"data into theory, theory into practice"

The Department of Sociology is committed to theoretically strong, empirically oriented research. Current research interests amongst our staff cover a wide range of sociological topics: including social movements and political economy; health, medicine and the biosociety; digital sociology; the sociology of war, conflict, inequality, race, gender, employment, stratification, fertility, housing, emotions, beauty and the environment. These different topics are brought together under the Department's three research themes, which provide an overarching direction for research activity while at the same time allowing individual researchers the scope to pursue their own interests. Our themes include: Theory and Culture, Politics and Inequality, and Science and Technology.