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…

Which book has really set your MedSoc synapses alight in the last three years? Do you think it’s made a significant contribution to medical sociology? What about sociology of health…

The BSA is sad to learn of the death of Keith Tester, Professor of Sociology at Hull and an expert on culture and morality. Professor Tester worked at Hull since…

Biomarkers for chronic stress are 40% higher in women bringing up two children while working full-time, new research shows. Working from home and flexitime have no effect on their level…

Another ‘sociology and feminism’ event took place in London on 11 December 2018 attended by 90 school pupils from 4 secondary schools in the King’s Cross area of London.  This has…

Snobbery has changed over the centuries and is today dominated by different tastes in house decoration, food and wine, a new book says. In Snobbery, published today [12 December 2018], Professor…