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Call for nominations - Editorial Board 2010-2012 (Posted 06/08/2009)
We are seeking ten new members of the Work, Employment and Society editorial board to serve for three years from January 2010 to end of December 2012. Nominations must be received by Monday, 12 October 2009. Download the Call for Nominations and the Application Form.
Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize - Shortlist announced for 2009 (Posted 15/07/2009)
Of 19 nominated books for the BSA Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2009, we are pleased to announce that the judging panel have released their shortlist. Find out who's on the shortlist>
Sociology Journal - Special Issue 2012: Call for Tenders (Posted 02/07/2009)
Tenders are invited for a team of guest editors to produce a special issue of Sociology (vol. 46). The issue will be published in October 2012 on a theme of the guest editors’ choice. Deadline for tenders: 22 February 2010. Download the Call for Tenders.
Work, Employment and Society Editorial Team: Invitation to Tender (Posted 02/07/2009)
The BSA invites expressions of interest for a new editorial team to edit the BSA’s journal Work, Employment and Society (WES) for January 2011 to December 2013. WES is currently in its 23rd year and is a highly successful academic journal with international reach. Editing the journal is an excellent contribution to academic assessment and to a well-rounded career in sociology. Editorial teams are able to shape the journal and make an invaluable contribution to the British Sociological Association and the wider discipline. Please submit your expressions of interest no later than 11 September 2009. Download the Call for Expressions of Interest.
Sociology Journal Editorial Board 2010-2012 - Call for Nominations (Posted 16/06/2009)
Nominations are invited for seven new members of the Sociology editorial board to serve for three years from January 2010 - see the Call for Nominations for further details. Download the application form. The completed form should be submitted no later than 1 September 2009.
Sociology - Special Issue Call for Papers (18/03/2009)
In the last 40 years, there have been enormous transformations in the theorisation of sexuality, which have had significance for social and cultural theory. Sexuality is now central to much groundbreaking work by sociologists and to contemporary public interest and policy making. Sociology 2010 Special Issue aims to theorise and develop new understandings of sexuality and intersectionality. Deadline for submissions: 31 July 2009. Queries to Mark Casey. Download the Call for Papers.
Work, Employment and Society Conference 2010: Invitation to Tender (24/02/2009)
Every three years Work, Employment and Society organises a conference. The previous conferences at the Universities of Aberdeen, Kent, Cambridge, Nottingham and UMIST have been very successful events, attracting large numbers of national and international contributions. The editorial board of the journal is now inviting expressions of interest from organising teams who would like to host the September 2010 Conference, entitled Work, Employment and Society Conference 2010.
Winners of the SAGE Prize for Innovation/Excellence 2008 (18/04/08)
The winners of the 2008 SAGE Prize were announced at the BSA Annual Conference at the University of Warwick on 28 March 2008. Congratulations to the winners:
For Sociological Research Online
Is Social Mobility an Echo of Educational Mobility? Parents’ Educations and Occupations and their Children’s Occupational Attainment
by Richard Lampard
Volume 12, Issue 5
For Work, Employment and Society
Employment insecurity and social theory: the power of nightmares
by Ralph Fevre
Volume 21, Issue 3
For Sociology
Does Quality of Life at Older Ages Vary with Socio-Economic Position?
by David Blane, Gopalakrishnan Netuveli and Mel Bartley
Volume 41, Issue 4
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