UB sociologist Jordan Fox is part of a team that has developed a more flexible approach for addressing environmental change ...

Dr. Harry Edwards may be best known as the architect of the 1968 Olympics protest, but that was only the beginning of a very long career in the field of study that he pioneered: the sociology of sport ...

To sociologist Ruby Lai, Hong Kong’s notorious subdivided flats are more nuanced than they are perceived to be. These partitioned units, with a median floor area of 118.4 square feet (11 square metres ...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many in U.S. found themselves suddenly working from home and, with the closing of schools and childcare centers, working from home coupled with a change in family ...

Contracts and other legal devices facilitate economic exchange, but they are insufficient in themselves. They rely on a foundation of trust, which emerges from our responses to uncertainty and ...

This chapter consists of two major parts. In the first I will assess the opportunity for a major new faith to emerge at this particular place and time. The second part of the chapter will focus on ...

Teaching social theory is just plain fun. For me, it’s an opportunity to see our world in a multidimensional way. Who needs a comic book multiverse when you can look at social phenomena through ...

The prestigious award is judged on service to British sociology and awarded to the outstanding individual who has contributed most to the discipline by leading an extraordinary life as a sociologist.