We are delighted to announce the winner of this year’s Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize is Elizabeth Chiarello for her book, Policing Patients: Treatment and…

Children as young as nine detained under the Mental Health Act are spending hours in accident and emergency departments under police control rather than in specialist mental health assessment suites….

Fewer employees want to work a four-day week now than they did before the Covid pandemic, new research says. The research shows that the idea that the pandemic has led…

The secret of what employees who switch to a four-day week do with their extra day off have been revealed by new research – and some are moonlighting on a…

Mothers who choose to work from home regularly earn around 10% more than those who do not, but fathers get no significant benefit, a major new study says. The study…

The Global Histories and Sociology Study Group has been renamed, revived, and is seeking new members. Our aims are to provide a forum for sociologists/social scientists who interface with historical…

The BSA journal, Work, Employment and Society (WES) has just held its first PhD Showcase paper development workshop.  In 2022, WES founded the PhD Showcase Section as a new section…

We’re delighted to announce the launch of the new BSA Mid-Career Forum (MCF), a new dedicated Special Interest Group (SIG), created specifically for sociologists navigating the ambiguous mid-career stage. By…

Managers are reluctant to promote or give pay rises to staff who work from home part or all of the time, new research shows. They believe that staff who work…