Writing for the British Academy blog, Peter Taylor-Gooby explores concepts of societal need.

Emeritus Professor Julia Twigg was an invited speaker at the British Academy Conference Narratives of Ageing and Gender. The high profile cross-disciplinary event drew together … Read more

Dr Vince Miller, Reader in Sociology and Cultural Studies at SSPSSR, has published a new article which investigates the ruins and abandoned spaces of the … Read more

Communicating Effectively with Vulnerable Children and Young People Due to the current COVID-19 crisis, we have arranged to run our free 4-week MOOC (Massive Online … Read more

Dr Hejung Chung, Reader in Sociology and Social Policy and Principal Investigator at the Work Autonomy, Flexibility and Work Life Balance (WAF) project has published … Read more

Here you will find highlights of the International Centre for Child Protection’s MA in advanced child protection Look what they are saying about our MA: … Read more

Dr Kate Bradley, Senior Lecturer in Social History and Social Policy, contributed to the BBC 1 programme ‘Who do you think you are?’ this week. … Read more

The UK’s new medical chief, Professor Chris Whitty, will deliver the annual Centre for Health Services Studies (CHSS) lecture at the University’s Canterbury campus. His … Read more

Dr Jo Warner, Reader in Social Work, has co-organised a two-day conference in her capacity as co-convenor of the British Sociological Association’s Risk and Society … Read more

Dr Anne Logan, Reader in Social Science, wrote the introduction and did much of the research for the latest update to the Oxford Dictionary of … Read more