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NAME ROLE Prof Melanie Simms WES Co-Editor in Chief eventS 2015 preSident’S report Prof Rose Barbour Ethics Director Dr Ewen Speed MedSoc Representative Dr John Bone Membership Services Director Dr Fiona Stevenson MedSoc Representative 8 January 15 may During my period of office as BSA President I hope to accomplish a number of things Mr Rampaul Chamba Membership Services Director Dr Spyros Themelis ASF Co-Convenor Sociology of Religion Postgraduate and Early Sport Study Group Conference – Sport and through sponsoring a programme of events that continue the tradition of showcasing the Prof Garry Crawford Student Engagement Director Dr Katherine Twamley ECF Co-Convenor Career Study Day Social Protest value and relevance of British sociology: to Prof Eileen Green Vice Chair Dr Rosa Vasilaki ASF Co-Convenor BSA Meeting Room, Imperial Wharf, London British Library Conference Centre, London Prof John Horne Publications Director Dr Tom Vickers ASF Co-Convenor highlight the work of early career Dr Nicola Ingram Membership Services Director Prof Alan Warde Publications Director Mrs Pam Law Treasurer Prof Sophie Watson Sociology Co-Editor 8 January 15 may researchers as well as established scholars, Prof Linda McKie Publications Director Dr Aaron Winter Race Advisory Forum Co- Yorkshire Medical Sociology Group Event Regional Postgraduate Event – Challenging to foreground research with a critical Dr Caroline Oliver Publications Director Convenor University of York Hidden Normativity at Work Prof Louise Ryan Publications Director Mr Howard Wollman Chair Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh political edge, to acknowledge the Prof Sue Scott External Affairs Director Prof Kathryn Woodward Sociology Co-Editor Prof Alan Warde Publications Director 8 January importance of cross-cultural dialogue Mr Howard Wollman Chair honorary vice preSidentS Sottish Colloquium on Food and Feeding 19 may including scholars beyond Euro-America Supported By Prof Martin Albrow (SCOFF) Research Seminar – Disgusting Food: Regional Postgraduate Event – Emotional and to show that sociology can bring Mrs Kerry Collins Company Secretary Prof Sara Arber The Power of Dislike in Food and Eating Methodologies Mrs Judith Mudd Chief Executive Prof Michèle Barrett BSA Meeting Room, Imperial Wharf, London University of Leicester enjoyment. My first presidential event at Prof John Brewer the 2015 BSA Conference in Glasgow invites BSa adviSory forum Prof Sir Robert Burgess NAME ROLE 16 January 27 may Prof Joan Busfield the audience to join a panel of colleagues Dr Kehinde Andrews Race Advisory Forum Co- Yorkshire Medical Sociology Group Event London Medical Sociology Event – Medical Convenor Prof John Eldridge working on nationalism, ethnicity, Prof John Holmwood University of York Sociology in the Age of (Neuro)Biology Ms Victoria Armstrong PGF Co-Convenor London School of Hygiene and Tropical Ms Anika Baddeley SOA Co-Convenor Prof David Morgan biographical and social change in asking Prof Rose Barbour Ethics Director Prof Geoff Payne 16 february Medicine questions about the sociological value of the Mr Ben Baumberg Social Policy Association Prof Jennifer Platt Citizenship Study Group Launch Event – Representative Prof John Scott Citizenship in the European Union 29 may concept, ‘British society’. Dr John Bone Membership Services Director Prof Sue Scott BSA Meeting Room, Imperial Wharf, London Teaching Group Event Despite adversities, I see a British sociology that Prof Rachel Brooks Sociological Research Online Co- Editor external profeSSional University of East London remains expansive, consistently serving a wide Ms Sarah Burton PGF Co-Convenor and SpecialiSt adviSorS 25 february range of publics by providing an evidence- Mr Rampaul Chamba Membership Services Director NAME ROLE Climate Change Sociology Group Event 29 may Mrs Kerry Collins BSA Company Secretary Acamedia Media specialist BSA Meeting Room, Imperial Wharf, London Theory Study Group – Early Career Theorists’ based critical voice analysing social worlds and nourishing other disciplines. This is exemplified Prof Garry Crawford Student Engagement Director Dayson Consulting IT Consultant Symposium in a wide range of ways. I find recent reminders in the vibrancy and growth of study groups, Prof Andrew Danford WES Co-Editor in Chief ELAS Health and safety specialists 25 february Goldsmiths, University of London Dr Mark Doidge ECF Co-Convenor GH VAT Consultancy VAT specialists such as the relatively new Climate Change group and in the books nominated for the Philip Prof Nick Fox SOA Co-Convenor Haines Watts Auditors London Medical Sociology Event Abrams prize. These books demonstrate the richness of theorising and researching among