The School of Sociology welcomes Professor Randall Collins

The School of Sociology was delighted to welcome Randall Collins this week, who participated in the Sociology of Randall Collins Workshop on Tuesday and also launched the new book by Steven Loyal 'State Power and Asylum Seekers in Ireland' yesterday evening. Today Prof. Randall Collins will be awarded an honorary PhD from UCD.

New podcast: Kieran Allen talking about Marx

In this new episode of "Dublin Calling - the student podcast" our PhD student Grainne McKeever talks with Associate Professor Kieran Allen (UCD) about Karl Marx, capitalism, financial crises and the modern world.

Book Launch 'State Power and Asylum Seekers in Ireland' by Steven Loyal and Stephen Quilley

Associate Professor Steven Loyal (UCD Sociology) has published a new book "State Power and Asylum Seekers in Ireland" The book will be launched on the 5th of September at 5pm in the UCD Common Room, B104, Newman Building, UCD. Everybody is welcome. 

This book aims to account for the reception, treatment and sometimes, eventual deportation, of asylum seekers in Ireland, by analysing how they are framed and dealt with by the Irish state. Both historically and theoretically grounded, it will discuss contemporary immigration policies and issues in light of the overall social, historical, and economic development of Irish society and state immigration policy. State Power and Asylum Seekers in Ireland will be of interest to scholars and students in the fields of historical sociology, sociological theory and social policy, with a focus on discourses of patterns of European migration, the changing role and function of the state and its policies, and the psycho-social experience of asylum seekers.

https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783319919348

The Sociology of Randall Collins Workshop

Randall Collins will be awarded an honorary PhD from UCD on 6th Sept. To mark the occasion Sinisa Malesevic and Steven Loyal from the School of Sociology are organising a small conference ‘The Sociology of Randall Collins' which will take place on 4th September, 2018 at H204 in the Humanities Institute. The programme for the workshop is available here: https://sinisa2malesevic.wordpress.com/2018/08/09/ucd-conference-on-randall-collins/

Podcast with Prof. Walby: A world-known expert in gender research

In this new episode of "Dublin Calling - The Sociology Podcast" our PhD student Grainne McKeever talks with Prof. Sylvia Walby, Lancaster University about patriarchy, domestic violence, and feminism. Sylvia is world-known expert in gender research.

Many congratulations to Associate Professor Thomas Grund

Congratulations to Thomas Grund who has been promoted to Associate Professor. Well done from all at the School of Sociology!

Here is a link to Thomas' website and staff profile

The Transparent Referendum Initiative shortlisted as a finalist in the 'Best Use of Data for Social Impact' category at the Data Science Awards 2018.

The UCD Dynamics Lab, led by Associate Professor Diane Payne, at the Geary Institute for Public Policy partnered with the Transparent Referendum Initiative (TREF.ie) to gather and share information on online ads targeting Irish voters in the run up to the recent referendum on the Repeal of the 8th Amendment. The specific role in this partnership for the Dynamics Lab at UCD’s Geary Institute was to conduct an analysis of this online data.

Killian McLoughlin, a Masters student at the UCD School of Sociology (MSc Programme in Social Data Analytics) worked with the Transparent Referendum Initiative data and team, as part of his MSc internship training.

The Transparent Referendum Initiative has been shortlisted as one of Finalists in the 'Best Use of Data for Social Impact' category at the Data Science Awards 2018.

More information is available here https://www.datsciawards.ie/finalists-2018/