How race, class, gender, and place shape the ways working-class young people in Britain envision their transition from education to work

Greens first, Reform second, Labour trailing – and the Tories losing their deposit. This felt like a rejection of the status quo

Research has shown that people from ethnic minorities are less likely to gamble than their white counterparts - but are more likely to suffer harm from gambling and less likely to seek help.

Pete Weatherby KC will be speaking at the University of Manchester's panel on the unlawful killing of Yousef Makki.

Long-awaited project could help counter far-right myths about Muslims not being part of Britain’s history, argue supporters

Register on EventBrite to receive a Zoom link. In this event, we will celebrate two new books by SSAHE members: Bordering social reproduction: Migrant mothers and children making lives in the …

This paper examines how working-class young people enroled at college in London, Rochdale and Morecambe perceive of university. It argues that university represents a great risk, associated with high...

A roundtable workshop exploring challenges faced by scholars working on equality, inclusion and social justice.

A new report titled The impact of racial discrimination on mental health investigates how experiencing racial discrimination affects mental health, both directly and indirectly.It finds a ‘dose-respon...

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This paper examines how class affects political engagement in the Peruvian context. Drawing from a Bourdieusian approach, this study uses ‘don't know’ (DK) responses on opinion surveys as a measure o...

🎉Congratulations to Barbora Cernusakova, PhD, who has won the International Sociological Association (ISA) RC05 Prize for Best Postgraduate/Early Career Paper for her paper titled 'Predatory Debt ...

Alana Lentin on why defining anti-semitism does not bring us close to anti-racism.

Join us for a public assembly on Scotland's denial of racism

This essay examines the racialized history of British pubs in the context of contemporary laments about declining numbers of pubs.

The University Reimagined series offers a home for fresh ideas about higher education and innovative solutions to the challenges it faces, both within the UK and internationally.

Mark George Memorial Lecture 2024

PhD Project - [HUMS Bicentenary PhD] Understanding ethnic inequalities in mental health and wellbeing among young people in the UK at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

A University of Manchester professor has been recognised in the King’s 2025 New Year Honours List.Professor Yaojun Li, a distinguished researcher and educator at The University of Manchester, has been...

This paper seeks to address some confusions and contestations surrounding Paul Gilroy’s conceptualisation of conviviality. In particular, it seeks to argue that conviviality cannot be reduced to me...

The University of Manchester's Professor Claire Alexander has been announced as this year’s winner of the Distinguished Service to British Sociology Award.The prestigious award is judged on service to...

The report finds that one in four people from an ethnic minority experience unfair racist treatment in their job or education, and one in ten experienced recent unfair treatment in housing or from the...