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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

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

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

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

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

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...


Read more at: Black British Voices Project Report 2023 launched in Parliament

Black British Voices Project Report 2023 launched in Parliament

We are proud to announce the launch of the Black British Voices Project Report 2023 today, Thursday 28th September 2023, at the Houses of Parliament. The project is a collaboration between Cambridge Sociology, the Voice newspaper and I-Cubed Consultancy . It is the largest ever research initiative conducted with Black...


Read more at: Professor Sarah Franklin awarded prestigious Royal Society Medal

Professor Sarah Franklin awarded prestigious Royal Society Medal

The Department of Sociology is delighted that Professor Sarah Franklin has been awarded the Royal Society ’s Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal and Lecture 2023 for research related to the social function of science. The first sociologist to have won this award, she has been recognised for her research into, and advocacy for...


Read more at: 4 day working week video reignites debate about flexible working and achieves over 130,000 views

4 day working week video reignites debate about flexible working and achieves over 130,000 views

This film, created by the University of Cambridge's Film and Digital Media team, about Professor Brendan Burchell and Dr David Frayn's research, has helped to spread the word about their important work even further.


Read more at: Professor Judith Butler in Cambridge
Prof Judith Butler

Professor Judith Butler in Cambridge

LgbtQ+@Cam , the Department of Sociology, and the Centre for Gender Studies were honoured to host Professor Judith Butler ’s public lecture‘ Who is Afraid of Gender? ’ at West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge on Wednesday 26th April. It was a remarkable and memorable evening. Introduced by Professor Sarah Franklin, Professor...


Read more at: Prof Manali Desai reacts to the FCDO’s new gender equality strategy
Young girls in a classroom Image: David Mark, Pixabay.

Prof Manali Desai reacts to the FCDO’s new gender equality strategy

Prof Manali Desai, Head of the Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge was quoted in The Guardian on Wednesday 8th March, reacting to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s new strategy to advance gender equality around the world, launched on the same day that MPs announced plans to investigate the...