Sociology schools and departments in all university sectors across the UK have faced and are facing harmful and deep reaching cuts and restructuring. Staff have left institutions through voluntary severances…

The BSA recently responded to an open consultation on the open access publishing requirements to be applied to REF 2029. You can see the BSA’s response to the consultation on…

Young people’s class loyalty is a stronger factor in voting Conservative at general elections than whether they have moved up or down the social ladder, a new study has found….

We are delighted to announce our new trustee appointments. Professor Jason Arday (University of Cambridge) will return as Publications Director for a second term and we welcome Dr Paul Campbell…

Dear Professor Juster, We are writing on behalf of the British Sociological Association, to express our very deep concern about the proposed redundancies that affect sociologists within the School of…

White men are more likely to report being bullied at work than are white women or people from ethnic minorities, a new study has found. Researchers analysed survey data on…

Dear Professor Corner, We are writing on behalf of the British Sociological Association, to express our very deep concern about the proposed redundancies that affect sociologists within the Department of…

People who work from home all or part of the time are less likely to get pay rises and promotions, the first post-Covid research project into the WFH phenomenon has…

Aristocrats have increased their influence within British society over the past 150 years, new research shows. Hereditary peers are now almost three hundred times more likely than non-aristocrats to be…