PhD candidate Umay Kader discusses her research on the realities of living at home for young adults in the Georgia Straight
How are young adults navigating multigenerational living arrangements — particularly when it comes to dating?
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.
PhD student Erica Mildner investigates the gender divide in family welfare policy knowledge in sole-authored paper
“What do prospective parents know about family welfare incentives?” UBC Sociology PhD student Erica Mildner recently published a sole-authored paper in Community, Work & Family investigating this question in the contexts of the United States and Hungary.
Prof. Nathan Lauster speaks to BC Today about how the housing crisis is affecting young families.
UBC Sociology Prof. Nathan Lauster spoke to BC Today host Michelle Eliot about how BC’s housing crisis is affecting young families.
Meet our Sociology Faculty!
Welcome to UBC Sociology where we do transformational teaching, impactful research and engage with our community and the world.
Congratulations to this year’s SSHRC scholarship recipients!
Congratulations to our students Lara Antebi, Jiaxin Gu, Carly Hamdon, Parker Muzzerall, and Mark Shakespear, who received SSHRC funding for their research projects!
Introducing our new Student Services Advisor Adalynn Mai
We are thrilled to introduce Adalynn Mai, our new Student Services Advisor at UBC Sociology. Adalynn came to Sociology with a background in Science. Her main responsibilities are undergraduate and graduate student advising.
Welcome to UBC Sociology’s new Administrator Kate Lewis
After over a decade of experience at UBC, where she’s worked in a variety of roles from Enrolment Services, the Faculty of Medicine, and most recently the Department of Linguistics, Kate Lewis takes over as our new Administrator.
Congratulations to our Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference prize winners
Congratulations to Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference prize winners Hal Kowalewski, Emilia Heilakka and Teodora Marie Rawsthorne Eckmyn.
Watch: Our Honours students present their research at our 2023 Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference
We had a fantastic lineup of student presentations at our Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference. Thanks to all of our Honours students who participated!