Sociology

Jason Brown and John Middleton, contributors to the Global Agenda for Social Justice 2, add endangered languages to the list of threats posed by climate change.…Read more

Edward Hall, John Clayton and Catherine Donovan, editors of 'Landscapes of Hate', respond to the 26 percent rise in hate crimes in the UK, and look at how they are embedded in the fabric of our lives. …Read more

Dan McQuillan, the author of Resisting AI, suggests that ChatGPT may be seductive, but it’s a dangerous distraction from the socially useful production and commons-based solidarity that we really need, and we must resist it.…Read more

John Clarke discusses our multiple current crises and considers how the term permacrisis reminds us just how multifaceted and unstable society currently is.…Read more

Stephen McBride argues that we shouldn’t fall into the trap of believing that our current 'permacrisis' is not in our control to solve. Instead, he calls for radical change through a new international order based on different principles.…Read more

Yunis Alam, the author of Race, Taste, Class and Cars, asks what function expensive cars serve for influencers like Andrew Tate and the relationship between wealth and exploitation. …Read more

Louise Ryan, the author of Social Networks and Migration, reveals the effect of social networks on migrants in London as they navigate their way in a new society.…Read more

Nando Sigona, one of the authors of Unravelling Europe's 'Migration Crisis', considers the multiple flaws in Rishi Sunak’s ‘five-point plan’ on immigration and its fatal consequences.…Read more

Mick Cooper, author of ‘Psychology at the Heart of Social Change’, speaks to Richard Kemp about the strategies could we implement for a psychology-informed progressive society.…Read more

Listen to authors and editors talking about the key social challenges of the moment in the top ten Transforming Society podcast episodes from 2022.…Read more