Alexander Murphy investigates how non-binary transmasculine people enact masculinity in honours thesis
We spoke to Alexander about his research and what he’s learned so far through his study’s qualitative, semi-structured interviews.
New research brief from Prof. Ethan Raker and PhD candidate Rose Xueqing Zhang on emergency orders in BC
Prof. Ethan Raker and PhD candidate Rose Xueqing Zhang introduce a new way to estimate the population burden of environmental emergency orders.
Prof. Amin Ghaziani and PhD student Alyy Patel speak to the Toronto Star about community building efforts by queer women
Groups like the Queer South Asian Women’s Network, founded by Alyy, are in line with a larger trend shifting away from permanent venues to one-off events.
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.
Congratulations to UBC Sociology students graduating in November 2024!
We asked the November graduates of our graduate program to share their thoughts and reflections on their time in our program.
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.
PhD student Taekyeong Goh investigates how democracy and inequality shaped the COVID-19 pandemic
PhD student Taekyeong Goh recently published a new paper as the lead author in International Journal of Comparative Sociology.
PhD student Taekyeong Goh investigates democracy and inequality shaped the initial COVID-19 pandemic
Goh is the lead author on a new paper for the International Journal of Comparative Sociology that examines the relationship between political freedom and inequality in explaining the spread and control of COVID-19.
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.
MA students Daniel Hwang and Yifei Yu receive the BPOC Graduate Excellence Award
The award recognizes excellence in research and scholarly performance and addresses systemic barriers BPOC students experience in their training.