Premier League and other soccer players are pressured by team-mates into buying expensive clothes and cars to demonstrate how successful they are. Some who turn up to practice sessions in…

Societies in which people fail to exceed their parents’ social and economic status have a higher death rate than those where they do, in part because of factors such as…

Having been asked to write a short piece on the sociological significance of Brexit, my first thought was how do you possibly address something like this in less than 1000…

This month we have five copies of Making sense of Brexit by Victor J Seidler ready to giveaway. After the shock decision to leave the EU in 2016, what can we…

The BSA is sad to learn of the death of Professor Eric Dunning, a founder of the sociology of sport. Professor Dunning wrote or edited 14 books, among them Barbarians, Gentlemen…

Dear BSA member and fellow sociologist You may be aware that the BSA has been actively engaged in the consultation for the 2021 REF, and we are keen to maintain…

We’ve had an exciting staff reshuffle here at the BSA and we’d like to share these changes with you. We’re delighted to announce that Liz Brown, Events Officer with the…

It’s been a month since we launched our new web portal services on the BSA website and we’d like your feedback. The new portal allows both members and non-members to control…

This month we have five copies of David Morgan’s, Snobbery to give away. Snobbery is a more serious matter than some may think: the arguments around Brexit and Trump show that…