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In the Media

Looking for sustainable holiday gifts? Check out the clothing brand founded by Sociology alum Tanya Lee (BA'13, MM’14)

December 3, 2024
Faculty, In the Media

Prof. Jennifer Berdahl writes about why Trump is choosing potential cabinet members who have sexual abuse allegations

December 3, 2024
Announcements, Faculty, Research

Prof. Lindsey Richardson receives funding for projects from Health Research BC's 2024 C2 and Reach competitions

November 29, 2024
Alumni, Students

Congratulations to UBC Sociology students graduating in November 2024!

November 28, 2024
Faculty, Research, Students

Inequality is driving the climate crisis: Prof. Andrew Jorgenson and UBC Sociology graduate students publish new paper

November 21, 2024
Announcements, Faculty, Research

Prof. Neda Maghbouleh appointed as a new Canada Research Chair

November 21, 2024
Faculty, Research

Indigenous-led solutions to health crises: UBC Research Cluster led by Prof. Kimberly Huyser tackles pandemic inequities

November 21, 2024
Faculty, Research

Prof. Amanda Cheong offers a sociology of statelessness in a new open-access article

October 31, 2024
Research, Students

PhD student Taekyeong Goh investigates how democracy and inequality shaped the COVID-19 pandemic

October 25, 2024
Faculty, Research

Profs. Lindsey Richardson and Sylvia Fuller discuss their research on wealth inequality ahead of the Stone Centre opening

October 23, 2024
Faculty, Research

Prof. Neda Maghbouleh highlights how the absence of a MENA category in federal data has hidden disparities within the community

October 22, 2024
Faculty, In the Media

Prof. Sylvia Fuller comments on why nearly a quarter of Canadians work in the gig economy in CBC News

October 22, 2024
Faculty, In the Media

Prof. David Tindall comments on B.C.'s contentious Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline project

October 22, 2024
Faculty, In the Media

Prof. Yue Qian on the disappearance of "the village" for parents in CBC News

October 22, 2024
Faculty, Research

New books by Sociology faculty for your fall 2024 reading list

October 3, 2024
Students

Register for SOCI 495A/599C: Demography of Disaster in Term 2

October 1, 2024
Faculty, In the Media

Digital overload: BBC dives into Prof. Yue Qian's research on why women are doing a hidden form of work

October 1, 2024
Faculty, In the Media

Prof. Yue Qian comments on the BC birthrate hitting a record low again in 2023

October 1, 2024
Research, Students

PhD student Taekyeong Goh investigates democracy and inequality shaped the initial COVID-19 pandemic

September 27, 2024
In the Media, Research, Students

Oilsands workers are resistant to sustainable jobs, PhD candidate Parker Muzzerall writes

September 26, 2024
Announcements, Students

MA students Daniel Hwang and Yifei Yu receive the BPOC Graduate Excellence Award

September 17, 2024
Research, Students

PhD candidate Yijia Zhang wins AoIR's 2024 Student Paper Award

September 17, 2024
Faculty, Research

Research projects run by Profs. Emily Huddart and Qiang Fu awarded SSHRC Insight Grants

September 13, 2024
Faculty

Get to know UBC Sociology Professor Irene Bloemraad

September 6, 2024
Faculty

Prof. Andrew Jorgenson analyzes stranded fossil fuel assets’ impact on power plant emissions

September 3, 2024
Announcements, Students

Welcome to our new graduate students for 2024W

August 27, 2024
Research, Students

Can a just transition achieve decarbonization? PhD student Parker Muzzerall examines fossil fuel community opposition

August 27, 2024
Faculty, In the Media, Research

Same-sex couples now live in 99.5 per cent of U.S. counties, Prof. Amin Ghaziani finds in new study

August 27, 2024
Faculty, Research

Gendering digital labor: Prof. Yue Qian analyses work and family digital communication across 29 countries

August 26, 2024
Faculty, Research

Fronts and Friends: Prof. Lindsey Richardson examines social contingencies in the management of drug debt in new paper

