City Sociology

European Social Survey has high impact

An independent report commissioned by the ESS HQ has found that the European Social Survey (ESS ERIC) has high levels of academic, teaching and non-academic impact across Europe.

New Book by Simon Susen and Patrick Baert on “The Sociology of Intellectuals” (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)

Click for more information. – This volume offers an unprecedented account of recent and future developments in the sociology of intellectuals. It presents a critical exchange between two leading contemporary social theorists, Patrick Baert and Simon Susen, advancing debates at the cutting edge of scholarship on the changing role of intellectuals in the increasingly interconnected…

The Jeremy Tunstall Global Media Research Centre continued its seminar series this week with Eylem Yanardagoglu (KIadir Has University)

On Wednesday the 8th of November, Eylem Yanardagoglu, Associate Professor, New Media Department, KIadir Has University, gave the following talk. Title: “Transnationalisation of Turkish Television Series: Dynamics of Distribution Production and Consumption” Abstract: In the last decade one of the most rapidly developing areas of the Turkish media industry has been TV series production. Highly diversified in…

The Department of Sociology continued its Research Seminar Series with Susan Banducci (University of Exeter)

Title: TWICE AS HARD, HALF AS GOOD: RECONCILING GENDERED VOTING AND WOMEN’S ELECTORAL SUCCESS Professor Susan Banducci (University of Exeter) Chair: Vanessa Gash Date: Wednesday 8th November Studies conducted in experimental settings suggest that there is still reluctance to vote for women candidates. How can this apparent bias demonstrated in experimental studies be reconciled with the…

The Department of Sociology continued its Research Seminar Series with Kehinde Andrews (Birmingham City University)

Title: The Battle for Black Studies Chair: Jo Littler Date: 01.11.2017 In September 2017, the first Black Studies degree in Europe was launched at Birmingham City University. Far from this being a celebration of Black perspectives at universities, the aim is to use the opportunity to use the university space to help…

New European Social Survey data available

The first edition of data and documentation for European Social Survey (ESS) Round 8 (2016) was published earlier this week (Tuesday 31 October). It means that data from the eighth iteration of the survey is now available from 18 of the 24 countries who undertook fieldwork in 2016.

The future of welfare: Basic income?

The European Social Survey (ESS) is joining together with Ronnie Cowan MP to host an event that will look at public attitudes towards the introduction of a universal basic income in London next month.

The Department of Sociology continued its Research Seminar Series with Pat Caplan (Goldsmiths, University of London)

Title: LEARNING TO THINK ABOUT FOOD: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL VIEW Chair: Martin Caraher, Centre for Food Policy, Sociology Are there any common issues which we should be considering when we study ‘food’? My own career has involved research in Tanzania, India and the UK, has ranged from rural to urban settings and covered a period from…

The Jeremy Tunstall Global Media Research Centre began its seminar series this week

On Wednesday the 11th of October, Jane Singer, Director of Research and Professor of Journalism Innovation in the Department of Journalism, gave the following talk. Title: ‘Fact-Checkers as Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs: Readers, Remits and Resources for a New Form of Watchdog Journalism’ Abstract: This study considers fact-checkers as innovators, exploring funding models as well as perceptions about three…

Invitation to tender: Report on measuring the media

The European Social Survey (ESS) ERIC is seeking applications to produce a scoping report that will outline potential methods for measuring the media context during future survey fieldwork periods.