BSA TEACHING GROUP CONFERENCE Saturday 15th June 2013 Nottingham Trent University Sponsored by the Higher Education Academy The BSA’s Teaching Group is pleased to announce a regional conference hosted by the School of Social Sciences at Nottingham Trent University. This event is… Read More ›
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#britsoc13: BSA 2013 Review: Highlights, Lowlights, and Issues
From Weds 3 – Fri 6 last week the British Sociological Association Conference 2013 took place in the Grand Connaught Rooms in central London. It was my second BSA conference after last year in Leeds, and my first post-PhD, post-getting-a-Lectureship conference full-stop…. Read More ›
#Britsoc13 and Sociology’s problem of shortsightedness
Two years ago in April it was a beautifully warm and sunny Spring. I was wearing sunglasses and sandals as I lazed in the sun on the grass in the LSE campus at my first attendance to the British Sociological conference. Back… Read More ›
Visualising #BritSoc13 – some geeky post conference procrastination
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Will you be at #BritSoc13?
We’ll be there for some of it, with impulsively purchased SI branded pens to give out. Meanwhile, check out this video of last year’s BSA conference:
Was Aditya Chakrabortty right about Sociology? A work sociologist responds…
In a recent article Aditya Chakrabortty argued that economics has failed us but sociology has been unable to offer any alternatives. In this podcast I talk to Melanie Simms of Warwick Business School, who signed this group letter to the Guardian, about work sociology and its… Read More ›
Call for BSA Regional Postgraduate Day Event Proposals 2011/12
The British Sociological Association is requesting expressions of interest from postgraduate students interested in organising a regional postgraduate day event in 2011-12. In 2010-11, eight successful events were held throughout the UK. These one-day events express the diversity and dynamism… Read More ›
Sociology and the cuts: blog by the BSA
“Sociology and the Cuts” is a new blog by the British Sociological Association. Read it here: http://sociologyandthecuts.wordpress.com/posts/