Prof. Ethan Raker investigates how disaster aid programs engender racial and socioeconomic inequalities in new paper
Prof. Raker investigates how racial and socioeconomic disparities emerge through the process of applying for and receiving individual disaster assistance in a new study.
“Morality, Affect, and Reputation in the Making of a Motivated Social Self”: Prof. Seth Abrutyn’s new paper theorizes the social self
In “Morality, Affect, and Reputation in the Making of a Motivated Social Self,” Prof. Seth Abrutyn and co-author Jienian Zhang develop a theoretical framework around the affectual and moral dimensions of self in Erving Goffman’s works.
Prof. Aryan Karimi examines wartime (im)mobility for Ukranians in Canada and Germany in a new publication
In war times, what differentiates those who manage to flee from those who remain behind? Prof. Karimi examines effects of aspirations-capabilities on displaced Ukrainians in Canada and Germany.
We don’t all have to love the environment the same way: Prof. Emily Huddart Kennedy talks about her new book
In her new book Eco-Types, Prof. Kennedy shows us five kinds of connecting to the natural world and invites us to approach each other from a place of compassion and respect.
AI chatbots will be more about work and elder care than relationships in the future, says Prof. Laura Nelson
“I don’t think that we’re going to lose personal relationships to chatbot relationships,” Prof. Nelson commented to Quartz.
How does working multiple jobs out of necessity affect mental health and family life? Prof. Sylvia Fuller speaks to BC Today
Prof. Sylvia Fuller discussed how the how constant juggling of multiple jobs can lead to negative consequences on BC Today.
Prof. Yue Qian talks gender, family, quantitative research & intersectionality in a feature for the Gender+ in Research Collective
This feature is the first in the Gender+ Scholar Spotlight Series, which aims to feature UBC faculty working with an intersectional and gendered lens in a variety of ways.
Life inside the Fiction Factory: Prof. Clayton Childress interviews Dan Sinykin on Conglomerate Publishing
Prof. Childress interviews Dan Sinykin of Emory University about his new book “Big Fiction,” an examination of how changes in the publishing industry powerfully shape which books end up in readers’ hands.
New article by Prof. Nathanael Lauster investigates the rise of “housing nationalism” in Canada
Prof. Lauster and his co-author Jens von Bergmann spoke to UBC News about their research on reactionary housing nationalism in this Q&A.
Prof. Amanda Cheong investigates “racial exclusion by bureaucratic omission” for Rohingya people in Myanmar
Prof. Amanda Cheong’s latest research on the bureaucratic foundations of the Rohingya crisis, and resistance by Rohingya activists, is now available by advance access in Social Problems.