Short films about Sociology, intended to welcome newcomers to the discipline, help students and entertain Sociologists | Committed to Public Sociology | Sociology lecturer based in Leeds, UK.
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My recent video focuses on Zygmunt Bauman's 'Liquid Modernity'. Next up, 'An Invitation to Sociology', which should be ready later this week.
Please suggest anything you want me to cover. I aim to welcome newcomers into sociology and delight those already here!
#sociology
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'An Invitation to Sociology' is a 30-minute film introducing Sociology. It uses the example of studying a police officer to explore a range of sociological theories and ideas. It is a summary of what I try to get across to my students during their first few weeks of study.
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The only known recording of Erving Goffman. Lecture at PSA about fieldwork. Interesting, funny and lively reflections from a sociological legend! I couldn't contain my joy when I found the original recording. I hope it makes someone as happy as it did me! Enjoy!
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Very pleased that Sociology have published this critique of mainstream sociological theories of class by Bob Carter and me.
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Excited to share that my 📄, “Old Stomping Grounds, New Haunts: How Campus Hangouts Prepare Students for Life After College,” is featured in the latest SSSI Notes from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction.
Read here → symbolicinteraction.org/page-18076
(Click “Current Issue – 2026 May”)
My #teaching philosophy, #SociologyThroughaLens, encourages students to see #sociology in everyday life (e.g., 🖼️. 🎵, 🎂, 🏢, & 📺). Sociology is not just #theory; it is a way of understanding #identity, #inequality, #culture, and #society.
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A video about Zygmunt Bauman's (2000) 'Liquid Modernity'.
#sociology #publicsociology
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A gift from my students at the end of their course - 8 years ago! I can't describe how happy this one made me!
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Science often requires hard work and long hours, but a key joy is that this often provides the opportunity for the psychological state of flow -- where time stands still and you are totally absorbed by the work you do. New #FLOS vlog, our third in a six-part series on WORKING HARD.
If you missed it, the recording of our #IdentitiesEvent with Prof Carl Mika, 'Ceding Sovereignty to the More-Than-Human: A Maori Perspective', is now available to watch!
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Identities Event with Professor Carl Mika (University of Canterbury, New Zealand), held in collaboration with Lancaster University and Glasgow Caledonian University
What happens to talk of sovereignty when it is made to include a Maori notion of the world? If we make a statement such as ‘the world
