Hate self promoting posts! And not going to say 'I am delighted' 😂 but also no one will promote this for me 😂. So sod it! Please give my article some love or a repost. This article means a lot to me on food aid beyond the food bank! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Do you have an interest in the sociological dimensions of care and caring at the end of life? Take part in ‘Care and Caring: the BSA Social Aspects of Death, Dying and Bereavement Study Group Annual Symposium’, 16 December tinyurl.com/yc44wv5w Deadline for abstracts is 30 September

In their SRO Sage Prize nominated paper, @andreadoucet.bsky.social‬ and Janna Klostermann detail how they reconfiguered the Household Portrait in a Care/Work portrait. Read now! doi.org/10.1177/1360...

📺Watch our new video series introducing key concepts in the sociology of families & personal life. Please share if you know anybody teaching or studying these topics! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

✏️ 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 England are prioritising? Then, join our ADR England webinar 22 October 13:00–14:30 for insights! www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

There's sure to be some fascinating, thought-provoking work on these lists....

Jaroslava Hasmanová Marhánková and Eva Soares Moura explore the plans made in old age and how older adults relate to the idea of planning in the context of the shortening time perspective. @iss.fsv.cuni.cz‬ Read their SRO Sage Prize nominated paper now. doi.org/10.1177/1360...

🌟 We are very excited to announce this year’s nominees for the SRO Sage Prize for Innovation and/or Excellence! Find the full list below. Be sure to share your thoughts! www.britsoc.co.uk/opportunitie...

Did you enjoy your time at the WES 2025 Conference? Consider submitting your paper to the journal! WES welcomes paper submissions from all WES Conference attendees. Find the submission guidelines below to learn how to submit: journals.sagepub.com/author-instr...

Do you know an early career sociologist with a book that challenges the status quo? This is your chance to highlight their work – the BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize nominations are now open, deadline 1 December tinyurl.com/mr37ztaf #sociology

South African researcher Charisse Louw explores grief in African cinema: to find out more, book now for ‘This is not a Burial: Griefwork through Film and Flesh’, a free online seminar on 27 October tinyurl.com/yc8j9unx

The European Research Council has announced changes to its grant eligibility criteria for the 2027 calls for proposals #AcademicSky #EduSky

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...

Early Career Researchers – get connected with the Administrative Data Research initiative, which gives access to administrative datasets that are not publicly available. Book now for our @bsaecr.bsky.social workshop, 22 October, online tinyurl.com/mrckf2fa

… a blog piece on film as a route to research impact based on our experiences with The Sociologist’s Wife (see post 3/6) 6/6 www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/using...

Our sociologists’ wives research is helping to set the record straight about whose shoulders British sociologists are standing on. Wives collected and analysed data, edited and co-authored. Visit our website to find out more, and …1/6 academicswives.co.uk

Take part in ‘75 Years of Sociology’ – a fixture in the sociological calendar unlike any other! Submit an abstract for the BSA’s 75th anniversary conference, 8-10 April 2026, University of Edinburgh. Deadline: 3 October 2025 tinyurl.com/23sjk4nh #sociology

Joined a great @britsoci.bsky.social webinar “What makes a good conference abstract or poster?” Very helpful as I prep my #PhD research on #VCSE & #MentalHealth for conferences I've started putting together abstracts for events, had 5 accepted, but I'd love to be more confident & try a poster

Thrilled to announce I won the @britsoci.bsky.social Medical Sociology Phil Strong Memorial Prize 2025! My #PhD explores how #VCSE organisations shape #MentalHealth research This award strengthens my ability to create wider benefits through events, engagement & shared learning with communities

#MedSoc25 has been such a lovely conference: Welcoming, fantastically well organized, and totally stimulating! Was very honored to be invited to give the opening plenary! ❤️

Coverage of research presented today at #MedSoc25 in the Guardian www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

That’s it – a big thanks to all delegates, presenters and staff at our MedSoc conference at Northumbria University #MedSoc25 – a great success – see you all again next year for #MedSoc26!

Congratulations to the winner of this year’s Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize, Elizabeth Chiarello, for her book, ‘Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis’ es.britsoc.co.uk/announcing-t...

Its been great to share a panel on ‘East-West Inequalities & Gendered Labour Mobilities in Europe’ with Roxana Barbulescu (Leeds), Peter Birke (Göttingen), Anda Nicolae-Vladu (Bochum) & @probursula.bsky.social (Berlin) @britsoci.bsky.social #wesconf25 Thanks for the stimulating conversation!

