The Department of Sociology at UBC is a research powerhouse—involved in a wide scope of research examining areas such as gender and sexuality, ethnicity, family and life course, environments, knowledge, and health and healthcare.

Our faculty and graduate students are dedicated to theoretically strong and empirically-oriented research representing our commitment to excellent scholarship.

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Honours student Rowen Francisco explores the potential of queer friendship to disrupt mononormativity

 
Their research used in-depth interviews to explore how queer conceptions of friendship can be used to disrupt patriarchal ideologies.

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.
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Honours Feature, Research, Students

Yujia Huang investigates corporal punishment in Chinese schools in her honours thesis

March 7, 2025
Achievement, Announcements, Faculty, Research

2025 PROSE Awards: Profs. Seth Abrutyn and Amin Ghaziani announced as finalists

March 6, 2025
Faculty, Research

Prof. Neda Maghbouleh examines central paradox in research on MENA populations

March 4, 2025
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