Prof. Yue Qian comments on the BC birthrate hitting a record low again in 2023
Prof. Qian said the skyrocketing cost of living and a shortage of affordable childcare are factors in declining birthrates here and across Canada.
PhD student Taekyeong Goh investigates democracy and inequality shaped the initial COVID-19 pandemic
Goh is the lead author on a new paper for the International Journal of Comparative Sociology that examines the relationship between political freedom and inequality in explaining the spread and control of COVID-19.
Oilsands workers are resistant to sustainable jobs, PhD candidate Parker Muzzerall writes
Muzzerall’s recent study identifies one important problem with a just transition: oil and gas workers like the jobs they already have.
MA students Daniel Hwang and Yifei Yu receive the BPOC Graduate Excellence Award
The award recognizes excellence in research and scholarly performance and addresses systemic barriers BPOC students experience in their training.
PhD candidate Yijia Zhang wins AoIR’s 2024 Student Paper Award
Her paper, “Beyond Platform Control: Gendered Frictions in Food Delivery Work,” examined the controls facing women working as food delivery workers in China.
Research projects run by Profs. Emily Huddart and Qiang Fu awarded SSHRC Insight Grants
Prof. Huddart’s research project explores affective climate polarisation while Prof. Fu’s project focuses on socio-political realities of Chinese Canadians.
Get to know UBC Sociology Professor Irene Bloemraad
UBC Sociology welcomed Dr. Irene Bloemraad to UBC this summer as a Professor. We spoke to Dr. Bloemraad about her research and interdisciplinary work.
Prof. Andrew Jorgenson analyzes stranded fossil fuel assets’ impact on power plant emissions
In a new study published in Nature Communications, Prof. Andrew Jorgenson and his co-authors investigate whether power plants emit less or more in anticipation of stronger climate policies.
Welcome to our new graduate students for 2024W
UBC Sociology is excited to welcome our incoming 2024W graduate student cohort! We are excited for the new perspectives and research they bring to our community.
Can a just transition achieve decarbonization? PhD student Parker Muzzerall examines fossil fuel community opposition
UBC Sociology PhD student Parker Muzzerall recently published his first sole-authored paper. He uses interviews with oil and gas workers to reframe decarbonization as an issue of ontological security.