Environment – Sociology at Work

Sociology of Disaster Recovery

Two Black women face away, looking at a flattened house and debris, beside fallen trees

On 28 October 2025, Hurricane Melissa devastated 90% of homes in the Black River area in Jamaica, with at least 50 people dead. In a recent article, Assistant Professor Wesley Cheek explains why a sociological understanding of emergency planning is necessary for the recovery process.

Building Sustainable Cities for the Future

Older people, singles, and a monther with a child cycle through a leafy park

Overview of the major findings from the United Nations’s recent report, World Economic and Social Survey 2013: Sustainable Development Challenges. We cover some sociological resources that speak to the theme of green planning.

Social Acts

Close up of an elderly man's ear. He has grey hair and we see the side of his glasses. He points to his hearing aid, which is a thin cord that wraps from the inside of his ear around his ear

Anthony Hogan looks back over his career across academia and applied research roles in social policy. By Anthony Hogan I am a sociologist by trade, having completed my undergraduate work at University of Western Sydney (UWS), a PhD with the amazingly wonderful Gary Dowsett at Macquarie and then a Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Sciences atContinueContinue reading “Social Acts”