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Department of Sociology Podcasts

Podcasts from The Department of Sociology. Sociology in Oxford is concerned with real-world issues with policy relevance, such as social inequality, organised crime, the social basis of political conf... Read more

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The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism

The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism

Prof. Skocpol presents a detailed analysis of the rising Tea Party in the US and how Tea Party followers are different f... Read more

7 Jul 2012

1hr 3mins

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Robert Andersen on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Robert Andersen on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Robert Andersen discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergradua... Read more

28 Jan 2014

1hr 1min

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Sean Carey on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Sean Carey on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Sean Carey (University of Mannheim, Germany) discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quanti... Read more

18 Nov 2013

1hr 31mins

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Does Shame Always Go Hand in Hand With Poverty? Answers From an International Comparative Study

Does Shame Always Go Hand in Hand With Poverty? Answers From an International Comparative Study

Is shame an automatic consequence of poverty? Can one be poor without being ashamed of it? A lecture from Professor Robe... Read more

30 Jan 2013

1hr 13mins

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Intergenerational relationships: Does grandparental childcare pay off?

Intergenerational relationships: Does grandparental childcare pay off?

Intergenerational relationships: Does grandparental childcare pay off?

21 Oct 2013

53mins

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Andrew Gelman on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Andrew Gelman on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Andrew Gelman (Columbia University, NYC) discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitati... Read more

18 Nov 2013

58mins

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Crimes in (social) Contexts: The Influence of Police Legitimacy on Offending Behaviour

Crimes in (social) Contexts: The Influence of Police Legitimacy on Offending Behaviour

How can we understand the influence of police on criminal behaviour?

30 Jan 2013

1hr 10mins

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Political Epistemics: The Secret Police, the Opposition, and the End of East German Socialism

Political Epistemics: The Secret Police, the Opposition, and the End of East German Socialism

Sociological analysis of the End of East German Socialism.

7 Jul 2012

1hr 12mins

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Bill Jacoby on teaching quantitative methods to political science students

Bill Jacoby on teaching quantitative methods to political science students

Bill Jacoby discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate p... Read more

18 Oct 2012

1hr 33mins

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Income inequality and personality- Are more equal US States more agreeable?

Income inequality and personality- Are more equal US States more agreeable?

How does inequality influence personal agreeableness?

30 Jan 2013

1hr 17mins

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The Combat Soldier: Infantry Tactics and Cohesion in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries

The Combat Soldier: Infantry Tactics and Cohesion in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries

Professor Anthony King (University of Exeter) looks at the modern infantry tactics and cohesion, with a perspective on c... Read more

22 Oct 2012

55mins

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Alan Agresti on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Alan Agresti on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Alan Agresti discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate ... Read more

24 Dec 2012

41mins

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Negative Intergroup Contact: Causes and Consequences

Negative Intergroup Contact: Causes and Consequences

Dr. Eva Jaspers (University of Utrecht) on negative intergroup contact and how it can help us understand persistent ethn... Read more

23 Oct 2012

35mins

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Paul Kellstedt on teaching quantitative methods to political science students

Paul Kellstedt on teaching quantitative methods to political science students

Paul Kellstedt discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduat... Read more

3 Dec 2012

58mins

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Laura Stoker on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Laura Stoker on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Laura Stoker discusses her experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate ... Read more

11 Feb 2013

51mins

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Andy Field on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Andy Field on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Andy Field (University of Sussex) discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative meth... Read more

9 Sep 2013

57mins

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Anti-politics in action: Do European protesters hate formal politics more than the general public?

Anti-politics in action: Do European protesters hate formal politics more than the general public?

Dr Clare Saunders (University of Exeter) presents her multi-staged surveys on European protests.

28 Aug 2013

1hr 17mins

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The Endtimes of Human Rights

The Endtimes of Human Rights

Are we coming to an end of the human rights as a social science issue? Talk by Dr Stephen Hopgood (SOAS).

28 Aug 2013

1hr 19mins

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Manfred te Grotenhuis on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Manfred te Grotenhuis on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Manfred te Grotenhuis (Radboud University Nijmegen) discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching... Read more

27 Aug 2013

43mins

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Updating what we know about intergenerational time and money transfers in the U.S.

Updating what we know about intergenerational time and money transfers in the U.S.

Prof. Bianchi (UCLA) presents a new survey component of American Time Use Data (ATUS) that investigates intergenerationa... Read more

17 May 2013

1hr 16mins

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