Sociology
Sociology at Queen’s is a medium sized department, which allows us to cover a wide range of sociology themes and skills while also being accessible and welcoming to students.
Sociology is a discipline concerned with the explanation of social life and human behaviour of all kinds. It equips students with the skills to understand the nature of contemporary society, ranging from the global (including power and politics, conflict and peace processes, security, the digital world, climate change, racism and social justice) to individual experiences (such as the body, intimacy, emotions, identity, beliefs and mental health). Through theoretical tools and methodological techniques, Sociology at Queen’s provides students with a unique way of interacting with the world as critical and engaged citizens. Our staff are internationally recognized academics in key sociological specialisms, including political sociology, violence and peace, protest movements, religion, migration, and health and well-being.
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(DISCOVER UNI)KEY THEMES
- Political sociology,
- Peace and conflict
- Religion
- Quantitative and qualitative research methods
KEY RESEARCH PROJECTS
Academic Staff
Name | Area of Research Expertise | Telephone | |
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Dr Veronique Altglas | Sociology of religion. | v.altglas@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 3581 |
Professor John Brewer |
Sociology of peace processes, especially memory, truth, religion, both for victims and ex-combatants. Northern Ireland, South Africa, Sri Lanka. Ethnography. |
j.brewer@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 3835 |
Dr Emma Calvert | Education, employment and social inequality. | e.calvert@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 3958 |
Dr Giulia Carabelli | Contested societies; grassroots activism; urban sociology; empire and imperial legacies; Affect, more than human politics. | g.carabelli@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 3529 |
Dr Gladys Ganiel | Religion, conflict and peacebuilding; sociology of religion on the island of Ireland. | g.ganiel@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 3658 |
Professor Katy Hayward | Borders, sociology of Ireland; Brexit; political sociology. | k.hayward@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 3189 |
Dr Jonathan Heaney |
Sociology of emotion, political sociology, political sociology of emotion, power, nationalism, social theory, sociology of Ireland, relational sociology, process ontology. |
j.heaney@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 3482 |
Dr John Karamichas | Protest and social movements; Politics; Southern European Societies; Green Criminology; Environmental Sustainability of Megas (Sports/Projects). | j.karamichas@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 3237 |
Professor Madeleine Leonard | Children and political conflict; participatory research methods with children and young people. | m.leonard@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 3375 |
Dr Cathal McManus | Conflict and conflict transformation; othering; political extremism and sectarianism; peace processes; nationalism and identity politics. | c.p.mcmanus@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 5914 |
Dr Cate McNamee | Race and ethnicity; family, marriage; large-scale longitudinal panel survey analysis | c.mcnamee@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 3342 |
Dr Jonathan Moriarty | Workplaces, Mental health and wellbeing. | j.moriarty@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 3236 |
Professor John Nagle | Divided societies; social movements; sectarianism; sexuality. | john.nagle@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 5922 |
Dr Lisa Smyth | Norms, Emotions, Social Conflict and Change, Agency, Care, Family, Abortion, Motherhood. | l.smyth@qub.ac.uk | +44(0)2890973251 |
Dr Ulrike M Vieten | Sociology of Gender and Ethnic Minorities; Citizenship, Migration and Gender in Europe; Transnationalism and Europeanisation; Normalisation of the Global Far-Right. | u.vieten@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 2528 |
Research Staff |
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Lucia Klencakova | Intimate partner violence. Communication theories (the socio-psychological tradition that explores behavioural and cognitive characteristics in a communicative context) including human ego or inner motivations for actions reflected in language, primarily in nonverbal linguistics, semiotics and intercultural communication. | l.klencakova@qub.ac.uk |