Our research addresses crucial contemporary issues, while also offering theoretical and historical analysis.
Our academics in the Department of Sociology and Criminology work on funded projects, publish high quality books, book chapters and peer reviewed journal articles, organise conferences and seminar series and have significant impact with their research.
Our research (as submitted to UoA21, Sociology) was assessed overall to be 45% ‘world leading’ (4*) and 40% ‘internationally excellent’ (3*). In particular, 100% of our impact case studies were assessed as outstanding (4*).
There are six main cross-cutting research themes in the Department and most people’s research fits under more than one theme.
- Identities, Emotions and Cultures
- Structural and Intersecting Inequalities
- Health, Care and the Body
- Science, Technologies and Society
- Social (Dis)order and Resistance
- (In)justice, Harm and Control
Additionally, Sussex European Institute the Centre for Gender Studies which is led by members of the Department, as is the Ethnicity, Race, and Diverse Societies Network and the Sussex Terrorism and Extremism Network. Many of us are members of the Crime Research Centre which is co-led from the Department.
We invite prospective Sociology, Criminology and Gender Studies PhD students to visit our staff pages to find out about areas of doctoral supervision. Apply for a PhD in Sociology, Criminology or Gender Studies.
Research and Impact Events
Spring 2023
- Tuesday 23 and 24 May 2023, Living with AMR: Novel ways of Co-Habiting in a Resistant World
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The Centre for the Social Study of Microbes Presents
Living with AMR: Novel Ways of Co-Habiting in a Resistant World
Date: Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 May 2023
Time: Tuesday 23 May 9am to 5.45pm / Wednesday 9am to 5pm
Location: University of Helsinki
Previous Research and Impact Events
Autumn 2022
- Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23 November 2022, Marginalisation and the Microbe - Conference 2022
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Marginalisation and the Microbe - conference 2022
Join us this World Antimicrobial Awareness Week
Date: Tuesday 22 November and Wednesday 23 November 2022
Agenda
22 November Afternoon Session
Overall introduction to the conference: Dr Catherine Will and Prof Bobbie Farsides
Introduction: 14:00-14:10
Session 1: 14:10 – 15:30 ‘Bladder Health’
Speaker: Eleanor Kashouris, PhD student in Sociology, University of Sussex
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Eleanor Kashouris PhD student in Sociology, University of Sussex
Chair: Dr Chi Eziefula, Senior Lecturer in Infectious Diseases, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Speaker: Dr Annie Joseph, Consultant Microbiologist, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, and Dr Tom Lewis, Consultant Microbiologist, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
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Dr Annie Joseph, Consultant Microbiologist, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, and Dr Tom Lewis, Consultant Microbiologist, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Speaker: Professor Paula Saukko, Professor of Social Science and Medicine, Loughborough University
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Professor Paula Saukko, Professor of Social Science and Medicine, Loughborough University
Break: 15:30-15:40
Session 2: 15:40 – 17:00 ‘Borders, barriers and AMR’
Chair: Dr Catherine Will, Reader in Sociology of Science and Technology, University of Sussex
Speaker: Dr Alena Kamenshchikova, Assistant Professor in Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Maastricht and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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Dr Alena Kamenshchikova, Assistant Professor in Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Maastricht and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Speaker: Dr Ulla McKnight, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sociology, University of Sussex, and Dr Catherine Will, Reader in Sociology of Science and Technology, University of Sussex
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Dr Ulla McKnight, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sociology, University of Sussex, and Dr Catherine Will, Reader in Sociology of Science and Technology, University of Sussex
Speaker: Professor Martin Llewelyn, Professor in Infectious Diseases, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
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Professor Martin Llewelyn, Professor in Infectious Diseases, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Open Discussion: 17:00 – 17:30.
23 November Morning Session
Introduction: 10:00- 10:05Session 1: 10:05 – 11:25 ‘The next big thing’
Chair: Dr Chase Ledin, Teaching Fellow, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh
Speaker: Dr Suneeta Soni, Consultant in Sexual Health and HIV, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Dr Suneeta Soni, Consultant in Sexual Health and HIV, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
Speaker: Professor Marsha Rosengarten, Professor of Sociology, Goldsmiths College, University of London
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Professor Marsha Rosengarten, Professor of Sociology, Goldsmiths College, University of London
Speaker: Professor Daniel Richardson, Consultant in Sexual Health and HIV, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Professor Daniel Richardson, Consultant in Sexual Health and HIV, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
Break: 11:25 – 11:35
Session 2: 11:35- 12:55 ‘Ethics and humanities’
Chair: Professor Bobbie Farsides, Professor of Clinical and Biomedical Ethics, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Speaker: Dr Peter West-Oram, Lecturer in Bioethics, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
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Dr Peter West-Oram, Lecturer in Bioethics, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Speaker: Professor Patricia Kingori, Professor of Global Health Ethics, Senior Research Fellow, Somerville College
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Professor Patricia Kingori, Professor of Global Health Ethics, Senior Research Fellow, Somerville College
Speaker: Dr Jessica Nihlén Fahlquist, Associate Professor of Practical Philosophy and Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Ethics, Uppsala University
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Dr Jessica Nihlén Fahlquist, Associate Professor of Practical Philosophy and Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Ethics, Uppsala University
Open Discussion and closing remarks: 13:00 – 13:30.