Research on power, inequalities and citizenship is a crucial component of our work at Newcastle. Informed and contributing to advances in contemporary social theory, our research is wide ranging, looking at both long term macro-sociological trends, and micro-level analyses of inequalities of social class, ethnicity, sexualities, and health, and their practical manifestations in education, employment, and other forms of social exclusion.

Our work critically engages with different conceptions of citizenship, democracy, and power, and their interrelation.

The continued relevance of power and inequalities for contemporary citizenship is mapped across a portfolio of research which explores how models and practices of citizenship, and the politics of recognition are deployed and mobilised by a variety of groups with, through or against government.

In pursuit of developing a better understanding of the highly complex and intersectional nature of social inequalities we also highlight the relevance of comparative perspectives, as different contexts reveal different configurations of inequality and power.

The co-ordinator for this cluster is Tracy Shildrick