The Sociology and Social Theory Research Group brings together researchers from the fields of sociology, social psychology, politics, history, linguistics, and cultural studies. It serves as a hub for interdisciplinary exchange on questions of theory and methodology in the study of contemporary society.
The specialist research interests of group members include:
- Classical and contemporary social and cultural theory
- Climate change: social, economic, and political issues
- Consumption and the environment
- Culture, class, taste and aesthetics
- Eating, food, and drink
- Economic life, work, and employment
- Education, knowledge, and social reproduction
- Emotions, happiness and wellbeing
- Gender, sexuality, and identity
- Globalization, inequality and protest movements
- Homelessness and migrant homelessness
- Race, ethnicity, citizenship, and nationalism
- Religion and secularisation
- Sport, culture and economy
Recent projects
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Homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic: Homeless migrants in a global crisis
We鈥檙e collaborating with the University of Sussex and St Mungo鈥檚 to record the biographical narratives of homeless migrants in London, 兔子先生 and Brighton; their stories are framed and shaped by the national and global context of COVID-19.
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