Scottish Sociology Study Group

The Scottish Sociology Group was relaunched in October 2009. This study group is a forum through which researchers investigating issues relating to Scotland, its people and communities, culture and society, economy and politics within the 21st century can come together. We hope to consolidate research on Scottish society and politics in a changing global world, exploring what the global climate means in this local context and what tools we can use to explore this.

Interested in Scottish Sociology?

Paul Gilfillan (Queen Margaret) became the convenor of the BSA Scottish Sociology Study Group in 2017. As convenor, Paul is conscious of practicing sociology some 20 years after the restoration of the Scottish Parliament and wishes to explore and reflect upon this new context, and so is meeting with sociologists living and working in Scotland who are also keen to discuss what this new national and political context means for the practice of sociology.

As well as established sociology colleagues I am contacting postgraduate sociology students with a view to recruiting more members and asking how to take forward the sociological imagining of Scotland.

If you would like to join these conversations or have any suggestions please contact Paul Gilfillan.

You can also follow the Group on X.