“[Students] can see the power and relevance of sound social theories and sociological perspectives together with strong methodologies to analyse social conditions and suggest change.” – Malaysian sociologist Professor Abdul Rahman Embong
Author Archives: Sociology at Work
If Karl Marx Was Alive
“If Karl Marx was alive he would say, I told you so.”
Sociology More Nimble on its Feet
“When research is conducted in partnership with community, sociology becomes more ‘nimble on its feet.'” – Philip Nyden, Leslie Hossfeld and Gwendolyn Nyden
Social Survey Invented by Sociology
“Indeed a case might well be made for the statement that the social survey was an invention of the sociologist.” – E. W. Burgess (1916)
Applied Sociology Goals for 2017
“Applied sociology goals: exercise the sociological imagination.” New Year’s resolutions for enhancing our collective sociological practice
Happy New Year!
Applied sociologists, keep working for sociological change!
Applied Sociology: Understanding, Intervention, and Enhancement of Human Social Life
“Applied sociology is ‘any use (often client-centred) of the sociological perspective and / or its tools in the understanding of, intervention in, and/ or enhancement of human social life.” – Stephen Steele and Jamie Price
Doing Interdisciplinary Work in Applied Sociology
Interdisciplinary research is highly valued outside academia. In applied contexts, the end product is not a research report, but a new product, model, software, or some other practical outcome.
Honouring Ulrich Beck: Re-vitalising The Sociological Imagination
“A re-vitalised sociological imagination can and does have all kinds of impacts.” – Professor Ulrich Beck
Applied Sociology and Economic Consulting
A new article argues economics is best position to influence social policy because they out-earn other disciplines.
Sociology at Work 