Job and Pay Conditions for Sociology Graduates Let’s discuss how sociology graduates can negotiate their pay and contract. We begin with some reflections on negotiating in the current labour market. We then explore some tips on how to negotiate applied sociology job offers.

Job and Pay Conditions for Sociology Graduates

Let’s discuss how sociology graduates can negotiate their pay and contract. We begin with some reflections on negotiating in the current labour market. We then explore some tips on how to negotiate applied sociology job offers.

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Take a look at real-world examples of advertised applied research roles, how to search for these roles, and how students and graduates might demonstrate experience to potential employers.

How to Find Work in Applied Sociology Research

We look at real-world examples of advertised applied research roles, how to search for such jobs, and how students and graduates might demonstrate experience to potential employers.

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#Sociology job for graduates with the Social Research Centre in Melbourne. Permanent fulltime, to build an applied career. Design research, do fieldwork, analyse data, prepare reports, manage projects, collaborate with stakeholders. www.ethicaljobs.com.au/members/SRCe...

Graduate Researchers x4 – Job in Melbourne – The Social Research Centre

Launch your research career at Australia's largest social research agency. Up to 4 graduate positions, $63k, Melbourne CBD.

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"Sociology guided my thinking in nuancing issues from a structure and agency perspective. In trying to advocate for meaningful engagement on issues arising from the African continent." Chenai Chair on leading technological organisations across Africa sociologyatwork.org/2026/07/09/s... #sociology

Zimbabwean sociologist, Chenai Chair, has worked with many global foundations, and is an executive at two organisations leading research on AI and gender rights. She discusses her leadership, and provides career tips for students looking to get into technology.

Sociology Career in Technology: Q&A with Chenai Chair

Zimbabwean sociologist, Chenai Chair, has worked with many global foundations, and is an executive at two organisations leading research on AI and gender rights. She discusses her leadership, and provides career tips for students looking to get into technology.

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This Thursday, look out for our Q&A with Zimbabwean sociologist, Chenai Chair, who leads research on AI. Read about her work on women's rights in the tech sector. "Sometimes you just do the work because you believe in it, and you hope others will catch up": techcabal.com/2025/08/27/c... #sociology

We celebrate the methodological and theoretical innovations of W.E.B. Du Bois. We explore how we might use a 'Du Boisian sociology' to decolonise our discipline. We also see examples of his contribution outside academia, in activism, advocacy, and the arts. #sociology

Applied Sociology of W.E.B. Du Bois

We celebrate the life and achievements of W.E.B. Du Bois. We begin with an overview of this methodological and theoretical innovations. We then explore how we might use a 'Du Boisian sociology' to decolonise sociology, and undo the harm of racism and colonialism. We end with a summary of Du Bois' applied sociological practice in activism, advocacy, applied research, and the arts.

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What’s the impact of declaring an #ENDING? Who decides? And what happens when lived experience upends the claim that a thing - an illness, an unjustice - is over? Patricia Kingori joins #Uncommonsense… Tune in for more on #health, #covid, #foreverwar and more buff.ly/mmJu3vg

"Four prolific financial journalists who cover the world of cryptocurrency have ignored repeated requests by Press Gazette to verify their identities. Together, they have written over 1,000 articles for more than 30 different news outlets." pressgazette.co.uk/news/prolifi...

Prolific finance journalists facing questions over identities

Authors behind more than 1,000 articles decline to share evidence they are real.

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More than 140,000 fake citations across four research repositories were identified in papers and preprints published in 2025 alone go.nature.com/49KiNZJ

Hallucinated citations highest in social sciences preprints site

Nature - More than 140,000 fake citations across four research repositories were identified in papers and preprints published in 2025 alone.

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French sociologist, Dr Julien Billion, has a four-pronged integrated approach to address youth homelessness, by improving pathways to education and employment www.europeanbusinessreview.com/youth-homele... #sociology #socialscience

Youth Homelessness Beyond Housing: Integrating Education and Employment Policy Pathways

How education and employment policies can better address youth homelessness and create pathways to long-term stability.

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Sociological Research Online’s new special issue, Making Methodologies, critically explore the importance of creativity and creative practice in re-imagining sociological research and inquiry. Call for papers by 9 June: tinyurl.com/2d4bxyee #sociology #cfp

Clinical sociology focuses on health intervention. E.g. Working with medical practitioners, community health services, & public health policy. Learn more: sociologyatwork.org/2014/03/18/w... [Video: Nurses and doctors talk & watch a presentation.] #sociology #socialscience #careers

Clinical sociology focuses on health intervention. E.g. Working with medical practitioners, community health services, & public health policy. Learn more: sociologyatwork.org/2014/03/18/w... [Video: Nurses and doctors talk & watch a presentation.] #sociology #socialscience #careers

Applied sociology travel bursary to attend The Australian Sociological Association conference is open to non-academic or self-employed sociologists working outside universities. Applications close today! @sociologyaustralia.bsky.social www.tasa.org.au/content.aspx... #sociology

Today is the final day to submit your abstract for TASA 2026. If you’re planning to be involved, there’s still time to submit a paper, workshop, or book launch proposal before the deadline. CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT: tasa.org.au/content.aspx... #TASA2026 #AbstractsClosing #Sociology

📢 War and Resistance in the Middle East: What Sociology Can Teach Us. Perspectives from Lebanon, Iran and Palestine. ISA Webinar Series “Global Sociology in Turbulent Times”. A webinar on global sociology towards the 2027 World Congress of Sociology.

