2024 – University of Copenhagen

30 Jan. 2024, 12:00-13:00

Department Seminar: Speaking in- and outside academic norms. Linguistic capital in vocational education in Denmark

Speaker: Pia Quist (UCPH, Sociolinguistics)

6 Feb. 2024, 12:00-13:00

Department Seminar: Disentangling the Drivers of Grading Bias: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Speaker: Anders Hjorth-Trolle (Rockwool Fonden) and Asta Breinholst (RUC).

21 Feb. 2024, 8:45-12:00

Symposium: Do you want children?

Participate in an open symposium focusing on reproductive thoughts, demographic changes, and the climate crisis, primarily conducted in Danish. This symposium brings together various voices in a conversation about reproductive dilemmas in the 21st century.

27 Feb. 2024, 12:00-13:00

Department Seminar: Algorithmic Constructions of Risk – Anticipating Uncertain Futures in Child Protection Services

Speaker: Helene Friis Ratner (DPU/AAU)

7 Mar. 2024, 12:30-17:00

GENDERED? SHOWCASING GENDER RESEARCH AT THE FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

Join the open seminar "Gendered? Showcasting gender research at the faculty of social science".

12 Mar. 2024, 12:00-13:00

Department Seminar: Ten Thousand Family Networks. Nuclear, Extended, and Complex

Speaker: Thomas Leopold (University of Cologne)

26 Mar. 2024, 12:00-13:00

Department Seminar: Job mobility, stigma, and the “sticky” job penalty

Speaker: Tünde Cserpes (AU)

16 Apr. 2024, 12:00-13:00

DS: The good, the bad, and the canceled? Exploring the dynamics and complexities of (digital) fandom in the music industry

Department Seminar: The good, the bad, and the canceled? Exploring the dynamics and complexities of (digital) fandom in the music industry. Speaker: Simone Driessen (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

18 Apr. 2024, 15:00-17:30

Inaugural Lecture: The Sociology of Misperceived Discrimination

Inaugural Lecture by Professor Merlin Schaeffer.

30 Apr. 2024, 12:00-13:00

Department Seminar: Local Economic Inequality and Depression

Speaker: Kim Mannemar Sønderskov

7 May 2024, 12:00-13:30

Department Seminar: Quo Vadis Familia?

Speaker: Gøsta Esping-Andersen

14 May 2024, 13:00-14:30

Department Seminar: The Material Political Economy of Prediction

Speaker: Donald MacKenzie

23 May 2024, 14:00-16:00

Department Seminar: Words and Distinctions for the Common Good: Practical Reason in the Logic of Social Science

Speaker: Gabriel Abend

3 June 2024, 13:00-16:00

Therese Bay-Smidt Christensen's PhD defense at the Department of Sociology

All are invited, when Therese Bay Smidt Christensen will defend her PhD-thesis.

Titel: Balancing Act - reconciling family and work over the life course.

6 June 2024, 13:00-16:00

Jonas Hulgård Kristiansen's PhD defence at the Department of Sociology

All are invited, when Jonas Hulgård Kristiansen will defend his PhD-thesis.

Titel: The Worker, the Consumer, and the Platform

10 June 2024, 13:00-16:00

Christian Haldrup's PhD defense at the Department of Sociology

All are invited, when Christian Haldrup will defend his PhD-thesis.

Titel: Managing Algorithmic Flexibility - The quality of work and evolving labour market inequalities in the Danish platform economy

27 June 2024, 13:00-16:00

Amanda Krog Juvik's PhD defence at the Department of Sociology

…

1 Oct. 2024, 12:00-13:00

Department Seminar: Vanessa Barker & Ryan Switzer

The department of sociology are delighted to host Vanessa Barker and Ryan Switzer to talk about their research on the far-right.

10 Oct. - 11 Oct. 2024

PolarVis Workshop

PolarVis is hosting a two-day workshop at the CoMMonS Research Centre.

31 Oct. 2024, 14:00-17:00

Department of Sociology celebrates it's 30 year anniversary

The Department of Sociology celebrates it's 30 year anniversary at the yearly Department day

5 Nov. 2024, 12:00-13:00

The Backlash Effects of Denmark's Ghetto Plan

Speaker: Dr. Teresa Freitas-Monteiro

11 Nov. 2024, 10:00-12:00

Public Lecture: Nationalism and War - The Long-Term Perspective

The Department of Sociology is delighted to invite you to a public lecture by Lieber Professor in Sociology and Political Philosophy Andreas Wimmer (Columbia University) to celebrate his appointment as Honorary Doctor at the University of Copenhagen.

12 Nov. 2024, 12:00-13:00

The Climate Policy Dilemma, Social Inequality, and the Question of Policy Acceptance

Speaker: Professor, Dr. Andreas Diekmann

14 Nov. 2024, 14:00-17:00

Inauguration lecture: Professor Kristian Karlson

Professor Kristian Karlson is having his inaugural lecture titled: Education, the Great Equalizer? What 15 Years of Sociological Research Taught Me

26 Nov. 2024, 12:00-13:00

How Diversity Matters: On the potential of a critical pedagogy of multicultural incorporation in urban schools

Speaker: Professor Anna Lund