‘A sustained critique of AI from intersecting feminist, posthumanist and neo-materialist perspectives’ – book now for ‘Dismantling Human-Centred AI: A Feminist Intervention’ a free online BSA New Materialisms Study Group seminar, 8 December tinyurl.com/d4pma6jz

Have you read the Sage Prize winning paper for SRO journal? Nested Narratives by Susie Scott and Nina Lockwood explores the ways in which biographical subjects narrate their lives unlived. Read the full paper #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1177/1360...

What challenges do you face as a PhD student working in the field of arts and culture? Discuss at ‘Meeting Emerging Sociologists of the Arts and Culture: A PGR Online Tea Chat’ – a free online event by the BSA Sociology of the Arts Study Group, 12 December tinyurl.com/47hw76h6

✏️ Looking for ways to take your career to the next level? ✏️ Wanting to enhance the impact of your research on society? ✏️ Unsure what issues policymakers in Scotland are prioritising? Then, join our ADR SCOTLAND webinar 13 November 13:00–14:30 for insights! www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

Early Career Researchers – get connected with the Administrative Data Research initiative, giving access to administrative datasets not publicly available for research on social problems affecting Scotland. Book now for our @bsaecr.bsky.social workshop, 13 November, online tinyurl.com/3rfrxw44

Applications close today! Be sure to submit your application below to join the Editorial Boards of Sociology journal, and Work, Employment and Society. Deadline to submit is 17:00 GMT. www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc

‘The urgency of critical intervention on AI becomes undeniable’ - book now for Dismantling Human-Centred AI: A Feminist Intervention, a free online BSA New Materialisms Study Group seminar, 8 December tinyurl.com/d4pma6jz

Don’t miss your chance to apply for the WES journal Editorial Board. Applications close tomorrow! We are looking for experts in quantitative methods, sexuality at work, gender, and more. Submit your application now. www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc

Concerns are growing that social media emphasises negative experiences of hormonal contraception – but using social media does not necessarily mean a rejection of medical information, say @kristina-s.bsky.social and Lily Roberts @uofgsociology.bsky.social‬ tinyurl.com/mr2v8aa3

Sociology journal is looking for new Board members! Do you specialise in quantitative or computational methods? Apply now! The full list of expertise we need and how to apply can be found below. Applications close 11 November 2025. www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc

Are Interested in: 👉 Housing, 👉 Health, 👉 Youth, 👉 Work, 👉 Aging, 👉 Inequality, 👉 Climate change, or 👉 Criminal justice? If so, join the ADR SCOTLAND webinar 13 November 2025 (13.00-14.30) to learn about funding and knowledge exchange opportunities! www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

Book Launch: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century (Routledge 2025) A BSA Theory Study Group Event 21 November 2025 (14:00-15:30 GMT) Online Free to attend, registration required www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b... #SocialTheory

How will AI affect society? Find out by booking on 'Book Launch: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century' a free online @bsatheory.bsky.social event on 21 November tinyurl.com/4bspp3pr

Would you like to contribute to Sociology or Work, Employment and Society? Be sure to submit your application to join the Editorial Boards by 11 November 2025. Details on how to apply or nominate a colleague can be found below. www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc

New research from @manchester.ac.uk asks: "What happens when your AI soulmate disappears?" Dr Jennifer Cearns explores human-AI relationships. It’s not sci-fi - it’s happening now! Read more www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/w... 💔 #SoSSResearch #AI #Anthropology #TechAndEmotion #DigitalFutures

Take stock of what we know about the functioning of the media in scandalous times – submit an abstract by 21 November for ‘Media in a Scandalous Age’, a free online event by the BSA Media Study Group on 10 December See below for details or email [email protected]

Would you like to contribute to Sociology or Work, Employment and Society journals? Be sure to submit your application to join the Editorial Boards by 11 November 2025. Details on how to apply or nominate a colleague can be found below. www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc

This month’s list of consultations & inquiries from the UK’s 4 legislatures & governments that require #socialscience evidence incl. consultations on parole reform, new housing developments, local government elections rules & more. Find out more➡️ acss.org.uk/policy-monit...

We are very excited to announce this year’s winner of the Cultural Sociology Sage Prize! Congratulations to Peggy Levitt and Andreja Siliunas for Cultures of Cultural Globalization: How National Repertoires and Political Ideologies Affect Literary and Artistic Circulation: doi.org/10.1177/1749...

Sociology teachers: Get help developing A-Level students’ synoptic skills across papers from multiple exam boards. Book now for ‘Connecting the Dots: A Synoptic Approach to Theory and Methods’, a free BSA online event, 27 November tinyurl.com/u822csss

Book now for ‘Tracing the Multi-scalar Impacts of Post-War Urban Regeneration on Colombo’s Working-Class Poor’, a free online BSA Sociology, Psychoanalysis & the Psychosocial Study Group seminar, this Monday, 3 November tinyurl.com/5n8zwwyj

Teachers: looking for innovative ways to improve #DataLiteracy? Bring data to life in the classrooms with the ONS Data Challenge, where 16+ sociology students take on a challenge using real-life data and statistics. Deadline: 7 November Sign up now: tinyurl.com/yv3cvdaa

Are you interested in how social science contributes to understanding our contemporary human world? Join us on 12 Nov to hear insights from Prof Linda Bauld, @michaelldavis.bsky.social, @gavin-kelly.bsky.social, @profrosiemc.bsky.social & Will Hutton. ➡️ acss.civiplus.net/civicrm/even...

