Podcasts are becoming an ever more popular media source across the world. According to Statista, between 2017 and 2021 the number of people who listen to podcasts in the UK…

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…

I am pleased to report on behalf of the Sociology sub-panel for REF 2021 some good news. There has been a considerable increase in the number of sociology submissions to…

Warning: This article contains content some readers may find distressing. If you are a person in the UK who wishes to terminate a pregnancy the process is relatively straightforward: within…

The BSA has welcomed the results of the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, released today, which show a marked rise in the results for sociology compared with the last REF in…

Young children perform better at school if their fathers feel they spend sufficient time in play with them, but there is no similar effect for mothers, new research says. The…

Landlords are using intrusion and negligence to try to oust elderly tenants whose rent is set at a regulated low level under pre-Thatcher legislation, research says. People living in Regulated…

We are delighted to announce the winner of this year’s PAM Prize is Natasha Carver for Marriage, Gender and Refugee Migration: Spousal Relationships among Somali Muslims in the United Kingdom…

Participants in a government scheme to check the welfare of people detained in police stations are ineffective at preventing abuse and death in custody, research says. The Independent Custody Visiting…