We are pleased to announce that BSA members have elected Professor Imogen Tyler as our next Vice President. Imogen is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences at…

We are delighted to confirm that Professor Les Back has taken up the role of BSA President, stepping up from Vice President. Many members will know Les’s work and his…

Dear Professor Dowton, Restructuring of Sociology at Macquarie University We are writing to you in our roles as President and Vice-President of the British Sociological Association. As the professional body…

Dear Foreign Secretary, As President and Vice President of the British Sociological Association, we write to you with deep urgency and conviction to urge the UK Government to take immediate,…

Our Presidential Event on ‘Caste and its Implications for Sociologies of Inequality’ was held at the London School of Economics on Friday, 6 October 2023 and over 40 people attended…

Israel’s devastation of Gaza is a disproportionate response to the terror attack undertaken by Hamas on October 7th which killed over a thousand Israelis, migrant workers, and foreign citizens and…

I recently attended a meeting discussing the national REF results for Sociology that was convened by the British Sociological Association (BSA), the Heads and Professors of Sociology (HaPS), and the…

Global inequality – its historical legacies as well as its contemporary configuration – is well analysed through interdisciplinary research that brings together economists, historians, and sociologists to examine the nature…

Watch BSA President, Gurminder K Bhambra, talk about the considerable challenges facing sociologists and her focus as BSA President.