Sociology

This class comprises research and experimental development in other studies in sociology.
Parent Category
Sub-Categories
Applied sociology, program evaluation and social impact assessment
Environmental sociology
Race and ethnic relations
Rural sociology
Social change
Social theory
Sociological methodology and research methods
Sociology and social studies of science and technology
Sociology of education
Sociology of work
Urban sociology and community studies
Sociology and social studies of health, health systems and health care
Social impacts of artificial intelligence
Sociology, n.e.c.
 
 
 

Graduate Degree Programs in Sociology

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'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; 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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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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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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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

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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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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

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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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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

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; 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
 

Student & Alumni Stories in Sociology

Francois Lachapelle

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

Two Case-Studies in the Sociology of Global Scientific Field

Lily Ivanova

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

Institutionalizing empathy: The Role of Culture in the Representation and Interpretation of Genocide

Valerie Berseth

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

Reconcilable differences? Integrating Indigenous and Western knowledge

Kaitlyn Jaffe

Kaitlyn Jaffe

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

Experiences of Medical Research Participation among People who use Drugs: An Ethno-epidemiological Approach

Adam Howe

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

Canadian Climate Change Policy Networks

David Champagne

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

Cities, Sustainability and Inequality

Adriana Brodyn

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

A Comparative Analysis of How the Law Affects the Family Forms and Practices of LGBQ and Straight Households

Jennifer Adkins

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

Dismantling Racial Ideology Through Intimacy: A Cross National Investigation of Black/White Interracial Couples

Xueqing (Rose) Zhang

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

Health and gender inequality and social stratification

D. Kyle Sutherland

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

Examining how the role of structural stigma produces health inequalities among marginalized communities

Max Chewinski

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

Public Participation and Disaster Governance: Procedural Justice in Rural British Columbia

Ryan Jamula

Student

Master of Arts in Sociology (MA)

The Impact of Income Assistance Design on Health and Social Service Utilization

Julia Goldman-Hasbun

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

Moral Narratives, Emotions, and Beliefs in the Campus Free Speech Debate

Jessica Koski

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

Implementation of Indigenous rights to lands & resources

Anna Santo

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

Inclusive public consultation about large predator recovery in the North Cascades Ecosystem

Carly Hamdon

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

The way masculinity contours mens' relationships to the environment

Ritwik Bhattacharjee

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

A critical psychosocial analysis of the Canadian settler-colonial society

Rapichan Phurisamban

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

Relationalities and River Flows: Toward a Socially-Equitable and Bioculturally-Conscious Environmental Flow Management

Felix Giroux

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

Green hydrogen development in Canada

Callista Ottoni

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Loneliness and social connection: A community-engaged study with older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic using visual and traditional methods

Ryan Stillwagon

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

Queer Rights to the City: Exploring Mechanisms of Urban Food Security in Vancouver and the Underlying Processes that Imperil LGBTQIA2S+ Survival

Judith Valerie Engel

Student

Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano (DMA)

Who is heard? Canadian Women Composers and the legacy of ‘genius’ Music
 

Program Specializations in Sociology

Science and Technology Studies

Sociology
 
 
 
French Name
Sociologie
French Description
Cette classe comprend la recherche et le développement expérimental en sociologie.
 
 

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