🚨New job: Journals Coordinator. This role supports the day-to-day activities involved in publishing our journals and is the main publisher contact for many journals on the list. #PublishingJobs #AcademicPublishing 🌟Deadline: 5 October 2025: buff.ly/guAkMjG

A very interesting journal article by our esteemed advisory board member Professor Michael Salter bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

New research by LP&R Member Mara A. Yerkes with Samuel Briones and John de Wit explores how local implementation of long-term care affects carers in Netherlands and Slovenia. doi.org/10.1332/2397...

this paper on how the economic background of gig work delivery drives shapes how they perceive the work as agentic or exploitative further drives home the point, made best by james scott, about how attacks on dignity are key to class resentment bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

#EmoSoc #SocSky #Sociology

We're pleased to share our latest journal. JDS focuses on the collective dimensions of human disappearance, especially enforced disappearance and its consequences. This journal will become an essential platform for anyone working in the emerging field of #DisappearanceStudies

Research impact isn't just about the "big wins". This blog from Charis Bridger Staatz & @evietabor.bsky.social calls for better recognition the gradual, complex pathways through which longitudinal studies create change. It’s time to celebrate influence, not just outcomes. @sllshome.bsky.social

We’re calling for research on #CoerciveControl for a special issue reflecting on and celebrating Evan Stark's Legacy bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... #DomesticAbuse #IPV #DomesticViolence

🚨 Don't be late, nominate 🚨#ECPRPrizes Our Rising Star Award 🏆 honours exceptional PhD students & early career researchers, offering opportunities to grow their network and skills further with our support 🚀 ⏳ Nominations close in 4 days!

One rule for them and another for everyone else. In this new blog Justice, Power and Resistance author Trancey Davanna discusses the 'criminal justice' response to #FoxHunting #HuntingKills @europeangroup.bsky.social

Have you read the latest Evidence & Policy blog post? 'Recognising the expertise of people with #disability' by Shane Clifton evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/09/17/r... @bupjournals.bsky.social @djmallinson.bsky.social @drcliffo.bsky.social

While Western studies show life satisfaction hits rock bottom in midlife, rural China tells a different story—young adults at just 21 are the LEAST satisfied group. What's behind this? Read this new paper from Longitudinal and Life Course Studies to find out doi.org/10.1332/1757...

@mike-salter.bsky.social discusses how survivors of #ChildSexualAbuse material remain among the internet’s most neglected victims, enduring lifelong violations while tech companies and governments prioritise digital freedom over their safety and justice: buff.ly/vTM0AzM

💼📣 I’m seeking a student to work as a Research Assistant (MA/PhD) in Barcelona on a gender inequality & household labor project. Part-time (8–10 h/wk, flexible). Great opportunity to gain hands-on experience in quantitative comparative research. Apply by 15 Oct! #sociology 🔗 shorturl.at/RbYGT

How do researchers study experiences that are "too shattering to put into words"? MAshNup method uses art-making, metaphor analysis, and narrative techniques to help participants explore difficult experiences in ethical, sensitive ways. Read the article here: doi.org/10.1332/3050...

The latest blog post from Evidence & Policy: 'Beyond barriers: new insights from the ESRC Policy Fellowships' By Matthew Flinders and Jessica Benson-Egglenton evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/09/03/b... @bupjournals.bsky.social @djmallinson.bsky.social #evidence #policy #EvidenceInformedPolicy

New in the Journal of Poverty & Social Justice: our colleague @drsoapsub.bsky.social and @annieirvine.bsky.social use qualitative analysis to question a narrow, medicalised framing of 'work capability', disclosing instead the broader range of structural factors that block access to fulfilling work.

Our new paper on the link between social inequalities and emotional experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic is finally out!!! doi.org/10.1332/2631... (1/8)

There are some amazing subheadings in this paper: “‘We’ll take your toothpaste too if you keep this up’: the asymmetries of carceral tinkering”

Also, please consider submitting an abstract for a post-conference special issue of the journal Justice, Power and Resistance. You can find the full call for papers through @bupjournals.bsky.social at bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

🏆 Congratulations to Toby Blume, Peter John, Dyana Mason @dyanamason.bsky.social, and Marios Petropoulos - winners of this year’s Voluntary Sector Review Best Article Prize! 📖 Read the award-winning article here: doi.org/10.1332/2040... @bupjournals.bsky.social

We’re delighted to share the 1st issue of the Journal of Creative Research Methods with you all! Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who has made the launch of this new journal possible! Especially @sumingkhoo.bsky.social‬ @sophierwoodward.bsky.social‬ Harriet Shortt @drhelenkara ‬‬‬‬ #AcdemicSky

Attending #ECDV2025? The Journal of Gender-Based Violence has an open call for a special issue on #CoerciveControl. You can discuss your ideas with our Editor-in-Chief Marianne Hester, at the conference or learn more using the link below 👇

Please read our paper out now about the resistance, repurposing and reimagining of oppressive mental health technologies, such as Oxevision (now LIO), used on us against our will. And how we must dream them differently.

