WELCOME TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
Our department is situated on the 4th Floor of the Robert Leslie Social Sciences Building, Southside of Upper Campus

About us

Our Work
In our teaching and research, the Department attempts to explicate the challenges we are facing in South Africa and on the African continent in a globalising world.
Our Research
Research interests include: race, class & identity, globalisation, migration, inequality, land & agrarian questions, social theory, development, u
rban sociology, labour studies, sociology of the family, social movements, & political violence.
SOCIOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES
The Department invites you to subscribe to our mailing list by emailing soc-sociology@uct.ac.za so that you may receive information on and invitations to all of our seminars.
NEXT SEMINAR:
MARCH 2025 exact date TBC
UCT Open Day 2025