• Hidden Transcripts of the Powerful: Researching the Arts of Domination 

  Massoumi, N; Morgan, M (SAGE Publications, 14 April 2024)

  This article develops a submerged aspect of James C Scott’s work on ‘hidden transcripts’. Whereas Scott focused predominantly on the hidden transcripts of the powerless, here we propose a research agenda based upon studying ...

• Elite Status‐Seeking and Class Reproduction in Civil Society: An Analysis of Corporate Elite Appointments to Charity Boards 

  Mills, T; Massoumi, N (Wiley, 27 February 2025)

  This article examines the relationship between economic elites and civil society by analysing the appointments of corporate elites to the boards of charitable companies in the UK. Whilst previous research has usually focused ...

• Researching Russia with digital trace data 

  Bessudnov, A (University of California Press, 2025)

  The Russo-Ukrainian war and the deterioration of the relationship between Russia and the West made the application of traditional social science research methods, such as surveys and fieldwork, difficult for researchers. ...

• Rorty as feminist ally 

  Lamb, R (Brill Academic Publishers, 2025)

  In this paper, I explore and extend Susan Dieleman’s suggestion that Rorty is a “feminist ally”, arguing that the idea of allyship provides a fruitful and revealing way to understand the political substance and implications ...

• Llamas beyond the Andes: Untold histories of camelids in the modern world By Marcia Stephenson. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2023. 448 pp 

  Dugnoille, J (Wiley / American Anthropological Association, 28 May 2025)

  In Llamas beyond the Andes, Stephenson examines the extraction of llamas and other camelids (alpacas, vicuñas, and guanacos) from the Andes, their introduction into European and global economies, and the significant role ...

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