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  • Sociology Seminar Series

    Posted on November 13, 2015

    Conversations on transition: Limits and possibilities of interview-based research by Dr Charles Puttergill, Department of Sociology, UP. This paper considered whether interview-based conversations on how people currently locate themselves within a changing context can adequately reflect...

  • Striving for balance: Examining the work-family interface in Africa

    Posted on September 15, 2015

    Getting the balance between work and family right is not only vital for better labour-market outcomes, but can also greatly enhance the well-being of workers and their families and lead to overall positive human development.

  • ‘DIABETES HEALTH BELIEFS’ AND EVERYDAY SELF-CARE

    Posted on September 10, 2015

    Paper presented by Dr Mariana Pietersen, Department of Sociology, University of Pretoria. In this presentation, the diabetes health beliefs that emerged from a qualitative population-based research study at seven public primary health care clinics in the district of Tshwane, Gauteng Province,...

  • In the media

    Posted on July 10, 2013

    Read an article on the implications of wild cat strikes in the mining industry for South Africa's industrial relations dispensation.

  • Bumper crop of master’s degrees

    Posted on July 10, 2013

    It has been a year of non-stop celebration given the number of master’s degrees that were awarded by the Department. Three of our staff members completed their Master’s dissertations this year.

  • New publication

    Posted on July 10, 2013

    We are proud to announce the publication of a new book, co-edited by Professor Sakhela Buhlungu from the Department of Sociology at the University of Pretoria and Dr Malehoko Tshoaedi from the Department of Sociology at the University of South Africa.

  • Seminar by Dr Benita Moolman: Reframing sex offender masculinities through discourses of culture and modernity

    Posted on May 10, 2012

    You are cordially invited to a seminar hosted by the Department of Sociology, University of Pretoria on 11 May.

  • Prestigious Book Award

    Posted on March 30, 2011

    "Trade unions and party politics", edited by Beckman, Buhlungu and Sachikonye has been awarded the International Labor History Association's Book of the Year

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