Public sociology? read our commentary…

Please read some of the posts on our ’student-focused’ blog: Sociology and Criminology at Keele University.  There is quite a lot of research related commentary stimulated by recent events or news items, some written by Sociologists, some written by our colleagues in Criminology…

Recent highlights include:

Tony Kearon on Serial Killers and Bees
An overview of Siobhan Holohan’s research on narrative constructions of Otherness, including media coverage of the Stephen Lawrence and Louise Woodward cases
Rebecca Leach on risk and the new Britain from Above series from the BBC and the definition of a basic standard of living
Mark Featherstone on the Freedom Ship and on the UK ‘Gifted and Talented’ programme
Emma Head on Motherhood and on Food waste
An overview of Jane Parish’s research including her work on lucky objects
Helen Wells on knife crime