sociology

The Beatles' song A Hard Day’s Night was released 50 years ago today. Its runaway success in the charts overlapped with a major sociological study of...

New report shows that zero-hours contracts are only one of a wide number of flexible employment practices that are abused by managers - leading to...

While his peers studied global banking systems, PhD candidate Johannes Lenhard became fascinated by the economics of life on the street. Speaking to...

New research suggests public health in developing countries may be better improved by reducing illiteracy rather than raising average income.

More and more of us live in cities where disparate communities jostle for space. Eminent sociologist Richard Sennett will give a public lecture on...

A new study of gender and employment has found that women’s status in the workforce is rising faster than men’s, but men on average still earn more...

New research shows early adoption of PCs led to a rise in work intensity in the UK

As mobile phone cameras improve, emerging forms of social media are basing themselves in ‘iPhoneography’. While social media is often held up as an...