Sociology

Chicago police car parked under L tracks

What historical homicide waves reveal about Chicago policy

Prof. Emeritus Richard Taub

Richard P. Taub, esteemed sociologist who studied Chicago neighborhoods, 1937–2020

George Floyd Protests

‘Conditions were ripe for a moment like this’: How current protests expose deeper racial inequalities

Close-up of a child's hand being held by mother

Study: In some African countries, more than half of women have lost a child

Broken lightbulbs

Data science predicts which failures will ultimately lead to success

City block

Violence linked to loneliness, hypervigilance and chronic health problems

Face-off between militia and veteran

Mapping Chicago’s 1919 race riots

Screenshot from Framing Agnes

UChicago scholars examine decades of trans history in Tribeca film debut

Chicago street

Why a 1925 book is still relevant to urban sociology

Gears

Politically polarized teams produce better work, analysis of Wikipedia finds