{"id":2532,"date":"2026-06-03T13:45:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.umons.ac.be\/eshs\/?page_id=2532"},"modified":"2026-06-04T14:54:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:54:57","slug":"department-of-sociology-and-anthropology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.umons.ac.be\/eshs\/en\/activites-de-recherche\/services-denseignement-et-de-recherche\/department-of-sociology-and-anthropology\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Sociology and Anthropology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Sociology and Anthropology develops teaching and research activities focused on the analysis of social, cultural and environmental transformations.<\/p>\n<p>Its members contribute to several programmes within the School of Human and Social Sciences (SSHS), including the Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Human and Social Sciences and the Master in Social Transitions and Innovations (METIS).<\/p>\n<h3>Study Programmes<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Human and Social Sciences<\/strong><br \/>\nIntroduction to sociological and anthropological approaches and their methods of analysis.<\/p>\n<start-cask-shortcode-wrapper><article class=\"shortcode-training training-small content-block scheme-eshs\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.umons.ac.be\/eshs\/fr\/formations\/ba-schums\/\" class=\"training-link scheme-border-hover\">\n\t\t<header class=\"training-small-header\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"training-small-entity scheme-color\">\n\t\t\t\tEcole \/ ESHS\t\t\t\t\t           \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.umons.ac.be\/app\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/ESHS.png\" class=\"training-small-entity-logo\" alt=\"Ic\u00f4ne de Ecole \/ ESHS\">\n\t        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"training-small-degree\">\n\t\t\t\tBachelier en\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"training-small-title\">Sciences Humaines et Sociales<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"training-small-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"training-small-location\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon umons-icon-pin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"location\">Mons<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"training-small-side-info\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"training-small-side-info-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"training-single-schedule\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label\">Horaire<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"value\">Horaire de jour<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"training-single-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label\">Cr\u00e9dits ECTS<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"value\">180<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"training-single-languages\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label\">Langue<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"value\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"lang\">Fran\u00e7ais<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/article>\n<end-cask-shortcode-wrapper>\n<p><strong>Master in Social Transitions and Innovations (METIS)<\/strong><br \/>\nAn interdisciplinary approach to contemporary social, ecological and economic transformations.<\/p>\n<start-cask-shortcode-wrapper><article class=\"shortcode-training training-small content-block scheme-eshs\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.umons.ac.be\/eshs\/fr\/formations\/m2-metiss\/\" class=\"training-link scheme-border-hover\">\n\t\t<header class=\"training-small-header\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"training-small-entity scheme-color\">\n\t\t\t\tEcole \/ ESHS\t\t\t\t\t           \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.umons.ac.be\/app\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/ESHS.png\" class=\"training-small-entity-logo\" alt=\"Ic\u00f4ne de Ecole \/ ESHS\">\n\t        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div 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Issues<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Migration<\/li>\n<li>Ecological Transformations<\/li>\n<li>Science, Technology and Society<\/li>\n<li>Social Ecology and the Commons<\/li>\n<li>Social Change<\/li>\n<li>Socio-ecology of Transitions<\/li>\n<li>Participatory Research Seminar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>An Approach Grounded in Contemporary Issues<\/h3>\n<p>The courses foster a critical understanding of social, cultural, political and environmental dynamics by combining theoretical perspectives with field-based analysis.<\/p>\n<h3>Team<\/h3>\n<p>The Department brings together professors, lecturers, researchers, teaching assistants and doctoral researchers engaged in research on contemporary social, cultural and environmental transformations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.umons.ac.be\/eshs\/en\/activites-de-recherche\/services-denseignement-et-de-recherche\/department-of-sociology-and-anthropology\/sociology-anthropology-team\/\">Meet the 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