We first submitted this article to a journal in Spring 2023 - thanks to Prof. Sarah Holloway's and @helenapw.bsky.social's determination and hard work, it's finally published! 🙌 doi.org/10.1002/berj...

🖋️"The cost of doing nothing – for coastal towns and the young people who live there – are severe." Prof Avril Keating, @drsamwhewall.bsky.social and Emily Clark @uclglobalyouth.bsky.social explore how to better support young people growing up in coastal towns. theconversation.com/young-people...

“These oversized vehicles are not just swallowing our public space, they’re also far more dangerous, especially for children.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

A chance to share dilemmas that researching with young people can bring up – book now for ‘Methodological and ethical dilemmas in research with young people’, a BSA Youth Study Group free event, 16 September, Manchester Metropolitan University tinyurl.com/4ey5y483

✏️New piece in @theconversation.com. We spoke with 50 policymakers and youth practitioners about the issues facing young people growing up in English coastal communities. theconversation.com/young-people...

Last month, Anas al-Sharif sounded the alarm on starvation in Gaza. Israel accused him of terrorism. "We warned this felt like a precursor to justify assassination," said Jodie Ginsberg of the Committee to Protect Journalists. Today he was killed in a targeted strike on a tent housing reporters.

Job in the Sociology Department here at Durham. Opportunity to work on a really important project looking at the history of a classic study in British sociology and how it ignored/obscured issues of race and gender. durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

And here is a wider feature on the issue. We begun reporting months back and will spend the next year continuing this work. I would like to mention the wonderful Polly Braden whose documentary photography helped inspire the series and who we will be working with www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Excited to share a new report (discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...) from the UCL Coastal Youth Life Chances project (featured in two pieces by @theguardian.com this morning!) @uclglobalyouth.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

Fieldwork season is kicking off again this week for @uclglobalyouth.bsky.social and the Coastal Youth Life Chances study 🦀

Part of Spud's morning routine: crying in the shower at 7am until I switch it on so that she can drink cos her actual water bowl isn't good enough.

About to embark on yet another (third? fourth?) round of applying for jobs as I near the 'one year to go' point in my current postdoc.

Come and work @lborouniversity.bsky.social from 1st September: 12-month full time and fixed term UT in Human Geography, following my BA fellowship news - it's a great department! Closing date 22/06 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNH236/u...

It must be soul-destroying walking out of work at SHU, knowing your job is at risk, and passing £150M of shiny new buildings. Unbelievable this is happening again.

We're currently advertising for a 3+ year post-doc position @education.ox.ac.uk working on the ESRC-funded @studentspolitics.bsky.social project with @rilleraaper.bsky.social, Tom Fryer & me - to start ASAP Deadline: 9 June Please repost- thanks! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

“These are the actions of the worst type of rogue employer.” @drjogrady.bsky.social The University of Greenwich wants to axe up to 319 staff, a quarter of its workforce. Students lose. Staff lose. Only the VC wins (pay up from £299k → £374k). #UCU #Stopthecuts www.ucu.org.uk/article/1401...

My feet are devastated, but excellent romp in the Dales this weekend 🙌 #YorkshireThreePeaks

Enough marking for one week. Off to climb some reyt big hills. #YorkshireThreePeaks

This morning, 533 academic geographers have written to @rgsibg.bsky.social calling for them to respond to UK Supreme Court and EHRC events, and take action to protect trans and gender diverse members of the geographical community and people across the UK. Please share docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Spud's all about the sunshine 🙌☀️

“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?” - A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic

Brain is buzzing with ideas from the last few days at @britsoci.bsky.social #britsoc25 Barely took any photos, but great to hear @emiliapn.bsky.social talking mobility/belonging/social infrastructure in rural Scotland, and to cross paths with fellow coastal researcher @jamespattison79.bsky.social

Found a very lonely OHP at #britsoc25 conference 😭 @britsoci.bsky.social

Just been writing about youth leisure space in coastal towns is under threat, but less so in cities 🤦

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You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

I wouldn't recommend Sheffield Half Marathon to anyone - and I actually train on these hills! 🥵 Anyway, top Sunday morning regardless 😊 Here's me and my friend Jess ready to stuff our faces by 11.30 this morning #SheffieldHalf @runforall.bsky.social

While I process the announcement today by UK Labour Govt r.e. cuts to disability payments, I want to be clear on a few things. 1. Disabled people live with a payment penalty: being disabled costs more. These proposed changes will entrench this inequality further. [1/3]

Excellent Friday afternoon mapping with seminar students, exploring the role London (and place in general) plays/will play in first-year students' journeys towards adulthood 🗺️📍

Lecturing on one of my favourite topics this morning! 🌎😊

We're almost two years into Prince William's five-year fight to end homelessness in Sheffield. In today's edition, we ask what the city has to show for it so far. 🧵

Being on Twitter scared me off social media for a while, but hoping to be more present here, where hopefully there are fewer Nazis and just generally constant horrific content. Anyway, here's Spud and Señor Fish to brighten up your Tuesday 🐱