Such an inspiring NetCare project reading group gathering today! This time, the theme we picked was social media, mental health and gender & the readings included e.g. 'Tapestries of Intimacy' by @profranjanadas.bsky.social & @paulhodkinson.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

4 years since our SI on 'Affective Intimacies' (co-eds @annukkalahti.bsky.social & Kinneret Lahad) came out! Most articles are #OA, e.g. @lenemyong.bsky.social &M Bissenbakker's paper on #attachment #adoption, @joahiitola.bsky.social's on #interviewing #migrants www.tandfonline.com/toc/swom20/2...

JOIN US: The Sociological Review journal is recruiting 15 new Editorial Board members who will take up post in February 2026. Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the richness and diversity of the sociological community. ➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU

Why did “lifestyle migration” capture so many social scientists’ imagination – and how has it travelled in the 25 years since The British on the Costa del Sol? Join author @profkarenoreilly.bsky.social, @michaelacbenson.bsky.social, Matthew Hayes & Graham Crow online on 24 September. buff.ly/fHs6cNK

We've just opened our call for applications for fixed-term appointments starting in August 2026. We're seeking 10-15 Core Fellows and 1-2 Postdoctoral Researchers in the Arts. For more details, please visit our website: www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-...

Kicking my morning off with reading this recently launched SI on Health Hauntology (eds. Carsten Stage & Ann-Katrine Schmidt Nielsen) 👻https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10.3366/soma.2025.0457

Kaikki liittovaltion tiederahoitus alistetaan poliittiseen ohjaukseen. Valkoinen talo määrää, että jatkossa varta vasten nimetyt viranomaiset suuntaavat rahoituksen ”hyödylliseen” tutkimukseen. Kuulostaako tutulta? Me Akatemiassa tiedämme, että suurin hyöty syntyy tieteen vapaudesta.

📢 We’re hiring a Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture Education (Academic Education Pathway)! 📅 Start date: 29 September 2025 (or soon after) 📔 Contract: Full-time, fixed term until 30 September 2026 🗓 Apply by: 27 August 2025 Full details here: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru... #AcademicJobs

WRITE FOR US: we’re inviting early career scholars to submit pitches for The Sociological Review magazine's Research Insights series. The editors are currently seeking proposals for our December issue, with a pitch deadline of 5 September. 🔎 Read more about contributing: buff.ly/Q5KZlcJ

🔥 Excited to share some great news 🔥 Our article 'Teletherapy Matters – Mental health and materialities of care in domestic more-than-digital assemblages' co-authored by @dalupton.bsky.social & myself, has just been published in Social Science & Medicine. #OpenAccess link: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

Before (or after) you watch that #Jubilee video, listen to our #UncommonSense episode with @aaronwinter.bsky.social on Free Speech to learn what’s wrong with #DebateMe culture and the value placed on appearing to be controversial – especially when dealing with far-right discourse. buff.ly/320qEJ7

#TrusteeOpportunity: Our Board of Trustees guides our work advancing public education on sociology and related disciplines – and we're recruiting. #Volunteer your time and #ShareYourSkills in fundraising, partnerships, income generation or marketing. Info: thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...

Get your words' worth! Apply by 1 September to join Strictly Come Writing, the Sociological Review Foundation's annual funded writing retreat for early career researchers. Join us in beautiful rural Wales for the time, space & facilitation you need to get that chapter/paper done. buff.ly/HGegMPZ

The sociological imagination is not just about observing society; it’s about understanding how people challenge systems of power and create change. In the magazine’s June issue, @carinrunciman.bsky.social‬ and fellow scholars reflect on what it means to think sociologically. buff.ly/R9DWhvA

“Methods was always a place where sociology happens, but we also knew there was a resistance to its artfulness & craftiness.” Nirmal Puwar & @academicdiary.bsky.social in conversation with @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social‬ @emmakjackson.bsky.social‬ in a new journal Special Section. buff.ly/KcQVjcE

“Live Methods made an important intervention into how sociological research methods are practised, understood & written about.” @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social‬ @emmakjackson.bsky.social‬ introduce a journal Special Section on @academicdiary.bsky.social & Nirmal Puwar’s Live Methods. buff.ly/S2TR4F2

This is a great piece by @carinrunciman.bsky.social and also features a few quotes from us editors 🔥