early Prof Eileen Green Vice Chair Pensions Trust Pensions London School of Hygiene and Tropical 29-30 may career practitioners of sociology. Their contributions both mark out new territory and refresh Dr Paul Hodkinson Sociological Research Online Co- Ruffer Investments Investment fund managers Medicine Bourdieu Study Group Event Editor SAGE Publications Journal publishing London School of Economics & Politcal Science recurring themes of social life, such as how well-intended actions lead to unintended Prof John Horne Publications Director TSG IT systems support consequences, means become ends and how the taken-for-granted self-serving assumptions of Prof David Inglis Cultural Sociology Co-Editor 27 february The Access Group IT System Alcohol Study Group Event 4 June the privileged denigrate others. This uncovering of hidden social processes enables messages Dr Nicola Ingram Membership Services Director & UK Engage Elections Services Study Group Representative Ward Hadaway Legal services BSA Meeting Room, Imperial Wharf, London Regional Postgraduate Event – Society and with political edge, while also communicating the excitement of doing sociology. I plan to draw Prof Lynn Jamieson President Waterstons Website hosting and support Crisis: Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluations on such early career scholarship in the programme of Presidential events. Mrs Pam Law Treasurer & Teaching Group 28 february of Societal Well-Being Representative The Trustees and officers of the BSA are involved in collective responses to threats to social Dr Andrew King Sociology Co-Editor Staff memBerS Teaching Group Event University of Leicester Dr Lisa Mckenzie ASF Co-Convenor NAME POSITION Birmingham City University science research and the teaching of sociology that have been eloquently described by my Prof Linda McKie Publications Director Elizabeth Brown Events Officer 10 June predecessor John Holmwood. It remains important to be alert to new developments and Mrs Judith Mudd Chief Executive Joan Carr Administrator 4-5 march PsychoPolitics in the Twenty First Century – Kerry Collins Company Secretary respond to official consultations from HEFCE, the ESRC, RCUK and ERC, to support the Campaign Ms Ashli Mullen PGF Co-Convenor South West Medical Sociology Group and Centre Peter Sedgwick and Radical Movements in Dr Karim Murji Sociology Co-Editor Alison Danforth Publications Officer for the Public University and to work with umbrella organisations such as the Academy of the Elaine Forester Events Co-ordinator for Health and Social Care Innovation Mental Health Dr Sarah Neal Sociology Co-Editor Social Sciences. Sociology has always provided critical commentary on the conditions of its Dr Caroline Oliver Publications Director David Hetherington Communications Officer Conference 2015 – Medical Sociology and Liverpool Hope University Dr Nirmal Puwar Race Advisory Forum Co- Sophie Jaques Publications Assistant Impact production. As sociologists, I hope we will remain sensitised to how aspects of the current Convenor Margaret Luke PA to the Chief Executive Plymouth University 22 June climate in UK education are likely to penalise those who do not inhabit the intersection of the Mr Jon Rainford PGF Co-Convenor Gillian Mason Finance Officer BSA/British Library Equality Lecture – Shami Prof Louise Ryan Publications Director Judith Mudd Chief Executive most privileged categories of class, ethnicity, embodiment, gender and sexuality. Dr Andrea Scott ECF Co-Convenor Katherine Munro Events Co-ordinator 5 march Chakraborti ‘On Liberty’ Prof John Scott Honorary Vice President Gillian Rae Events Co-ordinator Violence Against Women Study Group Event British Library Conference Centre, London prof lynn Jamieson Prof Sue Scott External Affairs Director Donna Willis Website/IT Officer Chester University president 22 June 11 march Medical Sociology Early Career Researcher Meet the New Work, employment and society Summer Event 2015 Journal Editor University of Cambridge Special intereSt & Study Group convenorS BSA Meeting Room, Imperial Wharf, London The BSA currently operates a network of more than 40 study groups, each focusing on a specific area of interest 24 June chair’S report within sociology. These networks help individuals with specialised research and teaching interests to connect and 25 march London Medical Sociology Event – Failures, develop their own events. Not all sociologists have permanent associations with academic institutions either. London Medical Sociology Event Futures and the Queerness of Fat Sex Summarising the past year of activity for the BSA is a difficult task. As an Association, we Sociologists come in all shapes and sizes so there is also support through our special interest groups such as the London School