Really interesting article by a brilliant group of scholars. Very excited that Chenchen Zhang is doing the next #LeftRenewal webinar on Saturday (10 am BST I think) cc @terezahendl.bsky.social @amit-singh.bsky.social leftrenewal.org/wi/

My book, The Racial Politics of Police Warfare, is published today. It explores the intersection between institutional racism and war power through everyday policing. David Theo Goldberg kindly wrote its foreword & Eric Drooker is behind the cover art. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526174420/

This exciting summer school will connect pupils, educators and academics around broad questions of class and culture facing us today

Excited to be talking to @nesrinemalik.bsky.social about IF WE TOLERATE THIS on Wednesday - 6.30pm UK time but you can join from anywhere in the world as it's online (and free!) courtesy of @equatormag.bsky.social. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-the-br...

All star cast at this free summer school on class and culture for students, teachers and interested members of the public. Looks excellent!

This free summer school will be excellent. Great speakers and topics 👇

Organising this summer school with support from @thesociologicalreview.org 🚨Class, Culture & Discontents 📍23rd & 24th July 🏫 Balham, South London 🧑‍🍳 Free lunch Great line-up of speakers on a wide range of topics, come one, come all Free tickets ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-sch...

My book is out today! Based on long-term ethnographic research in the Czech city of Ostrava, it theorises the link between political economy & anti-Roma racism. It offers a critique of the low-cost labour regime, which is the backbone of Czech manufacturing production tinyurl.com/ymvf6kby

My review of Anton Jager's Hyperpolitics appears in the next @lrb.co.uk and is online now www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

I'm in @theobserveruk.bsky.social today looking at why so many unis are in financial trouble and what the government needs to do to save HE. observer.co.uk/news/columni...

It exists!

Knife crime! Pronouns! Meat bans! Some political issues lead to "hotter", more emotional and polarizing debates than others. We show how these "trigger points" reveal a contested structure of moral expectations and how they get weaponized by polarization entrepreneurs. OA @bjsociology.bsky.social 🧵

Wonderful to see this in print! I wrote the chapter on decolonisation in Interrogating the Global Social Challenges, a collective effort by @uomsociology.bsky.social showcasing the breadth of our research and its political urgency.

My new book Cancelled Futures is out with @princetonupress.bsky.social September 8th Based on 62 interviews with working-class youth living in East London, Rochdale & Morecambe it examines how race, class, gender and place shape how young people envision their transition to work shorturl.at/hVEL7

It's me in the Financial Times, detailing the deep and pernicious influence of one-size-fits-all management consultancy in our universities... Take a look! 👇 www.ft.com/content/5032...

Sparked by Richard Tice's plans for fracking as 'our patriotic duty', I wrote something with George Edwards of @zetkincollective.bsky.social about the appeal of Reform's fossil nationalism for @the-breakdown.bsky.social

📢 New case study alert! We’ve just published the latest long read case study for the After Last Orders project — exploring the closure of the famous Birmingham pub the Bartons Arms👉 after-last-orders.lboro.ac.uk/the-bartons-...

G’wan, give it a pre order: shop1.camra.org.uk/product/manc...

The list of nominees for the 2026 BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize has been announced. The prize is for the best first and sole-authored book within the discipline of Sociology tinyurl.com/4fw5bp5t #sociology

Good to hear James Esson of @statesofprecarity.bsky.social presenting on precarious employment in UKHE to a packed seminar at @uclgeography.bsky.social Nearly 1/3 of UK Geography academic staff are on fixed term contracts, UK as a whole 21%. Resources / detail here: www.statesofprecarity.co.uk

Sivamohan Valluvan et Amit Singh - Pubs for the people The fight for the pint and the nation À paraître en octobre aux Manchester UP

Really looking forward to this!

My kind of research! That said, I have not been to a pub in 5 years now because of infection risk and also that kidney failure means I cannot drink a whole pint of any fluid. But the pub as a space, and place for conversation. Nothing beats it in my mind.

Pubs for the People by me & Vallu is out with @manchesterup.bsky.social in October. On how the pub can be salvaged as a space for the Good Life that goes beyond boring ideas of White England. A bargain at £18.99 in hardback (cant even get 3 pints for that!) www.waterstones.com/book/pubs-fo...

I'm very pleased to have just received my copy of this funky new sociology textbook! I've written the appendix for this innovative volume, which offers a practical exploration of what it means for the social sciences to take colonialism seriously. bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-modern-w...

