Biomarkers for chronic stress are 40% higher in women bringing up two children while working full-time, new research shows. Working from home and flexitime have no effect on their level…

Another ‘sociology and feminism’ event took place in London on 11 December 2018 attended by 90 school pupils from 4 secondary schools in the King’s Cross area of London.  This has…

Whether concerning childhood obesity, eating disorders or a resurgence of rickets, children’s diets remain a topic of concern for nutritionists, school staff, policy makers and parents. Such concerns mean that…

Snobbery has changed over the centuries and is today dominated by different tastes in house decoration, food and wine, a new book says. In Snobbery, published today [12 December 2018], Professor…

Frank Bechhofer, born in 1935, was an expert on nationalism, especially national identity in Scotland and England. Professor Bechhofer took a first degree in Mechanical Sciences at the University of Cambridge in 1959. He started…

Sitting in the Churchill Room at Whitehall earlier this month, hearing sociologists sharing insights from their research with civil servants, I felt hugely positive about the value of sociology. Revealing…

If you have not yet renewed your BSA membership, it will expire on 31 December 2018.  To renew, all you have to do is log into the Members’ area on the BSA…

We are a group of scholars seeking expressions of support for a new BSA Sociology of Consumption Study Group which will advance research on consumption from sociological perspectives.  The Study…