PSA for colleagues and organisations using Bitly: for free accounts, links now redirect to a holding page with ads, and it then takes a few seconds to redirect once again to your actual webpage. Very confusing Unsurprisingly, research shows that such bouncing around turns people off from your site

ISA Statement Condemning the Escalation of War and Violence in the Middle East

American sociologist Prof Amy Adamczyk analysed surveys of over 200,000 people in 88 countries, and interviews in the USA and China. She finds that people with no religion who live in countries with high religiosity share conservative views on abortion. www.gc.cuny.edu/news... #sociology

What Shapes Abortion Attitudes Around the World

Professor Amy Adamczyk discusses why where you live can change how you see abortion on “The Thought Project” podcast.

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French sociologist Dr Isabelle Sommier has analysed 6,000 incidents of political violence from 1986 to 2026. Over 60% were carried out by the radical right. Most assaults are perpetrated by neo-Nazis, neo-fascists, racist or anti-religious groups www.lemonde.fr/en/op... #sociology

"Across South Asia, physical discipline has long been normalised as character-building... Perhaps we should measure [households] differently. Can a child speak there without trembling?" Pakistani sociologist Dr Fatima Kamran on corporal punishment and mental health tribune.com.pk/story... #sociology

The places we call home

Behind closed doors, fear masquerades as discipline

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"Medical assistance in dying has radically transformed every way in which we view disability and chronic illness, along with pain and suffering of any form." Canadian #sociology PhD student Megan Linton discusses the impact on disabled people and other who might become ill

Is Canada choosing assisted death over disabled lives?

The Breach Show · Episode

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Why do majority-Black middle-class suburbs in the USA have fewer resources for public goods than wealthier neighbours? New book by American sociologist Angela Simms offers policy insights and recommendations, including taxing and equity funding

Sociologist Angela Simms, PhD Publishes 'Fighting for a Foothold'

Why do majority-Black middle-class suburbs, like Prince George’s County, MD, have fewer resources for public goods than wealthier neighbors?

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Dr Sebastián Villamizar-Santamaría (@sebvillasanta.bsky.social) is the first sociologist to join the editorial team of @nature.com. He tells us about his career progression and provides tips for #sociology students seeking a career in editing and publishing. sociologyatwork.org/2026/04/11/s...

"Schools are no longer spaces for critical dialogue, but have become spaces that submit to a logic of fear and legal surveillance." Indonesian sociologist Dr Andreas Budi Widyanta warns parental attitudes to education have become transactional ugm.ac.id/en/news/a-... #sociology

A UGM Sociologist Traces Teacher–Student Conflicts to Education Liberalization - Universitas Gadjah Mada

Violent teacher–student conflicts highlight how education liberalization and transactional school relations undermine safe, democratic learning spaces.

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"The internationally acclaimed Indian empirical model provided by [André] Béteille can be one of the best guides to study the intersectionality of class, status and power in both urban and rural Bangladesh." Bangladeshi sociologist Prof A.I. Mahbub Uddin Ahmed www.thedailystar.net... #sociology

André Béteille: A sociologist Bangladesh should read

It is puzzling that in Bangladesh universities, both sociology and anthropology disciplines overlooked and neglected the Weberian model of multidimensional stratification system.

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TW suicide: Child suicide linked to school fees. "Widening economic inequality has pushed some segments of society into extreme conditions, to the point where they are unable to meet even the most basic educational needs." Indonesian sociologist Andreas Budi Widyanta

Child Suicide Case Over School Expenses Highlights Structural Violence Says UGM Sociologist - Universitas Gadjah Mada

UGM sociologist says a child suicide case over school expenses reflects structural inequality and schools’ failure as spaces for dialogue.

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"...It isn’t $200 billion+ useful": American sociologist and machine learning engineer Stephanie Kirmer on the AI bubble towardsdatascience.c... #sociology #socialscience #AI

The Evolving Role of the ML Engineer | Towards Data Science

Stephanie Kirmer on the $200 billion investment bubble, how AI companies can rebuild trust, and how her day-to-day work changed with the rise of LLMs.

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Sociologist A/ Prof Lindy Hern reflects on her tenure as president of the national Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology.. "One of the primary goals was to help the organization get to a more financially stable place post COVID." hilo.hawaii.edu/chan... #socialscience #sociology

UH Hilo sociologist Lindy Hern reflects on her tenure as president of the national Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology - UH Hilo Stories

From the get-go at AACS almost two decades ago, Associate Professor of Sociology Lindy Hern found a community that respected her perspective as a grad student and valued her participation.

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