Amid tabloid reports that the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for all ‘women of childbearing age’ to be ‘banned’ from drinking alcohol, the relationship between alcohol and gender equality…

Dear Minister Kerameus, Sociology in High Schools The British Sociological Association has recently been approached by members of the Greek Sociological Association and the group Sociology High School Teachers in…

Statement It goes without saying that the last 12 months have been difficult across the globe. Whilst many of us are desperate to get back to ‘normal’ and to socialise…

In 2019 the BSA commissioned a report on the place of race and ethnicity in the teaching of British Sociology. The research team appointed, based at Manchester University, comprised Remi…

In January 2020 we had project partners in place, a budget and artist residencies ready to begin; but then the COVID-19 pandemic reached the UK. As the Arts sector ground…

Watch below as BSA President, Susan Halford, announces this year’s Philip Abrams Memorial (PAM) Prize winner. We are delighted to announce the winner of this year’s PAM Prize is Luke…

The ‘Designing and Undertaking Participatory Research: Practical Issues, Successes and Challenges’ BSA Early Career Forum event was convened on Wednesday, 9 December 2020. Originally taking place at Sheffield Hallam University…

This month, 70 years ago, a letter was placed in The Times announcing the formation of the British Sociological Association. One can only imagine the utter excitement the thirteen signatories…

One of the brutal lessons of the pandemic is that racism and racial inequality kill. The evidence for this was already there, but the impact of the virus and lockdown…