NEW✨ Should lab animals have rights? A Mouse in a Cage by Carrie Friese @lsesociology.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social explores the #ethical challenges of using #animals in scientific #research. #Review by Luciano Magaldi Sardella.

The research video for our book Born to Rule (made by the brilliant Maayan Arad) is a Finalist for a Lovie Award. It’s now down to a public vote so please have a watch and, if you like it, vote for us! vote.lovieawards.com/PublicVoting... @lsesociology.bsky.social @lseinequalities.bsky.social

In this paper by @aycacu.bsky.social on moral judgment and genocide in Palestine, Arendt and Scott are brought into dialogue to confront the ethics of responsibility, complicity, and redress in our present. Read the full article here ⬇️

📢 Don’t miss Professor Anthony Bogues at LSE! Drawing on radical anti-colonial thought, he’ll unpack how liberalism’s history shapes today’s authoritarian turn. 🗓️ Wed 22 Oct | 🕔 5pm to 6.30pm | 📍 OLD.3.24 🔗 buff.ly/6slLlih #LSEHumanRights #LSESociology

Join us this week for a screening of From Where We Stand – a moving portrait of race, nation & belonging in post-Brexit Britain. 🎤 With filmmaker Lucy Kaye, Professor Adrian Favell, and Professor Mike Savage. 🔗 buff.ly/f7Ycglm

Is the use of laboratory animals ethical? Carrie Friese @lsesociology.bsky.social argues that while there are no easy answers to this question, humans can learn a great deal by considering the seemingly far away life of a laboratory mouse. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

📢 Submit your paper for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference (@bjsociology.bsky.social) by Monday 20 October - three weeks today. There is no predetermined theme. Scholars are invited to submit abstracts relating to any aspect of sociology. Find out more: www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...

💭 What does it mean to belong in post-Brexit Britain? Next week, join us for a screening of From Where We Stand and a live Q&A with Professor Adrian Favell, Professor Mike Savage, and filmmaker Lucy Kaye. More info & registration details⬇️

🗞️ Dr Mai Taha's research traces the role of Palestinian women in sustaining the 1930's Arab Revolt. She argues that during wartime their homes were revolutionary spaces, but the domestic nature means it is overlooked by traditional accounts. Read more in LSE Research for the World👇

📣 We're currently accepting papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference! The conference will showcase cutting-edge research from across the discipline. We invite scholars to submit abstracts of up to 400 words on topics relating to any aspect of sociology➡️ buff.ly/wTaE0fI

We are honoured to be hosting LSE's annual Black History Month event! 40 years on from the Broadwater Farm riots, our speakers will examine methods of resistance that continue to address present-day questions of race, racism and social inequality. Registration required ⬇️ bit.ly/4glHaze

📣Upcoming event: Illiberalism, war, violence and authoritarianism: the current conjuncture This talk will posit a history of liberalism's deep relationship to illiberalism, raising questions of the figure of the human and of life itself. 📅 Wed 22 Oct, 5pm 📍LSE More info➡️

I wrote an essay, "A Manifest Evil? On Palestine, Judgement, and Justice" for the Journal of Genocide Studies.. Thanks to Dirk Moses for editing the roundtable on Gaza and Genocide Studies where it appears. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A new issue of @bjsociology.bsky.social is out now! Find the latest articles in the British Journal of Sociology #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/oNaSQsN

🏆 We're delighted to have been named number one in the UK for Sociology in the latest Guardian University Guide! Thank you to our students, alumni and staff who make the LSE Sociology community so special 🎉 www.lse.ac.uk/news/latest-...

From Where We Stand captures life in Northern England post-Brexit—stories of loss, migration, & friendship. 🎬Screening + Q&A with the films director Lucy Kaye, with Professor Adrian Favell and Professor Mike Savage. 🎟️Free and open to all, register here⬇️https://buff.ly/4IWnnbf

📣 The Call for Papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference is open! The conference will showcase cutting-edge research from across the discipline of sociology, bringing together over 200 academics to advance their research. Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur

📣Upcoming event! 🎬A special screening of From Where We Stand — a film on race, belonging & post-Brexit Northern England. Followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Lucy Kaye, Professor Adrian Favell, and Professor Mike Savage. 📅 Thurs 2 Oct, 5pm 📍LSE More info➡️ buff.ly/f7Ycglm

The removal of the VAT exemption on private schools has been met with panic and media attention. However, @aaronreeves.bsky.social and @samfriedman.bsky.social argue that the policy is mostly symbolic, and that the Labour Government must also focus on elite university admissions.

Join us for the next BJS conference in April 2026! I came away from the last energized and inspired. Can’t wait to learn from colleagues from around the world.

2024 was hands down the BEST sociology conference I attended in years

At the heart of Donald Trump’s agenda, writes Michèle Lamont, is an obsession with the reach and influence of cultural institutions. Who is central and who is peripheral? Which groups should be valued, and which should stay at the margins?

Friends in NYC: Vasuki Nesiah, Tony Alessandrini, Gary Wilder and I will be holding a public conversation at CUNY Graduate Center on "The Question of Internationalism Today" on Sept 18, at 5 pm. Please join the discussion. @lsehumanrights.bsky.social @lsesociology.bsky.social

📣 The Call for Papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference is open! Following the success of our inaugural conference in 2024, we are delighted to announce its return on 23 and 24 April 2026 at LSE. 📆 Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur

📣 The Call for Papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference is open! Following the success of our inaugural conference in 2024, we are delighted to announce its return on 23 and 24 April 2026 at LSE. 📆 Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur

This lecture draws on five years of ethnographic and archival research into South Asian migration to the UK, interrogating the whitewashing of British queer history and the heteronormative framing of migrant histories. 📆 24 September, 5.30pm to 7.00pm

The government has committed to tackling poverty among all children, including those subject to the UK’s asylum and immigration system. But recent reforms and proposals mean that we’re likely to see poverty increase, including deep poverty among some children in immigrant families.

