Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin

🎓Interested in furthering your education in the New Year? Why not take a look at our MPhil in Race, Ethnicity and Conflict where you will explore a variety of the most pressing issues facing society. Find out more here: tinyurl.com/bdfmjfba @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

🗣️Looking forward to our seminar later today featuring Dr Ryan Alberto Gibbons entitled "Secondary effects of social origin during periods of economic contraction: a Finnish register-based analysis".

Come over to the Exams Hall to meet Sociology students and staff during #TrinityOpenDay

👩‍🎓Are you interested in studying Sociology? Come meet us at #TrinityOpenDay this Saturday. You can pop by our stand in the Exam Hall or come to our Sociology presentations:
⏰11:10 in the Emmet Theatre, Arts Building
⏰14:45 in the Burke Theatre, Arts Building

🗣️Looking forward to today's Sociology seminar which will feature our own Dr Joonghyun Kwak and will be entitled "Meritocratic Culture and Trust in Political Institutions".

🚨New Research 🚨
Humans bring gender biases to our interactions with AI. In iScience from our Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social , visiting postdoc Sepideh Bazazi and Jurgis Karpus.

🤖Read more: tinyurl.com/wd3c67d9

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⭐ We're hiring! ⭐

We are currently hiring for two new Assistant Professor positions in our Department.

👉 Environmental Sociology. Closing Dec 1
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👉 Gender and Sexuality. Closing Dec 2
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🗣️Looking forward to our Seminar today where we will be joined by Dr Mastoureh Fathi from @ucc.ie for her talk entitled "Taste of Home: Men's Food Practices in Migration".

Looking forward to our seminar with Dr Larissa Meier later today. 👏

Read more about our seminar series: tinyurl.com/bdhrsjx2

We're hiring 2 Assistant Professors of Sociology: Gender and Sexuality and Environmental Sociology. At @tcdsociology.bsky.social, we aspire to be a method-agnostic group of solution-oriented sociologists. Join our welcoming community at @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social. Deadline 1 Dec. Link in the comment.

YouTube video by Trinity College Dublin Autumn Public Lecture Series 2025: A New Sociology of Humans and Machines by Prof Taha Yasseri

🤖For those that didn't manage to catch our Autumn Series lecture on AI with Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social it is now available on YouTube so these compelling ideas can meet an even wider audience! Follow this link to watch now: youtu.be/cDQaIQCdtgE?...

Looking forward to our seminar later today with our own Prof Richard Layte entitled "When do socio-economic inequalities in non-cognitive skills emerge in childhood and what does this tell us?". Read more about this term's series here ➡️https://tinyurl.com/bdhrsjx2

⭐Our own Dr @katchzhen.bsky.social will join a jury of experts in adjudicating the Council of Europe Development Bank's Social Cohesion Award. The Award will grant €55,000 in funding in 2026 to social economy organisations. Read more: tinyurl.com/3syusjjt @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social @coe.int

Join our own Dr Phil Mullen for a fascinating conversation with broadcaster Afua Hirsch as part of @dublinbookfest.bsky.social More details and book your free ticket here: tinyurl.com/55zrkjsx @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

CEB Award for Social Cohesion The CEB Award for Social Cohesion recognises outstanding achievements in promoting social inclusion and improving lives in Europe. Learn more about the award and its impact.

It's an honour to be joining the jury for the CoE Development Bank Award for Social Cohesion.

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Social entrepreneurs and social economy organisations in the CEB’s member countries compete for the €45,000 prize, with
another two shortlisted projects to receive €5,000 each.

Sociology Seminar Series - Wednesday October 22nd 💫

We look forward to welcoming Dr Michael Byrne from @ucddublin.bsky.social to our seminar series today at 3pm.👏

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Professor @tahayasseri.bsky.social will deliver a guest seminar on Combatting Online Misinformation at the @ifisc.uib-csic.es this Wednesday. 👏

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For more information: tinyurl.com/yb73m47f

Join Dr Phil Mullen for a discussion on the recent transformation of Ireland into a multi-ethnic and multicultural society. In conversation with Kieran Connell and Emer O’Neill the event is hosted by the European Parliament Liaison office.

Find out more here: tinyurl.com/42pad5y6

"Just as Wikipedia can learn from AI, the X platform could learn from Wikipedia’s model of consensus building". Our Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social assesses "Grokipedia" in his latest piece for @us.theconversation.com . Read more here: tinyurl.com/3uxn3rp6 @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

🗣️Looking forward to our seminar later on from Katy Morris entitled "The Labour Market Link: Local occupational change and Brexit support". Should be a fascinating presentation and discussion.

So excited to debut our regular “PhD Perspectives” series. Throughout the year we’ll be chatting with some of our Sociology PhDs about their research and their experience of doing a PhD in the Department. Read the first in our series here: tinyurl.com/ytepebab @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

🗣️Looking forward to this week's seminar shortly with Professor Ian Ross MacMillan entitled "Shelter from the Storm: Cohort Differences in Pandemic Exposures and Mental Health in the Early Life Course".

👩‍🎓Are you a Sociology student interested in taking the Foundation Scholarship Exams? We'll be holding an information session explaining all you need to know on Thursday, October 9th at 4pm. For more information follow this link ➡️ tinyurl.com/47bxac56

🧑‍🎓"I believe it's vital that young people engage with AI...with a grounded understanding of how it truly impacts our social lives and communities." Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social shared his research with 100 TY students last Friday in an outreach event. Read more: tinyurl.com/3sz2bdre

🗣️So exciting to kick off the Black Studies Seminar Series last night. Some fascinating talks to celebrate Black History Month! For more information and to register follow this link tinyurl.com/4d96frfy @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

✈️Looking forward to studying abroad?

The Department of Sociology online information session for outgoing study abroad students will take place on Monday, October 6th at 4pm. For more details and to register for this zoom event follow the link: tinyurl.com/yc27wfs6

🎙️Check out this fascinating podcast by Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social discussing AI and its ramifications for our society

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It was great to see a talk by Dr Ilyar Barardehi at @tcdsociology.bsky.social weekly research seminar on social inequalities in Irish children’s exam subject difficulty levels - findings from #LEARNINEQ

🗣️Excited to continue our seminar series later today. Our Research Fellow Ilyar Heydari Barardehi will be presenting on "Socioeconomic Inequality and the Role of Parental Expectations in Track and Subject-Level Placement in Irish Secondary Education".

In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland Thinking Aloud, Thinking Together is a new series of live and recorded conversations.

Join us this Thursday for "In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland" a powerful evening of reflection and dialogue on race, identity, and belonging in Ireland featuring our own Dr Phil Mullen
📍 Thomas Davis Theatre, Trinity College
🎟️ Free tickets: tinyurl.com/4yfjfmeu
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