What can we learn from reflecting on the fate of racial justice in the UK and elsewhere in the Global North? To ask this question is to reckon with something…

Our recent report on stark ethnic inequalities in the NHS, published by the NHS Race and Health Observatory will make for uncomfortable reading for NHS managers, commissioners and government departments…

When I was invited to write this piece, I did what any responsible sociologist would do and immediately typed International Women’s Day (IWD) into the nearest search engine. The first…

The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is #BreaktheBias. The strapline asks us each to work towards a world that is free of gender bias, stereotypes and discrimination, taking…

Whilst international women’s day provides an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women, as well as to highlight the discrimination they experience, it is only one day. It is important…

Being asked to write this as a ‘woman of power’ feels rather strange given how powerless I feel in the context of the current crisis in Ukraine and how Ukrainian…

The idea to curate this book came from our colleague Cat Hugman, who suggested the idea after a busy teaching day.  Our discussions began to focus on the idea for…

Despite now (in)famous hopes that it would ‘be over by Christmas’ in Summer 2020, as we grapple with what it means to live with the COVID-19 virus in the UK…

I am a relatively new Trustee for the BSA having joined the Board in June 2020. Trustees fulfil a statutory governance role in line with charity law and also take…