August 23, 2024
Faculty, In the Media, Research

Prof. Amanda Cheong speaks with Contexts about her award-winning article about driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants

August 22, 2024
Health and Wellness, Pets of Sociology

Pets of Sociology: Buddy

August 22, 2024
Faculty, In the Media

Queer nightlife and the pursuit of joy: Prof. Amin Ghaziani on alumniUBC's From Here Forward podcast

August 13, 2024
Faculty

Welcoming Assistant Professor Katie McConnell to UBC Sociology

August 13, 2024
Faculty, In the Media

Growing interest in book clubs is "good for people and good for society," says Prof. Clayton Childress in the CBC

August 9, 2024
Achievement, Research, Students

Can a just transition achieve decarbonization? PhD student Parker Muzzerall investigates in his first sole-authored paper

August 8, 2024
In the Media

Gay bars are closing, but queer nightlife is still thriving: Prof. Amin Ghaziani writes in the Globe and Mail

July 29, 2024
Faculty, In the Media, Research

Prof. Alyssa Alexander examines the effect of parenthood on care workers’ earnings

July 26, 2024
Faculty, In the Media, Research

Prof. Amin Ghaziani examines new evidence from Census 2020 on the residential segregation of same-sex households

July 26, 2024
Job Opportunities

Call for Applications: Assistant Professor in Family Sociology

July 22, 2024
Faculty, Research

Profs. Amin Ghaziani and Seth Abrutyn expand Durkheim's theory of disruptions via queer nightlife in new paper

July 18, 2024
Achievement, Announcements, Students

PhD candidate Tori Yang awarded Fox International Fellowship at Yale University for 2024-25

July 17, 2024
Achievement, Announcements, Faculty, Research, Students

UBC Sociology professor and graduate students receive 2024 awards from the Canadian Sociological Association

July 11, 2024
Faculty, Research, Students

Professor Andrew Jorgenson and graduate student co-authors examine carbon intensity of human well-being in Canadian provinces

July 9, 2024
Research, Students

PhD student Sonali (Alyy) Patel theorizes a denial reaction to coming out in her new paper

July 8, 2024
Achievement, Alumni, Announcements

UBC Sociology alum Frances Shaver appointed to the Order of Canada for her research on sex work

July 3, 2024
Faculty, In the Media, Research

Is the golden age of London’s queer nightlife nearly over? Prof. Amin Ghaziani answers in the Guardian

June 27, 2024
Research, Students

PhD candidate Manlin Cai receives 2024 Canadian Population Society Student Paper Award

June 26, 2024
Achievement, Announcements, Research, Students

PhD candidate Tori Yang receives CSA's Sociology of Migration Cluster Best Student Paper Award

June 26, 2024
Achievement, Announcements, Faculty, Research, Students

Prof. Lindsey Richardson and PhD student Alyy Patel receive 2024 awards from the Canadian Sociological Association

June 26, 2024
In the Media

Dr. Anne Martin-Matthews discusses the challenges Canadians may face as they age in the National Post

June 26, 2024
In the Media

Emotions may matter more than facts in shaping individual support for renewable energy, new study shows

June 20, 2024
In the Media

Where have all the gay bars gone? Prof. Amin Ghaziani discusses on Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

June 19, 2024
Faculty, In the Media

Prof. Amin Ghaziani speaks about the disappearance — and reimagination — of gay bars on NPR

June 13, 2024
Faculty, Research

UBC Sociology professors honoured with 2024 section awards from the American Sociological Association

June 10, 2024
Faculty, In the Media

"What is a queer space?" Prof. Amin Ghaziani speaks to Eater about answering this question

June 10, 2024

Sociology alum Isabel Peng on her journey to student programming at Caltech from UBC

June 6, 2024
Announcements, Faculty

Catch Prof. Amin Ghaziani's US book tour for Long Live Nightlife in June!

