Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
Sociology, social anthropology and social research methods.
At a glance, 2026–27
- Head of department
- Professor Abena Darko
- Faculty
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Building
- Embankment Building, the Embankment
- Academic staff
- 24
- Students
- 260 undergraduates, 80 taught and 40 research postgraduates
The Department teaches sociology and social anthropology, single and joint, and social research methods to students across the Faculty. Anthropology undergraduates may spend part of their second year on fieldwork.
Its research ranges from work and family life in Novigrad’s port communities to ethnographic projects in West Africa, South Asia and the Caribbean.
Subjects
- Sociology
- Social anthropology
- Social research methods
- Migration and diaspora
Courses
Undergraduate
- Archaeology and Anthropology BA VL46, joint
- Politics and Sociology BA LL23, joint
- Social Anthropology BA L600
- Sociology BA L300
Postgraduate taught
Postgraduate research
Sociology and Social Anthropology in the course finder
Research
- Work and class
- Dock work, shipping and the decline and renewal of port towns.
- Kinship and care
- Families, care work and ageing.
- Migration
- Diaspora communities and the meaning of home.
Research students are supervised in every area listed. See research at Oxenfurt and the University’s centres and institutes.
Contact
Embankment Building, the Embankment, Oxenfurt OF1 4EB
Email sociology.anthropology@oxenfurt.uk · Telephone 01632 960674
The department office is open from 09:00 to 17:00, Monday to Friday.
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