Aristocrats have increased their influence within British society over the past 150 years, new research shows. Hereditary peers are now almost three hundred times more likely than non-aristocrats to be…

Adults who play video games daily are much more likely to be working-class than middle-class, new research shows. Although as teenagers their rates of daily playing were similar, by aged…

Experts developing AI systems used in job recruitment accept that these can be biased against women but mistakenly believe this can be completely solved by technological fixes, research says. In…

We are delighted to announce Kirsty Davies (pictured left) from Bishop Vaughan Catholic School is the winner of this year’s BSA Young Sociologist of the Year Competition. Sociology teacher, Donna…

‘Expatriate: Following A Migration Category’, by Dr Sarah Kunz, of the University of Essex, wins this year’s Philip Abrams Memorial book prize. The book, published by Manchester University Press last…

Dear Professor Cox, We are writing on behalf of the British Sociological Association, to express our very deep concern about the proposed redundancies that affect sociologists within the Health and…

Nominations for the 2024 BSA Board of Trustees Elections are now open. Deadline: 26 March 2024, 17:00 The BSA is seeking three new trustees interested in taking up roles as…

The BSA’s 2023 Distinguished Service to British Sociology Award has been given to John Brewer, emeritus professor at Queen’s University Belfast and an expert on crime, policing, peace processes and…

In summer 2023, 45,730 students sat A-Level Sociology, this marked an almost 5% increase on the previous year and meant that Sociology is now the 5th most popular subject at…