Professor John Solomos
Professor of Sociology, Co-director of Human Rights MA Programmes
Email: J.Solomos@city.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7040 8506
Overview
Professor Solomos joined the Department of Sociology at City in 2001 as Professor of Sociology, having previously worked at Aston University, Warwick University, Birkbeck College, Southampton University and London Southbank University.
His teaching is focused on the sociology of race and racism, sociological theory, human rights and social theory, qualitative research methods and multiculturalism and citizenship.
He has supervised a wide range of PhD students in both his own areas of research interest and in other fields of sociology. He welcomes the opportunity to work with PhD students and is interested to receive informal inquiries from prospective research students. He is currently supervising students working on a range of issues, including migration and refugees, minority families and social capital, Turkish-speaking youth in London and Cuban music and popular culture.
He serves on the Strategic Research Board of the Economic and Social Research Council. He is also active in the administration of the Department of Sociology and the School of Social Sciences at City.
He is joint editor with Martin Bulmer of the international journal Ethnic and Racial Studies, published 12 times a year by Routledge.
Teaching
Undergraduate: Introduction to Sociology; Political Sociology; Sociological Theory and Analysis; Sociology of Race and Racism; Social Movements and Political Action
Postgraduate: Qualitative Research Methods; Rights, Multiculturalism and Citizenship; Theories of Race and Ethnicity;Human Rights and Social Theory; Contemporary Issues in Social Theory
Selected recent publications
Books
The SAGE Handbook of Race and Ethnic Studies, (Edited by Patricia Hill Collins and John Solomos), Sage Publications Ltd, 2010
Race and Ethnicity in the 21st Century, (Edited by Alice Bloch and John Solomos), Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
Transnational Families: Ethnicities, Identities and Social Capital (with Harry Goulbourne, Tracey Reynolds and Elisabetta Zontini) Routledge 2009
Theories of Race and Racism: A Reader Second Edition (co-editor with Les Back) Routledge 2009
Journal articles
‘Introduction: Migrant Politics and Mobilisation: Exclusion, Engagements, Incorporation’ (with Davide Però) Ethnic and Racial Studies 33, 1, 2010: 1-18
‘Islam and the New Political Landscape: Faith Communities, Political Participation and Social Change’ (with Les Back, Michael Keith, Azra Khan and Kalbir Shukra) Theory, Culture & Society 26, 4, 2009
‘Immigration, Social Cohesion and Social Capital: A Critical Review’ (with Pauline Hope Cheong, Rosalind Edwards and Harry Goulbourne) Critical Social Policy 27, 1, 2007: 24-49