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 Welcome to the Department of Sociology

The Flinders University Department of Sociology is one of the premier sociology departments in Australia with an intensive research culture, eminent staff and an international student body.

Flinders Sociology has played an important role in shaping the course of social research and policy in Australia. Now, at its 30-year anniversary, Flinders Sociology continues its rigorous research culture and engagement with public policy issues.

Department of Sociology
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Flinders University
GPO Box 2100
Adelaide SA 5001
Australia

Email: Sociology@flinders.edu.au
Telephone: 08 8201 2026
Fax: 08 8201 3521

 

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  • Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Society
    Edited by Constance Lever-Tracy. This book is multidisciplinary and worldwide in scope, with contributors spanning specialisms including agro-forestry, economics, environmentalism, ethics, human geography, international relations, law, politics, psychology, sociology and theology. Handbook flyer >>
  • Making the Cut
    Cosmetic surgery is fast becoming an addiction to quell the insecurities of the modern workplace and enhance job prospects: according to Flinders University sociologist Professor Anthony Elliott, more and more people are undergoing the surgeon’s knife as a “quick fix”, fuelling a global boom in cosmetic surgical procedures. In his new book, Making the Cut: [...]
  • Gender and Everyday Life
    Dr Mary Holmes’ new book, Gender and Everyday Life, provides a fascinating and genuinely readable exploration of how society divides people into feminine women and masculine men. It explores gender as a way of seeing women and men as not just biological organisms, but as people shaped by their everyday social world. Dr Holmes considers the [...]
  • Australian Muslims disadvantaged
    Research conducted by Emeritus Professor Riaz Hassan reveals that Australian Muslims are more socially and economically disadvantaged than their non-Muslim counterparts, despite being, on the whole, better educated [...]
  • Contemporary Social Theory
    Professor Anthony Elliot’s new book, Contemporary Social Theory - An Introduction, is arguably the definitive undergraduate textbook on contemporary social theory. Professor Elliot, one of the world’s most acclaimed social theorists, provides a dazzlingly original, accessible and comprehensive tour de force of the field – from the Frankfurt School through structuralism, feminism and postmodernism to [...]

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