Urban/Suburban Studies

Members: Mary Benson, Mary Corcoran, Jane Gray, Eamonn Slater.

Co-ordinators: Mary Corcoran and Mary Benson

Aims of the Cluster: 

Our research goals are to integrate empirical engagement with everyday life in urban, rural and suburban contexts with contemporary theoretical debates in the humanities and social sciences.  One of the strengths of this research cluster is that our work lies at the intersection of a broad church of disciplines including art, planning, architecture and photography.  Our aim is to build bridges to these disciplines and extend the reach of our sociological work on (sub) urban processes and practices.

The Department of Sociology and NIRSA will host the inaugural meeting of the Suburban Cultures Interdisciplinary Research Network at NUIM on Friday, December 9th, 2011.  Please click here for the Symposium Poster and here for the Call for Papers.