Recent
Recent
- Ad Astra PhD Scholarship Opportunity
- Workshop: Civil Society and Academia Collaboration in the Area of Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Crime
- Prof Andreas Hess on Judith Shklar
- Death of Professor Christopher Whelan
- Death of Clare Spencer | 1974 - 2022
- Special Issue Proposal: Irish Journal of Sociology
- Assoc Prof Sara O'Sullivan | HEA Funding Awarded for National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning Project
- Conor K. Ward | 23rd June 1930 - 18th July 2021
- Dr Lea David | Honorable Mention for the 2021 ASA Sociology of Human Rights Gordon Hirabayashi Book Award
- Sarah McAuley, UCD Social Policy and Sociology Student, Competing in Tokyo Olympic Games
- Prof Siniša Maleševic | Al Jazeera Balkans Interview on Paramilitary Violence During the Syrian War
- Prof Siniša Maleševic | Interview on Covid-19 and Nationalism in Croatia's 'Jutarnji list’
- Congratulations to Steven Loyal and Thomas Grund on their respective promotions to Professor
- ‘Critical Exploration of Human Rights’ Conference – IELF Forum
- First Issue of 'Society' under Co-Editorship of UCD Sociology's Prof Andreas Hess Published
- IRC Funded Project | Elderly (non)migrants’ narratives of home: A comparative study of place-making in Ireland and Slovakia (EMNaH) | Dr Mastoureh Fathi
- Broadcasting Sociology | Student Podcasts and Videos on Sociological Topics
- Society | Liberal Communitarianism: an Interview with Amitai Etzioni at 92
- UCD-SAI Young Sociologist Competition Winners 2020/21!
- Pof Andreas Hess | UCD Sociology Professor appointed co-Editor-in Chief of Society journal
- HRB Funding Awarded to Two UCD Sociology Led Initiatives Examining Covid Impacts
- José Antonio Gutiérrez wins Máire De Paor Award for best Social Sciences PhD Thesis
- NewsTalk FM Talking History Podcast | The Bosnian War | Prof Siniša Malešević
- Book Launch | Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory | Steven Loyal & Siniša Malešević
- Dr Seán L'Estrange | Colleges and COVID-19 in the Republic of Ireland: Update
- Assoc. Prof. Taha Yasseri | Facebook and other social media are not to blame for filter bubbles, the problem of fragmentation is more fundamental
- Dr Seán L'Estrange | Colleges and COVID-19 in the Republic of Ireland: The 'Campus Experience" as Public Health Problem
- Prof Siniša Malešević | El Pais interview on the Spanis translation of 'The Rise of Organised Brutality'
- Prof Siniša Malešević | Grounded Nationalisms | Runner-up (honourable mention) in the 2020 Stein Rokkan Award
- Assoc Prof Mathew Creighton | Hidden versus revealed attitudes: A list experiment on support for minorities in Ireland
- Dr Seán L'Estrange | Testing Times: Viral surveillance and social control in post-lockdown societies
- So what next: Becoming Anti-racist | Dr Alice Feldman in conversation with Dr Ebun Joseph
- Dr Lea David | We are at war: The rise of expert knowledge
- Opinion | Steven Loyal | Crèche Crisis in Ireland
- Opinion | Steven Loyal | Debenhams and its Workers - An Ominous New Normal?
- Book Launch | The Past Can't Heal Us: The Dangers of Mandating Memory in the Name of Human Rights by Dr Lea David
- Dr Egle Gusciute | Leaving the most vulnerable behind: Reflection on the Covid-19 pandemic and Direct Provision in Ireland
- Dr Seán L'Estrange | Irish Covid-19 Testing Practices: Why They Matter. And Why They Don’t
- Purposeful solitude: reading Thoreau in a lockdown | Andreas Hess in Open Democracy
- Dr Seán L'Estrange | Irish Covid-19 Testing Practices: Claims and Evidence
- Coronavirus: European nations choose self-preservation over the Union | Siniša Malešević quoted in TRTWorld
- The Theorist of Belonging | Andreas Hess and Samantha Ashenden on Judith Shklar in Aeon
News
- The School of Sociology at University College Dublin is pleased to invite applications from outstanding candidates for a PhD Scholarship, the application deadline is January 27, 2025
- On the 7th of November 2024, UCD Sociology & the Royal Irish Academy co-sponsored a symposium on the current landscape of academic publishing. Read more about it (opens in a new window)here.
- How did and how do nation-states in Europe react to Covid – the virus itself, the vaccine, and the aftermath? Find out online via the (opens in a new window)ASEN Seminar Series with Siniša Malešević (UCD), Lea David (UCD), Sarah Carol (UCD), & Gordana Uzelac (London Met), on Monday 30th September at 1630 UK time.