June 6, 2024
Research, Students

Gabrielle Abando investigates spatial mechanisms of immigrant enclaves in her honours thesis

May 30, 2024
In the Media

The state of gay bars: The Nation reviews Prof. Amin Ghaziani's new book

May 30, 2024
In the Media

Is Queer Nightlife Dying? No, Says Prof. Amin Ghaziani. Just Evolving

May 30, 2024
Faculty, In the Media

Prof. Yue Qian comments on the shift from online dating back to the real world for the Globe and Mail

May 30, 2024
In the Media

"The problem is very complex" — Prof. Lindsey Richardson on the context behind BC's drug decriminalization policy

May 27, 2024
In the Media

Prof. Sylvia Fuller comments on the BC government's initiative launching fully integrated, daylong child care

May 16, 2024
In the Media

Prof. Sylvia Fuller discuses how motherhood has changed over time with CBC News

May 14, 2024
Faculty, In the Media, Research

Prof. Seth Abrutyn speaks to Vox about the research behind new book Life Under Pressure

May 9, 2024
Research

Do climate concerns and worries predict energy preferences? UBC Sociology researchers investigate

May 6, 2024
In the Media

The intersection of culture and cuisine: Prof. Amy Hanser comments on how food shapes our identity

May 2, 2024
In the Media

Despite all the shouting, the opioid crisis continues to defy simple answers

May 2, 2024
In the Media

Why is Canada's divorce rate the lowest in 50 years? Prof. Yue Qian explains in CBC News

May 2, 2024
Announcements, Research, Students

2024 Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference Winners

April 30, 2024
Faculty, Research

Prof. Andrew Jorgenson reflects on the history and trajectory of sociology and the climate crisis

April 30, 2024
Announcements, Faculty

Prof. Amanda Cheong named a Public Humanities Hub Faculty Fellow for 2024-25

April 29, 2024
In the Media

Why are single-child families now common in B.C.? Prof. Yue Qian comments in the Vancouver Sun

April 29, 2024
In the Media

Prof. Lindsey Richardson comments on B.C.’s retreat on drug decriminalization

April 29, 2024
Achievement, Faculty, Students

Community partnership with Urban Ethnographic Field School receives award from Community-University Engagement Support Fund

April 25, 2024
Faculty, In the Media

Prof. Qiang Fu presents his research on friendship, war, and peace between China and the USSR at The University of Hawaiʻi

April 24, 2024
Achievement, Research, Students

PhD Candidate Tori Yang receives the Migration and Mobilities Best Graduate Student Paper Award

April 23, 2024
Faculty, In the Media

How the demise of gay nightlife has prompted a new underground queer scene (The Conversation)

April 18, 2024
Faculty, In the Media

Radically inclusive new nightlife scenes emerge from ashes of closed gay bars

April 18, 2024
Faculty, Research

Prof. Aryan Karimi's new paper examines how refugee backgrounds impact transnationalism

April 16, 2024
Achievement, Faculty, Research, Students

PhD student Sophie Liu granted $30,000 award from UBC’s PhD CoLab program

April 11, 2024
In the Media

Prof. Emily Kennedy and PhD student Parker Muzzerall weigh in on upcoming federal budget and a low-carbon future

April 11, 2024
Research, Students

Krisha Mistry explores how women navigate the motherhood identity with chronic illness in her honours thesis

April 9, 2024
Students

Honours student Yeslie Lizarraga explores the evolution of identity for Mexican youth living abroad

April 2, 2024
Faculty

Prof. Neda Maghbouleh appointed to US Census Bureau's 2030 Census Advisory Committee

March 26, 2024
Achievement, Faculty

Prof. Catherine Corrigall-Brown receives funding through 2023 SSHRC Insight Development Grant competition

March 21, 2024
Achievement, Announcements, Faculty

Prof. Yue Qian receives UBC Killam Faculty Research Prize for her research on inequality at the intersection of gender, family, and work

March 21, 2024
Achievement, Faculty

Association of Asian Studies' MSB Studies Group awards prize for best journal article to Prof. Amanda Cheong

March 21, 2024
Research, Students

Lillie Goodson explores how LGTBQ+ people negotiate their identities in the outdoors

