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Sociology, once a discipline seen as the embodiment of social progress, is now subject to frequent scepticism over its methodology, politics and career relevance. Here, five sociologists offer their assessment of the challenges facing the subject and what the future holds

Universities should not be neutral about attempts to ¡®no platform¡¯ speakers. They must defend students¡¯ right to hear orthodoxy challenged, says Steve Fuller