1. www.gu.se 3 Contemporary directions in sociological research Culminating in 3 weeks of project work Economic Sociology + Environmental Sociology/Biopolitics + Political Sociology Recommended participation in Departmental seminar on Wednesday 13-15 Sociological Analyses and New Horizons – Autumn 2015

2. www.gu.se When to Read What Economic Sociology Aspers (2011), Bourdieu (2005), Fligstein (2001), Swedberg (2010). Environmental Sociology/Biopolitics Adele Clarke (2003), Latour (2000), Lidskog (2001), Macnaghten/Urry (1995), Novas (2006), Rheinberger (1995), Rose (2007), Woodgate (1998), Wynne (2002) Political Sociology Alexander (2003), Dean (1995), Jacobsson and Löfmarck (2008), Korpi and Palme (1998), Lukes (2005), McDonald and Marston (2005), Rothstein and Uslaner (2005),

3. www.gu.se Three Lectures + One Seminar + One Written Assignment x 3 3 lectures Introducing each field At least one week in advance of each seminar receive seminar questions Work in groups and each group introduces discussion of 2 questions at the seminar Each member of group also submits their own individual written discussion of the two questions dealt with by the group Submission of written assignments also on seminar day (each assignment at least 4 pages (2x2) Times New Roman 12pt, 1,5 spaced Same grading criteria for all three assignments will appear on GUL in next few days

4. www.gu.se Project Work You choose to work further with one of the fields introduced 3 Groups each tasked with putting together a project proposal (e.g. 3 case studies) 3 tutorials meeting Final presentation of proposals by groups + submission of written proposal on same day 25% of grade for project work based on oral presentation, 75% on written proposal

5. www.gu.se Grading For VG VG on all three individual assignments VG on two individual assignments + project work If get U for any part of course must re-submit

6. www.gu.se AutonomousIntegrated HierarchicalTempleFactory EgalitarianThe Oasis of Sociology? Market Four University Cultures

7. www.gu.se Sociology at the Advanced Level: Beyond Textbook Sociology Basic textbooks in sociology preserve the idea of a unified discipline with an established core curriculum The idea of sociology possessing a ’core’ or even ’mainstream’ largely a construction of the marketing strategies of international ’academic’ publishers Sociology continues to have a core curriculum cause that’s what sells

8. www.gu.se Sveriges Sociologförbund – Arbetsgrupper Socialpolitik och välfärdsforskning, samt Hälsosociologi Ekonomisk sociologi Sociologisk teori Urbansociologi Kriminologi Emotionssociologi Kritiska studier och intersektionalitet Politisk sociologi och sociala rörelser Ungdoms- och kultursociologi Utbildningssociologi Familj och nära relationer Organisation och arbete Miljö och risksociologi

9. www.gu.se British Sociological Association Study Groups Body and Society, Alcohol, Animal/Human, Auto/Biography, Bourdieu, Childhood, Cities, Climate Change, Diaspora/Migration/Transnationalism, Digital Sociology, Disability, Education, Families and Relationships, Food, Gender, Happiness, Historical and Comparative Sociology, Human Reproduction, Leisure and Recreation, Media, Medical Sociology, Museums and Society, Race and Ethnicity, Realism, Religion, Risk and Society, Science and Technology Studies, Scottish, Sexual Divisions Social and Public Policy, Social Aspects of Death, Dying and Bereavement Social Network Analysis, Psychoanalysis and the Psychosocial Sport, Theory, Violence against Women, Visual Sociology, Weber, Work, Employment and Economic Life, Youth

10. www.gu.se Some Research Committees connected to the International Sociological Association…. Aging - Agriculture and Food - Alienation Theory and Research - Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution - Arts - Biography and Society Body in the Social Sciences Childhood - Clinical Sociology - Communication, Knowledge and Culture - Community Research - Comparative Sociology- Conceptual and Terminological Analysis - Deviance and Social Control - Disasters Economy and Society Aging Agriculture and Food Alienation Theory and Research Armed Forces and ConflictResolution Arts Biography and Society Body in the Social Sciences Childhood Clinical Sociology Communication, Knowledge and Culture Community Research Comparative Sociology Conceptual and Terminological Analysis Deviance and Social Control Disasters Economy and Society Rational Choice - Regional and Urban Development - Religion - Science and Technology - Social Classes and Social MovementsRational Choice Regional and Urban Development Religion Science and Technology Social Classes and Social Movements Education - Environment and Society - Family Research - Futures Research - Health - History of Sociology - Housing and Built Environment - Labor Movements - Language and Society - Law - Leisure - Logic and Methodology - Mental Health and Illness - Migration - Organization - Participation, Organizational Democracy and Self-Management Political Sociology Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy - Professional Groups Racism, Nationalism and Ethnic RelationsEducation Environment and Society Family Research Futures Research Health History of Sociology Housing and Built Environment Labor Movements Language and Society Law Leisure Logic and Methodology Mental Health and Illness Migration Organization Participation, Organizational Democracy and Self-Management Political Sociology Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy Professional Groups Racism, Nationalism and Ethnic Relations

11. www.gu.se “Like a river flowing through a broad and rocky basin, Sociology’s stream of thought follows numerous shifting channels” (Michael Lynch 1998)

12. www.gu.se AcademicExtra-Academic Instrumental Knowledge Professional Sociology - Normal Science - Theory-Building - Method Development -Empirical Research -Peer Review Policy Sociology Defense of Discipline - Expert Advice - Contract Research -Evaluations - Stakeholder Involvement Reflexive Knowledge Critical Sociology - Critical Debates within and Between Research Programm es Public Sociology - Popularization - Pedagogy - Engagement - Protest How Has Sociology Ended Up in Such a Creative Mess?

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