In the wake of Brexit, Robert Dingwall asks a series of probing questions about the eclipse of Conservative Social Thought at universities, such as when did the social sciences last have a serious engagement with...

The roots of sociology lie among a group of engaged, engaging and vibrant people who often risked their well-being, or even their lives, to advance their ideas. So what happened to suck much of the...

What duty do social scientists have to report illegal activity that they witness as part of their fieldwork? If you answered quickly, you may not have thought about the issue all that deeply.

The pool of PhDs and postdocs has expanded far more rapidly than the long-term career opportunities in higher education, a situation Charles Ponzi would have recognized- and which Felicity Callard captured with a late-November...

At the 100th anniversary of the end of World War, Robert Dingwall asks how has English sociology asked questions about the experiences and the legacy of the war -- or if it even has broached...

Herbert Spencer's examination of 'militant' societies, argues our Robert Dingwall, proves to be a cautionary tale for the present Chinese government and its attempts to micro-manage society through the ‘social credit’ scheme.

The recent brouhaha involving the BBC and the singer points out something the journalists and qualitative researchers share: the need to develop a common approach to the ethics of interviewing.

When Robert Dingwall was younger, sociology departments routinely taught a course on ‘industry,’, ‘work’ or ‘economic life.’ "Most of this turf has now been abandoned to business schools in the form of organization studies, where...

Although it won't see the memorials and centenary events that the World War I Armistice will, it's worth thinking back to the ravages of the 'Spanish flu' of a century ago and the implications that...

Increasingly, says Robert Dingwall, UK universities are taking a more paternal role in the lives of their students, taking -- or perhaps resuming -- more active roles in addressing their charges' mental health, criminal conduct...

A recent critique of Alice Goffman's influential 2014 book, "On the Run," has, in effect, put ethnography conducted in the United states on trial. Here, our Robert Dingwall argues a case for the defense.

Developing an effective response to sexual harassment in the academic industry -- by no means a new phenomenon, notes Robert Dingwall -- requires us to consider questions about institutional memory, occupational cultures, and organizational silos,...