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The Department of Sociology has an international reputation for the high quality of its research. We place particular emphasis on analysing the relationships between culture and the social, across a wide range of theoretical and empirical contexts.
The department plays host to the ESRC Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC), a joint partnership with the University of Manchester and the first major research centre in Britain to develop a broad, empirically focused account of cultural change and its economic, social and political implications. Sociology staff also contribute to the Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG), a University designated Centre of Research Excellence. Vibrant and innovative work is done by staff through their work in these centres.
Key facts
- Recognised by the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise as a locus of world-class research.
- A thriving interdisciplinary and supportive research environment.
- A strong record of securing research funds from major UK Research Councils and the European Research Council.
Further information
If you have an enquiry specific to this research area please contact:
- Name:
- Ms Kerry Lawrence
- Email:
- sociology-PhD@open.ac.uk
- Phone:
- +44 (0)1908 654558
For general enquiries please contact the Research Degrees Team via the link under 'Your questions' further down the page.
Publications
Research publications by Open University staff are available through Open Research Online (ORO), the university's repository of research publications and other research outputs. ORO can be searched or browsed by staff name or subject.
The following list, generated from ORO, provides a flavour of the most recently published work in Sociology:
- Ruppert, Evelyn (2013). The Governmental Topologies of Database Devices. Theory, Culture & Society (In press).
- Dodsworth, Francis (2012). Shaping the city, shaping the subject: honour, affect and agency in John Gwynn's London and Westminster improved (1766). In: O'Brien, Gillian and O'Kane, Finola eds. Portraints of the City: Dublin and the Wider World. Dublin: Four Courts Press, (In Press).
- Woodward, Kath (2012). Planet Sport. Shortcuts. London, UK: Routledge.
- Woodward, Kath (2012). Sex Power and the Games. Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan (forthcoming).
- Ruppert, Evelyn and Savage, Mike (2012). Transactional politics. Sociological Review Monograph Series (In press).
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