Advance notice of this seminar - Islamophobia and anti-racism: ongoing lessons for the ‘British left - taking place next Friday 13th with @scarletharris.bsky.social. Scarlet's book has just been published by MUP (below). 11-1 in Room 416 in the Gilbert Scott building, East Quadrangle. All welcome.

Chairing this online event next Wed. Come one, come all

We introduce our new book The Modern World After Colonialism on 4the March at 11am GMT registration link below

One of my dissertation students is recruiting participants for a short survey to understand experiences of stigma and discrimination in mental health care. Nuba needs a few more participants who identify as South Asian - please share! lnkd.in/eNNbr3BJ

VACANCY (2 of 2...) Lecturer in Sociology @uomsociology.bsky.social with research expertise in the field(s) of racial inequalities, anti-racism and theoretical debates in ‘race’. Please share - thanks! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

VACANCY (1 of 2...) Lecturer in Sociology @uomsociology.bsky.social with a qualitative or theoretical research expertise in the fields of political sociology of class and economy or cultural interpretations of class. Please share - thanks! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

The launch of 'The Modern World After Colonialism', a @brisunipress.bsky.social textbook developed from the Connected Sociologies Curriculum Project resources 📍March 4th 2026, 11am, Zoom @sumingkhoo.bsky.social @mayblin.bsky.social @thesociologicalreview.org bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🚨 New paper with Monideepa Tarafdar & Irina Rets doi.org/10.1111/isj.... 🤖 Why is bias in machine learning applications so slippery to catch & eliminate? We dive into a key organisation developing AI tools for job/hiring decisions to find out. @sriucl.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social

Hello, I have a new book out in the spring with Picador and I would love it if you could help me spread the word. IF WE TOLERATE THIS draws on years of work, to help readers understand why British politics is hurtling rightwards and what to do about it. Pre-orders: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/if-w...

JOB! I'm hiring a postdoc for 2 years on my ERC MaMo project. Looking for someone with strong quant methods, ongoing work close to the project's aims, and a desire to publish in sociology. Start flexible in the next 12 months. Formal call out shortly, but contact me first.

Doing this talk at the University of Bath next Monday on my upcoming book Cancelled Futures, based on my @leverhulme.ac.uk project exploring working-class transitions to work in London, Morecambe & Rochdale. It's also online for anyone interested... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cancelled-...

University of Manchester Sociology Annual Lecture 2026: ‘Beyond Borders: Rethinking Migration & Citizenship’ Prof Bridget Anderson (University of Bristol) 📅 3.30–5pm, Thurs 12 Feb 2026 (followed by drinks reception) All welcome! @britsoci.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-bor...

New job: I’ve just started as a Senior Researcher at the @mpimmg.bsky.social (new name and focus on politics & society coming). I will lead a research area on “Social and Political Conflicts”, looking at the social bases of political divides, class politics, climate and more. Get in touch if...

Excellent piece from Luke de Noronha for @ersjournal.com An experiment in cutting race down to analytical size 'The challenge, as ever, is to get on top of the contemporary and make arguments rather than assume them.' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Support @sheffielducu.bsky.social! Oppose the lock-out threat! www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...

Two FREE Sociology events this Thursday!🎤 At @manchester.ac.uk, author @scarletharris.bsky.social will be discussing her new book on what is, and isn't, being done to tackle Islamophobia in Britain. At @glasgow.ac.uk, join @dudleymarianna.bsky.social to chat all things wind power.

Brilliant open-access collection of essays on 'The Cultural Location of Fascism' here including by @gavant.bsky.social @charlottefraser.bsky.social + many more I couldn't find on here! reframe.sussex.ac.uk/statesofcult...

Any London-based academics keen to deliver one-off sociology-adjacent interactive lectures/seminars to sixth-formers in South London on Wednesday afternoons (3.15-4.15 pm) as part of a "Race, Class & Society" enrichment curriculum from early Jan - mid-Feb?

...and now my author copies have turned up, which is very exciting. Preorder with 35% off the hardback price with the discount code GLR AT8 here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/temperanc... I'll stop going on about this after the launch(es), which should be in February... @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social

I am buzzed, chuffed, thrilled, made up, over the moon. Pellicle is the beer publisher of the year. Now would be a perfect time to support our all-independent, extremely award-winning work. Www.patreon.com/pelliclemag

Hope is here. Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️

The racial politics of police warfare by Jas Nijjar for @manchesterup.bsky.social with a foreword from David Theo Goldberg will be must read/must teach for anyone interested in race, racism and/or policing! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526174420/

She’ll be asking universities next…

Support @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social fight to save their TPS pensions! www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...