The Department of Sociology takes various real social phenomena and social operation rules as the core research objects, and forms a complete set of social investigation and theoretical analysis methods in long-term teaching and research.
Its research hotspots include social group structure change, regional population flow law, urban community construction, social public welfare resource allocation and social hot phenomenon in-depth analysis. It focuses on using social questionnaire survey and field interview to obtain real research data.
The department maintains cooperative research relations with social research institutions and grassroots social management departments, and its research conclusions provide practical reference for optimizing social resource allocation and improving grassroots social governance mode.
Department of Sociology Website(https://sociology.unc.edu/)
