The BSA has expressed its regret at the death of Sir Robert Burgess, the sociologist and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leicester. Under Professor Burgess the university enjoyed great…

The British Sociological Association supports the recent statements issued by the Academy of the Social Sciences and the Council for the Defence of British Universities expressing concern about reports of…

The BSA continues to support strike action by UCU members which begins next week. Those members not involved in the strike action may wish to support it via sharing their…

After a successful application process, Work, Employment and Society (WES) appointed three new Editors to join the journal in January 2022: Laurie Cohen and Marek Korczynski (left) as Editors-in-Chief and…

Watch BSA President, Gurminder K Bhambra, talk about the considerable challenges facing sociologists and her focus as BSA President.

The Sociology journal is delighted to announce this year’s nominees for the SAGE prize for Innovation and Excellence. Sam Friedman, Dave O’Brien, Ian McDonald – Deflecting Privilege: Class Identity and the…

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…

We are delighted to introduce the new journal Editors for Sociology 2022-2024: Rachel Brooks, Co-Editor in Chief Rob Meadows, Co-Editor in Chief Ian Brunton-Smith, Editor Ranjana Das, Editor Vicki Harman,…