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Listening again to Amanda Gorman’s stunningly accomplished and pointedly positive reading at the Biden inauguration, I am reminded why I have been feeling a greater sense of calm and hope…
The attack on the US Capitol building on Wednesday, 6 January 2021 and the preparedness of the police in defending that building, has been compared unfavourably to police actions toward…
The British Sociological Association has expressed its regret at the death of Garry Runciman, 3rd Viscount Doxford. He died on 10 December 2020, aged 86. As well as a prolific…
The Sociology Editorial Team recently held an online panel discussion to mark the publication of their new special issue, Nationalism’s Futures. The panel, which included journal editors Vanessa May, Helen…
Ethnic minorities are more likely to be out of work because employers are rejecting job applications from people whose names suggest they are non-white, a new study says. Researchers found…
I cannot end 2020 without remarking on the historic nature of this year but I do also want to send you a message of hope. The enormity of the impact…
Professor John Scott CBE is building a history of British sociology and aims to build a history of the numerous Departments of Sociology that have made, and continue to comprise…
Editing a journal is more than just work in a transactional sense, it is a work of self and if fortunate enough, a work of the heart. I will begin…
Post-industrial towns and cities in Britain are facing a silent technological revolution. This revolution is changing every aspect of modern British daily life and is evident in areas such as…
