“I’m done:” poetic reflections on meaning-making, narrative, and stillness towards end of life for people with deteriorating heart failure
Seminar
Dying with heart failure is a turbulent journey that unfolds potentially over years. However, making life ‘worth living’ in the face of dying is less well-studied. Based on two years’ ethnographic fieldwork in England (2017-2019) with people with heart failure, I will present poetic excerpts that…
Conceptualizing Social Protection Interventions: Global and Transnational Perspectives
Seminar
Transnational Social Protection (TSP) focuses on the various individual and collective strategies for addressing the social risks faced by actors who cross national boundaries. In recent years, TSP has become a critical area of research due to the growing diversity of migration, increased global…
Making Sense of Imperfectly Observed Networks
Seminar
The canonical form of network data is obtained from sociometric studies in small and well-defined settings. Examples include friendship relations in classrooms, advice ties in workplaces, and trade between countries. In the course of a long tradition of empirical analysis of networks, dating back…
“Chileans’ anger at inequality boils over”: The “Estallido Social” and the role of perceptions and the legitimacy of economic inequality in social protests
Seminar
In October 2019, the “Estallido Social” demonstrations began in Chile. The protests originated from a growing critique of the government economic development model and the levels of inequality in the country. The social demands were varied and included several areas of Chilean society, from writing…
Effects of posttraumatic stress disorder and mental disorders on the labor market integration of young Syrian refugees
Seminar
Civil war-experience in the Syrian home country, insecurity and critical life events during migration or adverse events in the receiving country might affect refugees’ mental health. This paper addresses the effects of psychological distress and mental disorders on refugees' labor market…
Mapping the Geography of Cybercrime: Next Steps for an Expert Survey
Seminar
The global geography of cybercriminal offenders is not well understood. Existing data on the subject are not well suited to establishing the true location of offenders, nor can they be scaled up to accurately compare rates of cybercrime across nations. We propose a novel approach to this problem:…
Book Launch: The Family Planning Association and Contraceptive Science and Technology in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain
Book launch
The School of Sociology is pleased to launch the book The Family Planning Association and Contraceptive Science and Technology in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain (Palgrave/MacMillan), by Natasha Szuhan. This book offers the first in-depth investigation into the relationship between the Family…