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The Applied Sociology Blog

About the Blog

Welcome to the blog

Welcome to the Applied Sociology weblog. Here you can find blogposts about the practice of applied sociology. Most posts have been written by members of the Applied Sociology Group. We welcome proposals for posts to this blog. To submit a Read more

By bsa-soa, 5 years9th September 2020 ago
Applied Sociology

How do we celebrate and promote sociology as a tool for real-world challenges? (Part 1)

In this two-part blogpost, a team of applied sociologists review the possibilities for applied sociology in the UK.

By bsa-soa, 3 days27th January 2026 ago
Applied Sociology

How do we celebrate and promote sociology as a tool for real-world challenges? (Part 2)

In the second part of this post, a team of applied sociologists suggest ways forward for applied sociology in the UK.

By bsa-soa, 3 days27th January 2026 ago
Families and Children

What is the impact of the Benefit Cap and Two Child Limit on the health and wellbeing of children and young people in the UK?

Researchers from the School for Public Health Research discuss key evidence to support the government’s recent announcement to scrap the Two Child Limit.

By bsa-soa, 2 months1st December 2025 ago
Families and Children

What does polyamory do?

In this post, Nick J Fox reviews some of the questions that polyamory raises and explores the ‘poly’ assemblage. It seems pointless to attempt to answer the question of whether humans are ‘meant’ to be monogamous or non-monogamous.  How could Read more

By bsa-soa, 9 months19th May 2025 ago
Inequalities

Who cares about inequality and what should we do if we want less of it?

In the run-up to the 2024 United States of America Presidential election, Francesco Duina and Cary Wu examine the differing attitudes to inequality of Democrat and Republican voters.

By bsa-soa, 1 year11th October 2024 ago
Applied Sociology

Anti-violence advocacy and sociology

Ethan Czuy Levine talks about his work as a research and data analyst at the Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST).  

By bsa-soa, 3 years20th January 2023 ago
Contemporary society

‘A cup of coffee and a needle’ (part 1)

Johanna Kinnock reports on an important initiative: how a harm reduction café in Copenhagen quietly provides an alternative to the war on drugs.

By bsa-soa, 3 years24th September 2022 ago
Contemporary society

‘A cup of coffee and a needle’ (part 2)

Johanna Kinnock continues her exploration of how a harm reduction café in Copenhagen quietly provides an alternative to the war on drugs.

By bsa-soa, 3 years24th September 2022 ago
Inequalities

Underlying assumptions. What Covid19 has taught us about ‘generational homogeneity’

For sociologists, age is one of those familiar variables we must consider, says Mary Evans.  But it sometimes gets less attention than class, race, gender and sexuality.

By bsa-soa, 4 years15th February 2022 ago
Contemporary society

Gods in the Cloud: how Indian mysticism influenced tech

It’s very human to create myths and stories for experiences and phenomena we don’t understand, suggests Dr Tina Basi, as she reflects on her recent research on artificial intelligence.

By bsa-soa, 4 years4th December 2021 ago

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