Research at Radboud Social Cultural Research
With our research programme ‘Changing Inequalities’, our objective is to reduce intersecting inequalities in societies by understanding the processes that lead to these inequalities.
We study inequalities based on, e.g. differences in gender, sexualities, ethnicity, SES and cultural backgrounds. Domains in which we do research include education, labour markets, family, NGO, and neighbourhoods/communities. At Radboud Social Cultural Research (RSCR), we use a broad range of methods: from classic to innovative, from quantitative to qualitative to mixed, varying from data scraping, large-scale surveys, (focus-group) interviews, to action-oriented and ethnographic methods. At RSCR, our research questions decide which methods we use. This means that we often combine methods, and also develop new methods where needed, such as stochastic actor-oriented models or arts-based methods.
Research programme: 'Changing Inequalities'
We study how people's diversities, e.g. their identities, demographic background and context, affect inequalities in their access to social, cultural, economic and natural resources and in their opportunities for education, employment and health. We study how people's engagement in (in)formal organisations and networks changes inequalities, and we analyse the factors contributing to differences within and between countries.
Research departments
Sociology
In the Sociology Department, we study attitudes and behaviours in mostly Western societies; we conduct quantitative research on themes such as educational inequality, inclusion processes, family formation, and lifestyles.
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At the Department of Cultural Anthropology and Development Studies, we aim to shed light on the interaction between cultural diversity and inequality in research and education.
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At the Gender & Diversity Studies department, we analyse how gender relates to other differences such as ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, religion and (dis)ability.
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Research Master's programme
The Social and Cultural Science programme combines insights from the disciplines of sociology, anthropology, development studies, political science and communication science.