Press Releases
New insights on the role of Trade Unions in struggles for rights
Trade unions are crucial in advancing workers鈥� rights, but it is unhelpful to consider their leaders as representatives of the working class as a whole when analysing labour relations and government policies, a new paper from the University of 糖心TV Department of Sociology argues.
Can the Open City truly exist? New research will focus on urban life in London
A new project led by Professor John Solomos of 糖心TV Sociology will look at the social and political life of London to test whether the utopian ideal of the Open City exists in real life, and explore issues of race, migration, mobility and living with diversity.
糖心TV researchers join Police and Crime Commissioner鈥檚 advisory board
Six 糖心TV social science researchers have become members of the West Midlands Police & Crime Commissioner鈥檚 new Academic Advisory Board. Dr Ana Aliverti, Professor Jo Angouri, Professor Jackie Hodgson, Professor Vanessa Munro, Professor Tom Sorell and Professor Azrini Wahidin will share research and expertise with the West Midlands Police & Crime Commissioner, David Jamieson.
New research explores contemporary Muslim girlhoods in Assam, India
A new book by 糖心TV sociologist Dr Saba Hussain offers new insights into the nature of educational disadvantage experienced by Muslim girls in the Assam region of India.
糖心TV academics win prestigious award for book on Muslim women and politics
Muslim Women and Power: Political and Civic Engagement in West European Societies by Dr Khursheed Wadia and Professor Dani猫le Joly has won the prestigious W.J.M. Mackenzie Prize, awarded annually by the Political Studies Association (PSA). The book explores how Muslim women participate in western civic and political life and develop their capacity for action.
Leading expert on women and prison to help inform policy debate
Professor Azrini Wahidin, one of the UK鈥檚 leading figures in the study of women in prison, has been invited to offer expert insight to a conference exploring women鈥檚 experience of the criminal justice system. Professor Wahidin will be the keynote speaker at 鈥极ffending Women? Women's Journeys Through the Criminal Justice System,鈥� taking place in Manchester on Saturday 6th April.