It is undeniable that the Covid-19 pandemic has shaped attitudes towards food, exercise and social media. The promotion of getting fit and losing weight bloomed throughout the three lockdowns as…

New Zealand has enjoyed a charmed life in the first 18 months of the global Covid pandemic. Along with Taiwan, it is the only country to have recorded an actual…

This post is a comment by Larry Ray on his article in Cultural Sociology 2020 ‘Social Theory, Photography and the Visual Aesthetic of Cultural Modernity’, which won the 2021 SAGE…

In the run up to World Mental Health Day, Paul Hodkinson and Ranjana Das reflect on some of the difficulties new fathers can have recognizing and seeking help for paternal…

Through a series of historical accidents, I happened to find myself one of the few sociologists close to the scientific committees advising the UK government on the management of the…

Rewind to a time before the pandemic (if you can!), November 2019, I was informed I had successfully received funds to host an ECF event at the University of Gloucestershire….

In the words of Michael Young, one of the 58 interviewed Pioneers in the Pioneers of Social Research Project, research is about following: “your inner light… Find out what you’re…

Amid tabloid reports that the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for all ‘women of childbearing age’ to be ‘banned’ from drinking alcohol, the relationship between alcohol and gender equality…

In January 2020 we had project partners in place, a budget and artist residencies ready to begin; but then the COVID-19 pandemic reached the UK. As the Arts sector ground…