Press

In August 2019, the 14th ESA Conference and its attending sociologists from Europe and beyond gained significant media attention.

University co-hosts Europe’s largest event for sociologists (published on Tuesday, August 20, 2019)

The ESA’s commissioned media consultant, Tony Trueman, issued 14 press releases about selected research studies presented at the ESA 2019 conference in Manchester. Over half of them received media coverage, five of them significant items in the UK or press abroad. In total, there were 72 press items based on the press releases, most mentioning the ESA in the text. 

Sunday, August 18, 2019

The Guardian / Observer, press item about research carried out by Bernhard Ebbinghaus, and published by Jamie Doward:
UK elderly suffer worst poverty rate in western Europe

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

The Times, press item about research carried out by Bernd Brandl, and published in the ‘Business section’ by Gurpreet Narwan:
Managers failing to earn trust from union officials (paywall)

PinkNews, press item about research carried out by Judit Takacs and Ivett Szalma, and published by Emma Powys Maurice:
Homophobia is on the rise in countries without same-sex marriage, research says

Thursday, August 22, 2019

i News, press item about research carried out by Katy Barbier-Greenland and Deborah Dempsey, and published by Katie Grant:
‘My sister and I are not who we thought we were’: How DNA testing kits are increasingly exposing long-held family secrets

Press items about research carried out by Daniela Sime, and published in:

The Guardian, by Sally Weale: Xenophobic bullying souring lives of eastern European pupils in UK

The Independent, by Eleanor Busby: Teachers failing to protect young eastern Europeans from racism post Brexit vote, researchers say

HuffPost UK, by Rachel McGrath: Young Eastern Europeans Living In UK 'Facing More Racism Since Brexit Vote'

All links last accessed on 27 November 2019.