Sociology

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 Sociology (PhD)

UBC has granted Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in sociology since 1970, although the first sociology course was taught at the university as long ago as 1921. Students in the Ph.D. program in sociology at UBC have the opportunity to specialize in any one or more of the Department's...

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 Arts in Science and Technology Studies (MA)

The transdisciplinary field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) emerged in the 1970s out of growing concern about the social and political effects of scientific and technological developments. Engaging with the human dimensions of science and technology, STS uses methods from a variety of...

Master of Arts in Sociology (MA)

Students in the M.A. program in sociology at UBC have the opportunity to specialize in any one or more of the Department's seven major areas of specialization: Environment, Community and Social Movements; Family and Life Course; Gender and Sexuality; Health and Healthcare; Knowledge, Culture and...

Master of Education in Adult Learning and Education (MEd)

The mission of the Adult Learning and Education graduate program at UBC is to contribute to the creation, elaboration, exchange and application of knowledge concerning the education and learning of adults in diverse contexts. This includes the development of scholars and reflective practitioners...

Master of Education in Society, Culture and Politics in Education (MEd)

The MA and MEd degree concentration in Society, Culture and Politics in Education (SCPE) addresses the history of education, sociology of education, politics of education, philosophy of education, and cultural aspects of education. We define education very broadly to include formal school contexts...

UBC Researchers conducting research in Sociology

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Abrutyn, Seth

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social theory; Sociological Theory; Suicide; mental health; social psychology; Emotions; youth

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Brunner, Lisa

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Higher education; Public policy; Law (except legal practice and international law), n.e.c.; Sociology of education; Postcolonial systems and colonialism studies; immigration; Higher Education; forced migration; edugration; student affairs

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Cheong, Amanda

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Sociology; migration; Citizenship and Legal Status; Statelessness

Corrigall-Brown, Catherine

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Sociology; social movements; identity; political sociology; social psychology

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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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Ghaziani, Amin

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Sociology; LGBTQ+ studies; Sociology of sexualities; Urban studies; Cultural sociology; social movements; qualitative methodologies; Queer methods

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Hirsh, Elizabeth

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Sociology; Law; Structures and Organization; Inequality, Gender and Race Discrimination, Work Organizations, Law

Hurd, Laura

School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Sociological methodology and research methods; Sociology and social studies of health, health systems and health care; Aging; Gender; health; ageism or age-based discrimination; sociology of aging; sociology of health; embodiment or embodied experience; body image; chronic conditions or chronic illness; disability; Assistive technology; qualitative methods; media representation; LGBTQ+ aging; intersectionality

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Jongbloed, Janine

Faculty of Education

Postdoctoral Fellow

Education systems; Sociology of education; Economics of education; educational trajectories; inequalities; educational outcomes; longitudinal research; Gender; school-to-work transitions; welfare regimes

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Karimi, Aryan

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Sociology; migration and refugee flows; role of ethnic and racial boundaries in assimilation practices; lived experiences of racialized refugee and diasporic communities

Kennedy, Emily

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Sociology; Environment and Society; Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection; Gender; social class; Sustainable consumption

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Lauer, Sean

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Urban sociology and community studies

LU, JULIET

Department of Forest Resources Management, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Forestry

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Forest ecology; Economic geography; Environmental sociology; conflicts and governance issues around resource extraction and intensive land use; transnational land investments; promotion of monoculture plantations at the expense of more biodiverse systems; private sector sustainable governance initiatives

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Mawani, Renisa

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Sociology; Colonial Legal History; critical theory; Oceans and Maritime Worlds; Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies; Race and Racism; Time and Temporality

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Qian, Yue

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Sociology; family; Gender Relationship; Migrations, Populations, Cultural Exchanges; Demography; Family Studies; Gender Studies; sociology

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Sia, Rosanne

Institute for Gender, Race, Sex and Social Justice, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Sociology; Cold War cultural history; Performance studies; critical race studies; queer studies

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Veenstra, Gerry

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Sociology and social studies of health, health systems and health care; Health equity; social determinants of health; Socioeconomic status and health; racial health inequalities; Bourdieusian field theory, lifestyle practices and health; culture and class; Quantitative Methods

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Walker, Judith

Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Adult and continuing education, and community education; Sociology of education; Educational policy; Adult education; Higher Education; policy studies; Health Professions Education

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