Coordinator of the Master in Sociology and Demography: Dr. Jorge Rodríguez
The Sociology Section offers an innovative MA in Sociology and Demography as a formal itinerary within the MA in Political and Social Sciences.
Tha MA in Sociology and Demography aims to provide the necessary substantive and methodological tools for a correct understanding of the socio-demographic logic and structure of post-industrial societies. More concretely, the MA aims to provide the theoretical and statistical foundations for the study of:
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The Sociology Section belongs to the Department of Political and Social Sciences. It is chaired by Professor Gøsta Esping-Andersen and comprises nine full-time and five part-time lecturers. Its perspective is multidisciplinary, incorporating demographic, labor relations, and sociological studies with a clear leaning towards quantitative and cross-national analyses. The main research areas are social and economic inequalities, the sociology of the family, studies about the labor market and working life, as well as the assessment of social policies. It keeps important links with institutions of great international prestige and collaborates with university programs in Europe and North America. |
We are interested in analyzing the consequences that the appearance of the new service economy and the restructuring of labor markets are having on occupation. We want to know how changes in women's roles at home and at work stimulate the growth of social and personal services, and the factors that limit further growth in female labor supply. We are especially interested in analyzing how social policies that help reconcile work and family life, and regulate the occupational structure, affect the decisions that women make to have children and work.
We are also concerned with the analysis of social mobility. We know that long-term trends in the labor market may lead to polarization between occupations that require a high level of training, on the one hand, and occupations requiring very few qualifications, on the other. The new knowledge-based society increases and changes the demands for human capital but it can also trap sectors of the labor force within low-key occupations, with negative, long-term consequences for their careers and lives. We are interested in isolating which factors, such as early attendance at pre-school, help people escape from these traps and equalize their life opportunities.
You can consult the programme of Grants that is offered to the Master students.
The Department of Social and Political Sciences will not tolerate plagiarism, copy or active or passive collaboration in this type of dishonest behaviour in papers written by our students. The sanction for plagiarism will be the immediate fail in the course. Additionally, the University will initiate proceedings against the student that could lead to his/her expulsion of the Master.
We will consider plagiarism using someone's words without referencing the source or including the information in quotation marks or a block quote; using someone's ideas without referencing the source or copying papers written by other students.
