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• Correspondence
• Notices
• Calls for:
  • Applications for Funding
  • Collaboration
  • Contributions (including Calls for Papers for publications)
  • Expressions of Interest
  • Feedback
  • Nominations
  • Proposals

Correspondence

All kinds of Sociologists: Liverpool Sociological Society

I read with interest the soapbox article ´Non-Academic Sociologists´ by Dr Keith Kahn-Harris in Network (pg 40, no 87, Spring 2004). As a graduate, not being able to afford to pursue postgraduate studies and not having secured employment as a ´Sociologist´, I felt quite lost. In truth I felt a bit bemused throughout my degree, but after graduating I felt I was now outside the University and thus had no way of maintaining contact with my subject. I was therefore very delighted when I learned of the BSA and quickly joined.  Read more...

Anyone interested in being involved in the Liverpool Sociological Society should contact:

Sara Louise Elliott Edwards (Liverpool John Moores University) .

Notices

New 2007-2008 E-Urbs Masters edition (follow the 2007-2008 link)
E-Urbs is a European Master in Comparative Urban Studies offering a 60 ECTS curriculum 
jointly designed and delivered by 9 prestigious European research and Teaching institutions.
It provides a stimulating and truly international training environment: the  first edition of the 
Master has been followed by 24 students from 14 countries, 5 continents and 7 disciplinary 
backgrounds. Quite a challenge!  Back to top.

The Science of Morality - Can science illuminate morality?
The discussions in The Science of Morality move from the brain and its extraordinary
product of consciousness to psychological and sociological insights, and they examine
from the breadth of these perspectives the possibilities for increased understanding of
the social and moral capacities of human beings. Read more...  Back to top.
 
Pavilion Publishing

Quality in Ageing aims to promote quality of life in later years focusing on both the dependence
and independence of older people. The journal features papers and research which consider
the potential for freedom, discovery and opportunity in later life and addresses the roles for
older people within their wider communities. For Quality in Ageing journal please click here.  
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QUALITI - Qualitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences Innovative,
Integration & Impact

Cardiff University based research node of the NCRM (National Council for Research Methods)
For more information please click here.  Back to top.

DARE Database

Launched in the 1970´s, the social and human sciences DARE database will be ceasing all activity for an indeterminate period. The email address dare@unesco.org will therefore be de-activated.  A new, compact version is under study.  The current version will remain online to the end of 2007.  Back to top.

Welfare Reform and Management of Societal Change 

The website of the Welfare Reform and Management of Societal Change project can now be found by clicking the link above.  New material includes:

• Up-to-date ´policy maps´ of recent reforms in relation to: women and paid work, social assistance, pensions, long-term care and employment across seven major European countries
• Annual reports from the EU
• A full list of project publications and presentations
• Papers from the project´s various conferences and workshops

We hope this material is of use to those studying social policy in the EU.

Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP) 

C-SAP's aim is to support teachingand learning within subject areas, and to improvethe student learning experience. More details and background about C-SAP and the work they do can be found here.  Back to top.

Calls for:

Applications for Funding

Collaboration

Contributions

Contributors are encouraged to reflect directly on the changing nature of race in the modern world, and on the major theories and theorists that influence both how race is understood and explained and how it impacts upon political, social and economic life. Questions which may guide contributions include: In what ways does race remain an organizing principle of social and political control and identity management? How have the interrelationships between race…more>>

Comparative Sociology - Call for Papers

Comparative Sociology is a quarterly international scholarly journal published by Brill of Leiden, Netherlands dedicated to advancing comparative sociological analyses of societies and cultures, institutions and organizations, groups and collectivities, networks and interactions.  Two issues every year are devoted to “special topics,” and three topics currently open for submissions are: Democracy and Professions; Rule of Law and Rechtstaat; and Typologies of Democracy and non-Democracy.  Consult the Brill website for descriptions of each topic.  The Editor-in-Chief is David Sciulli, Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University, and Columbia University Ph.D. General submissions as well as those dedicated to these topics are welcome electronically, and (initial) decisions on acceptance or rejection are typically made within less than three months.