New podcast: Wolfgang Marx about the UCD common room

In this episode of "Dublin Calling - the student podcast" our PhD student Mark Doyle talks with Associate Professor Wolfgang Marx about the threatened closure of the UCD common room.

Professor Payam Akhavan Seminar - 'In Search of a Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey'

School of Sociology seminar series - Jointly hosted with the School of Law

Professor Payman Akhavan - McGill University
Wednesday 10th October, 1pm. Moot Court - Sutherland Building

All welcome to attend, tea and coffee will be served before the seminar.

Journal article by the School of Sociology Post Doc Fellow Lea David - Human Rights as an Ideology? Obstacles and Benefits.

Journal article by the School of Sociology Post Doctoral Fellow Lea David.

Human Rights as an Ideology? Obstacles and Benefits.

Abstract

Sociology has an important part to play in understanding human rights. In this article, I trace obstacles within sociology to theoretically conceptualize human rights as an ideology. These impediments, I suggest, demonstrate the need to recognize the blind spots within sociological research. However, instead of trying to persuade readers why human rights qualifies as an ideology, I attempt to demonstrate why it is beneficial for sociological inquiry to conceptualize human rights as an ideology. Instead of following the widely accepted practice of understanding human rights as a desirable set of values designed to promote a liberal peace, I propose conceptualizing human rights as an ideology which, through its institutionalization, produces coercive organizational and doctrine power. The question of whether its organizational and doctrine power is capable of value penetration in micro-solidarity groups opens up a new prism through which sociologists can assess the successes and failures of human rights ideology on the ground.

Access the full article here

Associate Professor Grund at the European Commission's JRC

Our staff member Associate Professor Grund was invited to teach an "Introduction to Social Network Analysis in Stata" to the European Commission's Joint Research Centre. The JRC is the European Commission's science and knowledge service centre and provides direct input to EU policy. Dr. Grund has written and maintains a software package for social network analysis in Stata that is used by over 40 000 people worldwide. Nice to see our staff members having an impact!

Lunch time seminar by Sociology PhD student Travis Tatum, Thursday 27 September, 1pm.

School of Sociology seminar series - 'Accusation and confession discrepancies in bullying: Dual-perspective networks and individual-level attributes'

Travis Tatum PhD student - UCD Sociology
Thursday 27th September, 1pm. Room D418, Newman Building.

All welcome to attend, tea and coffee will be served before the seminar and please feel free to bring along your lunch. 

First seminar of the semester by Professor Robert M. Hayden will take place this Thursday 20 September.

School of Sociology seminar series - 'Stealing the Bosnian census, 2013-16: The Purposeful Distortion of Pseudoprecision' 

Professor Robert M. Hayden (University of Pittsburgh)
Thursday 20th September, 1pm. Room D418, Newman Building
All welcome to attend.

It has been a busy week at the School of Sociology

This week the School of Sociology welcomed our incoming undergraduate students who dropped by to meet with their academic mentors. We also welcomed our new PhD and Masters students for meet and greets and orientation.

 MSc Comparative Social Change group with academic staff from UCD and Trinity.














MSc Social Data Analytics students with programme Coordinator Diane Payne.










                                                                            

Staff from the School of Sociology and PhD students at meet and greet welcome lunch.