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Research Excellence

York is committed to excellence in research and scholarship in all its forms. Informed by a strong commitment to shared values, including the promotion of social justice, diversity, and the public good, we aspire through our research to better understand the human condition and the world around us and to employ the knowledge we gain in the service of society.

Theses and Dissertations

Research within the Graduate Program in Social Anthropology is determined by the proposed projects presented by successful aspirants. Our students complete a thesis and/or dissertation, which then becomes published as "Electronic Theses & Dissertations" and sits as a public document within our institutional repository - YorkSpace.

Graduate Program in Social Anthropology Electronic Theses

Awards & Recognition

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Elif Birbiri

PhD student Elif Birbiri has just been named the Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition's "Future of Food Anthropology Fellow" for 2025-2026.

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Yuliya Chorna

Congratulations to Yuliya Chorna, a PhD candidate in Social Anthropology at York University, who has received the prestigious 2026 Brocher Foundation program award for her dissertation project "Moral, Conceptual and Practical Considerations of Resource Allocation for the Global Tuberculosis Response."

Alexandra Frankel

Alexandra Frankel

PhD candidate Alexandra Frankel has published an article in the International Journal of Qualitative Methods: Surface and Depth in Sensory Ethnography: Casting Bodied Experience in an Arts-Based Interviewing Practice

Learn More

The Graduate Program in Social Anthropology at York is an exciting environment to pursue innovative, socially engaging, career-ready education. Contact our Graduate Program Assistant to learn more.