City Sociology

Launch of Diana Yeh’s new co-edited book Contesting British Chinese Culture

Image: Contesting British Chinese Culture publication, Erika Tan, 2018 Come and join us in celebrating the launch of “Contesting British Chinese Culture”. The event will include screenings of works, readings, presentations and a panel discussion with one of the editors Diana Yeh and contributors, Felicia Chan, Rosa Fong, Katie Hill, susan pui san lok, Veronica…

Professor Chris Rojek to Deliver Keynote at the Social Pathologies of Contemporary Civilization Annual Conference 2018

On the 2nd of November, Professor Chris Rojek will deliver a keynote at the Social Pathologies of Contemporary Civilization Annual Conference 2018. His talk is entitled: “Living Without a Moral Centre: Kolakowski’s Account of the Moral Lacuna in Western Liberal Democracy”. More information about this keynote, as well as Chris, can be found below. Abstract:…

New Mobile Media & Communication Article by Leighton Evans and Michael Saker

Pokémon Go is a hugely popular hybrid reality game (HRG) that enables players to occupy a space that is simultaneously physical and digital. The general aim of Pokémon Go is to discover and then capture Pokémon. This article reports on an original research project designed to explore the impact of Pokémon Go on spatiality and…

Europeans receptive to new welfare policy ideas

A new European Social Survey (ESS) report has found significant public support in Europe for the introduction of universal basic income and a European Union-led social benefits scheme.

New article by Michael Saker and Jordan Frith in Architecture Media Politics Society

Foursquare was a mobile social networking application that enabled people to share location with friends in the form of “check-ins.” The visualization of surrounding known social connections as well as unknown others has the potential to impact how people coordinate social encounters and forge new social ties. While many studies have explored mobile phones and…

New article by Michael Saker and Jordan Frith in New Media & Society

Research in the field of mobile communication studies (MCS) has generally moved away from focusing on how mobile phones distract users from their physical environment to considering how the experience of space and place can be enhanced by locative smartphone applications. This article argues that trajectory may be complicated by the emergence of a new…

Welfare and climate change events in September

Analysis of the most recent round of European Social Survey (ESS) data will be showcased at two events being held in Brussels next month.

Chris Rojek’s article on ‘Counterfeit Commerce’ nominated for the Cultural Sociology 2018 SAGE Prize for Innovation and/or Excellence

Professor Chris Rojek has been nominated for the Cultural Sociology 2018 SAGE Prize for Innovation and/or Excellence. His article: Counterfeit Commerce: Relations of Production, Distribution and Exchange, was recently shortlisted by the Editors from all of the papers published by Cultural Sociology in 2017. This prize is awarded to the paper judged to be the most innovative and/or…