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Read more at: Prof Manali Desai reacts to the FCDO’s new gender equality strategy
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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...


Read more at: New results from the world's largest trial of a four-day working week
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New results from the world's largest trial of a four-day working week

A team of Cambridge social scientists led by Prof Brendan Burchell, Department of Sociology, have been conducting research on the world’s largest trial of a four-day working week. Last year, 61 organisations in the UK committed to a 20% reduction in working hours for all staff for six months. With no fall in wages. The...


Read more at: Public Sociology and Racial Justice: Dept of Sociology Alumni Festival Event Recording
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Public Sociology and Racial Justice: Dept of Sociology Alumni Festival Event Recording

This Alumni Festival 2022 panel event explored how sociology can both inform and learn from global discussions of racism and racial justice. Watch the event recording to hear Professor Manali Desai, Head of the Department of Sociology, Professor Mónica Moreno-Figueroa , Professor Ali Meghji and Dr Rachell Sánchez Rivera...


Read more at: Photography Competition 2022 Results

Photography Competition 2022 Results

The Department of Sociology is delighted to announce the results of this year’s Photography competition, the theme of which was 'Sociology of Resistance'! This year's theme was 'Sociology of Resistance'. Students were encouraged to be creative in their interpretation of the theme "Sociology of Resistance" and think about...


Read more at: Cambridge Sociology’s outstanding research recognised in the REF 2021

Cambridge Sociology’s outstanding research recognised in the REF 2021

The results from the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) have highlighted the outstanding quality and impact of Cambridge’s research in the field of Sociology. The Times Higher Education’s rankings of REF 2021 place Cambridge Sociology at #2 for research quality in UK higher education. 94% of Cambridge’s outputs...


Read more at: Dr Ella McPherson Wins 2022 Pilkington Teaching Prize

Dr Ella McPherson Wins 2022 Pilkington Teaching Prize

We're proud to announce that Dr Ella McPherson has been awarded the 2022 Pilkington Teaching Prize in recognition of her exceptional contribution to the Sociology Department and excellence in teaching. Dr Ella McPherson is an Associate Professor in the Sociology of New Media and Digital Technology and Director of...


Read more at: Lebanon on life support: How politics made a nation sick
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Lebanon on life support: How politics made a nation sick

New multi-national research shows how a long series of politically-driven crises have created a failed state and a public health disaster in Lebanon. A new Research for Health in Conflict (R4HC) study led by King ’s College London and partners at the University of Cambridge and the American University of Beirut, Lebanon...


Read more at: Sociology Postdoctoral Awards 2021

Sociology Postdoctoral Awards 2021

The Department of Sociology is excited to announce the winners of the first series of Postdoctoral Awards, presented together with the Postdoc Academy. The first Postdoctoral Awards recognise excellence in the fields of research endeavour, support and development, and inclusive research culture. The nominations for these...


Read more at: Photography Competition 2021 Results

Photography Competition 2021 Results

The Department of Sociology is delighted to announce the results of this year’s Photography competition, which bore the theme "Future Sociologies". This year's theme encouraged students to think about how the world might change for future generations, and how future generations might change the world. There was a...


Read more at: McPherson, Guenette Thornton and Mahmoudi receive the ISA’s 2021 Human Rights Best Paper Award

McPherson, Guenette Thornton and Mahmoudi receive the ISA’s 2021 Human Rights Best Paper Award

We are delighted to announce that Senior Lecturer Dr Ella McPherson , along with colleagues from The Whistle , Isabel Guenette Thornton (PhD student in Sociology) and Dr Matt Mahmoudi, received the International Studies Association’s 2021 Human Rights Best Paper Award . This was for their co-authored piece , ‘Open Source...