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Social Determinants of Health and Public Policy (Postgraduate)

Inequalities in health are observable among groups of the population whether categorised by class, occupation, income, gender or ethnicity and reflect persistent social and economic deprivation. Theories of social stratification […]

Social Determinants of Health and Public Policy (Undergraduate)

The course aims to examine the social determinants of health and health inequalities and to evaluate appropriate public policy responses. The course explores in detail current theories explaining the development […]

Science, Knowledge and Expertise

Focussing on science, this course introduces theoretical approaches, concepts and key empirical studies that form the canon and state-of-the-art in research and critical thinking in Science, Technology and Innovation Studies. […]

Politics and Theories of International Development

Development has been primarily concerned with the economic transformation of countries considered to be less advanced than others. International development as we now know it emerged in the post-World War […]

People First: The Anthropology of International Development

Much of international development is approached in terms of what organizations can do to help people living in precarious and impoverished circumstances. From development theories and policies to organizational forms […]

Nations and Nationalism (PG)

This postgraduate seminar is taught in conjunction with the Sociology Honours course of the same name, with which it shares a parallel structure of weekly topics and readings. The course […]

Latin American Anthropology (Postgraduate)

The objective of the course is to provide postgraduate students with an advanced understanding of major contemporary debates and key works in the social anthropology of Latin America. The course […]

Latin American Anthropology (Undergraduate)

A survey of major contemporary debates and key works in the social anthropology of Latin America. The course will have a particular focus on the different ways in which life […]

Kinship: Structure and Process (Undergraduate)

This course examines some of the ways in which people in different societies conceptualise and live out kinship and relatedness. It shows how notions of relatedness are linked to ideas […]

Keywords in South Asian Public Culture

This course aims to provide students with a solid understanding of important contemporary debates in the study of South Asian public culture. Introducing key themes through critical and current ethnographic […]

Key Concepts in Global Social Change

This course introduces students to key sociological concepts, their analytic utility, and their relevance for understanding and explaining major issues in global social change. It aims to define and interrogate […]

Issues and Concepts in Digital Society

This postgraduate seminar is a core course, taught in conjunction with Researching Digital Life. The course will explore the rise of digital and mobile technologies and their effects on macro-level […]

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