Research

Joanna Malone

Jun 6, 20225 min read

Fieldwork under way in Becoming Citizens of 'Post-Secular' Britain: Religion in Primary School Life

An ongoing feature of liberal democracies in the Western world is the question around how schools should prepare children to be citizens...

Alankrita Anand

Jan 4, 20224 min read

Contesting girlhood versus womanhood and why it matters: Insights from a pilot study

In this short piece, I offer some reflections about what defines coming of age for girls in India, a debate whose social foundations...

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Dec 1, 20215 min read

Beyond Climate Anxiety: Young people and the extent of contemporary futurelessness

The Lancet recently published a preprint of a significant study by psychologists at the University of Bath who surveyed 10,000 young...

Tom O'Brien

Nov 4, 20215 min read

If You Plant It, They Will Come: Anti-GM Protest in Aotearoa New Zealand and the United Kingdom

This article is republished from Sociology Lens with permission. Read the original article here. On 13 October 2003 Friends of the Earth...

Emily Nicholls

Oct 1, 20213 min read

Researching the (non)drinking practices of consumers of ‘Alcohol-Free’ drinks

“A nice little life hack”: Researching the (non)drinking practices of consumers of ‘Alcohol-Free’ drinks. Dr Emily Nicholls, Lecturer in...

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