UBC Sociology wishes Professor Neil Guppy a very happy retirement
Neil chose to celebrate his retirement with a gift of $50,000 to create a new scholarship focused on undergraduate students: the Guppy Undergraduate Excellence in Sociology Fund.
Prof. Yue Qian and PhD student Manlin Cai publish new article “Gendered age preferences for potential partners: a mixed-methods study among online daters in Shanghai” in the Chinese Sociological Review
Prof. Qian’s and Cai’s mixed methods study situated in Shanghai delves into gendered age preferences in online dating, finding gender asymmetry in age preferences rooted in Chinese societal norms
UBC Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference 2022 – Call for Abstracts is Now Open!
The Sociology Students’ Association is pleased to invite all undergraduate students to present their works at the Annual Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference.
Adam Vanzella-Yang and Max Chewinski receive SSHRC awards
Congratulations to UBC Sociology PhD students Adam Vanzella-Yang and Max Chewinski who have both been awarded SSHRC funding for their post-doctoral research.
Dr. Rafael Wainer receives Department of Sociology’s Sessional Instructor Award
The department is pleased to recognize Dr. Wainer’s commitment to engaged teaching and his long standing contributions to undergraduate teaching with this award.
Prof. Lauster comments on rise in moves to resort towns such as Squamish across BC as fueled by remote working arrangements
Prof. Lauster spoke to the Times Colonist on why moves towards resort destinations in BC have spiked to the point of making them the fastest growing communities in the country. On top of this move being fueled by remote working opportunities, Lauster commented on the fact building bylaws in areas like Vancouver have not been updated to allow for more housing stock: “Where you allow new housing to be built is also where you see new population growth.”
Prof. Lauster interviewed by Vancouver is Awesome on city’s recent population decline
Prof. Lauster spoke to Vancouver is Awesome about the city’s recent population decline. Prof. Lauster partly attributed the phenomenon to the Covid-19 pandemic, which both forced young adults to move back home and allowed for newly at-home workers to move out of the central city, towards the suburbs.
Prof. Yue Qian most recent paper “Child Marriage in Mainland China” published in Studies in Family Planning
Prof. Yue Qian’s most recent paper “Child Marriage in Mainland China, published in Studies in Family Planning, used publicly available data from the 2000 and 2010 census to estimate nacional and provincial-level prevalence of child marriage across mainland China.
Results indicate the practice continues across mainland China despite laws prohibiting the practice, with a widening gender gap increasingly drawing attention to the nature child marriage as a threat to gender equality.
Prof. Nathanael Lauster quoted by North Shore News, challenging the claim housing supply has kept up with demand in the Vancouver region
Prof. Lauster was quoted alongside Applied Sciences Prof. Patrick Condon in a North Shore News story regarding BC home prices and supply shortage. Both experts challenged the notion housing supply has kept up with demand in Vancouver.
Prof. Yue Qian coauthors opinion piece for the BMJ on need to address mental health concerns of older populations amidst Omicron wave.
Prof. Yue Qian and co-author Dr. Yang Hu from Lancaster University write for the BMJ on what we know about the mental health of older populations in the context of the pandemic, and how we can address it going forward.