Register for SOCI 495A/599C: Demography of Disasters in Term 2
Professor Ethan Raker will be teaching SOCI 495A/599C: Demography of Disaster on Mondays from 2-5 PM in Term 2.
Inequality is driving the climate crisis: Prof. Andrew Jorgenson and UBC Sociology graduate students publish new paper
A new article published in Energy Research & Social Science analyzes the effects of inequality on emissions in Canadian provinces from 1997 to 2020.
Prof. David Tindall comments on B.C.’s contentious Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline project
Prof. Tindall said the fact the new pipeline is now co-owned by the Nisga’a government will influence the B.C. government’s response to potential conflict.
New books by Sociology faculty for your fall 2024 reading list
This past year, UBC Sociology faculty have published books covering topics ranging from the social roots of youth suicide to changes in queer nightlife.
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.
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.
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.
Welcoming Assistant Professor Katie McConnell to UBC Sociology
The Department of Sociology welcomes Dr. Katie McConnell to UBC this year as an Assistant Professor. Dr. McConnell joins us from Brown University’s Population Studies and Training Center, where she was a Postdoctoral Research Associate. Her research examines the social dynamics of climate change, with a focus on the intersection of climate hazards, the built […]