'Morals and Markets' in Royal Irish Academy, Thursday 9th November

We are pleased to invite you to the event 'Morals and Markets' in the Royal Irish Academy on Thursday 9 November, 11am. The event is partly organized by Prof. Andreas Hess from the School of Sociology (UCD). All are welcome.

Dr. Grund featured in UCD Connections magazine on internationalization

The latest edition of the UCD Connections Alumni Magazine features an interview with Dr. Grund (School of Sociology, UCD) about life as an international scholar at UCD and about internationalization at university more generally.

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Huge congrats to Dr. Andreas Hess for promotion to Professor

We are very happy to congratulate our colleague Dr. Andreas Hess for his successful promotion to the academic rank of "Professor" at UCD. Well done! Here is a link to Andreas' research profile.

Podcast specials with Michael Macy, Wander Jager and ESSA conference participants

In these three podcast specials our students talk with Prof. Michael Macy (Cornell University) about (un-)predictability, Dr. Wander Jager (University of Groningen) about challenges for the social simulation community and with participants of the Social Simulation Conference 2017 - the annual conference of the European Social Simulation Conference held in Dublin - about shirking, fake news and fish.

Podcast special with Jos Elkink on North Korea

In this podcast special of "Dublin Calling" we talk with Jos Elkink (UCD, School of Politics and International Relations) about defection from North Korea. The podcast was recorded at the Social Simulation Conference 2017, the annual conference of the European Social Simulation Association, which took place at UCD.

Podcast special with Rainer Hegselmann and Nigel Gilbert

Another podcast special of "Dublin Calling" from the Social Simulation Conference 2017. This time we talk with Prof. Rainer Hegselmann from the University of Bayreuth and with Prof. Nigel Gilbert from the University of Surrey. Both are eminent scholars in the field of Social Simulation.

Podcast special with Flaminio Squazzoni

New episode of "Dublin Calling" - the podcast series of the School of Sociology at UCD. This time directly from the Social Simulation Conference 2017, which was held in Dublin in September 2017. In this episode, our students Mark Doyle, Grainne McKeever and Barbara Moore together with our faculty member Dr. Thomas Grund talk with Prof. Flaminio Squazzoni from the University of Brescia. Flaminio has also been former president of the European Social Simulation Association.

Photos of Social Simulation Conference 2017

Here are some photos from the SSC2017 (www.sim2017.com), the annual conference of the European Social Simulation Association, which took place at UCD last week (25th-29th September 2017). The conference was a fantastic success and several members of UCD School of Sociology played a lead role in hosting the SSC2017 including Diane Payne, Thomas Grund and Pablo Lucas.

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School of Sociology Seminar Series - Professor Robbie Shilliam, How 'Black Deficit' Entered the Academy

Professor Robbie Shilliam will be presenting as part of the School of Sociology Seminar Series on Thursday 19th October at 1pm in Theatre B129, O' Brien Science Centre North. The title of the seminar is ' How 'Black Deficit' Entered the Academy'. All are welcome to attend.

Event Reminder Wednesday 4th October: TCD/UCD Public Lecture Series with Professor Mike Savage - The Politics of Nationalism and White Racism in the UK

TCD/UCD Public Lecture Series 2017-2018

The Department of Sociology at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), in collaboration with University College Dublin (UCD), has initiated a series of public lectures in which internationally acclaimed speakers will discuss contemporary sociological issues. The aim of this TCD-UCD Sociology Public Lecture Series is to promote informed and non-partisan debate and to offer new ideas on cutting-edge sociological issues including but not limited to responses to the current crisis. It provides a platform to deepen research and teaching synergies between TCD and UCD especially in light of HEA’s policy ‘Towards a Future Higher Education Landscape’. The series features two public lectures per term with one event hosted at TCD and the other at UCD.

Speaker: Professor Mike Savage (LSE)
Title: The Politics of Nationalism and White Racism in the UK 
Date and time: 4th October 2017, 7pm
Venue: Thomas Davis Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin

AbstractProfessor Mike Savage
The rise of populist nationalism in many parts of the developed world testifies to the resurgence of fears around intensified immigration and the renewed power of racism. My paper draws on a mixed methods study of the National Child Development study to consider, in the British case, how racist and nationalist attitudes intersect with social inequalities. My paper disputes the view that racism as a product of the ‘left behind’ white working class. I emphasise the continued power of ‘imperial nationalism’ amongst economically advantaged white Britons, and draw attention to the anti-establishment nationalism of the most disadvantaged which need not have strong racist overtones. This inter-twining of racism with other social and economic inequalities is intense and has the potential to generate increasingly visceral and volatile forms of political identification.

Biography
Mike Savage is Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics where he is also co-director of the International Inequalities Institute. His recent books include the co-authored, and best selling Social Class in the 21st Century (2015) and Identities and Social Change in Britain since 1940: the politics of method (2010).

https://www.tcd.ie/sociology/events/public-lecture-series/