“As a customer tells me with a weary laugh, ‘it's quite an ongoing process because the hairs grow back’.” Louise Rondel @sociology-gold.bsky.social on the role of oil in producing and entrenching the norm of hairless female bodies. #OpenAccess buff.ly/WZEftHH

Hillevi Vyyryläinen alustaa Yhteiskuntatieteellisen mielenterveystutkimuksen verkoston webinaarissa ma 19.5. klo 13-15 otsikolla "Suomalaisen palvelujärjestelmän neuropsykiatrisoituminen". Tervetuloa! Zoom: helsinki.zoom.us/j/69841647206

Society for the Study of Affect Summer School AUGUST 6-8 Theme: SCAR at U of New Mexico - Albuquerque Seminars: Katie Stewart + Greg Seigworth / Dylan Robinson + Oliver Shao / Asilia Franklin + Bretton Varga / talk w/ Erin Manning + Brian Massumi For more details: affectsociety.com/scar

We are delighted to share the publication of Risky Research: An AoIR Guide to Researcher Protection and Safety, the culmination of over two years of collaborative effort by the AoIR Risky Research Working Group. aoir.org/riskyresearc...

I've created a #NewMaterialism & #PostHumanism starter pack go.bsky.app/DpiujN6 Please do share & message me if you want to be added! #NewMaterialist #Posthumanist #PostQual #AcademicSky #AcademiaSky #Research #philosophy [Correct link this time haha!]

CONTRIBUTE! We‘re now inviting sociologically imaginative pitches to contribute to the September issue of the Magazine. Deadline to submit your pitch: 9 May. Find out what proposals we're looking for, from our Research Insights features to our Sociologists at Work column: buff.ly/ZilarYv

8th May - Please share & come to this free webinar on Palestine & sociology in a couple of weeks. And read the articles in the special section of the latest issue @sociologicalreview.bsky.social

I'm delighted to share the news: After serving as a member of the editorial board for more than 5 years, I'm happy to join The Sociological Review journal's fabulous team of editors 🤗 This makes an exciting opportunity and I'm very much looking forward to this new role.

WELCOME: Maud Perrier & @marjokolehmainen.bsky.social join The Sociological Review journal’s Journal Editors team. “Both have been exceptional Editorial Board members and we look forward to working with them in their new roles,” said Editor-in-Chief @carinrunciman.bsky.social. buff.ly/4HOR5Ol

JOB OPPORTUNITY: the Sociological Review Foundation is recruiting a part-time Development Manager. In this role, you will be responsible for driving our strategic growth initiatives and fundraising calls, expanding our partnerships and generating revenue. 📅 Apply by 2 May. buff.ly/oZQM7wn

Today starts our lecture series "Unstitching Datafication" at the CRC 1187 in Siegen! Join us via webex for our first lecture by @gavinmueller.bsky.social on Luddite Futures. ⏰ April 16, 2:15 pm (CET) 👉 register on our website for a webex link #Unstitching #luddism #MediaofCooperation

Hot off the press 🔥🔥🔥 My new article 'Networked Care: Worlding Mental Well-Being in a Digital Age' just published in Sociology of Health & Illness (Open access) doi.org/10.1111/1467...

You are warmly welcome to an online launch of our double special issue, Queering intimacies, families and companionships, on 23 April 2025, from 15:00 to 16:15 (EEST) Link to the event: uef.zoom.us/j/6136398447... Meeting ID: 613 6398 4474 Passcode: 304373

Reeta Karjalainen alustaa Yhteiskuntatieteellisen mielenterveystutkimuksen verkoston webinaarissa ma 14.4.2025 klo 13. Kaikki tervetuloa! Linkki: helsinki.zoom.us/j/69841647206

Registration and call for papers open for the 2025 in-person day-conference 'Materiality, society and the more-than-human' on Mon 23 June at Goldsmith's, Uni of London. Keynote speaker: Prof Lisa Blackman. Submit abstracts by 7 April to: [email protected] www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

My article “Vibrant Screens: Remote therapy and counselling through the lens of digital materiality” is now published in Volume 29, Issue 2 of Health and is available at journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... (#OpenAccess #More-than-human #Psychotherapy #STS #NewMaterialism) 🔥

This one is on pleasure! I wrote an article with @katha.bsky.social and @zahrastardust.bsky.social about LGBTQ+ people’s uses and experiences of sextech and the tension between pleasure as a commodity in sexual capitalism and pleasure as something more improvisational and unpredictable.

