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A new initiative has been launched to foster the future of sociological research and education at the University of Cambridge. From Professor Anthony Giddens, whose influential work in social theory shaped contemporary sociology, to the late MP Jo Cox, our alumni have had an impact far beyond the university walls. Annually...

Professor Darin Weinberg ’s latest book, On Addiction: Insights from History, Ethnography and Critical Theory was published on 27th September 2024 by Duke University Press. In it he offers a new theorization of addiction in which he contends that addiction requires a supple theoretical framework that provides for movements...

We’re delighted that The Digit Working Time Reduction Team , led by Professor Brendan Burchell is among the finalists nominated for the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)’s Celebrating Impact Prize 2024 . The prize recognises outstanding economic or societal impact achieved by ESRC-funded researchers. The Team’s...

Congratulations to Charlotte Blixen-Finecke who has won the Cambridge Undergraduate Quantitative Methods SOC5 prize for the highest mark in the 2024 SOC5 (statistics and methods) exam paper. Charlotte, pictured above, said, ‘Having recently finished my degree in Politics and Sociology (HSPS), I still look back at SOC5 as...