"Vegan parents, like all parents, deserve the best possible care, and health care professionals need the tools to provide it." #Vegan #Veganism #VeganMothers Read on Transforming Society: https://ow.ly/qQ7050XlSbE

#Amazon says #AI advancements partly explain layoffs, but it’s not just cutting jobs, it’s “shifting resources” while still hiring. #Unions #Workers #Capitalism https://ow.ly/xRHQ50Xn5xM

Do we still need artists in a generative #AI world? #FestivalOfEconomics. Margaret Heffernan, author of 'Embracing Uncertainty', discusses the role of the artist in contemporary society. 📍Economics Observatory at 1 Canon’s Road. Nov 19 | 2–3:15 PM: https://ow.ly/hl6z50XjVzv

Improving rather than abandoning voluntary #CarbonMarkets is crucial to ensure fair, transparent, and justice-oriented climate finance that genuinely benefits vulnerable communities and supports global #ClimateGoals. https://ow.ly/VYyu50XnHcZ

#PMS? #Hormones? The science says it’s not that simple. Sally King discusses how the “hormonal woman” myth fuels sexist ideas in medicine, and what needs to change in how we talk about menstrual health. 🔗 Listen here: https://ow.ly/ovkw50Xn8KW

🏆 Congratulations to Lucy Series on winning the 2025 Peter Townsend Prize from the British Academy for her book Deprivation of Liberty in the Shadows of the Institution, part of the Law, Society, Policy series. Learn more about the prize: https://ow.ly/EHN050Xne86

"Bristol University Press has announced the launch of the Global Social Challenges Development Fund, a new initiative designed to democratise access to academic publishing and empower marginalised voices across the globe." Find out more: https://ow.ly/Zxv050Xn9Wr

Andrew Cooper and Adrian Neal, editors of 'Under Investigation: Transforming Disciplinary Practice in the Workplace', discuss how workplaces, especially in #Healthcare, are causing avoidable harm to employees through disciplinary systems. 🎧Listen here: https://ow.ly/mhwj50Xn7RL

Despite broad calls for adopting digital tools to facilitate efficient #PublicServices, the question remains how to #Digitalise service delivery and which tools to adopt. https://ow.ly/czL450Xkrx1

Join London Metropolitan University's Gender & Sexual Diversities Research Group for the launch of 'The Politics of Pride Events' by Francesca Romana Ammaturo, exploring how #Pride navigates global & local struggles 🌈 📍 Dec 2, 5:30–7:30 pm, 166–220 Holloway Rd: https://ow.ly/yZMz50Xn8le

The idea for ‘Under Investigation’ was prompted five years ago, when the editors discovered that many employees were being harmed by disciplinary processes in their own organisation. Read the full review in Supporting Occupational Health and Wellbeing Professionals: https://ow.ly/EyHe50Xn7qV

Tom Vickers, author of 'Organizing Amazon', argues that #Amazon's plan to cut 14,000 jobs highlights its ongoing disregard for #Workers, but past campaigns demonstrate that organised, union-backed resistance can secure real improvements. https://ow.ly/YvFJ50Xn5oO

Stefan Lorenz Sorgner, author of 'We Have Always Been Cyborgs', argues that #Transhumanism can be expressed with a different set of emphases from those of what he calls "classical transhumanism". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT7XKTXHfXY&t=2s

Last night’s BBC #Panorama investigated #TheFallOfPrinceAndrew, exploring the scandals surrounding “The Aristocrat Formerly Known As Prince”. This article shows how royal exceptionalism enabled his behaviour. 👑 https://ow.ly/1MTA50XmAYX

As BBC’s #Panorama airs The Fall of Prince Andrew tonight, this article on royal exceptionalism offers vital context. #TAFKAP #PrinceAndrew https://ow.ly/BNmR50XmAtq

Elizabeth Cotton, author of 'UberTherapy', explores how the rise of #DigitalTherapy platforms has triggered a regulatory reckoning, as governments, professionals, and consumers struggle to ensure safety. #AI #MentalHealth https://ow.ly/3emQ50XmvrV

