Featured Research

Honours student Kyle Baanders examines the self-regulation of geek and masculine online communities

Kyle’s research uses ethnographical tools to understand how these communities regulate their own values and members.

“Silencing Science: How to Respond to Disinformation and Toxic Public Discourse” is a collaboration with the David Suzuki Institute.

A new study from Prof. Nathanael Lauster examines how rising housing costs across major Canadian cities have affected household formation.

Two of Professor Seth Abrutyn’s articles have made the list for the top downloaded articles from each ASA journal in 2024.

Caitlin received the award for her thesis research on Chinese activism in Vancouver through the fight for 105 Keefer.

Their research used in-depth interviews to explore how queer conceptions of friendship can be used to disrupt patriarchal ideologies.

Her research examines how social class and past experience with corporal punishment impacts people’s understanding of it.

The two UBC Sociology faculty members were named as finalists in the category of Cultural Anthropology and Sociology.

She argues that past scholarship has advanced sociology in three key areas: identity, racialization, and integration.

More than just an art form, queer nightlife is a cultural field. This shift accents relational artmaking and the aesthetics of activism.