March 15, 2024
Faculty

Prof. Amin Ghaziani embarks on book tour for "Long Live Queer Nightlife"

March 14, 2024
Faculty, In the Media

Prof. Yue Qian comments on the growing disparity between young men and women on gender roles

March 14, 2024
Faculty, In the Media

Prof. Yue Qian on the growing trend of leasing time, skills and experiences to make a living in China

March 5, 2024
Faculty, In the Media

Prof. Yue Qian spoke to CBC News about the disappearance of cousins and its effects on Canadian families

February 13, 2024
Faculty, In the Media

“Online dating opens up a world of diverse partners for us." Prof. Yue Qian publishes new paper on online dating and assortative mating

February 13, 2024
In the Media

Is it ethical to resell thrifted clothes? Prof. Amy Hanser discusses on CBC News

February 13, 2024
Announcements, Faculty

Dr. Irene Bloemraad appointed as President's Excellence Chair in Global Migration and Professor of Sociology

February 8, 2024
In the Media

Prof. Nathanael Lauster comments on the extension of the ban on foreign ownership of Canadian housing

February 8, 2024
Faculty, In the Media

Meet the Winter Recipients of UBC’s 2023 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund

February 6, 2024
In the Media, Research

PhD candidate Umay Kader discusses her research on the realities of living at home for young adults in the Georgia Straight

February 2, 2024
Faculty, Research

Prof. Ethan Raker investigates how disaster aid programs engender racial and socioeconomic inequalities in new paper

February 2, 2024

"Morality, Affect, and Reputation in the Making of a Motivated Social Self": Prof. Seth Abrutyn's new paper theorizes the social self

January 30, 2024
Faculty, In the Media

Prof. Aryan Karimi examines wartime (im)mobility for Ukranians in Canada and Germany in a new publication

January 30, 2024
Faculty, In the Media

We don’t all have to love the environment the same way: Prof. Emily Huddart Kennedy talks about her new book

January 30, 2024
In the Media

AI chatbots will be more about work and elder care than relationships in the future, says Prof. Laura Nelson

January 30, 2024
Faculty, In the Media

How does working multiple jobs out of necessity affect mental health and family life? Prof. Sylvia Fuller speaks to BC Today

January 26, 2024
Faculty, In the Media, Research

Prof. Yue Qian talks gender, family, quantitative research & intersectionality in a feature for the Gender+ in Research Collective

January 25, 2024
In the Media

Life inside the Fiction Factory: Prof. Clayton Childress interviews Dan Sinykin on Conglomerate Publishing

January 25, 2024
Faculty, In the Media

New article by Prof. Nathanael Lauster investigates the rise of "housing nationalism" in Canada

January 25, 2024
Faculty

Prof. Amanda Cheong investigates "racial exclusion by bureaucratic omission" for Rohingya people in Myanmar

January 23, 2024
Faculty

How has political polarization spilled over into other areas of social life?

January 18, 2024
Faculty

Prof. Clayton Childress explores the structural and cultural dimensions of tokenism in new article

January 18, 2024
In the Media, Students

PhD student Alyy Patel writes about the conflicting demands queer South Asian women experience from both ethnic and LGBTQ communities in The Ubyssey

December 21, 2023
In the Media

Prof. Beth Hirsh comments on workplace discrimination lawsuits against the Canadian Security Intelligence Service

December 8, 2023
Announcements, Faculty

Welcoming Associate Professor Neda Maghbouleh to UBC Sociology

November 30, 2023
Faculty

The Sociological Take on AI: Unpacking Current Debates

November 30, 2023

Welcoming Professor Andrew Jorgenson to UBC Sociology

November 28, 2023
Faculty

Get to know new Associate Professor Clayton Childress

November 28, 2023
Research, Students

PhD student Erica Mildner investigates the gender divide in family welfare policy knowledge in sole-authored paper

November 28, 2023
Achievement

PhD candidate Mary Jessome's latest article explores gendered differences in understandings and experiences of intimacy

November 24, 2023