Research Overview
Department of Sociology
UCalgary Sociology: A Strategic Focus on Systematic Injustice and Structural Harm
We embrace research and teaching that recognizes, explains, and resists systemic injustice and structural harm.
Our scholars examine inequity and injustice across diverse areas: health, education, culture, work, urban studies, migration, gender, intersectionality, racialization and racism, colonialism, indigeneity, families, religion, legal studies, climate justice, digital technology, criminology and political economy.
Aligned with Institutional Priorities
Our work supports the Faculty of Arts' strategic focus on Justice, Equity and Transformation, while also contributing to Digital Futures, Health and Wellness, and Climate, Energy and Sustainability.
Guided by UCalgary’s Ahead of Tomorrow plan, we harness the power of research and innovation to address society’s biggest challenges. Through our disciplines, Sociology and Law and Society, we create knowledge and understanding about the institutions, systems, social interactions and structures that are at the core of these challenges.
Connect With Us
We welcome inquiries from students and scholars interested in collaboration. Not sure who to contact? Reach out—we’re here to help.
UCalgary Arts
is the home of Critical and Creative Arts, Humanities and Social Science scholarship at UCalgary.
Faculty of Arts Researchers are award-winning artists, scholars, distinguished members and officers. Our scholarship encompasses a wide spectrum of disciplines and specializations. We work across and within the arts, humanities and social sciences. Arts is one of the key contributors to transdisciplinary scholarship at UCalgary, through projects and initiatives that engage scholars and communities across Alberta, Canada, and beyond.
Our Research Stories
Researching the acoustics of clinical care
UCalgary researcher, Ariel Ducey a professor of the Department of Sociology, tunes into the study of acoustemology in family medicine
Canadian Centre hosts third Rocky Mountain Methodology Academy
Social license or public approval is often a major issue in the bid phase of the Olympic cycle and is typically sought through a referendum.
UCalgary undergraduate students begin their transdisciplinary research journeys
The Program for Undergraduate Research Experience empowers UCalgary students to learn valuable skills on a research project in their field.
The Sociological Imagination — Sociology Podcast at UCalgary
Conversations with faculty and students in Sociology and Law & Society programs, exploring research, community impact, and the wider sociological imagination.
