Author Archives: Sociology at Work

Our contributors focus on their application of sociological principles, methods and theories in their everyday work. One author discusses how sociological principles are implicit in the way in which they manage a government organisation. Two authors discuss how they apply sociological methodologies in the evaluation of health and educational programs. Another applied researcher discusses theContinueContinue reading “The Second Edition of Working Notes Has Just Launched!”

The International Sociological Association recently published the third issue of its Global Dialogue newsletter, which is now available in seven languages: English, French, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese and Arabic. There are lots of great papers worth checking out. The full version of Global Dialogue is available here. I especially enjoyed reading aboutContinueContinue reading “International Sociology: Global Dialogue”

Emeritus Professor John Western passed away on 5 January 2011. Professor Western made a significant contribution to Australian sociology, particularly in the areas of youth experiences of the criminal justice system, social inequality, and the study of professionals. He was also President of The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) in 1988-1989 and he received the inauguralContinueContinue reading “Tribute to Emeritus Professor John Western”

Students for Humanity is a great website creating a space where students from privileged and under privileged backgrounds can interact. The project was created by Frerieke van Bree, an architect and teacher originally from Netherlands, and her colleagues who provided online mentoring for a group students from Khayelitsha, in South Africa. While there seem toContinueContinue reading “Students for Humanity”

The UK-run site, Methods@manchester, was launched in September. It offers various resources for social scientists looking for innovative ways to carry out research. This includes visual/sound, mixed methods, surveys, experimental methods, ‘e-science’ or information and communication and technology data management, collaborative approaches, ethnography, quality assessments and interviewing techniques. You can also ask questions of otherContinueContinue reading “Methods Resources and Support”

The 19th of August is World Humanitarian Day, a project coordinated by the United Nations to celebrate and recognise the vital and difficult work of humanitarian workers everywhere. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojQOyo6lrMQ World Humanitarian Day commemorates the events of the 19th of August 2003, when 22 people were killed after the United Nations office in Iraq was bombedContinueContinue reading “World Humanitarian Day”