Other social sciences

This group comprises research and experimental development in other social sciences.

Parent Category

Social sciences

Sub-Categories

Anthropology

Criminology

Demography

Social work

Other social sciences, n.e.c.

Graduate Degree Programs in Other social sciences

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

The Department of Anthropology advances the study and constructive understanding of human diversity and commonality, across the globe and throughout the long span of human existence. We pursue this aim through excellence in research, teaching, and community collaboration, grounded in multiple...

Doctor of Philosophy in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (PhD)

The PhD in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice is an interdisciplinary program which allows students to explore their interests in diverse areas while employing feminist, intersectional, and decolonizing methodologies. It is intended to be flexible and to accommodate the needs of individual...

Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work (PhD)

The PhD in Social Work at UBC is a research degree. Built around a small number of common courses, the program draws on the diverse range of courses available across the campus to advance the student's individualized plan of study. Part-time Doctoral Classification is available for domestic...

Master of Arts in Anthropology (MA)

Our MA program provides students with a broad knowledge of anthropological theory and research methods. Students build their research and writing skills in their graduate courses, culminating in the preparation of a significant piece of scholarly writing, which constitutes their MA thesis....

Master of Arts in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (MA)

The MA program at the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice is a vibrant, interdisciplinary graduate program, that attracts excellent scholars from around the world. Our MA program incorporates research and theory from the social sciences, humanities, science, education, and law...

Master of Social Work (MSW)

The MSW at UBC can be achieved within one of three fields of practice: Health and social care; Family and Children's Services; Social and International Development. Organized around an ethic of social care and social justice, each stream of practice shares some core courses and electives germane to...

UBC Researchers conducting research in Other social sciences

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Baines, Donna

School of Social Work, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social work; Age-Friendly Cities; decent work and good care for older people in residential and home care; impact of neoliberalism on Indigenous social work education; impact of neoliberalism on non-Indigenous social work education

Bratiotis, Christiana

School of Social Work, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social work; interventions in the context of hoarding; organizational processes involved in hoarding task forces; service utilization

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Caragata, Lea

School of Social Work, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social oppression and marginalization; Counselling, welfare and community services; Social policy; welfare systems; Poverty; labour markets; lone mothers; social policy; youth provisioning

Chang, Stephanie

School of Community and Regional Planning, Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

All other social sciences, n.e.c.

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Dierkes, Julian

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Sociology, n.e.c.; All other social sciences, n.e.c.; Sociology of education; Public Policy; Mongolia; policy communication; contemporary Japan; digital diplomacy; supplementary education; mining policy; Japanese education; Democratization

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Evenden, Matthew

Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

All other social sciences, n.e.c.; Historical studies; Environmental History; Historical geography; Rivers; Water; War and environment; Hydro-electricity

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Fisher, Kevin

Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Prehistoric archaeology; Anthropology; Archaeological theory; Archaeometry; Archeological Data Analysis; Archeological Excavation Methods and Techniques; architecture; built environments; digital archaeology; Dynamics of Social Transformations; Mediterranean archaeology; Near Eastern archaeology; power; Social Life / Societal Life; social interaction; Urban Spaces and Urbanity; urbanism

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Heatherington, Tracey

Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Anthropology; Anthropocene studies; Anthropological engagements with fiction; Critique of neoliberalism; Environmental anthropology; Ethnographic writing and reflexivity; Multi-species ethnography; Political ecology of nature conservation; Power & resistance; Sustainable food systems

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Kamat, Vinay Ramnath

Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Anthropology; Global Health and Emerging Diseases; Dispossession; East Africa; ethnography; Extractive Industry; Global Health; India; Malaria; marine conservation; Medical Anthropology; Outsourcing of Clinical Trials; political ecology; Tanzania

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Minard, Antone

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

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Nakamura, Fuyubi

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social and cultural anthropology; Museum studies (Museology); Visual theory, visual culture and visual literacy; Globalization and culture; Environment, space and place; Anthropology of art; museum studies (working as curator at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC); material and visual culture; Contemporary Japanese calligraphy; Indigenous cultures, especially Ainu; disaster and memory, especially in the context of the Great East Japan Earthquake (3.11).; contemporary Asian art and culture

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O'Brien, Heather

School of Information, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

All other social sciences, n.e.c.; user engagement; user experience; community engagement; information seeking and retrieval; information access; cognitive processes related to information searching and evaluation; health technologies

Oberg, Gunilla

Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

History and philosophy of science (including non-historical philosophy of science); Other earth and related environmental sciences, n.e.c.; Indigenous peoples environmental knowledge; All other social sciences, n.e.c.; Science and knowledge production; Scientific controversies surrounding the evaluation of chemical risk (epistemic and ontological); Indigenous data justice as related to chemicals regulation & management; Social and cultural factors of chemicals regulation & management; Vocabulary, Knowledge, Significance and Thought Building; environmental health; The challenge of teaching science as a process and not a deliverer of irrefutable facts; The role of deliberation in science

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Peck, Alexandra

Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social and cultural anthropology; Other studies related to history and archaeology; Art history and theory; Native tribes and First Nations in the Pacific Northwest; historical Northwest Coast art; Salish (Coastal and Interior) art; Anthropology/anthroplogical methods; Material culture, archaeology, museums

Perley, Bernard

Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Linguistic anthropology; Performance and installation art; Critical identity, ethnic and race studies; Linguistic Anthropology; Indigenous studies; Language Revitalization

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Rowley, Susan

Department of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Anthropology, n.e.c.; repatriation; museums; material culture; Cultural Heritage; arctic archaeology; heritage management

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Shneiderman, Sara

Department of Anthropology, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social and cultural anthropology; Indigenous issues; Disaster response and preparedness; Citizenship; migration

Speller, Camilla

Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Anthropology; Archeological Data Analysis; Molecular Genetics; Ancient DNA Analysis (paleogenetics); Ancient proteins (paleoproteomics); Animal Domestication; Bioarchaeology; Environmental Archaeology; Marine Ecosystems

Stecklov, Guy

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Family and household demographic studies; Fertility; Migration; Mortality; Demography; Studies of Canadian society; Demographic behavior; Historical social change; Demographic Change in Sub-Saharan Africa; Migration and assimilation; Population and Development; Research and survey methodology

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Turin, Mark

Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Anthropology; Cultural Institutions (Museums, Libraries, etc.); Lexicography and Dictionaries; Language Contact and Linguistic Changes; Language Rights and Policies; Language Interactions; Political Culture, Society and Ideology; Bella Bella; Bhutan; First Nations; Heiltsuk; Indigeneity; Nepal; Sikkim; Tibet

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Walsh, Shannon

Department of Theatre & Film, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Media arts; Critical identity, ethnic and race studies; Social and cultural anthropology; South Africa; Afropessimism & Critical Race Studies; Documentary; Film Production; Indigenous studies; Environmental justice; Affect Theory

Weston, Darlene

Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Anthropology; Archeological Data Analysis; Bioarchaeology; Biological Anthropology; Osteoarchaeology; Paleodemography; Paleopathology

Whiting, Brian

Faculty of Arts

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Anthropology, n.e.c.; Geophysics, n.e.c.; Archaeology; Geophysics; GIS; Indigenous studies; Geoscience

Wilson, Tina

School of Social Work, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social work; social work and environment; history and philosophy of social work; critical social theories; generational standpoints; Social justice; social work rhetoric

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Zeweri, Helena

Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Anthropology; Mobility; migration; Critical refugee studies; settler colonialism; Anthropology of care, policy, social movements, empire

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