Sociology

In this course, Dr Angus Nurse (Nottingham Trent University) explores green criminology and crimes against wildlife and the environment. In the first lecture, we introduce some key definitions, concepts and areas of interest within green...

In this course, Professor Ian Goldin (University of Oxford) considers the causes, consequences and future of global population growth, centring on a single key question – is the planet full? In the first lecture, we explore global population...

In this course, Professor Clare Bambra (Newcastle University) explores health inequalities in the United Kingdom. In the first lecture, we think about how to define and measure social class, regional and ethnic inequalities. In the second lecture,...

In this course, Dr Nilima Gulrajani (Overseas Development Institute) explores global aid and its relationship to development. In the first lecture, we consider the emergence of the modern global aid system from mid-twentieth century. In the second...

This course, by Professor Daniel McCarthy (University of Surrey) explores policing. In the first lecture, we think about a history of policing, up until the 1829 Metropolitan Police Act. In the second lecture, we think about how policing has...

This course, by Dr Nathan Kerrigan (Birmingham City University) explores some key underpinnings of sociological theory and research. In the first lecture, we think about whether sociology is considered a science and from which perspectives...