1. Contemporary Sociological Analyses and Horizons
3 Contemporary directions in sociological research
Culminating in 3 weeks of project work
Economic Sociology + Political Sociology + Sociology of Nature/Culture
Recommended participation in Departmental seminar on Wednesday 13-15

2. When to Read What
Economic Sociology
Aspers (2011), Bourdieu (2005), Fligstein (2001), Swedberg (2010).
Political Sociology
Alexander (2003), Dean (1995), Jacobsson&Löfmarck (2008), Korpi 1985, Korpi&Palme 1998, Lukes 2005, McDonald&Marston 2005, Miller&Rose 1995, Rothstein&Uslaner 2005
Sociology of Nature/Culture
Blok&Jensen (2011), Adele Clarke (2003), Latour (2010), Lidskog (2001), Macnaghten/Urry (1995), Novas (2006), Rheinberger (1995), Rose (2007), Woodgate (1998)

3. 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. 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 ppt/oral presentation, 75% on written proposal

5. 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. A Bestseller!!

7. Four University Cultures
Autonomous
Integrated
Hierarchical
Temple
High science
Unified discipline
With Core Curriculum
Factory
Social Technicians married to the (Welfare) State
Egalitarian
The Oasis of
Sociology?
Market
Social Innovations and Transdisciplinary Partnerships

8. 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

9. Sveriges Sociologförbund – Arbetsgrupper
Socialpolitik och välfärdsforskning, Ekonomisk sociologi
Sociologisk teori, Digital sociologi (ny), Bruk av olika substanser (ny),
Urbansociologi. Konsumtionens och produktionens sociologi (ny),
Sociologisk kriminologi (ny), kritisk välfärdsforskning (ny), Kroppens sociologi (ny), Emotionssociologi, Kultursociologi, Medicinsk sociologi (ny),
Kritiska studier och intersektionalitet, Religion i det offentliga (ny)
Politisk sociologi och sociala rörelser, Socialpsykologi (ny)
Barn och ungdom, Språk och social interaktion (ny)
Utbildningssociologi, Familj och nära relationer, Organisation och arbete
Miljö och risksociologi

10. 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

11. Some Research Committees connected to the International Sociological Association….
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 Relations
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 
Rational Choice -
Regional and Urban Development -
Religion -
Science and Technology - 
Social Classes and Social Movements

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

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