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Warwick Sociology is delighted to announced that Dr Hannah Jones has won the British Sociological Association Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 2014 for her book Negotiating Cohesion, Inequality and Change: Uncomfortable Positions in Local Government
The prize was awarded after a panel of BSA judges agreed this was ‘the best sole-authored book in sociology published in the UK between 1st December 2012 and 31st December 2013’. 27 books were nominated for the prize and five were shortlisted.
PhD Workshop: What’s the Point of Social Ontology?
18th June 2014, 10am – 5:30pm
with a brief description of your research and your interest in social ontology (500 words or less) by May 15th. The event is free but places are limited. Travel bursaries are available, please ask for more details.Upcoming public seminar: Masculinities and gender in organisations
The next in the Graduate Seminar Series from the Centre for Women and Gender, will be held on the 30th April from 5pm-7pm, in Ramphal R0.12. All welcome.
Helen Longlands, Institute of Education, University of London.
Men, Masculinities and Fatherhood in Global Finance
Lauren Ward, University of Northampton.
'Just Play the Game':Exploring how Masculinities shape Emotionality in male dominated organisations
Lara Pecis, University of Warwick.
Excluding the Other: Reproducing gender dynamics throughout innovation process
Alexander Smith talks Scottish Independence
Senior Leverhulme Research Fellow, Alexander Smith, discusses English engagement in the referendum.
Eric Jensen has received a grant from the AHRC
Eric is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology. He says of the project: '[It] aims to develop a preliminary model of the relationship between discourse on social media and authentic views held by social media users, based on researching discussions about arts and culture experiences occurring on social media. We will conduct an online ethnography focusing on a small stratified random sample of Twitter users discussing partner arts and culture organisations on Twitter to uncover the relationship between online and offline discourse. The research will be used to develop a new prototype open source sentiment analysis tool for arts and culture discourse, providing a practical test of the initial findings about automated social media analysis. A realistic understanding of the limits of what social media discourse can reveal is essential at this time when such data is widely seen as an unproblematic source of audience insights. The practical implications of the research will be discussed with the two practice partners: Visual Arts Southwest and the University of Cambridge Museums’
Sociology Emeritus Professor, Margaret Archer, has been appointed by the Pope
Emeritus Professor, Margaret Archer, has been appointed by Pope Francis as president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences – marking the highest-ranking appointment of a woman in his papacy. The Academy comprises a group of scholars dedicated to studying issues in the social sciences in order to offer reflection and advice to the leadership of the Church.
John Solomos featured in Network Magazine's 'Desert Island Discourse'
Download the feature here to find out John's top five books, and how his love of music helps him to create his perfect working space.
Network magazine is available to all Brit Soc readers, and is published three times a year. To find out more about becoming a member, visit the website.
Submit your student questionnaire for the chance to win an Easter egg, and be featured on the Sociology website!
We are looking for enthusiastic current students to appear on our website, in a series of new student profiles.
Each student selected, will recieve an Easter egg as a thank you from the Department.
"Democracy begins at home" - Alexander Smith travels to Kansas, to find out what moderation really means
Alexander Smith has been carrying out research in the USA on the challenges facing activists seeking to mobilise moderates in the face of religious extremism and militancy in grass-roots Republican Party politics. But what does moderation mean? To find out, Smith went to Kansas, a Republican Party stronghold that has become a primary battleground in America’s so-called ‘culture wars’ in the last two decades.