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…

Women working from home regularly are less positive about their career prospects than men are, new research shows. They are also less optimistic about getting recognition for good work and…

Many people living in coastal areas are unaware that their homes may not be protected from potential flooding in the long-term, new research shows. Only a small proportion have taken…

Countries that allow economic inequality to increase as they grow richer make their citizens less happy, new research shows. In most of 78 countries studied people were less satisfied with…

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…