Welcome to the Sociology Website at UPF!

This section of the Political and Social Science Department is made up of full-time lecturers, part-time associate lecturers and doctoral scholarship holders. We follow a predominantly multidisciplinary perspective incorporating demographic analysis, labour relations studies and sociological analysis with a clear leaning towards studies of a quantitative nature and comparative research in the European field, and participate in interdisciplinary teaching programmes pertaining to Political Sciences, Labour Relations and Criminology and Public Prevention Policies. Additionally, we offer a PhD Programme and a Master in Socio-demographic Research which offers unique theoretical and methodological training for understanding the socio-demographic structure and dynamics of post-industrial societies, and tools for investigating individuals and families' socio-economic conditions and life chances. Most our research focus on social and economic inequality, the sociology of the family, studies on the labour market and working life as well as the assessment of social policies. We regularly organise 'DemoSoc Research Seminars' to evaluate work in progress and broadly disseminate information resulting from projects.