The British Sociological Association (BSA) is a scholarly and professional society for

sociologists This is a list of sociologists. It is intended to cover those who have made substantive contributions to social theory and research, including any sociological subfield. Scientists in other fields and philosophers are not included, unless at least ...

in the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

, and was founded in 1951. It publishes the academic journals ''

Sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of Empirical ...

'', '' Work, Employment and Society, Sociological Research Online'' and ''

Cultural Sociology The sociology of culture, and the related cultural sociology, concerns the systematic analysis of culture, usually understood as the ensemble of symbolic codes used by a member of a society, as it is manifested in the society. For Georg Simmel ...

'' (with

SAGE Publications SAGE Publishing, formerly SAGE Publications, is an American independent publishing company founded in 1965 in New York by Sara Miller McCune and now based in Newbury Park, California. It publishes more than 1,000 journals, more than 800 books ...

) as well as its membership newsletter ''Network'' and a monthly eNewsletter. Formerly, the ''

British Journal of Sociology ''The British Journal of Sociology'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that was established in 1950 at the London School of Economics. It represents the mainstream of sociological thinking and research and publishes high quality papers on all asp ...

'' was the BSA's official journal, but it was replaced by ''Sociology'' some years after the latter had been established. It is a registered charitable company (charity no: 1080235) which states its mission is to "represent the intellectual and sociological interests of our members."

Organisation

The activities of the BSA are co-ordinated by an Advisory Forum charged with overseeing governance, membership services and publications. Decisions are monitored and ratified by the Board of Trustees, which includes the BSA president. An office of 12 staff members takes care of the day-to-day running of the Association.

Presidents

* Gurminder K. Bhambra 2022- * Susan Halford, 2018–2021 *

Lynn Jamieson Lynn may refer to: People and fictional characters * Lynn (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Lynn (surname) * The Lynns, a 1990s American country music duo consisting of twin sisters Peggy and Patsy Lynn * Lynn (v ...

, 2014–2018 *

John Holmwood John Holmwood is a British sociologist. His work has focused on social stratification and the relationship between social science and explanation. His later work has concentrated on issues of pragmatism in public sociology. Holmwood is particularly ...

, 2012–2014 * John Brewer, 2009–2012 * Sue Scott, 2007–2009 *

Geoff Payne Geoffrey, Geoffroy, Geoff, etc., may refer to: People * Geoffrey (name), including a list of people with the name * Geoffroy (surname), including a list of people with the name * Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1095–c. 1155), clergyman and one of the m ...

, 2005–2007 * Joan Busfield, 2003–2005 * John Scott, 2001–2003 *

Sara Arber Sara Lynne Arber (born 19 March 1949) is a British sociologist and Professor at University of Surrey. Arber has previously held the position of President of the British Sociological Association (1999–2001) and Vice-President of the Europe ...

, 1999–2001 * David Morgan, 1997–1999 * Stuart Hall, 1995–1997 * Michèle Barrett, 1993–1995 * John Westergaard, 1991–1993 * Sir Robert Burgess, 1989–1991 *

Jennifer Platt Jennifer Platt FAcSS is a sociologist who is Emeritus Professor at the University of Sussex, where she taught from 1964 to 2002. She has been President of the British Sociological Association The British Sociological Association (BSA) is a schol ...

, 1987–1989 *

Martin Albrow Martin Albrow (born 1937) is a British sociologist, noted for his works on globalization, the theory of the global age and global civil society. He was appointed in 1963 as the first full-time sociologist at Reading University, and subsequently wor ...

, 1985–1987 * Richard Brown, 1983–1985 *

Margaret Stacey Professor Margaret "Meg" Stacey (27 March 1922 – 10 February 2004) was a British sociologist and a leading figure in the establishment of Sociology as an academic discipline. Early life and education She was born Margaret Petrie, in London on ...

, 1981–1983 *

John Eldridge John Eldridge may refer to: * John Eldridge (politician) (1872–1954), Australian politician * John Eldridge (British Army officer) (1898–1985) * John Eldridge (sociologist), British sociologist * John Eldridge Jr. (1903–1942), United States ...

, 1979–1981 *

Keith Kelsall Roger Keith Kelsall (23 January 1910 – 1 May 1996), commonly known by his middle name Keith, was a Scottish Sociology, sociologist and academic. He held the first Chair in Sociological Studies at the University of Sheffield from 1960 to 1975. L ...

, 1977–1979 * Sheila Allen, 1975–1977 *

Peter Worsley Peter Maurice Worsley (6 May 1924 – 15 March 2013) was a noted British sociologist and social anthropologist. He was a major figure in both anthropology and sociology, and is noted for introducing the term ''Third World'' into English. H ...

, 1971–1975 *

Tom Bottomore Thomas Burton Bottomore (8 April 1929, England – 9 December 1992, Sussex, England) was a British Marxist sociologist. Bottomore was Secretary of the International Sociological Association from 1953 to 1959. He was the eighth president ...

, 1969–1971 *

T. H. Marshall Thomas Humphrey Marshall (1893–1981) was an English sociologist who is best known for his essay " Citizenship and Social Class," a key work on citizenship that introduced the idea that full citizenship includes civil, political, and social ci ...

, 1964–1969 *

Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger, CH (14 April 1897 – 11 July 1988) was a British sociologist and criminologist. She was the first of four women to be appointed as a life peer, entitled to serve in the House of Lords, under the ...

, 1959–1964 *

Morris Ginsberg Morris Ginsberg FBA (14 May 1889 – 31 August 1970) was a British sociologist, who played a key role in the development of the discipline. He served as editor of ''The Sociological Review'' in the 1930s and later became the founding chairma ...

, 1955–1957

Publications

Academic journals

The BSA publishes ''

'', ''

Work, Employment and Society ''Work, Employment & Society'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the fields of economics and industrial relations. It has been in publication since 1984 and is currently published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the ...

'',''

'', and ''

Sociological Research Online ''Sociological Research Online'' is a sociological journal, published quarterly (March, June, September, December) since March 1996. It is an online-only, peer-reviewed journal. It was originally published by a consortium of the British Sociolog ...

''.

''Network'' newsletter

The association publishes a newsletter, ''Network'', for its members three times a year, Spring, Summer and Autumn.

Awards

Philip Abrams Memorial Prize

The Philip Abrams Memorial Prize has been awarded almost every year since 1989 for "the best first and sole-authored book within the discipline of Sociology". Past winners include Barbara Adam (1991, for ''Time and Social Theory''), Graeme Kirkpatrick (2005 for ''Critical Technology: A Social Theory of Personal Computing'') and

Maddie Breeze Maddie Breeze is a British sociologist, and lecturer and Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Strathclyde. In 2016 she won the Philip Abrams Memorial Prize of the British Sociological Association for her book ''Seriousness in Women’s Roll ...

(2016, for ''Seriousness and Women's Roller Derby: Gender, Organization and Ambivalence''). The prize is named for professor Philip Abrams (1933–1981).

References

External links

British Sociological Association web site Catalogue of the papers of the British Sociological Association
at the Archives Division of the London School of Economics
Catalogue of the BSA Medical Sociology Group archives
held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick 1951 establishments in the United Kingdom Academic organisations based in the United Kingdom Learned societies of the United Kingdom Organisations based in County Durham Organizations established in 1951 Sociological organizations {{socio-stub