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Welcome to the Department of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin. Ranked among the Top 150 Sociology departments in the world (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021), we are a leading hub for research on migration, ethnicity and inequalities offering innovative undergraduate and postgraduate programmes among an internationally diverse student and staff community.
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Professor Yekaterina Chzhen on the UK's two-child limit on benefits
Professor Chzhen's new research, recently published in The Conversation, shows that larger families have become poorer since the introduction of the two-child limit – and the poorest families are losing out the most.
CPD Showcase Breakfast Event - Tuesday, January 23rd from 8-9/9:30
Mail sspcpd@tcd.ie to RSVP for our CPD Showcase Breakfast Event and learn about our short courses on offer this Spring. There will be short presentations from our CPD course facilitators followed by a Q&A.
Prof. Anne Holohan wins award for best venture from a university spinout or support programme
TiLT, which develops innovative digital roleplay training that improves and measures diversity and inclusion (D&I) performance within organisations, has won the award and a €10k prize at the final of the 2023 InterTradeIreland Seedcorn Investor Readiness Competition.
Poverty and Child Development in Ireland
New research from Assistant Professor Yekaterina Chzhen and Mengxuan Li, a PhD student at the Department of Sociology found that a one-off experience of poverty, especially if experienced around age three-years-old, is enough to have an impact on a child’s development, according to new research from Trinity College Dublin.