Recorded at the British Sociological Association annual conference 2011, sponsored by SAGE. In this interview with Professor John Urry, Professor Chris Rojek discusses the state of Sociology in Britain today and the main developments in Sociology during the 60 years of the BSA.
In his new book, Queering the Asian Diaspora: East and Southeast Asian Sexuality, Identity and Cultural Politics, the University of Nottingham’s Hongwei […]
The arrival of Donald Trump’s second term as U.S. president brought with it a dramatic, chaotic and generally ideological assault on the […]
Michael Burawoy, whose embrace of public sociology and the public at work lead him to describe his influential academic niche as “industrial […]
In recent years there has been an increased focus on how research papers and supplemental data can be preserved openly. Andy Tattersall, Liz Such, Joe Langley and Fiona Marshall argue equal attention should also be paid to curating communication outputs aimed at engaging non-academic audiences. Michael Burawoy, whose embrace of public sociology and the public at work lead him to describe his influential academic niche as “industrial […] To address research credibility issues, we must reform the role of metrics, rankings, and incentives in universities. In recent years there has been an increased focus on how research papers and supplemental data can be preserved openly. Andy Tattersall, Liz Such, Joe Langley and Fiona Marshall argue equal attention should also be paid to curating communication outputs aimed at engaging non-academic audiences. A new people has emerged in the digital age, that of ‘internet famous’ celebrities. And that new people has a class of […] Xenotransplantation is a fascinating subject – for obvious reasons, as it involves transplanting organs or other body parts across species boundaries (in […]
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Long-Term Impact Requires Archiving Research Communication
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Michael Burawoy, 1947-2025: Patron Saint of Public Sociology
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How Research Credibility Suffers in a Quantified Society
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Crystal Abidin on Influencers
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