Sociology
Our Rapid Response format gives us another tool to #SpeakUp on important issues, explains Editorial Director Victoria Pittman. Quick turnaround means we can connect with those looking for immediately up-to-date info to address the most pressing global social challenges. …Read more
In this episode of the Transforming Society podcast, Rebecca Megson-Smith speaks to Arve Hansen, Ulrikke Wethal, Sophia Efstathiou and Johannes Volden about the pressing need for us to reconsider our relationship with meat, particularly in light of its significant impact on climate change.…Read more
Olimpia Burchiellaro, author of 'The Gentrification of Queer Activism', questions what corporate commitments to LGBTQ+ inclusion really mean and asks if it's really progress.…Read more
The authors of a recent article in Emotions and Society share their research into white supremacist beliefs and ask how you deradicalise someone whose racist views are based on intuitive or emotional pathways.…Read more
On Transforming Society, Sarah Bird, Managing Editor of Global Social Challenges Journal, explains why we signed the Africa Charter for Transformative Research Collaborations – the first publisher to do so.…Read more
Colleen Campbell, coordinator of the Open Access 2020 initiative, discusses where we go next in the quest for global equity in scholarly publishing. …Read more
The era of climate boiling – the Pyrocene – is upon us. Extreme heat and wildfire events are both widespread and regular. Celia Roberts, Mary Lou Rasmussen, Louisa Allen and Rebecca Williamson propose the term Pyro-reproduction to explore the ways in which people forge ways of life in such conditions. …Read more
Bozena Wielgoszewska reports her findings on why the pandemic affected women’s employment rates more adversely than men’s. …Read more
David C. Lane and Kristen M. Budd, co-editors of 'Beyond Bars', consider what has led to the dire state of mass incarceration in the US. …Read more
Gerry Mitchell and Marcos González Hernando, authors of ‘Uncomfortably Off', explain why it's time for higher earners to reset their attitudes towards social inequality.…Read more