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)
Disasters	Anne Eyre
Education	Diane Reay Valerie Hey Stephen Ball
Environment	Simon Guy
Family	Esther Dermott Julie D Seymour
Food/SCOFF (Scottish Colloquium on Food and Feeding)	Wendy Wills Susan Gregory (SCOFF) Debra Gimlin (SCOFF)
Human Reproduction	Sarah Earle
Language & Interaction	Graham Day Sally Hester
Leisure & Recreation	Emma Casey Alan Tomlinson
Lesbian	Julie Fish (T)
Media	Richard Huggins
Medical Sociology	Gillian Bendelow Kim Clarke
Museums & Society	Gaynor Bagnall (T)
Race & Ethnicity	Max Farrar Sanjay Sharma Nirmal Puwar Shamser Sinha
Realism & Social Research	Bob Carter
Religion	Peter Gee Sylvia Collins-Mayo (T)
Researching Students	Joyce Canaan
Risk & Society	Jacqueline Davies Elaine Sharland Jo Warner
Scottish	James Oliver
Sexual Divisions	Mehreen Mirza
Social and Public Policy	Angharad Becket Justin Waring
Social Network Analysis Group (SNAG)	Nick Crossley
Sociologists Outside Academia Group (SOAg)	Julie Cappleman-Morgan Annika Coughlin
Sociology of Rights	Michelle Lamb
Sport	Dominic Malcolm Grant Jarvie
Theory	Gurminder K Bhambra Steve Kemp (T)
Urban Theory and Research	Peter Rogers (T)
Violence Against Women	Gillian Macdonald       Melanie McCarry
Visual Sociology	Paul Sweetman David Gauntlett
Weber	Sam Whimster
Youth	Paul Hodkinson Rachel Brooks Sian Lincoln

Medical, Regional & Sub-Groups
London	Richard Compton Miranda Leontowitsch (T)
North & East Midlands	Mark Hayter R Woodhill (T)
Social Aspects of Death, Dying and Bereavement	Jenny Hockey
Sociology of Mental Health	Lydia Lewis Alison Ball Tony Colombo Andy Hanson Kate Lefley Helen Spandler
South West	Anthony Gilbert Gayle Letherby
Wales	Lesley Griffiths Susan Philpin
West Midlands	Geraldine Brady Caroline Vautier

(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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