Research
The Department advances innovative, socially engaged research that strengthens understanding of today’s most pressing issues and contributes to public knowledge locally and globally.
Faculty expertise spans areas such as race and ethnic relations, comparative social history, social theory and cultural sociology, with strong support for student participation in research at all levels.
Research streams
Our faculty members pursue a broad spectrum of research questions united by a commitment to address complex social realities. Their work is organized around five interconnected research streams:
- Power, inequalities and governance
- Migration, citizenship and social change
- Health, care and wellbeing
- Environment, technology and more-than-human worlds
- Identity, embodiment and contemporary culture
Research Chairs
Our research chairs reflect the Department’s leadership in key areas of sociological and anthropological inquiry, supporting cutting-edge scholarship and knowledge mobilization.
Research centres and networks
Interdisciplinary collaboration is a key strength of the Department, supported through partnerships with the following leading research centres, groups and networks:
Centres and groups
Networks
Contact: Sylvia Kairouz (representative)
Publications
Student research
Published theses by our master's and doctoral students.
Faculty bookshelf
A selection of books published by our professors.
Speaker series
From September to April, the Department hosts in-person and online events open to students, faculty, researchers and the public.