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I’m one of many in this. From @this.is.the.illness.m.e on Instagram 👍 This video might take a few minutes to watch, but M.E takes years. Decades. Whole lives. (Video 1 of 2) #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MEcfs #MEawareness #PwME #MillionsMissing 1/

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Another article from another USN member - Charlotte Faircloth - and Patricia Hamilton (York University) bring together Parenting Culture Studies and Black Feminist scholarship in this wonderful article. @sriucl.bsky.social @tcru-ucl.bsky.social

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A 2-year lectureship for someone with qualitative methodological expertise and experience of studying of political and civil conflict. 👇

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New article from USN member Sonya Sharma, @sriucl.bsky.social @tcru-ucl.bsky.social

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With @anacweeks.bsky.social & @leahruppanner.bsky.social we show that even mothers with high-paid, full-time jobs can’t bargain out of the mental load. Unlike physical chores, the mental load is an “unbargainable burden”— no matter their resources, women do it all. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Join us for our 2025 Annual Lecture: We Have Never Been Woke, to be given by Musa al-Gharbi. Society has never been more egalitarian—in theory but what about the practice? tinyurl.com/4wkceuwt @musaalgharbi.bsky.social @ktwamley.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social s.bsky.social

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Opportunity to contribute to DWP research! The DWP seeks 8 new experts from a wide range of disciplines to join their transdisciplinary Methods Advisory Group. Deadline 28th May. @uclsociology.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @tcru-ucl.bsky.social www.gov.uk/government/g...

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I am very pleased to see this change in country for the @wfrn.bsky.social 2026 conference in response to members' concerns. Bring on Montreal 2026! wfrn.org/news/an-impo...

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Warning signs realised: Trump’s war on science and the fight to save American academia open.substack.com/pub/christin...

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📣 Join us today for a talk by Mathis Ebbinghaus exploring the origins, dynamics, and impacts of #protest #movements — from early uprisings to modern #BLM protests. 🔗 Register here: forms.microsoft.com/e/fHEP73Jdmz #SocialMovements #ProtestHistory

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New research from Germany showing that taking parental leave can result in penalty wages - though not higher penalties for men, which is often an assumption made by scholars and parents alike. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

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Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.

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Congrats to Dr Billy Holzberg of Kings College London - given this year’s Philip Abrams Memorial Prize tinyurl.com/2zv23bm5 at our annual conference #britsoc25 for his book on Germany after the 2015 ‘summer of migration’ tinyurl.com/8fes47se

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Wonderful to see Sociologists’ Tales still out there for its tenth anniversary. A passion project on the reflections & insights of a range of sociologists; with @ktwamley.bsky.social & Andrea Scott, with huge support from @britsoci.bsky.social & @brisunipress.bsky.social.

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This is incredible. Wait about 20 seconds into this clip. 🙃

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Looking forward to this!

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UCL Sociology Network PhD Inaugural Student Conference 2025 (3 June). This 1 day conference will be an exciting opportunity for PhDs to engage with doctoral research from 24 UK universities across a range of disciplines, all with a focus on sociological research / methodology tinyurl.com/5hbpyx9e

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Ten years since this beauty of a book was published - flicking through it the other day, I recalled the heartwarming endorsement from #MichaelBurawoy. Such a generous scholar.

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Love it

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More reflections from #FACT colleagues, this time the USA team consider what could have been learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. @uclpress.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social #COVID19

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I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.

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Just back from a fantastic @ICWF conference in Bielefeld University in Germany. Always great to catch up with the #nighttimecare crew www.jyu.fi/en/projects/...

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Was an honour and great fun to give the Cathie Marsh memorial lecture with Steve Wright last week. More info and slides available here www.qdas.co.uk/cathiemarsh recording should be available sometime this week hopefully #QualitativeAI #CAQDAS

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I strongly dislike when people are talking about intersectionality and they reduce it to identities. Here's why. youtu.be/uPtz8TiATJY?...

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Over ten years ago now I was a research associate on a study called Beyond Male Role Models led by Martin Robb and Brid Featherstone.

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New research by member of our Coordinating Group @dingemanwiertz.bsky.social and colleagues, harnessing large-scale data to shed light on how #socialprescribing may support #healthyaging. Key finding: Moderate amounts of volunteering seem to reduce antidepressant use among older adults.

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Former Irish PM

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Happy St Patrick's Day

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The insidious reach of sexism should no longer surprise me, but it does....

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What a great PhD opportunity. Would love to see more #bridge in schools...

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30 years today since the release of this beauty. #TheBends #Radiohead

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Five years on since the WHO declared the COVID-19 pandemic - what has changed and what has remained the same? fact-covid.wixsite.com/study/post/f...

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Enjoy @profatarrant.bsky.social 😃

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He spotted some clues, but he is still clueless. 🙄https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/08/romantasy-fiction-books-women-men-heroes?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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On Tuesday 25 March, Please join us to hear about Rachel's new book: Precarious Motherhood: Navigating relationships and support post-migration in the UK (UCL Press) Hope to see you there! 😊😊😊🥳🥳https://uclpress.co.uk/book/precarious-motherhood/

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On international women’s day, watch our film The Sociologist’s Wife, telling the stories of three women married to eminent British sociologists who contributed to their work and how this has remained largely unsung - until now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy-Z...

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@uclsociology.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social

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