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Sociology PhD student selected to partipate in and International event
22 March 2013
Sandra M Rios, a PhD student in Sociology funded by the Leverhulme Programme ‘Compromise after Conflict’ has been selected to participate in the 12th International Sociological Association International Laboratory for PhD Students that will be organised jointly with the University of Sydney’s School of Social & Political Sciences, July 15-20,...
Dr. Cristina Flesher Fominaya has been awarded the Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (IEF) FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF
08 March 2013
“CONTENTIOUS POLITICS IN AN AGE OF AUSTERITY: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ANTI-AUSTERITY PROTESTS IN SPAIN AND IRELAND”
The two year project involves undertaking a comparative study on anti-austerity mobilizations in Ireland and Spain to explain their widely divergent trajectories, thereby contributing important empirical knowledge while advancing major theoretical...
Dr. Flesher Fominaya delivers keynote address on “Arab Spring: Youth participation for the promotion of peace, human rights and fundamental freedoms” Symposium in Tunis
04 September 2012
Dr. Cristina Flesher Fominaya delivered the keynote address for the symposium “Arab Spring: Youth participation for the promotion of peace, human rights and fundamental freedoms” in Tunis, Tunisia on August 28, 2012.
The symposium was held under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Tunisia, Dr. Mancef...
SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR APPOINTED TO THE NEW IRISH RESEARCH COUNCIL
03 April 2012
John Brewer has been appointed by the Irish government to the new Irish Research Council, which is an amalgamation of all research councils under one new body. Its inaugural meeting took place in the Royal Irish Academy and was attended by the government minister for Research and Innovation. John Brewer...
John Brewer receives Honorary Degree from the University of Brunel
19 January 2012
John Brewer is to be awarded a Doctor of Social Science degree honoris causa in 2012 by the University of Brunel. The honorary degree is for service to social science. It marks the end of his three-year period as President of the British Sociological Association in June 2012 but recognises...
John Brewer's new book launched at Clonard Monastery, West Belfast
02 December 2011
John Brewer's new book is published by Oxford University Press on 2 December 2011. Entitled Religion, Civil Society and Peace in Northern Ireland it develops a conceptual framework for advancing the comparative analysis of religious peacebuilding by using Northern Ireland as a case study. It is based on a four-year...
SOCIOLOGY LECTURER DELIVERS KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
29 November 2011
Dr. Cristina Flesher Fominaya delivered the keynote address at the "NEW AGENDAS IN SOCIAL MOVEMENT STUDIES CONFERENCE" at the National University Ireland, Maynooth on November 26, 2011. The conference was organized by Laurence Cox and Theresa O'Keefe on behalf of the Centre for Politics, Power and Society, Dept. of Sociology,...
Sociology at Aberdeen tops National Student Survey results
14 October 2011
The National Student Survey is open to all final year undergraduate students across the UK to complete each year. It assesses how satisfied students are with the teaching they received in their degree programmes. The 2011 results have just been announced.
We are delighted to say that Sociology at Aberdeen...
2011 European Consortium for Political Research Conference in Reykjavik, Iceland
15 September 2011
Department of Sociology and School of Social Science Strength in Research on Political Violence Highlighted at the 2011 European Consortium for Political Research Conference in Reykjavik, Iceland
A five panel section on Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Violence and Politics at the 2011 ECPR Conference featured Bernadette Hayes and...
Official launch of the Research Network on European Social Movements at the 2011 Council for European Studies Eighteenth International Conference of Europeanists in Barcelona
04 July 2011
Dr. Cristina Flesher Fominaya, founding co-chair, launched the European Social Movements Research Network at the Council for European Studies 2011 Conference in Barcelona. The Council promotes and recognizes outstanding, multidisciplinary research in European Studies through a range of programs, including conferences, publications, grants and awards, and is the leading academic...
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