- 20/01/2024 Dr. Mat Creighton publishes (opens in a new window)Hidden Hate: The Resilience of Xenophobia
- 19/01/2024 Dr. Aogán Mulcahy publishes (opens in a new window)Crime and Conflict in Northern Ireland, 1921 - 2021
- 02/01/2024 Congratulations to (opens in a new window)Dr. Boróka Bó for receiving a Climate Adaption and Mitigation Grant from the (opens in a new window)UK Academy of Medical Sciences.
- 10/11/2023 Congratulations to Deirdre Brophy, School Manager, on receiving a UCD Values in Action Award.
- 01/11/2023 Dr. Barbara Górnicka publishes (opens in a new window)Sex and Sexualities In Ireland: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
- 03/03/2023 Congratulations to (opens in a new window)Dr. Boróka Bó for being selected as a Fellow at Stanford University (opens in a new window)CASBS for their inaugural summer diversity institute cohort.
- 05/10/2023 Ad Astra PhD Opportunity available.
- 06/09/2023 Congratulations to Mary Collins, Undergrad Administrator, who gained a place on the Professional Staff Partnership Programme funded by the HEA's Path 4 Universal Design Fund. This pilot programme is designed to support and accelerate the implementation of Universal Design through Student Supports and Services.
- 7/06/2023 Congratulations to Professor Siniša Malešević, who has received two awards from the American Sociological Association, section on peace, war, and social conflict, (opens in a new window)PWSC - Awards. His book ‘Why Humans Fight: The Social Dynamics of Close-Range Violence (Cambridge University Press, 2022) (opens in a new window)received the 2023 Outstanding Book Award. He also received 2023 Robin M. Williams, Jr. Award for Distinguished Contributions to Scholarship, Teaching, and Service in the sociology of peace, war and social conflict.
- 11/04/2023 Workshop: Civil Society & Academia Collaboration in Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Crime
- 31/3/2023 Congratulations to Assistant Professor Sarah Carol being elected to the (opens in a new window)RIA Young Academy of Ireland.
- 21/02/2023 Professor Andreas Hess was interviewed by the Argentinian newspaper Lavanguardia about Judith Shklar's work.
- 15/02/2023 Congratulations to Assistant Professors Sarah Carol and Alexander Kondakov on winning IRC funding through their New Foundations Initiative, which aims to "enhance research partnerships with civic society organisations".
- 23/01/2023 Congratulations to Assistant Professor Alexander Kondakov & Sergey Katsuba for coming runner up in the 2022 UCD Research Impact Case Study Competition A decade of violence: monitoring anti-LGBTQ hate crimes in the era of the Russian gay propaganda law
- 07/12/2022 Dr. Arjumand Younus awarded Research Ally Prize from the Irish Research Council
- 14/11/2022 Dr. Alex Kondakov publishes Violent Affections
- 13/10/2022 Assoc Prof Taha Yasseri wins The IRC Laureate Awards Funding
- 07/09/2022 Death of Prof. Christopher Whelan
- 03/06/2022 Death of Clare Spencer | 1974 - 2022
- 25/05/2022 The winners of the 2022 Young Sociologist awards are announced!
- 23/05/2022 (opens in a new window)Prof Andreas Hess | Royal Irish Academy marks election of 29 new members
- 16/11/2021 Special Issue Proposal: Irish Journal of Sociology | Call for Abstracts: Dynamics of Partition on the Island of Ireland
- 15/09/2021 Assoc Prof Sara O'Sullivan | HEA Funding Awarded for National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning Project
- 10/09/2021 Conor K. Ward | 23rd June 1930 - 18th July 2021
- 23/07/2021 Sarah McAuley, UCD Social Policy and Sociology Student, Competing in Tokyo Olympic Games
- 12/07/2021 Prof Siniša Maleševic | Al Jazeera Balkans Interview on Paramilitary Violence During the Syrian War
- 28/06/2021 Prof Siniša Maleševic | Interview on Covid-19 and Nationalism in Croatia's 'Jutarnji list’
- 24/06/2021 Congratulations to Steven Loyal and Thomas Grund on their respective promotions to Professor
- 04/06/2021 ‘Critical Exploration of Human Rights’ Conference – IELF Forum
- 20/05/2021 First Issue of 'Society' under Co-Editorship of UCD Sociology's Prof Andreas Hess Published
- 13/05/2021 Opinion | Taha Yasseri | How/ Sex Work has been Affected by the Pandemic
- 12/05/2021 IRC Funded Project | Elderly (non)migrants’ narratives of home: A comparative study of place-making in Ireland and Slovakia (EMNaH) | Dr Mastoureh Fathi
- 10/05/2021 Broadcasting Sociology | Student Podcasts and Videos on Sociological Topics
- 21/04/2021 Society | Liberal Communitarianism: an Interview with Amitai Etzioni at 92
- 13/04/2021 UCD-SAI Young Sociologist Competition Winners 2020/21!
- 18/02/2021 Pof Andreas Hess | UCD Sociology Professor appointed co-Editor-in Chief of Society journal
- 06/01/2021 HRB Funding Awarded to Two UCD Sociology Led Initiatives Examining Covid Impacts