“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…
Sociology Live
Workshop
On 21-22 November 2022, the School of Sociology is organising a two-day HDR Conference. The SOCIOLOGY LIVE Conference will bring together HDR candidates and guest HDR students from the School of Sociology and provide them with an opportunity to share their work with their peers. Find the program…
Keynesian demographic theory as a limit to a state feminist responses to economic crisis
Seminar
On the 25th of March 2021, about one year after the economic downturn that followed the imposition of public sanitary measures to reduce viral contacts, the recovery plan of Quebec’s government was eagerly awaited. It was marked by an absence of any specificity in regard to the economic policies…
Feminized male fish and ultra-low sperm count. The cultural politics of endocrine disruptors
Seminar
In recent years, scholars within the Humanities and Social Sciences have conceptualized sex hormones as cultural phenomena. This presentation understands sex hormones as not only biological substances but as simultaneously material, metaphorical, and co-constituted (e.g., Martin 2001, Mol 2002;…