BA (Hons) Sociology
An exciting subject, sociology challenges the world in which we live, including politics, media and social inequality. Get practical experience to work in public and private sectors.
View courseDr Brian McDonough
PhD, SFHEA
Senior Lecturer
School of Health and Sport
Biography
As a scholar of work and organisation, Brian has been teaching modules including Professional Practice; Work, Policy and Diversity, and Project Management. He is also an ethnographer and research methods specialist, and has authored his own research methods textbooks designed for undergraduate students.
Brian has published a number of internationally recognised articles, chapters and books, and his latest edited text called Sociology, Work, and Organisations: A Global Context (Routledge, 2025) is a leading text in Business and Organisations, a copy of which sits proudly in the House of Commons Library, at Parliament.
Brian is an adviser to numerous organisations and is a trustee of a large charity in Liverpool, called Alt Valley Community Trust, which runs several sports centres, libraries and other businesses and social enterprises across the city. He also has a growing media profile and has featured on BBC South Today three times since 2025, discussing work, Generation Z, and the local economy.
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Keywords
work, mediating technology, universal basic income, body, gender, tactile, ethnography, qualitative research, social problems, bergson, heidegger, merleau-ponty
Further information
Brian has teaching experience, at undergraduate and postgraduate Level, including:
- Professional development
- Social problems and social inequalities
- Work, policy and diversity
- Researching the social world
- Working in partnership with organisations
- Project management
- Management and organisational behaviour
- Big data and technology
- Human rights at work
- Contemporary social theory
- Applied project management
Taught courses
BSc (Hons) Psychology with Sociology
Explore the fascinating behaviours of individuals, as well as the cultural and political issues that shape collective experiences, on this BPS accredited degree.
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BA (Hons) Criminology and Sociology
This degree helps you develop critical perspectives on social behaviours, exploring justice, crime and inequality, to prepare you for a successful career and make a meaningful contribution to society.
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PGCert Social Work Practice Education
Extend your professional status and portfolio as a social worker to enable the learning of social work students and newly qualified social workers within placements.
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