Welcome to the Department of Sociology
Featured News
‘I found my passion’: How a UCalgary student discovered his Vietnamese identity through an undergraduate research project
Billy ‘Me’ Wijaya traced his family's roots over the course of a transdisciplinary undergraduate research summer studentship
2024 Killam Awards recognize outstanding UCalgary researchers
Recognition for excellence in research and mentorship given across diverse disciplines
Texaco and Lincoln-McKay Chair in North American Studies
Dr. Cora Voyageur (Sociology) appointed to the Texaco and Lincoln-McKay Chair in North American Studies
Canadian Sociological Association 2024 Awards
Chene Redwood and Dr. Banerjee received awards from Canadian Sociological Association.
Institutes for Transdisciplinary Scholarship appoints 16 academic co-leads
New appointments will support expanding transdisciplinary scholarship at UCalgary
Association for Asian American Studies 2024 Book Awards
Dr. Banerjee received honorable mention for Social Sciences category.
In the news
In the News Michael Adorjan, Sociology, in MediaSmarts | HabiloMédias
Experiences Researching Artificial Intelligence Literacy | Media Literacy Week 2024 event
In the News Dean Curran, Sociology, in CBC News Calgary
Calgarians' hope for financial future is fading, new report suggests
In the News Pallavi Banerjee, Sociology, in Calgary Herald
As migrants continue to arrive, Alberta still seeing largest population growth in Canada
In the News Alex Bierman, Sociology, in Global News
How Jasper’s residents can process grief after wildfire hits community
In the News Pallavi Banerjee, Sociology, in Calgary Sun
As migrants continue to arrive, Alberta still seeing largest population growth in Canada
In the News Pratim Sengupta, Pallavi Banerjee and Yahya El-Lahib writing in The Conversation Canada
Student protests: How the university perpetuates colonial violence on campus
Featured publications
In the News Michael Adorjan, Sociology, in Routlegde, Taylor & Francis Group
Parenting Cyber-Risk: Opportunities and Challenges Raising Children with Digital Environments
In the News Sharla Alegria and Pallavi Banerjee - Oxford Academic, Social Problems
Time Won’t Give Me Time: Intersections of Racialized and Gendered Organization of Work in Tech
In the News M. Harmon and A. Bierman - Journal of Applied Gerontology
Social Statuses, Quality of Social Relationships, and Self-Esteem Among Older Adults in Canada: Resource Multiplication or Substitution?
In the News Taylor & Francis Group
South Asian Diaspora, Gender, and Transnational Lives: Epistemological Omission of Caste by Pallavi Banerjee and Chetna Khandelwal
In the News Springer
Flawed reports can harm: the case of supervised consumption services in Alberta
Doing the right thing: from Socrates to Cicero and beyond
Explore the timeless question of what it means to "do the right thing" with Dr. Brad Inwood, a distinguished scholar from Yale University.
Nov. 29, 3 p.m.
Social Science 1253