'Free Money' Screening and Director Q&A - 24th August 2023
The UBI Lab Network offers a free online screening of the documentary ‘Free Money’ with a director Q&A on 24 August 2023, on universal basic income in Kenya.
18 August 2023
What Are Stepfamilies, Reconstituted Families, and Blended Families?
Stepfamilies, reconstituted families, and blended families are all the same thing. Learn more about these family types sociologically.
15 August 2023
What are Extended Families?
Extended families can sometimes be described as ‘horizontally’ extended and sometimes as ‘vertically’ extended or ‘beanpole’ family. Lean more...
8 August 2023
Beanpole Family
Curated sociological definitions of ‘beanpole family’ from academia: the family form built on vertical links between grandparents, parents and children.
30 July 2023
List of Family Types in Sociology
There are many family types in sociology and they get confusing very quickly. Here, I try to clarify each family type individually.
27 July 2023
Bibliography: Single-Parent Families
A curated list of articles and book chapters on single-parent families, with a pointer to our companion bibliography on lone-parent families.
25 July 2023
Bibliography: Lone-Parent Families
A curated list of articles and book chapters on lone-parent families, with a pointer to our companion bibliography on single-parent families.
25 July 2023
Stem Family
Academic sociological definitions of the stem family, where one child is selected to carry on the family lineage, collected from across the literature.
11 July 2023
Bibliography: Stem Families
A list of hand-curated books, chapters and articles on the subject of stem families, useful for sociology of family essays and research projects.
11 July 2023
NHS Privatisation, Necropolitics, Intentional Killing
Behind NHS privatisation lie necropolitical choices that reveal an intent to kill for profit: a sociological analysis marking the NHS's 75th anniversary.
6 July 2023