A new issue of the British Journal of Sociology is out now! Read our latest articles in the #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/iOzDsKw

🎉 Congratulations to BJS Editor Dr Ali Meghji, who has been awarded a 2026 Philip Leverhulme Prize! The prize recognises outstanding researchers whose work has attracted international recognition and whose future careers are exceptionally promising. ➡️ buff.ly/FOy7XPl

This article examines the role of representation in the production of expert knowledge, arguing that union researchers build expertise through representation. #EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/6ALb8Lw

How has conservatism shaped sociological thought?💭 Join Professor Shamus Khan and Professor Sam Friedman for the BJS Annual Lecture, exploring the often-overlooked conservative tradition within sociology. buff.ly/oMcJcVh

This article provides the first systematic mapping of wealth elites on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), challenging accounts of elite diversification by showing the continued centrality of incumbent white male elites. #EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/nFdGcxm

This study examines experiences and perceptions of economic insecurity across individual social trajectories within the context of pervasive financialisation in Canada. #EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/F54oVAI

This article highlights intergenerational inequality in Australia to be an adulthood-spanning, relational process, and underscores the role of family wealth in sustaining wellbeing amid housing insecurity and welfare retrenchment. #EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/KS0zix4

Read Chiara Valli's review of "Class Meets Land: The Embodied History of Land Financialisation" by Maria Kaika. #EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/fTnlpt4

This article examines how race shapes the recognition and conversion of economic, cultural and social capital in White-dominant organisations through conceptualising this process as racialised conditional capital conversion. #EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/kJPYRyx

This article examines how distance impacts the network of connections across social movement organisations through analysing Extinction Rebellion Australia, who diffused from the spatially compact UK to Australia. #EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/O28MfnT

This article conceptualises parenting as a form of civic action. Identifying a relational turn in theories of citizenship, it proposes an analytical framework for examining civic meanings in everyday parental acts. #EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/PxH1t6F

This article examines how Chinese migrant entrepreneurs engage with the "Made in Italy" label, it explores how commercial nationalism shapes the marginalisation and legitimisation of migrant-led production. #EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/PCRSQtk

This article examines class inequality in voting in the egalitarian context of Norway, arguing that occupational class offers a relational and multidimensional approach to understanding electoral participation disparities. #EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/g25QysD

Drawing on a representative survey of 9083 full-time academics at German higher education institutions, this article examines how academics across different career ranks assess their freedom in teaching and research. #EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/eSCrcQP

This article explores David Goodhart’s “Somewheres vs Anywheres” thesis. Analysing survey data, researchers found no evidence that “Somewheres” are more opposed to migration or social change. #EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/7i6zJjs

This paper develops the concept of graduated involution to explain how summer holidays have been reconstituted from leisure time into an educational arena for Chinese families under conditions of compressed modernity. #EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/9WbaqMF

Shadow education has become a defining feature of contemporary schooling systems. This article explores how shadow education becomes culturally normalised within contexts formally committed to public educational equality. #EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/1bWnIOH

🟡 A new issue of The British Journal of Sociology is now available. Featuring new research from scholars across the globe, this issue explores key questions around inequality, culture, identity, politics and social change. Read more in the #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/Qn6wTig

Read Jennifer Whillans's review of "The Return of the Housewife: Why Women Are Still Cleaning Up" by Emma Casey. #EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/tPwGzO1