Contemporary society
Parklife
Lockdown forays into park-life present those of us living in mainstream ‘accommodated’ lives with daily glimpses of another culture: one of street life, suggests Sally Mann.
Environment
Don’t be fooled by green capitalism’s technological climate fix
As politicians and lobbyists bargain over the way to meet climate change targets, Nick J Fox questions whether ‘green capitalism’ can deliver the goods.
Health and Medicine
Powering health promotion – how can sociologists support political action on health inequalities?
UK community health promotion has lost its power to bring about lasting change. Dr Katie Powell considers how sociology can help.
Applied Sociology
A ‘better world’ through applied sociology
Half-way through her studies for a Master’s degree in public sociology, Trish McCourt takes a look back at her experiences during the first year, and the impact of Michael Burawoy’s vision. I began studying for my Master’s degree in 2019, after more than 25 years as a practitioner working in Read more
Citizenship
LGBT+ in Poland: a Wake-up Call
As communities across the world come together to celebrate LGBT+ history month and call for greater freedoms, Natalia Phillips reports on the challenges facing LGBT+ people in Poland. The stigmatisation of the LGBT+ community in Poland has framed them as outsiders and immorally inadequate. The creation of ‘LGBT-Free Zones’ in Read more
Applied Sociology
The everyday laboratories of public sociology
Here, Dr Athanasia Chalari discusses public sociology, and the MSc programme in public sociology that she leads at the University of Northampton. In all the years I have been teaching undergraduate and postgraduate sociology classes, my first Powerpoint slide always asks students the same question: Why bother? This is a Read more
Applied Sociology
Sociologists: The Tech Industry Needs You!
US sociologist Iga Kozlowksa works in responsible artificial intelligence (AI) at Microsoft. Here she offers some great insight on how sociologists can positively influence the tech industry.
Applied Sociology
All superheroes need superpowers: putting the sociology back into social work education
C. Wright Mills’ idea of a sociological imagination that frames personal troubles in the context of social structure could have been written with social workers in mind, suggests Mike Thomas.
Applied Sociology
Applied sociology in Italy and the impact of coronavirus
Everardo Minardi and Gianluca Piscitelli describe the development of an Italian applied sociology lab, and impacts of the pandemic on applied sociologists.
Sociological Practice
We need inclusive sociological research
Applied Sociology Group member Miriam Green talks about her new book Management Scholarship and Organisational Change: Representing Burns and Stalker (Routledge, 2019).