News & Events

Keep up to date with all the latest news and events in the Department of Sociology at Trinity College Dublin.

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Sociology PhD Student Chloe O'Hanlon presents on her work at Pobal roundtable

Our PhD student Chloe O’Hanlon presented key findings from her undergraduate dissertation and the plan for her PhD project on a new measure of child poverty for Ireland at a round table at Pobal on October 23rd

11 Nov 2025

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Social and Political Review now open for Submissions from Undergraduates

Social and Political Review is Trinity's peer-reviewed journal for undergraduate scholarship in sociology and political science. Submission are now being accepted for the 36th volume

11 Nov 2025

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Watch Now: Our Autumn Series Lecture "A New Sociology of Humans and Machines"

If you missed your opportunity to attend Prof Taha Yasseri's popular lecture on Sociology and AI at this year's Autumn Series of lectures you can now watch the lecture on Youtube.

06 Nov 2025

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Dr Yekaterina Chzhen joins jury for Council of Europe Social Cohesion Award

Dr Chzhen will join a panel of experts in adjudicating the Council of Europe Development Bank's Social Cohesion Award

30 Oct 2025

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Dr Phil Mullen to speak at Dublin book festival event

The event will feature Dr Phil Mullen in conversation with journalist and broadcaster Afua Hirsch as part of the "Thinking Aloud, Thinking Together" series.

29 Oct 2025

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Combatting Misinformation Online: Professor Taha Yasseri to deliver seminar at the IFISC institute

The talk, entitled "The Paradox of Openness: Community-Based Approaches to Combating Misinformation Online", will take place online on October 22.

17 Oct 2025

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Dr Phil Mullen to speak at European Parliament event on Multiculturalism in Ireland and the UK

The event, hosted with the European Parliament Liason Office in Dublin, will take place on November 3 in Europe House.

17 Oct 2025

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"Grokipedia": Elon’s Answer to Wikipedia’s Bias, or Just More of the Same?

Professor Taha Yasseri discusses Elon Musk's new Wikipedia competitor "Grokipedia" and whether it will really addressed the alleged biases of Wikipedia in his new piece for The Conversation

16 Oct 2025

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Black History Month Celebrated with Black Studies Seminar Series

The online seminar series, which took place from October 6th to 9th, featured an array of speakers from different countries and institutions.

14 Oct 2025

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Attend our Foundation Scholarship Information Session this Thursday

Are you a Sociology student interested in taking the Foundation Scholarship exams? Our online information session has everything you need to know about the process.

08 Oct 2025

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