Department of Sociology

By Ranjana Das and Emily Setty Surrey Sociology is delighted to announce that Ranjana Das and Emily Setty have won funding from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences to undertake a multi-disciplinary, staff-student collaboration – EEAS – Embedding Employability via Assessments in Sociology. EEAS is a project proposing to conduct a rapid set of […]

Compiled by Ranjana Das and Paul Hodkinson, with contributions from Pete Barbrook-Johnson, Rachel Brooks, Amanda Eastell-Bleakley, Nigel Fielding, Nigel Gilbert, Vicki Harman, Sazana Jayadeva, Andrew King, Graham Scambler and Emily Setty As a department engaged in critical research on sociology, criminology and communications, the Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey has seen numerous […]

By Kate Burningham, Ranjana Das, Paul Hodkinson, Anastasia Loukianov, Emily Setty and Sue Venn Producing impactful research and engaging with policy-makers, practitioners and other members of our communities form a core part of our identity as a Department of Sociology. At the beginning of November, colleagues participated in a series of public events as part […]

By Nadia Haerizadeh-Yazdi, former Postgraduate Researcher Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) is an advanced mode of radiotherapy, compared to conventional radiotherapy, and has been hailed as a milestone in cancer treatment. Proton therapy offers an equivalent chance of cure to conventional photon therapy, but the high precision targeting nature of the technology is thought to reduce […]

By Megan Georgiou, Postgraduate Researcher The COVID-19 pandemic has presented significant challenges to health and social care systems world-wide. Within the prison estate, the challenges are amplified and tough measures have been brought in to contain the spread of the disease (Kothari et al, 2020). Mental health service delivery in prisons is greatly restricted and […]

By Ranjana Das I have recently reviewed the growing set of online resources aimed at supporting mothers perinatally, amidst the impacts of COVID-19. These impacts are significant for antenatal and postnatal mental health owing to COVID-19 related anxiety, change in practices antenatally and during childbirth, social-distancing measures severely restricting women’s social support avenues and inequalities […]