John Solomos

Information:	Professor John Solomos
Specialism:	Sociology of race and ethnicity; politics of race and ethnicity in Britain; multiculturalism; migration and citizenship; politics of racism
Teaching:	Undergraduate: Introduction to Sociology; Political Sociology; Theories and Research Strategies in Sociology; 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
Location:	Social Sciences Building, Room D614
Tel:	020-7040-8506
Fax:	020-7040-8580
Email:	J.Solomos@city.ac.uk
Office hours:	Term 2 2009/10: Mon 12 - 1pm, Weds 12 - 1pm, Fri 11-12pm
Administration	Deputy Dean School of Social Sciences; Director of Undergraduate Programmes

I joined the Department of Sociology at City in 2001 as Professor of Sociology. I started my career as part of the ESRC Centre for Research on Ethnic Relations at the Universities of Aston and Warwick from 1980 to 1987. I then moved to my first lecturing position in the Department of Sociology at Birkbeck College, University of London, from 1987 to 1994. I then moved to the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Southampton to take up my first Chair in 1994. From there I moved to London South Bank University in 1998 as Professor of Sociology.

My teaching is focused on the sociology of race and racism, sociological theory, human rights and social theory, qualitative research methods and multiculturalism and citizenship. I enjoy teaching at all levels of the undergraduate programmes and on the masters programmes.

I have supervised a wide range of PhD students in both my own areas of research interest and in other fields of sociology. I welcome the opportunity to work with PhD students and I am interested to receive informal inquiries from prospective research students. I am 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.

I serve on the Strategic Research Board of the Economic and Social Research Council. I am also active in the administration of the Department of Sociology and the School of Social Sciences at City.

I am joint editor with Martin Bulmer of the international journal Ethnic and Racial Studies, published 10 times a year by Routledge

In my own time I enjoy living in London, being a loyal and enthusiastic supporter of West Bromwich Albion and travelling to new places.

Some Recent Books

Race and Ethnicity in the 21st Century

The SAGE Handbook of Race and Ethnic Studies

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

Some Recent 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 (forthcoming)

‘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