Jodey Whiting - a 42 year old disabled mum - died in 2017, leaving a note saying she had no money for food. Now, a new inquest has ruled Jodey killed herself after her benefits were “mistakenly stopped by the DWP.” Thoughts to Jodey’s mum who fought for justice. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Just about 2 months ago PhD-candidate Ying Shen published her first paper (that time based on quantitative analyses), and now she already published her second (this time based on qualitative research)! Available (again) open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

📻 Recommended listening! This excellent new podcast episode by @mediastormpod.bsky.social for which our Dr Anna Bull was interviewed: open.spotify.com/episode/4w1Z... It explores how unis handle sexual misconduct cases when their professors are at the heart of the scandal...

First published article (available open access) by PhD-candidate Ying Shen who developed typology for care potential: “Policies and practice should not assume that older parents will receive care solely based on having multiple children or a child living nearby.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Call for abstracts! Submit your abstracts to the GenTime #timeuse and #gender ideologies sessions at the upcoming #BSPS2025 conference! @bspsuk.bsky.social @sociologyoxford.bsky.social

New article published, first one of PhD-candidate Anika Chowdhury who has done impressive analyses on Dutch register data looking at retirement pathways, available open access www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Nieuwe pensioenwet kan slechter uitpakken voor vrouwen die deeltijd werken www.nu.nl/economie/634...

“the proposed Horizontal Equal Treatment Directive, which would ensure equality for persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation outside the field of employment, has been withdrawn" www.age-platform.eu/eu-steps-bac...

Why the labour market stats aren't all that they seem - new blog post at inequalities.substack.com/p/why-the-la...

Do flexible retirement schemes create possibilities for exiting early or working longer? Or both? 🤔 💻 Join our ETK research webinar on April 22 to find out more, with presentations from Finland and Norway www.etk.fi/en/topical-i...

Fully funded doctoral researcher (f/m/d) – Sociology – in the RWI/IAB http://dlvr.it/T5D6w7

Kamer debatteert over ‘versnipperd’ gehandicaptenbeleid: ‘Als je het niet ervaart, sta je er niet bij stil’ www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...

“S2E11 Menopause, sexism, ageism: What's driving women out of work? - with Karen Arthur and Emma Goswell” mediastormpodcast.com/podcast/epis...

PHD-positie binnen onderzoeksproject beschikbaar. Voor details, zie: werkenbij.amsterdamumc.org/nl/vacatures...

“Every disabled person who has been told by a stranger in Tesco that they would “rather die than be like you” knows, in the pit of our stomachs, what some of the public think about the value of our lives.” My col. on assisted dying in tomorrow’s paper t.co/Ttalz1Gesr

This is a fantastic postdoc opportunity to join the new ERC funded research group led by the brilliant Dr. Silvia Loi @mpidr.bsky.social !

NEW & FANTASTIC Assistant Professorship at the Department of Sociology of Trinity College Dublin! 😲 Assistant Professor in Sociology General areas: Economic and Organisational Sociology Deadline: 21 March, 2024 Share and apply! 😊 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DGB915/a...

“We looked at a huge amount of evidence of the years and what our review shows is that there are ways to make the home working approach actually work well for the organisation and also for the employee.” www.theguardian.com/business/202...

"Furthermore, in the survey a quarter (26 per cent) said their employers value older workers less than before the crisis began. Half (49 per cent) of all workers felt there were fewer opportunities for older workers to progress in the workplace since the beginning of the cost of living crisis." (UK)

New project I am involved in, now has a website, explaining what it is and the key objectives: www.amsterdamumc.org/en/research/...

Massive congratulations to Vanessa Beck and Jo Brewis on today’s publication of their book “Menopause Transitions and the Workplace”! 2nd book in series “Rethinking Work, Ageing and Retirement”-series. For more details see here: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/menopause-tr...