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The criminology team at the University of Kent are delighted to have been awarded the National Award for Excellence in Teaching Criminology 2011, by the … Read more

In recent years, PhD students who have made excellent progress in their research and are working on an article from their thesis have the opportunity … Read more

SSPSSR is part of the South East Doctoral Training Consortium, one of only 21 centres to to have been awarded ESRC Accreditation and funding for … Read more

Peter Aspinall has just published a new article, ‘The utility and validity for public health of ethnicity categorisation in the 1991, 2001 and 2011 British censuses’, … Read more

Chris Shilling has just had the second edition of his groundbreaking book The Body and Social Theory translated into Korean with Naman Press. He is … Read more

A new book by Larry Ray, Professor of Sociology, examines the meaning and representations of violent behaviour in contemporary culture and throughout history. Titled Violence and … Read more

Peter Aspinall and Lavinia Mitton’s book, The Migration History, Demography, & Socio-Economic Position of the Somali Community in Britain, has just been published.  As has Peter’s article, … Read more

Peter Aspinall has co-authored “Ethical Issues in Targeted HIV Prevention Work among ‘Black African’ Migrants in London” in the International Journal of Migration, Health and Social … Read more

Peter Taylor-Gooby’s last three books have just been translated into Chinese. Reframing Social Citizenship, Risk in Social Science, and New Risks, New Welfare: The Transformation … Read more

Peter Taylor-Gooby contributed the section on ‘The Cuts in a Comparative Context‘ to the Social Policy Association’s response to the Coalition Government’s public spending plans, … Read more