Sociology and related studies

This group comprises research and experimental development in sociology and related studies.

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Graduate Degree Programs

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 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…

Graduate Certificate in Migration Studies (GCMS)

The certificate focuses on knowledge enhancement in migration and mobilities research through interdisciplinary thinking and engagement. Regardless of your degree program, if you have an interest in migration as a field of research or professional practice, a certificate in Migration Studies can…

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…

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

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Abrutyn, Seth

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social theory; Sociology and social studies of health, health systems and health care; Sociological Theory; Youth Suicide; Sociology of Emotion; Culture; Medical/Mental Health; Institutions/Organizations

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Bloemraad, Irene

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Political science; Sociology; migration & mobilities - politics, law, social movements; immigrants and refugees - integration & incorporation; comparative research design & mixed methods

Boedhihartono, Agni

Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Forestry sciences; Other studies in human society, n.e.c.; Visual arts and media arts, n.e.c.; Natural resource management; biodiversity; Communities and Livelihoods; conservation; Forest management; Land-use Change; social science; sustainability; Tropical Landscapes and Livelihoods; Arts and Conservaion; Landstewardship; Traditional Ecological Knowledge; Arts for Conservation; Visual anthropology; Forests and Societies

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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

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

Cox, Susan

School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Other medical sciences; Sociology and related studies; Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music), architecture and design

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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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Ford, Cristie

Peter A. Allard School of Law

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Law and society; Administrative law; Business, commercial and corporate law; Sociological methodology and research methods; Law; Regulation; Social, Economical and Political Impacts of Innovations; Laws, Standards and Regulation Impacts; Administrative Law; Ideological, Political, Economical and Social Environments of Social Transformations; Financial innovation and fintech; financial regulation; Legal innovation and law tech; regulation & governance theory; securities regulation; the legal profession; Innovation and the law

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Gantois, Joséphine

Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Environment and natural resources economics; Ecological applications; Sociology; Human Dimensions of Biodiversity Conservation; environmental economics; Applied Ecology; Rural Sociology; Causal inference; Applied Deep Learning

Ghaziani, Amin

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Sociology; Sociology of sexualities; Urban sociology; Cultural sociology; queer nightlife; gay neighbourhoods

Gusterson, Hugh Phillimore

Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Other studies in human society, n.e.c.; militarism; drug policies and cultures; Science Policy; nuclear weapons; ethnography

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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

Huddart, 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

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; information and communication technology

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Jorgenson, Andrew

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Sociology and related studies; Social and economic geography; Other social sciences; climate change; environmental sociology; global political economy; Global Environmental Change; sociology of development; Population health; Comparative-International Sociology; sustainability science

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Karimi, Aryan

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Race and ethnic relations; Sociological methodology and research methods; Sociology and social studies of science and technology; Social relations; migration and refugee studies; ethnic and racial boundaries studies; assimilation, integration, transnationalism; Research methods

Koralesky, Katherine (Katie)

Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Postdoctoral Fellow

Sociology and related studies; Psychology, social and behavorial aspects; Humane animal treatment; Agricultural biotechnology; Emerging technologies in agriculture; Responsible innovation; Farmer views on animal welfare; Public perceptions of animal welfare; Institutional ethnography; Animal welfare law and policy; Animal sheltering and protection

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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, 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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Nathan, Lisa

School of Information, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social relations; Critical studies of technology; climate change adaptation; Indigenous Information Studies; Information Ethics & Policy

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Oliffe, John

School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Care; Sociology and related studies; Men's Health Promotion; Male Depression and Suicide; Psychosocial Prostate Cancer Care; Smoking Cessation

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Protopopova, Alexandra

Applied Biology, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Other biological sciences; Social structures; rabbit housing; dog training; cultural differences in human-companion animal relationships; Animal behaviour; animal shelter; Animal welfare; community initiatives

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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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Seidel, Marc-David

Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Entrepreneurship; Organizational behavior; Sociology and social studies of science and technology; Discrimination and networks in the employment relationship; Distributed Trust Technologies; Early life factors role in later life workplace outcomes; Economic Systems; Impacts of New Information Technologies; Life Cycles ( Childhood, Adolescence, Adulthood, etc.); Media and Society; New Technology and Social Impacts; Organizational Theory; Social Networks; Social Organization and Political Systems; Social networks and organizational decision making; Social, Economical and Political Impacts of Innovations; Socio-Economic Conditions

Shannon, Kate

Division of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Ethical, legal, and social issues in health, health systems and health research; Population health interventions; Social oppression and marginalization; equitable sexual health care; reproductive care and justice; structural interventions & policy evaluation; health equity & social justice

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

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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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; Sociology, n.e.c.; social determinants of health; Socioeconomic status and health; racial health inequalities; Bourdieusian field theory, lifestyle practices and health; culture and class; Quantitative Methods; Sociology of soccer

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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

Wittman, Hannah

Applied Biology, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Sociology and related studies; Farming systems research; food sovereignty; Sustainable agriculture; socio-ecological systems; Agroecology

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