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.

🤖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

It's an honour to be joining the jury for the CoE Development Bank Award for Social Cohesion. award.coebank.org/en/ 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.👏 @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

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

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".

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 @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

Looking forward to an exciting #europeanresearchersnight. Two of our newest colleagues have highlighted their research interests so you can #meettheresearchers. @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social @trinityresearch.bsky.social

Delighted to see so many attendees at Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social's fully booked up lecture on AI last night. A hugely interesting topic that will be further explored in upcoming talks in the School's Autumn Series. See the next lecture here: tinyurl.com/4ny6hrkj. @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

Looking forward to our seminar later today from visiting PhD Yannick Stelter. He will discuss "The Impact of Horizontal and Vertical Disparities on Digital Inequality" and we anticipate a exciting talk and a lively discussion!

🤖Our anticipation is building for the first @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social Autumn Series lecture by our own Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social. The talk entitled "A New Sociology of Humans and Machines" is on this Thursday. More info and join the waitlist here: tinyurl.com/52z2vv63.

The next ECSR conference is brought to you by @tcdsociology.bsky.social and @esri.ie! Trinity College Dublin, 15-16 June 2026 www.ecsr2026.net #ECSR2026 Abstract submission deadline: 11 January 2026

A huge welcome to Dr Joonghyun Kwak and Dr Larissa Meier, our new Assistant Professors, as well as Dr Brenda Mondragón Toledo and Dr Waleed Serhan our new Teaching Fellows!

📕We are delighted to kick off our Wednesday Seminar Series for the new academic year with Dr Marco Seegers and his talk entitled "Equalizer or amplifier? The role of further education for social inequality". Join us in College Green this Wednesday from 3-4pm!

📢NEW Vacancy📢 Assistant Professor in Sociology at @tcddublin.bsky.social Specialising in quantitative sociology ⏰Deadline: 6 October Maternity cover MORE INFO: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP688/a... APPLY HERE: www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/

So delighted to be welcoming such talented new staff to the TCD-TUD @soham-centre.bsky.social. See below to read more about our new colleague's and the work their looking forward to doing with SOHAM.

We are so excited to welcome a number of new staff members to the TCD-TUD @soham-centre.bsky.social . We are excited for them to bring their varied experience and backgrounds to SOHAM's exciting work. Read more ➡️https://tinyurl.com/5ynwtnbb. @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social @tudublin.bsky.social

🌞Take a look at our School Alumni Summer Newsletter now with Sociology highlights from the launch of our @soham-centre.bsky.social Research Centre to symposiums and book launches as well as amazing achievements from the wider School! Read here: tinyurl.com/y2nea3wf @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

Is there a link between supporting authoritarianism and personal religiosity? 🤔 The latest in the school's excellent Meet the Expert series, with Prof @gizemarikan.bsky.social discusses this fascinating question. Watch below! @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

How do we live alongside machines in the age of AI?💻 Our own Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social discusses this question and the work of @soham-centre.bsky.social in the latest edition of Meet the Expert from @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

🚨#PhDopportunity Alert🚨 Apply or circulate: A fully funded #PhDposition in #Sociology with @nicolekapelle.bsky.social at @tcdsociology.bsky.social to study "The Economics of Late-Life Divorce in High-Income Countries" Deadline: July 21 www.tcd.ie/sociology/ab... @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

🌞What better way to kick off the summer than sitting in the sun with a good book?📔 Even better when that book is the fascinating "Fragments of Victory: The Contemporary Irish Left" from our own Dr David Landy. An exciting start to the summer reads series from @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

Very excited for the @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social "Meet the Expert" Summer series. An excellent start by our colleagues in @tcdeconomics.bsky.social . Watch to the end for a sneak peek at Sociology's contribution!

🆕 paper with @surili.bsky.social in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility: "Immigrant optimism in Ireland: Parental expectations of children’s educational attainment" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

It was a pleasure to contribute to "Social Sustainability in Ageing Welfare States" edited by @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social Kenneth Nelson and @katikuitto.bsky.social. All the chapters will be #openaccess via @elgarpublishing.bsky.social in a couple of weeks! www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/soc...

💡New paper from our colleague @katchzhen.bsky.social investigating "immigrant optimism" in Ireland with respect to parental expectations of children's educational attainment. Read more here▶️ tinyurl.com/3dwvk4yk @elsevierconnect.bsky.social

Following on from her appearance at @wowfest.bsky.social we caught up with Dr Phil Mullen to talk about how artistic engagement can sit alongside academic research in the pursuit of social change. Read the full conversation here: tinyurl.com/3v9ybkdr @tcdssp.bsky.social

A huge congratulations to Rodolfo Pezzi for winning the Dermot McAleese TA Award in Sociology 2025 as well as Míde Power on her nomination. Congratulations to all the award winners and nominees across the school. Read more here: tinyurl.com/38uc8dm9 @tcdssp.bsky.social @trisstcd.bsky.social

Professor Kat Chzhen is up this month for our Spotlight Series! 🔦 Kat shares her research on poverty and inequality across the life course, with a focus on childhood and adolescence. She also talks about her experience with fencing, where she competes internationally! www.tcd.ie/ssp/people/s...

Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social presenting on AI last night as part of @pintofscienceie.bsky.social "It's just amazing to speak to a mixed audience from all walks of life...all in a relaxed, informal, and engaging environment." @tcdssp.bsky.social Read more here: tinyurl.com/mrynb4jd

⏰Less than two weeks left to apply❗️ There's still time to apply for the Constantia Maxwell Scholarship and begin your journey on our exciting MPhil in Race, Ethnicity and Conflict. More details here ➡️https://tinyurl.com/ycj3k2f5. @tcdssp.bsky.social

🎓May Graduate Stories: Ryan Alberto Ó Giobúin (PhD in Quantitative Sociology 2022) shares how studying Sociology in @tcddublin.bsky.social led him to his current position as a Senior researcher in The University of Turku in Finland. Read more➡️https://tinyurl.com/tbebud9b @tcdssp.bsky.social

There is still time to apply for our PhD vacancy exploring the experience of refugee children in Irish schools. For more info on how to apply follow this link: t.co/fQZUYmFLaK

There's still time to book your free ticket for this exciting event tomorrow with professor @tahayasseri.bsky.social and @pintofscienceie.bsky.social #pint25

📵Should social media be banned for under 16s? Listen to our Professor Richard Layte weigh in on #TonightVMTV. You can catch the full discussion here: t.co/CZf8B2ODSd

👋We're hiring!👏The Department is currently looking for a Doctoral researcher to participate in an innovative project on the experience of refugee children in Irish schools. For more information and to apply follow this link: tinyurl.com/dc94e6rw @tcdssp.bsky.social @trisstcd.bsky.social.