📣Call for special issue papers📣 Reimagining Domestic Violence using a framework of coercive control: Reflecting on and celebrating Evan Stark's Legacy A special issue of the Journal of Gender-Based Violence bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... Abstract submission deadline: 19 Dec

New special issue from the International Journal of Care and Caring: Care, poverty and inequalities Guest edited by Dan Taylor, Jitka Vseteckova and Jodi Wainwright @oupolitics.bsky.social‬ #SocialPolicy #Socialcare

New article: "More than a mental health issue: broadening the concept of ‘work capability’ through qualitative secondary analysis of claimant narratives" by @annieirvine.bsky.social and Cassandra Lovelock: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

Can discomfort be a catalyst for behaviour change in men taking part in #DomesticAbuse perpetrator programmes? New research by Nathan Eisenstadt & colleagues published in Journal of Gender-Based Violence highlights the role of carefully managed emotional challenge. News: tinyurl.com/4ttckd2x 📢

Our paper - ‘Towards a Mad Technoscience: revealing, repurposing, and reimagining carceral mental health technologies’ is out now (limited access here) bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... You can get full access to our original here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

This reading list covers some vitaly important topics, including; ♻️Just Transition ♀️women in politics 🎓Inequity in academia 🍉Calls for solidarity with older Palestinians All available open access #OpenAccess #OA

Want to know what articles our editors are recommending? Read our brand new Editors Choice Collection for Consumption and Society, free to access until January 2026! 📖 🌟

Are you studying questions of poverty, social security, welfare or justice in Africa? Then we want to hear from you! We’re calling for special issue proposals for the Journal of Poverty and Social Justice focusing on Africa bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... #ASAUK Africa Studies

💡📖 Hand picked by our editors, free to access until 31st October - Check out our brand new Editors Choice collection for Families, Relationships, and Societies!⬇️ bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/Edit...

From Evidence & Policy Editors' Choice Collection: 'Evaluation of researchers’ #policy-related knowledge, needs and self-efficacy before and after the 2021 Texas Legislative Session' by Kaitlin Brand et al. #FreeAccess until 31 October: doi.org/10.1332/1744... @bupjournals.bsky.social

New article out! I look at how stay-at-home fathers understand, experience and express emotions - and how these emotions evolve in caregiving and intimate relationships - to show how gendered power is sustained and what it takes to disrupt it. bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

Open Access UCL Research: A reply to 'Re-considering "impact" for longitudinal social science research: towards more scientific approaches to theorising and measuring the influence of cohort studies' by Bridger Staatz et al discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...

'The impact of knowledge brokering on nurses’ empathy with patients receiving cardiac care: an experimental study' From our latest issue, 21.3: doi.org/10.1332/1744... @bupjournals.bsky.social @djmallinson.bsky.social #KnowledgeBrokering

Voluntary Sector Review is partnering with the European Research Network on Philanthropy to publish their Safe Spaces workshop papers on European philanthropy. Each paper pairs a practitioner with an academic - and they'll be freely accessible to all! 1st papers coming soon 📚✨ @vssn1.bsky.social

This article is now Open Access until January 2026! If you're interested in learning about the harms of mandatory reporting laws, why we need to end them, and what we can do instead, this is a good place to start. FREE DOWNLOAD: doi.org/10.1332/2049...

Social differentials in the partnership trajectories of childless women in India: "Indian childless women come from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, and their life courses reflect a continuum of different realities in terms of social norms and decision-making power"

📢 Article Alert! "To warn or not to warn? Trigger warnings in Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences in UK HE", by JMC researchers @profkarenboyle.bsky.social, Melanie McCarry & Melody House, has been selected for the Journal of Gender-Based Violence Editors’ Collection Choice! 👏 🆓 Free access here:

Pleased to say that my paper, about sexual violence at associations for people with dwarfism, something a UK #dwarfism association tried to silence me about, is the first of the Editor's choice @genderandjustice.bsky.social

This research was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Read the full paper: tinyurl.com/32twfb49 @bupjournals.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @respectuk.bsky.social @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @policybristol.bsky.social @bristolhealthp.bsky.social

Latest Issue of the @sllshome.bsky.social journal, Longitudinal and LifeCourse Studies (LLCS), is out now via @bupjournals.bsky.social One highlight is a comment and debate on re-considering ‘impact’ for longitudinal social science research bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

The latest issue of Families, Relationships and Societies is out now! bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... SocSky #Sociology #FamilyStudies

The Journal of Creative Research Methods is accepting submissions for our second issue (deadline: October 2025). We welcome innovative work covering creative methods at ALL stages of research! More info: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/jou... ISSUE ONE COMING SEPTEMBER 2025!

Are you a gerontologist developing your 1st research article? Consider submitting to the JoGA's new special issue. We’re offering ECRs mentoring & support to develop their article bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... #ECRchat #postdoc @britishgerontology.bsky.social

Are you presenting a paper on gender, LGBTAI+ issues or patriarchal systems at #AOM2025? Consider submitting your final paper to Feminism and Organization. We're a new journal for critical and feminist #ManagementStudies bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/new-journal-...

This new article uses Agamben’s formulation of political abandonment to theorise the political status of survivors of child sexual abuse material under the internet’s cyber-libertarian regime By ‪@mike-salter.bsky.social‬ et al doi.org/10.1332/2398... #SocSky #Sociology