2022 was a relatively eventful year for abortion rights, both in the UK and beyond. In the United States, a long-brewing challenge to safe abortion provision finally became concrete, with…

The BSA continues to support strike action by UCU members which begins next week.  We’re proud to be part of a community where our members feel empowered to stand up for what…

In addition to her highly reported ‘dream’ of putting irregularised migrants on planes to Rwanda, the newly re-appointed Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, has expressed her commitment to reduce legal migration…

Sociological Research Online has published a new special issue of creative outputs expressing sociological research participation and collaboration. We are proud to launch a new publication format called Beyond the…

What is the role of social media platforms such as Instagram in the construction and production of femininity in contemporary Britain? This was the driving question behind a research study…

BSA journal Cultural Sociology is delighted to announce this year’s nominees for the SAGE prize for Innovation and Excellence. Andrew Balmer and Michael Durrant – Simmel and Shakespeare on Lying and…

BSA journal Sociological Research Online is delighted to announce this year’s nominees for the SAGE prize for Innovation and Excellence. Maria Gretzky, Julia Lerner – Students of Academic Capitalism: Emotional Dimensions…

The BSA and SAGE are seeking new Editors for the journal Sociological Research Online (SRO), for a 3-year period from January 2023 to December 2025. The current Editorial team will…

Personal names discursively index identities, including socio-cultural identities of ethnicity, nationality, language and religion (Pilcher 2016). The complexity of entanglements between names and identities means that if names are misspelt/mispronounced,…