Working class people have always been much less likely to find jobs in creative industries such as acting and film making, and there was no golden age of classless meritocracy,…

Households in the UK where the woman is the sole earner are significantly poorer than those where the man is the only breadwinner, bucking the trend in western Europe. The…

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…