mulkay | 
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Sociology | 
| Sub-discipline | Sociology of scientific knowledge | 
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Steve Yearley FRSE (born 6 September 1956) 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. 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.