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Category Archives: Practitioners
Sociology for Peace
As we near the anniversary of his death, we look at the achievements of Norwegian sociologist, Professor Johan Galtung. He was awarded the Right Livelihood Award (known as the Alternative Nobel Prize), for his work in peace and conflict.
Sociology in the News
We look back at some examples of public sociology from the past year, and news of sociologists forging social change around the world.
Sociological Record
Zofia Rydet is a Polish photographer who spent 20 years documenting the ‘Sociological Record.’ We review her work, and then take a look at visual sociology as an applied practice.
Sociology of Disaster Recovery
We examine why a sociological understanding of emergency planning is necessary for the recovery process following Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica.
Visual Sociology of Digital Gender Gap
The Digital Gender Gaps project provides a free online data dashboard to track gender inequity in internet and mobile phone use.
Visual Sociology of Housing Crisis
A new exhibition uses visual sociology to tackle the social stigma of living in subdivided units, bedspace and ‘coffin home’ apartments in Hong Kong.
Sociology of Disaster Planning
Two show how sociology can inform disaster planning, and why public policy must invest in better strategies and community education.
Sociology of Economics
Professors Herbert Gans and Michèle Lamont have been interviewed by The New York Times, about what social policy might look like if sociologists had as much influence as economists.
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.