public sociology

Diverse communities and the question of cohesion

Ages ago I was asked to write a chapter on diversity for a book on the Yorkshire and Humberside region put together by colleagues at Leeds Metropolitan University. I got tremendous help from Professor John Stillwell (Geography, Leeds University) who produced statistical maps for me at the drop of a hat. The chapter contains lots […]

Critical Public Scholarship: on emotion and ‘race’

Before I decided to stop writing as an academic I agreed with my friends Karim Murji and Gargi Bhattacharyya to try and write something about political engagement in the sociology of ‘race’ for a special edition of Ethnic and Racial Studies.  I wanted to say something about the emotional work that goes on when we enter […]

University–Community Engagement
 Analysing an Emerging Field

Chapter, with Dick Taylor, in Denton, S and Brown, S (2009) A Practical Guide to University and College Management, London: Routledge

Article in Social Science
 Matters

Article in Social Science
Matters, 2, September 2009 http://www.lulu.com/product/file-download/why-social-science-matters-issue-2/5576775