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Krzysztof Adamczyk will deliver the third paper in the Department of Sociology's Seminar Series, entitled 'Mixed Method Approaches for Studying Social Mobility Experience: The Case of Aberdeen', to be held jointly online and on campus on November 24. In the paper, Krzysztof explores the ways that methodological approaches have evolved in their approach to...

Dr Dominic Hewson will deliver the second paper in the Department of Sociology's Seminar Series, entitled 'From Atoms to Algorithms: A Brief History of Modern Knowledge and Governance', to be held jointly online and on campus on November 17. In the paper, Dr Hewson explores the development of modern knowledge and...

Initial findings from the British Academy-funded project, entitled Just Food? Mutual Exchange Network on Just Food System Transitions, have emerged from the first of three rounds of participatory workshops based in Brazil and England. Held by the Brighton Food Factory and AS-PTA, the findings touch on local specificities, how society rediscovers...

Dr Isabella Kasselstrand will open this year's Sociology Seminar Series with her paper, entitled 'Scottish Secularisation in a Global Context', to be held jointly online and on campus on November 3. In the paper, Dr Kasselstrand explores the contemporary debate on religious change and presents a fresh reading of Europe's position...

Dr Gearoid Millar will co-host, with Professor Cedric de Coning (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs), a two-day online workshop, entitled Complex Systems Research in Peace and Conflict Studies.  The event, which is open to the public, will be held between September 2-3, convenes 16 peace and conflict scholars, practitioners, and pracademics to discuss new...

Dr Isabella Kasselstrand has delivered a paper at the British Sociological Association's Sociology of Religion Study Group. Established more than 40 years ago, the internationally recognised Study Group is a hub of research, discussion, and support to researchers on contemporary religious issues. Dr Kasselstrand's paper, entitled '"There’s Football on Sunday Mornings and Life...

Dr Isabella Kasselstrand has delivered a paper at the 36th International Society for the Sociology of Religion Conference. Guided by the theme Religion in Global/Local Perspectives: Diffusion, Migration, Transformation, the conference took place between July 12-15, and while it was due to be hosted in Taipei, it was moved online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Kasselstrand's...

Dr Gearoid Millar will deliver a paper at the online symposium, Environment and Conflict, hosted by the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies at Liverpool Hope University, on July 12. The symposium will open with keynotes by Professor Malcolm Miles and Professor John Vogler, who will discuss the...

Dr Isabella Kasselstrand has delivered a paper, entitled 'Religious Decline since the Church-State Separation in Sweden' at the Nonreligion and Secularity Research Network (NSRN) annual conference. Hosted online by the University of Ottawa, the Network was founded in 2008 with a view to centralising research on nonreligion and secularity, and providing...

Dr Gearoid Millar has been invited to share his latest chapter at the 5th Annual Postgraduate Law Conference, Reimagining Justice and Ethnography, at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow on April 29 and 30. Speaking at the virtual conference, Dr Millar will deliver the chapter, 'The Long-Term Legacies of Transitional Justice:...