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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Securing against future events (safe): pre-emption, protocols, and publics

Professor Louise Amoore | Human Geography | 01 January 2013

In the decade following the events of september 11 2001, security against potential terrorist attack has significantly changed in its form and emphasis. In many of the post-event analyses, the security problem is understood to be how to take action o ...

Visual criminology: crime, criminal justice, and the image

Professor Ronnie Lippens | 01 January 2013

Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in the visual dimensions of crime and justice. As images of crime, harm and punishment proliferate across new and old media there is a growing recognition that criminology needs to rethink its relations ...

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