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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 100 Sociology departments in the world (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018), 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 Daniel Faas secures IRC Creative Connections FundingDaniel Faas, Associate Professor in Sociology, has secured funding from the Irish Research Council. The consortium, which includes researchers at Trinity, NUIG and QUB, will focus on "Examining European Cultural Identity through Interdisciplinary Methods." -
Professor Layte publishes new GUI report on the impact of the recession on stress within familiesThe report, authored by Richard Layte and Elizabeth Nixon seeks to understand how the economic recession affected experiences of economic strain and stress within families and how this, in turn, was associated with parenting and the socio-emotional and behavioural adjustment of 3-year-olds. -
Dr Pablo Gracia publishes a new article at the European Sociological ReviewThe study led by Dr Gracia, reveals that Spanish children increase substantially their daily screen time and become less involved in educational activities when their mothers work evenings, but this only affects less-educated families. -
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Dr Jan Skopek and Dr Giampiero Passaretta (Sociology) publish large international reportDr Jan Skopek, Department of Sociology and Work Package leader of the H2020 project ISOTIS, and Dr Giampiero Passaretta (post-doctoral researcher in ISOTIS), have published a comprehensive edited report on roots and development of social and migration-related educational inequality. -
The Breakdown of Trust in Society - School of Social Sciences and Philosophy Public LectureIs trust in political institutions declining? How much does media bias affect electoral outcomes? And how can we re-establish trust where it has been lost? These are just some of the questions explored by economics, philosophy, political science and sociology academics
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