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CSSR Urban Research Hub presents a talk by Malini Ranganathan

Upcoming Event
Monday, April 15, 2024 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Horizon Hall, 6325

In urban India, the loss of land rights, unsafe sanitation work, and flood and climate change risk—what I refer to as "environmental unfreedoms"—are structured by caste violence, Islamophobia, and gender and class hierarchies in ways that critical scholarship has yet to take stock of. Based on a book...

Faculty Panel on Urban Research

Past Event
Thursday, March 21, 2024 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Student Union I, (SUB) I, 3rd Floor, Room #3A

The Urban Research Hub invites you to hear from six Mason faculty members across three colleges/schools about their latest urban research and participate in the discussion / Q&A afterward. Topics covered include: human mobility, environmental justice, built environment, public space, social memo...

PhD in Sociology

The PhD in sociology provides rigorous training in public and applied social research including skills in research design, data analysis, and substantive areas that are pertinent to many sectors in the Washington, D.C., area. Graduates have the theoretical, analytical, and professional skills that pr...

Ben Manski

Ben Manski

Ben Manski studies the participation of ordinary people in the deliberate constitution of their societies. His work takes in social movements, law, politics, climate and ecology, and the corporation, focusing on democracy, democratization, and constitutionalism, and he has published widely on these t...

SOCI 352-001: Social Problems and Solutions

Spring 2024 -  Amaka Okechukwu 

At a time of great social instability and change, you may be wondering how we collectively got to this point, and how we might find our way into something better. This course analyzes a variety of social problems from a sociological perspective. Utilizing sociological theories and empirical research,...