In 'The digitalization of family life' Prof. Dr. Yue Qian illustrates a multilevel conceptual framework for conceptualizing the digitalization of family life by synthesizing research from multiple disciplines across global contexts.

Read the paper: buff.ly/3UmkNjA

Prof. Amin Ghaziani spoke to UBC News about his new book, Long Live Queer Nightlife, which explores how queer, trans and racial minorities are replacing traditional nightlife with radically inclusive parties.

Read the full Q&A: buff.ly/3vWec6g

Contexts.org is abuzz with springtime sociology! Don't miss Victor Ray on the class politics of fine dining, Catherine D. Tan on oppositional framings of autism, and a crop of new research writeups by our UBC Sociology grad team!

🌐 Join us in Vancouver on May 15-16 for our #InternationalResearchConference in collaboration with HKBU Faculty of Social Sciences. Dive into the intricate dynamics of identity, mobility, and connectivity across borders. Hybrid keynote by Nina Glick Schiller.
Register now: migration.ubc.ca/events/event/a…

Prof. Aryan Karimi's new paper in Sociology Journal examines how refugee backgrounds push transnationalism into the future for second-generation Somali-Canadians.

Read 'National Assimilation and/or Cosmopolitan Transnationalism?': buff.ly/3JmdL8o

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New article with Aryan Karimi (UBC Sociology) and Sara Thompson in Sociology Journal
National Assimilation and/or Cosmopolitan Transnationalism? Impending Transnationalism among the Upwardly Mobile Children of Refugees journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…
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In Brief! UBC Sociology grad student Sophie X. Liu on Chana Teeger's recent AJS article: 'Teeger’s findings reveal 'how a past can be remembered but not engaged.'' Check out 'History Lessons' at contexts.org/articles/histo…

In Brief! UBC Sociology student Colter J. Uscola covers new The Sociological Quarterly research by Sam Perry (@OU_SocCrim) and colleagues on Christian Nationalism and U.S. attitudes toward ethno-racial inclusion and exclusion: 'Who's a True American?'
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A project led by Sociology PhD student Sophie Liu and Allard Law PhD student Kaitlyn Cumming has received funding from UBC Graduate School's PhD CoLab program!

More on “Tackling Online Hate Speech: Legal and Policy Pathways to Finding Justice in Canada': buff.ly/3PYlnBy

UBC Sociology PhD student Parker Muzzerall and I worked with Kathleen O'Grady to use insights and evidence from sociology to weigh in on Canada's federal budget. #Sociology #ClimateAction

#CLW2024 is a week-long campus-wide initiative of events examining the intersection between humans and generative AI in teaching and learning experiences.
May 6–10 | Browse events events.ctlt.ubc.ca/clw

In the spirit of public engagement, Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s & I collaborated on a creative project: we advertised my book at tube stations in the London underground! Here are images, including a photo shoot to make the ephemeral everlasting. ASA Sociology UBC Media Relations UBC Sociology Contexts Magazine

In her honours thesis, Krisha Mistry explores how women understand their identities within the context of the motherhood identity—and how they understand themselves while coping with a chronic illness.

Read more about her project: buff.ly/3PTtrU4.

Dr. Seth Abrutyn (@[email protected]), a UBC Sociology professor, gained insight into suicide contagion through years of field work in a small U.S. community.

We spoke with Dr. Abrutyn about the work and how to stop youth suicide from spreading: bit.ly/3TMzMSu

Prof. Seth Abrutyn (@[email protected])'s latest book with Anna S. Mueller, 'Life Under Pressure,' was published earlier this month!

Prof. Abrutyn spoke to UBC Media Relations about their research into suicide contagion through years of field work in a small U.S. community: buff.ly/3xmgfkh

In Brief: UBC Sociology grad student Parker Muzzerall on RSS research by Laura Pavón-Benítez (@CanalUGR): 'Beyond jobs and housing, leisure and nightlife—in short, fun—are central in shaping how youth view rural life and their place within it.' contexts.org/articles/going…

Ideas, Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s's magazine, invited me for a chat about #LongLiveQueerNightlife . Marvelous convo about why I wrote the book, how nightlife is changing, & whether trends in London are part of a pattern. Read it here: press.princeton.edu/ideas/amin-gha… UBC Media Relations UBC Sociology ASA Sociology

Dr. Seth Abrutyn (@[email protected]), a UBC Sociology professor, gained insight into suicide contagion through years of field work in a small U.S. community.

We spoke with Dr. Abrutyn about the work and how to stop youth suicide from spreading: bit.ly/3TMzMSu

Workplaces that continue to allow work-from-home options are coveted by skilled workers because it provides more time and flexibility for other aspects of life, says UBC Sociology professor Dr. Sylvia Fuller.

via The Tyee thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/0…

Yeslie Lizarraga examines how Mexican youth living abroad make sense of the complexities and contradictions embodied in meanings of ‘being Mexican’ in her honours thesis.

Read more about her project in the full Q&A: buff.ly/3PM7jeC