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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 ...

Religion, martyrdom and global uncertainties 1914-2014

Professor John Wolffe | Contemporary Religion | 01 February 2013

The leadership activities will seek to integrate key insights from other relevant gu projects, exploring both various understandings of religion and quasi-religion, and weighing their importance against other non-religious factors. Work will proceed ...

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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