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New multi-national research shows how a long series of politically-driven crises have created a failed state and a public health disaster in Lebanon.A new Research for Health inConflict (R4HC)study led by King’s College Londonand partners at the Universityof Cambridgeand the American University of Beirut, Lebanonshows how political decisions and cl…

The Department of Sociology is excited to announce the winners of the first series of Postdoctoral Awards, presented together with the Postdoc Academy.The first Postdoctoral Awards recognise excellence in the fields of research endeavour, support and development, and inclusive research culture. The nominations for these awards were judged by Dr Man…

Winners announced for the 2021 Photography Competition on the theme 'Future Sociologies'.The 2021 theme encouraged students to think about how the world might change for future generations, and how future generations might change the world. There was a fascinating range of high-quality entries that explored a variety of topics; including changing s…

We are delighted to announce that Senior Lecturer Dr Ella McPherson, along with colleagues from The Whistle, Isabel Guenette Thornton (PhD student in Sociology) and Dr Matt Mahmoudi, received the International Studies Association’s 2021 Human Rights Best Paper Award. This was for their co-authored piece, ‘Open Source Investigations and the Technolo…

A Foundation Year offering talented students from backgrounds of educational and social disadvantage a new route to undergraduate study has been launched by the University of Cambridge.The one-year course – aimed at an entirely new stream of applicants who have the ability to succeed at Cambridge, but have been prevented from reaching their full po…