Recalibrating Stigma - Sociologies of Health and Illness; Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Featuring original analyses from emerging leaders in medical sociology, this book r...

In the final of our ‘Recalibrating Stigma’ mini-takeover, Caroline Law and Harriet Cooper explores how stigma operates in relation to reproductive norms.

In the second of our ‘Recalibrating Stigma’ mini-takeover, Fay Dennis and Hannah Farrimond explore the contextually specific and contingent nature of stigma.

In the first of our ‘Recalibrating Stigma’ mini-takeover, Oli Williams, Gareth M. Thomas, Amy Chandler, and Tanisha Spratt introduce the concept of anti-stigma.

Gareth Thomas, Tanisha Spratt, Oli Williams, and Amy Chandler reflect on the 2023 symposium: Recalibrating Stigma, Sociological Perspectives on Health and Illness.

Research Fellow (qualitative methods) to join the Discovering Liveability: Co-producing alternatives to suicide prevention project, contributing to innovative suicide research that centres liveability...

Research Fellow (qualitative methods) to join the Discovering Liveability: Co-producing alternatives to suicide prevention project, contributing to innovative suicide research that centres liveability...

This is a one day workshop that has limited places based on experience. To express interest please contact Professor Simon Marvin/ email: s,marvin@sheffield.ac.uk Lunch will be provided from 12noon in...

Join us at the BSA London Medsoc Study Group to celebrate the publication of a new book, Recalibrating Stigma

Recalibrating Stigma - Sociologies of Health and Illness; Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Featuring original analyses from emerging leaders in medical sociology, this book r...

In these informal conversations, hear unique perspectives from diverse voices who are generating evidence and innovating practice to improve quality and safety in the NHS.

Weight is reported to be the most common target for bullying at school - far more common than other targets such as ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation. Research suggests weight bias and stigma ...

Those without direct experience of an issue can find their place in activism questioned, but an emphasis on personal testimony can shift activism away from political action, toward guilt, polarisation...

Coproduction is increasingly positioned as the gold standard for improving health engagement with marginalised groups. Yet little is known about how key factors such as power, position and culture ...

Join us at the BSA London Medsoc Study Group to celebrate the publication of a new book, Recalibrating Stigma

Background Conflicts of interest (COIs) in healthcare research have received substantial attention over the past three decades. Although financial COI (FCOI) has an extensive literature, publications ...