SOCIOLOGY

Sociology is the study of human behaviour and the societies humans have constructed. As a social science, sociologists will use empirical data to inform their theories about how humans and societies operate. Key areas of interest for a sociologist will be culture, healthcare, gender, education, environment, penal systems, and technology amongst others.

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Books

The Sociological Imagination
The Politics of Belonging
The Spirit Level
The Souls of Black Folks
We Should All Be Feminists
The Cosmopolitan Canopy
Is Gender Fluid? A Primer for the 21st Century
On Race, Identity, and Belonging
Fractured Identities: Changing Patterns of Inequality
Natives
Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
Amusing Ourselves To Death
Criminology
Cultish: The Language of Fanatacism
Living Dolls
Religion in Sociological Perspective
Sex Positive Criminology
Sociology of Religion
Sociology: The Basics
Family Diversity, Inequality, and Social Change
The McDonaldisation of Society
The Social Construction of Reality
Cult Trip
Sociology of Religion
Social Science: A Very Short Introduction
Diversity Delusion
Explaining Humans

Lectures and talks

New York University – Introduction to Sociology: Culture and Ethnocentrism

Yale University – Durkheim and Socials Fact

SOAS Anthropology and Sociology Taster Lecture

University of Cambridge – The Problem of White Normativity

University of Cambridge – Sociology Seminar Series: Frantz Fanon and The Diagnosis of Social Pathologies

University of Cambridge – A Feminist Theory of Violence

University of Oxford: The Hyper-Commodification of Higher Education in England

University of Oxford – Degrees of Separation: The Education Divide in British Politics

University of Oxford – Halsey Lecture 2025: What is a Student? Perspectives from across Europe

What Do We Owe Society? Gresham College Lecture

Ross Kemp – Extreme World: Glasgow.

An interesting look at the impact of poverty – some parts of the city have a life expectancy of 54

MIT Lecture – What is a poverty trap?

Podcasts

Uncommon SensePodcast · The Sociological Review · Our world afresh, through the eyes of sociologists.Brought to you by The Sociological Review, Uncommon Sense is a space for questioning taken-for-granted ideas about society – for imagining better ways of living together and confronting our shared crises. Hosted by Rosie Hancock in Sydney and Alexis Hieu Truong in Ottawa, featuring a different guest each month, Uncommon Sense insists that sociology is for everyone – and that you definitely don’t have to be a sociologist to think like one!Support our work. Make a one-off or regular donation to help fund future episodes of Uncommon Sense: donorbox.org/uncommon-sense

Websites

Home – The SociologistWelcome to The Sociologist, a space dedicated to unpacking the intricacies of our societal fabric. We aim to illuminate the subtle forces shaping our

MagazineQuarterly open-access magazine focusing on key sociological debates via research-informed articles, interviews, A-level sociology educational resources, book reviews and image-makers.

Competitions

www.britsoc.co.uk/opportunities/bsa-young-sociologist-of-the-year-competition/

www.sociology.cam.ac.uk/photo-competition

www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/sociology/news/student-photography-competition/

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