Dr Arvind Madan, Director of Primary Care and Deputy National Medical Director for NHS England, will give this year’s Centre for Health Services Studies Open … Read more
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How do multiracial parents identify their own children?
Multiracial Parents: Mixed Families, Generational Change and the Future of Race Miri Song, Professor of Sociology, was interviewed about her research and book, ‘Multiracial Parents: … Read more
Emotional Politics: The Role of Affect in Social Movements and Organizing
Registration for the Emotional Politics: The Role of Affect in Social Movements and Organizing symposium on 31 May 2018 is now open. This one-day interdisciplinary … Read more
This is why you need to try ‘myCourtroom’
With reported anxiety, high stress levels and low confidence regarding courtroom skills, as well as anecdotal accounts of an increase in the variety of child … Read more
Fashion and Physique Symposium in New York
Professor Julia Twigg was a keynote speaker at the recent Symposium on Fashion and Physique at the New York Museum at FIT. Held in the old … Read more
Urban Ethnography in Paris
Our SSPSSR UG Summer School in Urban Ethnography provides undergraduates with experience of urban ethnography and exposes them to the principles and methods of ethnography … Read more
Rutherford Grass Roots Lecture: Professor Jane Reeves
From Kung Fu Panda, Second Life and Lara Croft to Rosie 1, 2 and 3; the development of serious games in child protection by the … Read more
Nearly 2 in 5 children will be in poverty by 2021
Commenting on a report from a leading thinktank that poorer Britons face three years of income stagnation, Peter Taylor-Gooby, Professor of Social Policy, says the impact … Read more
Prize winners for outstanding research
Professor Sarah Vickerstaff, Professor Stephen Peckham and Professor Peter Taylor-Gooby from the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research have been selected by a … Read more
Review of disability benefit claims highlights problems
Peter Taylor-Gooby, Professor of Social Policy, says the Government’s decision to order a review of all 1.6 million disability benefit claims is evidence of serious problems … Read more