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A sociology of values and value

Professor Beverley Skeggs | Sociology | 22 April 2013

There has been a great deal of interest in how capital has intervened in almost every area of life, leading some to propose new forms of capital eg ‘emotional capitalism’, and others to suggest that processes of valuation are now the majo ...

Understanding the dynamics of ethnic identity and inequality in the uk

Professor James Nazroo | 08 April 2013

Centre on dynamics of ethnicity (code) will transform understanding of the patterning of ethnic inequalities, investigate how inequalities relate to the ways in which ethnic identities are perceived, acted upon and experienced, and provide the knowle ...

The millennium cohort study sweep 6 (age 14) survey

Professor Lucinda Platt | Education | 01 April 2013

The millennium cohort study (mcs) is a unique, multidisciplinary research resource. Following the lives of over 19,000 children born across the uk around the turn of the millennium, it has collected information about and from them at ages nine months ...

Esrc centre for corpus approaches to social science (cass)

Professor Tony Mcenery | 31 March 2013

Corpus linguistics uses computers to permit the analysis of millions, or even billions, of words of data to look for patterns of usage that are not necessarily observable otherwise. It was pioneered largely in the uk. It has revolutionised linguistic ...

Enterprise research centre (erc)

Professor Stephen Roper | Entrepreneurship | 01 February 2013

The enterprise research centre (erc) is an independent research centre which aims to provide trusted, robust and independent commentary on sme research and policy. Erc has six core research programmes focussing on entrepreneurial intentions, sme lead ...

Critical diversities@ the intersection: policies, practices, perspectives

Professor Yvette Taylor | Sociology | 18 January 2013

The overall aim of the critical diversities@ the intersection: policies, practices, perspectives seminar series is to stimulate discussion and critical thinking around the construction, debates and enduring divisions in ‘diversity’ as a c ...

The public life of private law.

Miss Mairead Enright | Socio Legal Studies | 17 January 2013

Our series explores the role of private law in shaping political struggle. We are interested in mapping the ways in which engagement with private law might by turns enhance and restrict political engagement between opposing groups and between the cit ...

Geo fellowship: shamit saggar

Professor Shamit Saggar | Social Policy | 09 January 2013

The kef project is concerned with new ways to achieve equality policy objectives - drawing upon unrelated areas such as dietary health, workplace health and safety, and financial services education and protection. It is based on current inter-discipl ...

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