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Applied Sociology

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…

By bsa-soa, 1 month1 month ago
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.

By bsa-soa, 2 months1 month ago
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.

By bsa-soa, 5 months5 months ago
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.

By bsa-soa, 5 months5 months ago
Applied Sociology

Is the Sociological Clinic Open for Business?

Sociology has much to say about the grand problems facing contemporary society, from climate change to migration to wealth and health inequalities, as readers of Discover Society know. But sociologists are also addressing the smaller problems of everyday life, ranging from improving urban spaces to enhancing work and productivity.

By bsa-soa, 6 months5 months ago
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