How should we frame the problem of wealth inequality? The most effective framing centres on the “unfair influence” wielded by those at the top. But might this have the undesired effect of deepening people’s sense of fatalism about the future of democracy?

Discover cutting-edge LSE research transforming our world. 🌍 Sign up for our online magazine, Research for the World, and explore insights shaping our future. Subscribe here: buff.ly/tjdKiTc

⏳ One week left! Submit your paper to the @BJSociology special issue on insecurity, inequality, and the precarity of work and life by 2 Sept 2025. Don’t miss the chance to contribute! ➡️ buff.ly/QboPfDC

The UK Government’s #immigration policies are increasing child #poverty Ilona Pinter (@ilonapin.bsky.social), Researcher @york.ac.uk @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social, writes on @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social ⬇️ @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social @lsesociology.bsky.social #Childrights #Asylum #Inequality

We're looking for a dedicated individual to drive the planning and delivery of teaching administration and student experience activities for our taught programmes. This is a 12-month fixed-term maternity cover contract. Apply close next Monday ➡️ buff.ly/HVSFyrj

Congratulations to everyone receiving their A-Level results today! Whatever your results, you should be so proud of your hard work and all you have achieved👏 If you're joining us in September, we can't wait to meet you! Check out our Welcome webpages to get ready 🥳➡️ welcome.lse.ac.uk

We're delighted to announce that British Journal of Sociology's impact factor has increased to 3.3 for 2024 and that our submission to first decision time is 57 days ⬆️ Find out more about the #BJS, read recent open access papers, and submit an article here ➡️ buff.ly/veBvSeI

What does it mean to access housing under a hostile environment? What do the structural and systemic barriers look like on the ground, and how are communities resisting them? Read PhD researcher rémy-paulin twahirwa's article on a recent LSE Homelessness Initiative event. buff.ly/dEgAxwH

We're looking for a dedicated individual to drive the planning and delivery of teaching administration and student experience activities for our taught programmes. This is a 12-month fixed-term maternity cover contract. Apply by Monday 25 August ➡️ buff.ly/HVSFyrj

"Before the policy, social housing made up 31% of overall housing tenure in England. Today it is 16%, causing council housing waiting lists and homelessness to surge." 📰 Read @davidjmadden.bsky.social in @theguardian.com on the enduring impact of Thatcher's Right to Buy policy.

How can the state create, facilitate and maintain spaces where solidarity might thrive? This paper by @sachahilhorst.bsky.social explores how a welfare fund for the 21st century can help combat the far right and counter the pervasive sense of decline.

Kristin Surak @lsesociology.bsky.social analyses a tea ceremony at Yasukuni Shrine as a complex process of myth-making. She examines how values of peace and “Asian universalism” are invoked to override recognition of imperialist aggression and violence through “a cup of tea” doi.org/10.1080/1869...

💼📉 From job precarity to housing and debt, how does insecurity shape lives across class, race, and gender? Submit your paper to the @bjsociology.bsky.social special issue on insecurity and inequality. ➡️ buff.ly/QboPfDC 📅 Deadline: 2 Sept 2025

🚨 Save the date for The British Journal of Sociology Conference 2026 🚨 We're delighted to confirm that the @bjsociology.bsky.social conference will return next year at LSE. More details, including how to submit a paper for consideration, will be announced soon.

🚨 Save the date for The British Journal of Sociology Conference 2026 🚨 We're delighted to confirm that the @bjsociology.bsky.social conference will return next year at LSE. More details, including how to submit a paper for consideration, will be announced soon.

In this blog, you can read about the LSE Homelessness Initiative’s panel event with the Hackney Migrant Centre, Hackney Night Shelter, and Refugee Action on the barriers migrants might face to access housing, written by LSE Sociology PhD researcher rémy-paulin twahirwa.

We're looking for a dedicated individual to drive the planning and delivery of teaching administration and student experience activities for our taught programmes. This is a 12-month fixed-term maternity cover contract. Apply by Monday 25 August ➡️ buff.ly/HVSFyrj

We're pleased to announce this year's BJS Prize has been awarded to David Calnitsky and Kaitlin Pauline Wannamaker for their paper "The revolution next door". Read the open access article in #BJS ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

📢The call for papers for the @bjsociology.bsky.social special issue "The precarity of work and life: how insecurity equalizes and stratifies people’s experiences" is now open! All the information, and the call for papers, can be found here➡️ buff.ly/QboPfDC

"If you get an offer from LSE, certainly take it up. It is an amazing place to learn academically and about London." In our latest alumni spotlight, Dr David Lowry shares how studying sociology shaped his career and his fondest memories 50 years on.

📖New publication: @aycacu.bsky.social's chapter "David Graeber's Contributions to Anthropology: The Anthropology of Human Possibilities" is out now in French. 🔗https://presses.univ-lyon2.fr/product/show/9782729714734/penser-et-agir-avec-david-graeber

Out now in French, with a chapter from me on #DavidGraeber's Anthrology of Human Possibilities. @lsehumanrights.bsky.social @lsesociology.bsky.social @lseanthropology.bsky.social