Silencing science: PhD candidate Mark Shakespear examines disinformation in public discourse in new report
“Silencing Science: How to Respond to Disinformation and Toxic Public Discourse” is a collaboration with the David Suzuki Institute.
Canada’s housing crisis is preventing millions from forming the households they want
A new study from Prof. Nathanael Lauster examines how rising housing costs across major Canadian cities have affected household formation.
Prof. Seth Abrutyn’s articles among the top downloaded ASA journal articles in 2024
Two of Professor Seth Abrutyn’s articles have made the list for the top downloaded articles from each ASA journal in 2024.
MA student Caitlin Chong wins 2025 CCHSBC Wickberg Graduate Prize
Caitlin received the award for her thesis research on Chinese activism in Vancouver through the fight for 105 Keefer.
Yujia Huang investigates corporal punishment in Chinese schools in her honours thesis
Her research examines how social class and past experience with corporal punishment impacts people’s understanding of it.
2025 PROSE Awards: Profs. Seth Abrutyn and Amin Ghaziani announced as finalists
The two UBC Sociology faculty members were named as finalists in the category of Cultural Anthropology and Sociology.
Prof. Neda Maghbouleh examines central paradox in research on MENA populations
She argues that past scholarship has advanced sociology in three key areas: identity, racialization, and integration.
Prof. Amin Ghaziani argues for a conceptual shift in understanding queer nightlife
More than just an art form, queer nightlife is a cultural field. This shift accents relational artmaking and the aesthetics of activism.
Honours student Ayden Clarke examines challenges facing worker cooperatives in BC
Ayden’s paper explores the worker cooperative support ecosystem in BC, attempting to determine the challenges that these organizations face.
Statelessness by design: Prof. Amanda Cheong examines Myanmar’s erasure of the Rohingya
Bureaucracies that “fail” to document every citizen may be deliberately creating statelessness for populations like the Rohingya.