Sociology

The research group discovers various issues related to sport as a phenomenon, and the role and importance of organized sport for society.

Sport is one of the world's biggest cultural phenomena and reflects society. Knowledge of sport and society is therefore important in order to understand contemporary opportunities and challenges. We discover various issues related to sport as a phenomenon, and the role and importance of organized sport for society.

The research group for ethnographic welfare studies is particularly concerned with the consequences of legislative changes and reforms for both service providers and users.

In recent decades, a number of legislative changes and reforms have been implemented in Norway.

An aging population challenges the health and welfare sector to rethink how good quality care can be provided in a sustainable way. The interdisciplinary research group ALOVE is concerned with regional, national and international issues related to ageing, care, welfare and innovation.

Our group works by providing models, tools and procedures to solve optimization problems associated with intensive data classification, paying special attention to the development of flexible models and feature selection on supporting vector machines. In order to do that, we use techniques of Linear and Nonlinear Integer Mathematical Programming.

Sociology
Well-being and living conditions
Political elites and representation
Employment, unemployment and job insecurity
Intersectionality and gender inequalities
Foreign policy, international relations and migrations
Public policies
Labour relations, trade unionism and social movements
Sociology of health
Working in the digital economy
Work, gender and daily life

The impact of (cultural) identity features on forming attitudes on migration. The research is structured into three levels:

i. into the general attitude towards migration,

ii. the relationship between attitudes on migration and general beliefs and values,

iii. subjects' political and ethical backgrounds

adolescents (internalizing/externalizing behaviour, mental health, risk behaviours, self-concept)

Methods: Quantitative and qualitative (interviews, survey)

Outcomes: explored relationship between implicit parenting and parenting behaviours; comprehensive model of parenting influences on children’s developmental outcomes in behavioural, mental health and self-concept domains

The Laboratoire d'études et de recherche en sociologie (formerly the Atelier de Recherche Sociologique -ARS-) is a host team (EA 3149) which develops sociological research within the University of Western Brittany and the University of Southern Brittany. It federates the fundamental and applied research work of sociologists from these two universities and researchers in human and social sciences who recognize themselves in its approach

Research Thematics:

Health and Society

Territories and mobility

Sociology of Cultures

Cultural, social and political changes in the broadly defined Northern Europe, the Baltic Sea region and the Arctic. Our research addresses current and past changes taking place in these parts of Europe and the world, includi

The Joint Research Unit AMURE is a multidisciplinary research and training centre in social sciences and humanities applied to the sea. AMURE specialises in the study of public policies ans institutions for management and development of coastal and maritime activities and for the protection of marine and coastal ecosystems.