Department of Sociology
We are a world-leading Department of Sociology, ranked first in the UK in The Guardian University Guide 2026 and first in London in the Complete University Guide 2026.
LSE Sociology provides outstanding education in the changing social world, and state-of-the-art, public-facing research on social issues. Our areas of international expertise include: economic sociology; politics and human rights; social inequalities; knowledge, culture and technology; and urban sociology.
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Public sociology: why sociology matters
LSE Human Rights
A leading interdisciplinary hub for global human rights scholarship
British Journal of Sociology
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The Ralph Miliband Programme
A prestigious lecture series inspired by Ralph Miliband's contribution to social thought
Researching Sociology blog
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