Sociology Staff
Academic Staff
| Name | Area of Research Expertise | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Veronique Altglas (sabbatical leave August 2024 to January 2025) |
Sociology of religion: religious individualism & bricolage; religion & social class; globalisation of religion; religion in Northern Ireland; new religious movements; responses to religious diversity; cult controversies. Sociology of Anti-Semitism & ethnic relations. Epistemology; Research ethics. |
v.altglas@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 3581 |
| Dr Emma Calvert | Education, employment and social inequality. | e.calvert@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 3958 |
| Dr Andrew Dunn |
Unemployment and social security, the definition and measurement of poverty, and links between national poverty rates and crime rates. |
a.dunn@qub.ac.uk | |
| Professor Gladys Ganiel | Religion, conflict and peacebuilding; sociology of religion on the island of Ireland. | g.ganiel@qub.ac.uk | +44 (0)28 9097 3658 |
| Dr Nicole Gleghorne | Early numeracy development, quantitative methods and effectiveness of educational interventions. | n.gleghorne@qub.ac.uk | |
| 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 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 John 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 |
| Professor Lisa Smyth | Norms, Emotions, Social Conflict and Change, Agency, Care, Family, Abortion, Motherhood. | l.smyth@qub.ac.uk | +44(0)2890973251 |
| Dr Rin Ushiyama |
Cultural sociology; memory studies; right-wing social movements; historical denial; East Asia; East Asian religions; diasporas; social theory; sociology of intellectuals. |
r.ushiyama@qub.ac.uk | |
| 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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| Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill | The Changing Role of Religion in Societies Emerging from Covid-19 | caoimhe.nidhonaill@qub.ac.uk |