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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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Sociology welcomes new Assistant Professor to lead Trinity Elective in Black StudiesWe are delighted to announce that Dr Phil Mullen from Department of Sociology has been hired as the new Assistant Professor to lead the Trinity Elective in the new Black Studies module. -
Dr Jan Skopek publishes a Study in DemographyDr Jan Skopek publishes a Study in the journal Demography. The study focuses on the educational reproduction of East and West German men and women born between 1930 and 1950 by considering both mobility and fertility pathways. -
Dr Yekaterina Chzhen Publishes a New Study on the Impacts of Integrated Social Protection on Adolescent Gender-Norms AttitudesA recent article in the Journal of Adolescent Health shows the results of an impact evaluation of a government-implemented “cash plus” intervention on gender-equitable attitudes among adolescents in Tanzania. Using a cluster randomised design, the study finds that the intervention increased gender-equitable attitudes among males, but not females.
