Adults who play video games daily are much more likely to be working-class than middle-class, new research shows. Although as teenagers their rates of daily playing were similar, by aged…

Experts developing AI systems used in job recruitment accept that these can be biased against women but mistakenly believe this can be completely solved by technological fixes, research says. In…

We are delighted to announce Kirsty Davies (pictured left) from Bishop Vaughan Catholic School is the winner of this year’s BSA Young Sociologist of the Year Competition. Sociology teacher, Donna…

‘Expatriate: Following A Migration Category’, by Dr Sarah Kunz, of the University of Essex, wins this year’s Philip Abrams Memorial book prize. The book, published by Manchester University Press last…

Dear Professor Cox, 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 Health and…

The BSA’s 2023 Distinguished Service to British Sociology Award has been given to John Brewer, emeritus professor at Queen’s University Belfast and an expert on crime, policing, peace processes and…

This year a new Editorial team took the helm at BSA journal Sociological Research Online and they set out their thoughts in their new editorial, ‘Sociological Research in the Digital…

The BSA is pleased to announce that our next President will be Professor Rachel Brooks, of the University of Surrey. Professor Brooks, who is Associate Dean, Research and Innovation, in…

Dear Professor Leyser, Suspension of UKRI EDI advisory group We are writing to you as the Trustees of the British Sociological Association. The BSA is a learned society which upholds…