🌍 Discover our Global Social Challenges Development Fund at #CharlestonConference #CHSConf2025! Help us support Global South scholars, ECRs & open access research Learn how your library can support the GSC fund: https://ow.ly/KKhp50XgggR#CharlestonConference

We're proud to present the new Social Research Methods ebook collection on BUP Digital — essential for developing interdisciplinary research skills. Visit us at Booth 85–86 or contact [email protected] #CharlestonConference #CHSConf2025 https://ow.ly/qflU50XggcK

Join us for a seminar on 5 November (3:00–4:30 p.m.), where Karen Lee Ashcraft, author of 'Wronged and Dangerous', will explore the challenges facing critical research on equality and inclusion in the U.S. today. #DEI https://www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/11/05/say-goodbye-to-dei

Join this University of Essex seminar on Kathleen Riach’s 'Working Through Ageing'. 📚 Wed 5 Nov | 9:30–10:30 AM UK Zoom: https://essex-university.zoom.us/j/98266837128 Meeting ID: 982 6683 7128

Bethany Francis highlights how a growing number of #Vegan mothers in the UK face gaps in #Healthcare support due to professionals’ limited training in vegan nutrition, emphasising the need to integrate #Veganism into medical education. https://ow.ly/LOyX50XlS0t

INSIGHTS Lecture: Everyday Islamophobia by Professor Peter Hopkins. Drawing on his new book, this talk explores how the #Islamophobia industrial complex shapes lived experiences of Islamophobia. University of Newcastle, Tue, 11 Nov 17:30: https://ow.ly/fqth50X9OOF

In his new book, 'Liberation and Corruption', Peter Hain examines why movements born from ideals of #Justice and #Freedom often succumb to bad governance and corruption once in power. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_4DigJb7hM&t=9s

How can Britain rebuild opportunity for working-class men? Join Alex Blower, author of 'Lost Boys', for this important discussion. 📍 1 Canon’s Road | #FestivalOfEconomics. Nov 19 | 10:30–11:15 AM: https://ow.ly/P0wA50XjVQo

We're at the #CharlestonConference! Visit Booth 85–86 on the AU Presses stand on Vendors’ Day to explore our publishing. Build your Social Sciences collection with our journals and ebooks! #CHSConf2025 Email us at [email protected] or learn more: https://ow.ly/Nrex50XgfYU

Book Launch: Diverse Transnational Care. Drawing on interviews with migrants’ parents in Bolivia, this book considers the conditions that older people navigate. 🔓Read #OpenAccess: https://ow.ly/LqG350XeRKn 🎟️Nov 7, 2025 04:00 PM: https://ow.ly/kN0G50XeRKm

Say Goodbye to #DEI? Critical Scholars Meet the Moment. Online seminar with Karen Lee Ashcraft on anti-DEI campaigns and academic freedom. 📅 Wed 5 Nov | 3–4:30 PM GMT, Zoom: https://ow.ly/v3Sa50XjV6J

#ModernSlavery exploits people for profit. Survivors should be seen as individuals with skills and dignity, guiding business and policy. Laws must protect, not punish, and the future of work should embed fairness, accountability, and survivor engagement. https://ow.ly/RCNV50XjS5t

Critics paint #Transhumanists as Silicon Valley vampires chasing immortality. This video shows the diversity within the movement, highlighting 12 key differences between classical and Euro-Transhumanism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWfDUt6ojkE

“Don’t show them anger because then they think we are criminals.” This quote, from one of the young minority ethnic men I interviewed, reflects a painful reality: The expression of anger is not equally accessible to everyone. https://ow.ly/kLL750XihlR

"A welcome recognition of Workers – including managers - as whole beings, and a challenging call to consider how to do better in putting the ‘human’ more centrally in #HumanResourceManagement." Aoife McDermott, Aston University

Discover how social science shapes the world we live in. Listen in for engaging discussions, fresh perspectives, and research that matters. #SocialScience #Podcast 🔗

‘Governing Migration and Mobility’ examines the military-humanitarian strategies used to manage the movement of people on the move, focusing on the migration of #Venezuelans to northern #Brazil. #Migration

Ich habe kürzlich in der Jour Fixe-Reihe der AkG mein Buch "Exiting the Factory: Strikes and Class Formation beyond the Industrial Sector" vorgestellt, das 2024 bei @brisunipress.bsky.social erschienen ist. Der @mosaikblog.bsky.social hat einen Mitschnitt der Veranstaltung veröffentlicht.