The Journal of Work, Employment and Society is inviting research submissions for a special issue co-edited by Prof. Kim Allen. Open for: 📖 Research articles 📚 Book Reviews 🎓 PhD showcases 📰 On the Front Line articles ⏱️ Submission Deadline: 27 February 2026 @ 17:00 https://ow.ly/muVl50XkflV

🎉📃👑Yay & huge congrats to Susie Scott, Prof of Sociology at @sussex.ac.uk, named an SRO Sage Prize winner with co-author Nina Lockwood for 'Nested Narratives: Biographical Accounts of Unlived Experience Across Three Narrative Orders' said to be "remarkable for its intellectual innovation"....

Congratulations to this year’s SRO Sage Prize winners, Susie Scott and Nina Lockwood! Read 'Nested Narratives: Biographical Accounts of Unlived Experience Across Three Narrative Orders' below: doi.org/10.1177/1360... @bsmspcph.bsky.social, @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social, @sussexfss.bsky.social

This presentation examines the life of this remarkable woman – book now for ‘Andrée Blouin: My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria’, a BSA Auto/Biography Study Group online event, 6 November tinyurl.com/8murzvh6 @annechappell7.bsky.social

Book now for ‘Departure and Transformation’, the BSA Auto/Biography Winter conference on 12 December in Euston, London. The conference is a rich, supportive environment for academic work in Auto/Biography for colleagues at all career stages tinyurl.com/ytuxf8zm @annechappell7.bsky.social

The application deadline has been extended to 11 November 2025 to join the Work, Employment and Society Editorial Board! Find the details on submitting your application below. www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc

We’re halfway through the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2025 & we’ve still got plenty more events in partnership with many of our Campaign supporters coming up exploring a range of topics around the theme ‘our working lives’. Find out more➡️

Are Interested in: 👉 Housing, 👉 Health, 👉 Youth, 👉 Work, 👉 Aging, 👉 Inequality, 👉 Climate change, or 👉 Criminal justice? If so, join the ADR SCOTLAND webinar 13 November 2025 (13.00-14.30) to learn about funding and knowledge exchange opportunities! www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

The application deadline to join the Sociology journal Editorial Board is extended to 11 November 2025 17:00 BST! This includes spaces for Early Career Researchers. Find out how to submit an application or nominate a colleague below. www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc

‘We are yet to fully understand the experiences of working class people in universities’ – find out more by booking on ‘Working-class people in UK Higher Education: Precarities, Perspectives and Progress’, a free online BSA Social Class Study Group event, 17 November tinyurl.com/t8bn2jmm

Come and work with us in #Sociology at University of Glasgow! #Lecturer in the Sociology of Social Justice and Inequalities, LTS 2 year post. Teach to change societies! #SocialJustice #Inequalities @uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social

@britsoci.bsky.social Please share this Lectureship in Sociology opportunity, to join @uofgsociology.bsky.social

Romani communities: between belonging & antigypsyism – Join us for a panel, Q&A & photo exhibition on Roma identity & social justice 📅3 Nov, 6–8pm |SeeSaw Co-Working Space, Manchester www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/romani-com... #ESRCFestival #McrESRCFest @uompols.bsky.social @prfandrwrssll.bsky.social

We're hiring an outstanding Assistant Professor whose core research is in the field of cultural sociology with demonstrable expertise in the sociology of #culture and #technology. 📅 Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025. ➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

1/2 Call for Papers International Labour Process Conference 2026 University of Leeds, 22nd-24th April 2026 Stream: The Algorithmic Turn: AI, Professional Labour, and the Reconfiguration of Work: www.ilpc.org.uk/LinkClick.as... @britsoci.bsky.social @bsa-weel.bsky.social

How can researchers avoid doing harm to participants in emotionally charged research? Find out by booking on ‘Doing emotions research: ethics, empathy, and engagement’, a free online @bsa-emotions.bsky.social‬ seminar, 10 November tinyurl.com/27jscs5z

Would you like to join us on the WES Editorial Board? Submit an application by 30 October, 17:00 BST. Details can be found below. www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc

Join us on 30 Jan 2026 (2–3 pm GMT) for the BSA webinar on applying for postdoctoral research funding with Dr Fei Huang (Leverhulme Early Career Fellow) & Prof Katherine Twamley (Professor of Sociology). Get tips on proposals, applications, mentors & more! Book now: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

📢 Applications are open for the Sociology (SOC) and Work, Employment and Society (WES) Editorial Boards! Both welcome ECRs, with Sociology offering mentoring for those newer to reviewing. 🗓️ Deadline: 30 Oct 2025, 17:00 GMT 👉 Apply or nominate: www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc

Do you know anyone who would be a great fit for the Sociology Editorial Board? Submit an application or nominate a colleague! Applications close on 30 October at 17:00 BST. See below for details. www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc

Examining the life of this remarkable woman: Book now for ‘What I am reading now: Andrée Blouin: My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria’, a BSA Auto/Biography Study Group online event, 6 November tinyurl.com/8murzvh6

Sociology and Work, Employment and Society are now accepting applications to join the Editorial Board. Find the full details on how to apply at the link below. Deadline for applications is 30 October 2025. www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc

Are Interested in: 👉 Housing, 👉 Health, 👉 Youth, 👉 Work, 👉 Aging, 👉 Inequality, 👉 Climate change, or 👉 Criminal justice? If so, join the ADR England webinar 22 October 2025 (13.00-14.30) to learn about funding and knowledge exchange opportunities! www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

A seminar on autofictional methodology as a way of assessing feminist discourses on violence and care. Book now for ‘Beyond Authenticity: Affordances of Autofictional Methodology in Contemporary Women’s Life-Writing', a BSA Auto/Biography Study Group online event, 7 January 2026 tinyurl.com/3cs58fft

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