Sociology Study Groups

Are you interested in becoming involved with convenorship of a BSA Study Group? We are recruiting volunteers now - find out more.

The BSA currently operates a network of more than 40 varied study groups, each focusing on a specific area of interest within sociology.

Click on any of the study groups listed below for more information. Any BSA member who would like to initiate or start a new study group should first consider the areas of interest already covered by existing study groups, as many topics could be incorporated by these groups.

Study Group	Convenor(s)
Ageing, Body & Society	Wendy Martin Julia Twigg
Animal/Human	Rhoda Wilkie
Auto/Biography	Gill Clarke Michael Erben (T)
Childhood	Chris Lancucki
Education	Richard Waller David Mellor
Families & Relationships	Jacqui Gabb Elizabeth Silva
Food/SCOFF (Scottish Colloquium on Food and Feeding)	Wendy Wills Debra Gimlin (SCOFF) *RECRUITING CONVENOR/S*
Happiness	Mark Cieslik Laura Hyman Tracey Warren
Human Reproduction	Sarah Earle
Leisure & Recreation	Emma Casey Alan Tomlinson
Lesbian	Julie Fish (T)
Media	Julian Matthews
Medical Sociology	Richard Compton Graham Martin
Museums & Society	Gaynor Bagnall (T)
Race & Ethnicity	Max Farrar Sanjay Sharma Nirmal Puwar Shamser Sinha
Realism & Social Research	Bob Carter Dave Elder-Vass
Religion	Gordon Lynch Janet Eccles (T)
Researching Students	Joyce Canaan Annika Coughlin
Risk & Society	Jacqueline Davies Paul Godin Lisa Reynolds Elaine Sharland Jo Warner
Scottish	Kirsteen Paton Teresa Piacentini
Sexual Divisions	Mehreen Mirza
Social and Public Policy	Angharad Beckett Justin Waring
Social Aspects of Death, Dying and Bereavement	Kate Woodthorpe
Social Network Analysis Group (SNAG)	Nick Crossley
Sociologists Outside Academia (SOA)	Julie Cappleman-Morgan Annika Coughlin Tiffany Jenkins
Sociology of Rights	Michelle Lamb Patricia Hynes Matthew Waites
Sport	Dominic Malcolm
Theory	Gurminder K Bhambra Steve Kemp (T)
Urban Theory and Research	Robin Smith
Violence Against Women	Gillian Macdonald
Visual Sociology	Paul Sweetman David Gauntlett
Weber	Sam Whimster
Youth	Paul Hodkinson Rachel Brooks Sian Lincoln

(T) denotes group Treasurer.

Want to set-up and run a new Study Group?  Then read Guidelines on Setting-up and How to Run a Study Group.

Questions can be directed to the BSA.

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