@sumingkhoo.bsky.social explores wilful ignorance, the concept of “ecocide” and the importance of decolonial thinking. 🔎 The #ConnectedSociologies Curriculum Project offers free open-access educational resources, including lectures, lesson plans, readings and resources.

Pian keskustellaan humanistis-yhteiskuntatieteellisen lääketieteen tutkimuksen ajankohtaisista kysymyksistä! Paneelikeskustelu alkaa klo 17 Tiedekulman Stagella. Mikäli et ehdi paikan päälle Tiedekulmaan, voit myös seurata tilaisuutta livestriimin kautta: tiedekulmamedia.helsinki.fi/fi/web/tiede...

Tutkijatohtoria etsitään! 🔥 Tutkijatohtorin paikka auki johtamassani Suomen Akatemian rahoittamassa projektissa "Verkottunut hoiva - Intiimiyden kokemukset verkkovälitteisissä mielenterveyspalveluissa" @uniturku.bsky.social. 😊 Hakuaika päättyy 31.3.2025. ats.talentadore.com/apply/tutkij...

“You always have to have your hand over the top of your drink. You don’t know who’s there.” – Cathy, Australia @adrianfarrugia.bsky.social Kiran Pienaar, Fay Dennis @sociology-gold.bsky.social on how male violence shapes young people's relationship with alcohol. https://buff.ly/4hE0Qye

What does #sociology have to say about #gender & #class in 2025? Join renowned feminist sociologists Bev Skeggs, @jolittler.bsky.social & @michaelacbenson.bsky.social in the first of the Foundation’s new Conversation series. 📅 12 March 18.30–20.00 UTC #online #IWD2025 🎟️ https://buff.ly/4gOe3TB

#ICYMI: Women’s work – a feminist guide to essential scholarship on labour, from Silvia Federici to bell hooks, Aihwa Ong to Margaret Atwood. Alessandra Mezzadri and Asiya Islam’s reading list is one of the Magazine’s #2024mostread. https://buff.ly/495xpR8

WE’RE HIRING: the Foundation has a vacancy for a part-time Editorial Officer. In this role, you will manage The Sociological Review journal’s article review process, and support the Editor-in-Chief and the team of editors. Deadline to apply: 17 February 2025. https://buff.ly/4hw5BJq

We are very pleased to announce the publication of ‘Queering intimacies, families and companionships’, a special issue in lambda nordica edited by Annukka Lahti, Pauliina Lukinmaa, Jaana Vuori and Kathryn Almack www.lambdanordica.org/index.php/la... (Open Access)

Tervetuloa kurkkaamaan tutkimieni kumppanuuksien maailmaan! Kumppanuuden kokemukset rakentuvat arjen rytmeissä - juuri julkaistu teksti Perheyhteiskunta-blogissa. Kirjoitus perustuu erityisesti yhteen väitöskirjani osajulkaisuun, jonka pääsee myös lukemaan open access: doi.org/10.1080/0803...

The @sociologicalreview.bsky.social invites proposals for two monographs (ca. 100.000 words/12 articles) to be published in 2027. Proposals are due 16 June 2025. Looking forward to hearing from you! More information here: thesociologicalreview.org/publish-with...

Welcome all - Hybrid keynote by Professor Katrin Tiidenberg @kattiid.bsky.social tomorrow on Wednesday Dec 4th 10-12 EET - Livestream link: bit.ly/48scfgG 🔥

Digital Mental Health Symposium organized by @marjokolehmainen.bsky.social et al is just starting with Ady Evans' keynote on good vibes. Join here bit.ly/48scfgG if inclined, mine is on mental health, authenticity & social media tomorrow on the same stream at 10:15 FI time

Keynote by Professor Adrianne Evans taking place tomorrow on Tue Dec3 10-12 EET 💥 Livestream: bit.ly/48scfgG

Kirottu, lumottu some? Nuoret ja mielenterveys sosiaalisessa mediassa 💥 Tervetuloa seuraamaan paneelia nuorista, sosiaalisesta mediasta ja mielenterveydestä paikan päälle Turun yliopistoon tai etänä Ke 4.12. klo 16.30-17.30 Livestream: bit.ly/48scfgG

I’m doing a thing!

Welcome to this hybrid keynote lecture by Professor Katrin Tiidenberg @kattiid.bsky.social on Dec 4, 10-12 EET 🔥