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Read more at: Professor Brendan Burchell contributes to ground-breaking research on restless leg syndrome

Professor Brendan Burchell contributes to ground-breaking research on restless leg syndrome

6 June 2024

An international team of researchers, including Brendan Burchell, Professor in Sociology , have discovered genetic clues to the cause of restless leg syndrome, a condition common among older adults. The discovery could help identify those individuals at greatest risk of the condition and point to potential ways to treat it...


Read more at: New Publication: The Kazakh Spring by Diana T Kudaibergen

New Publication: The Kazakh Spring by Diana T Kudaibergen

4 June 2024

Congratulations to Diana Kudaibergen whose third book, The Kazakh Spring: Digital Activism and the Challenge to Dictatorship has just been published by Cambridge University Press. The book tells the story of regime-society relations and explains this dynamic in the context of the Kazakh Spring protests from 2019. Focussing...


Read more at: Dr Jess Miller gives evidence at House of Commons

Dr Jess Miller gives evidence at House of Commons

29 May 2024

Dr Jess Miller, PI of the Policing Trauma project, spoke at an evidence session of the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee on police wellbeing on Wednesday 22nd May. Dr Miller was asked about her research on mental health and wellbeing among police officers in specific relation to trauma and working conditions. You can...


Read more at: Sociology students win Vice-Chancellor’s Social Impact Awards

Sociology students win Vice-Chancellor’s Social Impact Awards

21 May 2024

We are delighted that Faustine Petron , a final-year Human, Social and Political Sciences student specialising in sociology and Mayumi Sato (pictured above), a PhD student here at the Dept of Sociology, both received awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement in contributing to society. The University of...


Read more at: AI and scholarship: a manifesto

AI and scholarship: a manifesto

19 March 2024

Dr Ella McPherson and Prof Matei Candea have written a manifesto for AI and scholarship which cuts through the hype around generative AI to provide a framework that supports scholars and students in figuring out if, rather than how, generative AI contributes to their scholarship. This approach reminds us that what is at...


Read more at: Dr Matthew Sparkes provides evidence at parliamentary briefing
Dr Matthew Sparkes pictured with others giving evidence and Martin Docherty-Hughes MP

Dr Matthew Sparkes provides evidence at parliamentary briefing

29 February 2024

On Tuesday 27 February 2024, Dr Matthew Sparkes , Assistant Professor in Sociology, gave evidence at a parliamentary briefing on the new Mortgage Prisoner campaign. Mortgage prisoners are existing borrowers unable to switch their mortgages to a new deal, even if up-to-date with their payments. This is an important issue in...


Read more at: Ilaria Michelis wins Journal of Gender Studies Janet Blackman Prize

Ilaria Michelis wins Journal of Gender Studies Janet Blackman Prize

1 February 2024

We are delighted to announce that Ilaria Michelis , doctoral candidate in Sociology, has won the Journal of Gender Studies Janet Blackman Prize for her paper, Contesting gender: young women and feminist generations in gender-based violence services . The Prize celebrates scholarship on international feminist movements and...


Read more at: Dr Jusmeet S. Sihra joins the Dept of Sociology as a British Academy International Fellow

Dr Jusmeet S. Sihra joins the Dept of Sociology as a British Academy International Fellow

23 January 2024

We are delighted to welcome Dr Jusmeet S. Sihra to the Department of Sociology as a British Academy International Fellow. An urban and political sociologist with a deep interest in understanding caste-based inequalities rooted in space, whilst he is in Cambridge Dr Sihra will research the ways in which colonial and...


Read more at: Polity Prize winners 2023

Polity Prize winners 2023

30 November 2023

We’re delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Polity Prizes for academic excellence in Sociology, who all receive £100 worth of books from Polity Press. The Part 1 2023 Polity Prize winner is Brad Barrass from Magdalene College who was awarded the highest mark in the SOC1 exam. Callum MacKenzie Finnigan from...


Read more at: Sandi Toksvig OBE awarded inaugural Q+ Fellowship
Sandi Toksvig holding a world map marble in Darwin’s room at Christs college Cambridge. photo credit Graham Copekoga

Sandi Toksvig OBE awarded inaugural Q+ Fellowship

6 October 2023

The LGBTQ+ research programme , based here at the Department of Sociology has awarded the inaugural Qantabrigian Fellowship to Sandi Toksvig, the prize-winning author, broadcaster, entertainer and founder of the Women’s Equality Party. The Q+ Fellowship enables distinguished Cambridge LGBTQ+ alumni to spend time at the...