Our closing conference plenary is on ‘Sick at Work, Sick of Work – managing long-term ill-health in the contemporary UK workplace’, by Jen Remnant, in the Lecture Theatre, at 09:00 #MedSoc25

Third and last day of our MedSoc conference at Northumbria University ‏– hashtag is #MedSoc25

Hey #sociologists - a very informative interview with Ann Oakley about housework, wives, research methods and her influential career. Skilfully carried out by @emmahcasey.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

A great second day at the @britsoci.bsky.social #MedSoc25 conference, made better by a great response to and discussion around my PhD findings with some newly acquainted, like-minded colleagues! A great start to September👏🏼

Plane and car accidents are being filmed and posted to social media before relatives are informed of the death of a loved one. @neilsmall.bsky.social argues that ‘Tragedy and grief are not things that should be monetised via increasing viewing figures’ es.britsoc.co.uk/social-media... #sociology

Room update - MedSoc AGM is in room 403 on fourth floor starting now

Have your say - the MedSoc Annual General Meeting is in Lecture Theatre 2 at 12:45 #MedSoc25

Second day of our MedSoc conference at Northumbria University, and another day of fascinating presentations ahead‏ – hashtag is #MedSoc25

📢NEW Vacancy📢 Assistant Professor in Sociology at @tcddublin.bsky.social Specialising in quantitative sociology ⏰Deadline: 6 October Maternity cover MORE INFO: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP688/a... APPLY HERE: www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/

We have poster presentations and a drinks reception at 6pm #MedSoc25

The opening Plenary is on ‘Enacting and Resisting Gendered and Colonial Constructions of the Surgically Enhanced Breast’, by Ruth Holliday at 5pm in the Lecture Theatre #MedSoc25

That’s it – a big thanks to all delegates, presenters and staff at our WES conference at the University of Manchester #wesconf25 – a great success – see you all again next time

We’re off – a big welcome to all delegates at our MedSoc conference at Northumbria University – hashtag #MedSoc25

Don’t miss a WES Special Issue drop-in Session at 13:30, Mezzanine outside Lecture Theatre B #wesconf25

Our second conference plenary is on ‘Rethinking continuities and discontinuities: work & employment futures’, by Manoj Dias-Abey, Eleanor Kirk and Pratima Sambajee – 10:40, Lecture Theatre B, University Place #wesconf25

The BSA’s Young Sociologist of the Year competition is now open – entries in audio-visual as well as written format are accepted. The prize is an Apple iPad. Deadline 3 November www.britsoc.co.uk/opportunitie...

Third and last day of our WES conference at the University of Manchester ‏– hashtag is #wesconf25

Proud of my School of Social & Political Sciences colleague Professor Anna Tarrant @profatarrant.bsky.social who has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. This honour reflects her outstanding transformative research. More details are available here: acss.org.uk/news/the-aca...

Don’t forget to check out the posters in the Drum #wesconf25

Reminder: if interested in learning about Uber drivers' struggles for finding value in their work, and some of the ways in which they contend with diminished chances of doing so, come by Room 2.220 at 2:30pm tomorrow! #wesconf25 @britsoci.bsky.social @bsaecf.bsky.social

Don’t miss a chance to meet Sociology journal editor Jill Timms at a drop-in session in the Exhibition Area, The Drum at 12:30 #wesconf25

At #wesconf25? Looking where to send your great research? Pop yo see me at Editor’s Drop In 12.30-1.30 today, to chat all things Sociology journal (on programme) & see below for egs of brilliant sociology of work articles we’ve published recently. @britsoci.bsky.social @bsa-weel.bsky.social

Second day of our WES conference at the University of Manchester‏ begins, with another day of fascinating presentations ahead – hashtag is #wesconf25

🚨🚨 ECF is co-hosting an informative webinar with ADR England on 22 October (13:00–14:30) about upcoming research, grant, and knowledge exchange opportunities. Admission is free to all BSA members 🚨🚨 www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

Don’t forget to check out the posters in the Drum #wesconf25

Professor Miguel Martinez Lucio is presenting now at the @britsoci.bsky.social Work, Employment & Society Conference 2025 at The University of Manchester The title of Miguel's talk is “The Widening of the ER"