Professor Shor's book, , was written together with McGill Sociology PhD student Kimberly Seida and published by Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group). It examines what we know, what we think we know, and what are some surprising research findings and insights about the place of aggression within pornography today.
Professor Jan Doering’s new book (Oxford University Press) examines conflicts about over policing, crime, and gentrification in racially diverse neighborhoods.
Professor Barry Eidlin uses some basic tools of sociological analysis (relying particularly on Erik Olin Wright and Howard Kimeldorf) to think through the broader implications of the recent strikesfor racial justiceby professional athletes in a piece published on August 30 inJacobinentitled“”
Professor Barry Eidlin’s bookLabor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canadahas been given the distinction of Honorable Mention for the2020 Seymour Martin Lipset Best Book Award competition of the American Political Science Association Canadian Politics Section.
"The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) recently unveiled the recipients of its fall 2019 round ofPartnership Grants, including two McGill-led projects, totalling $5 million. SSHRC also unveiled the recipients of the round’sPartnership Development GrantsandPostdoctoral Fellowships, in which 18 McGill applicants received over $2 million in funding."
Read the McGill Reporter's coverage of CAnD3's formation under the leadership of Prof. Amélie Quesnel-Vallée.
"The Canadian population is aging. For the first time in our history, people 65 and up outnumber those 14 and under. To adapt to this unprecedented demographic shift, we must reimagine our health and social systems.
Acknowledged as the "" of political polling in Quebec, Emeritus Professor Maurice Pinard published a book .
Assistant Professor Luca Pesando was awarded the Best PhD Dissertation Prize in Demography by the Italian Statistical Society.This prize was instituted in the memory of, an Italian Sociologist and Demographer working in France, who lost her life in the 2015 terrorist attack in Paris.
McGill’s Department of Sociology expresses full support for the ongoing protests against police brutality and institutionalized racism in the aftermath of the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and too many others. We, the faculty, are in awe of and inspired by the peaceful mobilization against racism around the world and feel that this is an important time for self-reflection and listening.
By giving women access to information they otherwise wouldn’t have, mobile phones are transforming lives. Putting smart phones in women’s hands could be a powerful tool to support sustainable development goals in the developing world, according to researchers from 㽶Ƶ, University of Oxford and Bocconi University.
Two former PhD students - Yesim Bayar and Luyang Zhou –both published a major article in Journal of Historical Sociology. Dr. Zhou's "" and Dr. Bayar's "" can be found using the assigned hyperlinks.
.The Consortium on Analytics for Data-Driven Decision-Making (CAnD3) will collaboratively develop, implement and deliver an innovative training program, Population Analytics in an Aging Society, to complement formal training in population research with skills to support evidence-informed decision-making.
Rebecca Daviddi and Daniel Sailofsky won a PhD scholarship from the Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Société et Culture (FRQSC).
Associate Professor of Sociology Zoua Vang was awarded a William Dawson Chair in recognition of her valuable work on immigration, ethnicity, and Indigenous health.
PhD candidate Alicia Poole, currently working with Professor Jennifer Elrick, received the at theMunk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.