"Planning without growth" policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/planning-wit... From @brisunipress.bsky.social - one for @greenparty.org.uk members?

‘Turning Youth Voice into Sustainable Public Policy’ by @James_Sloam explores the everyday politics of young people, the interface between civic authorities and young citizens in policy making and the promise of urban democracy.

Say Goodbye to #DEI? Critical Scholars Meet the Moment. Online seminar with Karen Lee Ashcraft on anti-DEI campaigns and academic freedom. 📅 Wed 5 Nov | 3–4:30 PM GMT, Zoom: https://ow.ly/XFIi50XjV5f

E. K. Sarter and Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey discuss how #Digitalisation in #PublicServices offers potential benefits but is limited by whether services are bound to physical space, requiring tailored strategies for different activities and tasks. https://ow.ly/MLfc50XkrqZ

With 98%of UK households online and over 4.9 billion social media users globally, the potential for individuals to spread #Defamatory content has surged. This book considers the effects of the digital era on English #DefamationLaw. Publishing #OpenAccess: buff.ly/noE9ZpJ

Divided We Stand? – part of the #FestivalOfEconomics. Exploring growing ideological polarization & paths to a less divided future. Join Terri E. Givens, author of 'Reckoning', for this important discussion. 🗓️ Nov 18 | 12–1:15 PM GMT, Watershed, Bristol: https://ow.ly/VRH450XjUfh

When you think of people in #Debt, what do you imagine? Irresponsible people who leave telephones ringing and hide from #DebtCollectors, or people faced with an impossible situation? Listen here: https://ow.ly/xIih50XjTXq

Join the U.S. Transhumanist Party for a Virtual Enlightenment Salon with Prof. Stefan Lorenz Sorgner on Euro-Transhumanism, his culturally nuanced, ethical take on tech enhancement. Discussion: differences from classical transhumanism, policy, & lessons for U.S. politics. https://ow.ly/ky4r50XjSLh

Karen Lee Ashcraft, author of 'Wronged and Dangerous', will be giving a seminar on what is happening to critical #Equality and #Inclusion research in the US right now. 📖Karen's book: https://ow.ly/FJbv50XeSgk 📍Zoom, 5 Nov, 3.00 pm: https://ow.ly/TATR50XeSgn

In 'You Must Become an Algorithmic Problem', José Marichal examines how our reliance on tech companies trades personal freedom for algorithmic control, warning that this threatens democracy. Listen here: https://ow.ly/hrcj50XjPgT

Julia Mortimer, Journals and Open Access Director at Bristol University Press, discusses how the company's Global Social Challenges Development Fund supports underrepresented researchers and promotes open access to foster a fairer global research ecosystem. https://ow.ly/jOhY50XjPtO

Really happy to announce that I've signed my contract with @brisunipress.bsky.social for my forthcoming (2027) book 'Levelling Out: The Crash of the Video Games Industry'.

Bristol University Press. [room for optimism.?) In 'Reckoning', Terri Givens defies the claim that #BLM brought no real change. Join Terri to discuss #RadicalEmpathy at New Beacon Books, Nov 11, 7 PM. 🎟️Find tickets: ow.ly/eHj550XfwaA 💻Learn more: ow.ly/jMMl50XfwaB

“Don’t show them anger because then they think we are criminals.” New blog from Emotions and Society author Betül Özkaya 👇 @jonathangheaney.bsky.social #EmoSoc

Are you ready for some UberTherapy? Introduction to UberTherapy: The new business of mental health youtu.be/4PaE96eBdL8?... @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @thenerve.news @askpippa.bsky.social

Emerging from the On&Off project, I'm really happy to announce our forthcoming book "Atmospheres and Digital Media: Connection and Disconnection Across Everyday Life," edited by Ana Jorge and myself. Coming out in 2026 with @brisunipress.bsky.social bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/atmospheres-...