A “sophisticated and complex” book that offers new insights into the way that central banks work has won this year’s Philip Abrams Memorial Prize. Central Banks in Organizational Networks: Entangled…

Middle class UK graduates produce more CO2 emissions in their daily activities than non-graduates and their ecological commitment is primarily “symbolic”, new research says. Dr Robert Dorschel, of Tilburg University…

Black and Asian people with darker skin shades can be the subject of prejudice and insults from lighter skin members of their families, new research shows. The first substantive research…

Women are more stressed than men when their employment hours are split into different sections during the day, such as with flexitime and working from home, new research shows. Zhuofei…

The amount of time parents spend with their children contributes much less to their progress in school than the family’s social class, new research shows. The study found that the…

Sperm and egg donors who assumed they would remain anonymous have been tracked down by their children using DNA tests, new research says. The study also found that people who…

People educated at private schools are twice as likely to be consistent Conservative voters as those who had a state education, a new study has found. Using data from a…

BSA journal, Sociology, is delighted to announce this year’s nominees for the SAGE Prize for Innovation and Excellence. Mike Foden, Emma Head, Tally Katz-Gerro and Lydia Martens – Environment or…

BSA journal, Work, Employment and Society, is delighted to announce this year’s nominees for the SAGE Prize for Innovation and Excellence. Chiara Benassi & Tim Vlandas – Trade unions, bargaining…