Sociology Study Groups

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
Climate Change	Elizabeth Shove Tom Hargreaves (T)
Education	Richard Waller David Mellor
Families & Relationships	Jacqui Gabb Elizabeth Silva
Food/SCOFF (Scottish Colloquium on Food and Feeding)	Wendy Wills
Happiness	Mark Cieslik Laura Hyman Tracey Warren
Human Reproduction	Sarah Earle
Leisure & Recreation	Emma Casey Alan Tomlinson
Media	Julian Matthews
Medical Sociology	Richard Compton Graham Martin
Museums & Society	Gaynor Bagnall (T)
Race & Ethnicity	Max Farrar Nirmal Puwar Shamser Sinha
Realism & Social Research	Bob Carter Dave Elder-Vass
Religion	Gordon Lynch Janet Eccles (T)
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)	Felix Behling
Sociologists Outside Academia (SOA)	Julie Cappleman-Morgan Annika Coughlin Tiffany Jenkins
Sociology of Rights	Michele Lamb Patricia Hynes Matthew Waites Damien Short
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
Work, Employment & Economic Life	Vanessa Beck Tim Strangleman Tracey Warren
Youth	Paul Hodkinson Rachel Brooks Sian Lincoln

(T) denotes group Treasurer.

Want to set-up and run a new Study Group?  Then read Study Group Terms of Reference.

Questions can be directed to the BSA.

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