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Prof. Amanda Cheong offers a sociology of statelessness in a new open-access article

 
The article explores how conflicts over who counts as a stateless person play out below the formal letter of the law in Malaysia.

PhD student Taekyeong Goh investigates how democracy and inequality shaped the COVID-19 pandemic

 
PhD student Taekyeong Goh recently published a new paper as the lead author in International Journal of Comparative Sociology.

Profs. Lindsey Richardson and Sylvia Fuller discuss their research on wealth inequality ahead of the Stone Centre opening

 
The Stone Centre on Wealth and Income Inequality at UBC is poised to become a leading research hub on wealth inequality, significantly contributing to academic and public conversations.
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Prof. Amanda Cheong offers a sociology of statelessness in a new open-access article

October 31, 2024
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PhD student Taekyeong Goh investigates how democracy and inequality shaped the COVID-19 pandemic

October 25, 2024
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Profs. Lindsey Richardson and Sylvia Fuller discuss their research on wealth inequality ahead of the Stone Centre opening

October 23, 2024
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