Sojourners recruiting Co-Editor-in-Chief
UBC’s Undergraduate Journal of Sociology at UBC is recruiting a Co-Editor-in-Chief for its 15th edition! If you’re interested in showcasing exceptional undergraduate writing and working with a team of passionate, budding academics, apply by midnight on September 30th.
Prof. Aryan Karimi writes op-ed for The Conversation, discussing the failure of implementing multiculturalism techniques in Europe as compared to Canada
Prof. Karimi’s piece argues the transplantation of Canadian style multiculturalism is bound to fail in European countries characterized by monoculturalism, lest a a new form of multi-ethnicity make a comeback in the region.
UBC Health offers up to 25,000$ in research funding to faculty members collaborating to develop new teams, ideas and translate findings from innovative health-related research
The funding, granted through the Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards is additionally directed to projects focusing on promoting diversity and inclusion, and having the potential to impact health equity.
Everyone cares about the environment: Prof. Emily Huddart Kennedy’s new book demonstrates five eco-social relationships
About why acknowledging diverse eco-social relationships can help us overcome the political polarization that undermines our ability to protect the environment.
Q&A with Profs. Seth Abrutyn and Amin Ghaziani for their new roles as Editors of Contexts
A Q&A session with Prof. Profs. Seth Abrutyn and Amin Ghaziani where they talk about their new roles, expectations, and what they hope to contribute to the Contexts for readers and scholars.
UBC Sociology graduate students presenting at American Sociological Association Annual Meeting
UBC Sociology PhD students Tom Einhorn, Allison Laing, Parker Muzzerall, and Rose Xueqing Zhang are traveling to Los Angeles this week to present their research at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. We are excited to share some of what they will be presenting.
Prof. Becki Ross revisits her article about memorializing sex workers in Talking Papers
“Sex workers were always feeling, because of the stigma and criminalization of their work, that they were always at risk of violence, of murder, of all variety of whorephobia from every institution,” Prof. Ross says.
PhD student Sophie Liu selected as a 2022-23 CAnD3 Fellow
Congratulations to PhD student Sophie Liu who has been appointed as a CAnD3 Fellow in the 2022-23 year cohort. As a CAnD3 fellow, Sophie will explore how computational and data science methods can be leveraged in policy-driven and action-oriented immigration research.
Prof. Amin Ghaziani invited to the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study as a Guest of the Director
The NIAS-KNAW (Humanities and Social Sciences) is one of the oldest Advanced Study Institutes in Europe committed to promoting interdisciplinary and curiosity-driven research for scholars. They issued a press release announcing Prof. Ghaziani’s stay.
Sociology Profs. Seth Abrutyn and Amin Ghaziani Appointed Editors of Contexts
Congratulations to Seth Abrutyn and Amin Ghaziani who are the new editors of Contexts, which brings the best sociological research to the general public and scholars outside the discipline.