Sociology and Social Policy news
22 January 2010
Where would social sciences be without maths?
Professor Graham Crow, Sociology, assists to produce an education poster entitled ‘Where would social science be without maths?’
19 January 2010
ESRC PhD studentship available in the Centre for Population Change
The ESRC Centre for Population Change has a +3 studentship available for October 2010, based within the School of Social Sciences.
16 October 2009
Research into the future of work is to be pioneered by the University of Southampton
Research into the future of work is to be pioneered by University of Southampton as the Work Futures Research Centre was launched on the 15th October 2009.
02 July 2009
Youth researchers explore new methodological challenges
Researchers from across the country recently met in the School of Social Sciences for a lively exploration of a range of new methodological challenges faced by sociologists of youth.
26 June 2009
Research assistant opportunity in Centre for Population Change
The Centre for Population change is looking to recruit a Senior Research Assistant/Research Fellow for research into the dynamics of household change and living arrangements across the life course.
08 April 2009
Low cost nanotechnology for healthcare
Nanotechnology is being developed by academics at the University of Southampton so that low cost, disposable blood testing kits can be made available in GPs surgeries.
07 April 2009
Beware of ‘crying wolf’ during recession, charities warned
A new study published Tuesday 7 April suggests that voluntary organisations may weather the current recession better than expected.
31 March 2009
ESRC PhD studentships available in the Centre for Population Change
The new ESRC Centre for Population Change has two +3 studentships available for October 2009, based within the School of Social Sciences.
10 February 2009
Achievements recognised by the School of Social Sciences
The School of Social Sciences is supporting tomorrow’s high flyers by sponsoring three prizes at Barton Peveril College, Eastleigh.
06 February 2009
25th Marshall Memorial Lecture: Globalization and Inequalities
In her talk, ‘globalization and inequalities: complexity and contested modernities’, Sylvia Walby will challenge existing paradigms of globalization, replacing them with new ones that address multiple complex inequalities in addition to class.
02 February 2009
Excellent result for SSP in the 2008 RAE
In the latest Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), we joined colleagues in the Division of Social Statistics and the Centre for Research on Ageing as part of a joint submission to the RAE Sub-Panel in Social Work and Social Policy and Administration. Our submission was ranked third in the country, with an overall ‘Grade Point Average’ of 3.0.
04 September 2008
Job opportunity - two lectureships in Sociology
Two Sociology lectureships are available within the School of Social Sciences. Applications are welcomed from candidates with interests in any area of Sociology or Social Policy. You will have a PhD in Sociology or a related Social Science discipline, the ability to contribute to team-taught courses as well as offering teaching related to your own specialisms and possess relevant research experience. The closing date for applications is 10 October 2008.
04 August 2008
University of Southampton announced as partner in new Third Sector Centre
The University of Southampton, in partnership with the University of Birmingham, will jointly lead a new Third Sector Research Centre dedicated to analysing the impact of the sector's activities.
21 July 2008
Future trends in welfare under the spotlight
Traditional patterns of employment and welfare are changing across the world.Government has traditionally played a key role within welfare states. However, changes occurring during the last few decades such as devolution, the growing importance of supranational bodies and public sector management reforms have challenged the role of central governments.
21 July 2008
Gender politics and feminist mobilisation in the expanding EU
Dr Silke Roth recently conducted research concerning the impact of European Union (EU) enlargement on gender politics and feminist mobilisation. The study focused on pre- and post-accession experiences and drew particularly on developments in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovenia, which are among the most economically developed new EU member states.
21 July 2008
Can public and private pensions be protective and affordable?
The sustainability of advanced welfare states is increasingly in doubt. Economic internationalisation poses employment problems; post-industrial labour markets imply a lower potential for productivity gains; demographic challenges, low economic growth and high levels of non-employment within the working age population in many countries undermine welfare state resources.
21 July 2008
Is information technology revolutionising healthcare?
Professor Susan Halford and Dr Jane Prichard are part of a Southampton-based UK research team awarded over £400,000 by the National Institute for Health Research (Service Delivery and Organisation Research Programme) to trace the use of computer decision support systems in three different work settings in the UK.
14 May 2008
The economic benefits of A8 in–Migration in Southampton
A new research project entitled 'The Economic Benefits of A8 in-Migration in Southampton' aims to provide information about the economic benefits of A8 migration in Southampton to inform Southampton City Council’s future communications and planning.
14 May 2008
The 'War on Terror' and its effects in the UK
Derek McGhee's recent research has been captured in his topical new book The End of Multiculturalism? Terrorism, Integration and Human Rights (Open University Press, to be published 19 May) which provides a thorough examination of debates on multiculturalism, in the context of current discussions on security, integration and human rights.
14 May 2008
What exactly are we talking about? What do our definitions mean?
The measurement and definition of such concepts as welfare, well-being and the standard of living lies at the heart of many social-science debates. In the past, economists and other ‘social investigators’ often appeared to define well-being in purely material terms but critics argued that these approaches failed to take sufficient account of non-economic contributions to well-being, or of inequalities in the distribution of resources within the family.
14 May 2008
Are men in India healthier than women?
Dr Aravinda Guntupalli currently works as a research fellow on the project “Health and morbidity of friendly society members in the late-nineteenth and twentieth centuries”. Its aim is to study the relationship between individual sickness histories and longevity, using the Hampshire Friendly Society and similar friendly societies.
10 March 2008
Who gives to which charity?
Significant trends in charitable giving that may help charities better identify future donors have been revealed by Professor John Micklewright and Dr Sylke Schnepf.
10 March 2008
Citizenship and social class in the 21st century
On 21st February Professor Mike Savage gave the 24th T.H.Marshall lecture in a prestigious annual series hosted by the Sociology and Social Policy Division at the University of Southampton. Past speakers have included Zigmund Bauman, Nikolas Rose, Ann Oakley and Anthony Giddens.
10 March 2008
Charity – is it always a good thing?
Many years ago, John Stuart Mill argued that 'charity lavishes its bounty in one place, and leaves people to starve in another'. Working through an ESRC-funded research centre on charitable giving and philanthropy, Professor John Mohan will direct a series of projects on the distribution of charitable organisations and charitable resources.
10 March 2008
(Almost) a million pounds of research money
Professor John Mohan has now notched up funding of nearly £900,000 from the ESRC and charitable foundations for four projects he is undertaking as principal investigator or co-investigator.
10 March 2008
NCRM awarded a further £4.2 million of funding
The ESRC’s National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) is housed within the School of Social Sciences. We have close links to the Centre, not just through the location of the NCRM hub, but through several members of our staff who are seconded to the Centre as Deputy Director (Professor Graham Crow) and and Co-Director (Professor Sue Heath).
10 March 2008
Fears of pensioner poverty across Europe by 2050
A study of pension systems in several European countries by Dr Paul Bridgen and Dr Traute Meyer has revealed millions of people may face poverty in years to come – unless Governments act now.
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