Home

Notre Dame's Department of Sociology features undergraduate and graduate programs, innovative research opportunities that cut across disciplinary boundaries, and award-winning faculty who are widely recognized for their scholarly publications.

The department's signature strengths are in cultural sociology, the sociology of education, political sociology and social movements, and the sociology of religion.

Read More >

News

Crowdsourcing: Are Two Heads Better Than One?
January 10, 2012

A competition developed by a team of University of Notre Dame experts, including sociologist David S. Hachen, Jr., uses concepts from open sourcing and crowdsourcing to help propose and assess new civil infrastructure systems for developing countries. The Shelters for All Competition: A Call to Deliver Safe, Affordable Housing to the World’s Poor challenges participants to design low-cost and safe housing that fits the cultural context of the communities in which the homes will be built.

Read More >
Frontiers in Sociology of Education
January 10, 2012

Recent publication: Professor Maureen Hallinan edited the book Frontiers in Sociology of Education, which was published in 2011 by Springer.

Read More >

Newsletter

Upcoming Events

Spring 2012 events coming soon

Featured Partner