**New research project, please share** Have you experienced #cervicalstitch #cerclage for #pretermbirth or after #pregnancyloss in England in the last 10 years? Could you share your thoughts for a social science research project? If you can help, please get in touch at [email protected].

In this blog, Aurora Todisco, Topic leader for Patient Engagement on the hub, shares her lived experience toolkit. A practical resource designed to help anyone involved in patient and public involvement, engagement or lived experience work.

Funded PhD opportunity 📢 If you’re interested in notions of #family in #neonatal care and #healthinequalities this could be for you. Great opportunity at @socscihealth.bsky.social in collaboration with Bliss. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ447/e...

It's on again - our internationally-renowned Ethnography for Healthcare Improvement Summer School! 8th-10th July, 2026, here in Leicester, UK. Designed for researchers to learn & reflect on use of ethnographic research in healthcare settings. Limited places available: shop.le.ac.uk/product-cata...

Your second #ResearcherRenew task is a gentle and hopefully uplifting one. Think back over the last year and acknowledge something you enjoyed or that went well. Your initial reaction may be 'nothing', so challenge yourself to identify one small thing. theresearchcompanion.com/what-went-we...

'Supporting each other through difficult and challenging times'. The sections on Building Communities of Care, Personal Safety and Wellbeing, and Practical Actions for Resistance may be especially useful. Particularly information on Psychological First Aid. theresearchcompanion.com/supporting-i...

Our @drjulieroberts.bsky.social and Nici Mackintosh have produced this excellent policy brief on supporting improvements in care for preterm babies. Full of essential policy recommendations to improve care for little ones and their families! figshare.le.ac.uk/articles/rep...

In our latest Voices for Safety episode, researcher @drjulieroberts.bsky.social breaks down how ethnography is helping us understand the everyday routines, decisions, and challenges in preterm baby care. 🎧 Listen now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqLV... #WorldPatientSafetyDay #PatientSafety #NIHR

First publication congratulations to our @merissaehickman.bsky.social, for her piece with Rebecca Muir @qmul-wiph.bsky.social expanding the WPR approach in health policy analysis, published in Critical Policy Studies: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Listen to Nici and I in conversation about the PremPath study- an ethnographic study of perinatal optimisation for #WorldPatientSafetyDay

Our Sociology of Health & Illness editorial team is advertising for a PGR RA to drive our social media strategy. Apply with a CV + 1 page letter outlining your skills and approach by 26th September 5pm to Prof. Janice (dot) McLaughlin (at) Newcastle (dot) ac (dot) uk. Come join us! #medsoc #medhums

Are you a cultural theorist who is looking for postdoctoral research project? Research Ireland have a funding scheme opening. If you are interested in the politics of popular culture and intersectional theory, drop me an email at [email protected]

I’ll be at the BAPM conference tomorrow. Come and say hello at the lunchtime poster session to hear more about our ethnographic study of perinatal optimisation #socscihealth #preterm #bapm

🌟 New systematic review published today: Autism & the menopause 🌟 Published in @autisminadulthood.bsky.social - www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/... Full text: www.researchgate.net/publication/... Summary @theconversation.com - theconversation.com/why-menopaus...

Supporting each other through difficult and challenging times theresearchcompanion.com/supporting-i... Free, gentle, practical and bonding suggestions for anyone impacted by university changes, cuts, closures, threats and dangers #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #PhDSky #gradschool #PhDChat #PhDHelp

“I’ve just been published and I feel…” patthomson.net/2025/08/21/i... #AcademicSky

Call for Full Papers Sociology is looking for papers that engage with the question of normativity in sociology. Deadline for full paper submission is 22 January 2026. Read the full CFP now. www.britsoc.co.uk/media/26815/...

I’ve been enjoying doing the #BigButterflyCount with my kids. We’ve seen lots of Gatekeepers this week

Relaxing by the sea 🌤️

The Journal of Creative Research Methods is accepting submissions for our second issue (deadline: October 2025). We welcome innovative work covering creative methods at ALL stages of research! More info: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/jou... ISSUE ONE COMING SEPTEMBER 2025!

How do you manage your #workload❓ What's important, what can wait,🤔 who decides this⚖️ how do you learn this❓ I'm still looking to speak to any #criticalcare #nurses who registered for the first time after Jan 2019, follow the link below to get involved. www.psrc-gm.nihr.ac.uk/2025/01/30/a...

🎙️New Podcast Episode! A positive safety culture empowers staff to speak up, leading to better #patientsafety. Join us as we explore the vital role of organisational culture in healthcare 🎧Listen now: www.psrc-gm.nihr.ac.uk/news/podcast/ #SafetyCulture #NHSLeadership #NHS #NIHR #HealthcareStaff

It’s a wrap. A fun, stimulating 3 days with experienced and budding healthcare ethnographers @socscihealth.bsky.social summer school hosted at Leicester Tigers

It’s here! Looking toward to the @socscihealth.bsky.social summer school starting tomorrow

Explore the complexities of reproduction, by booking for ‘The Politics of (Non)Reproduction: Choice, Challenges, and Change’, a free BSA Postgraduate Regional Event, 2 September, University of York tinyurl.com/yvvt37t3

It was a cloudy bank holiday Monday but precious time to get out in nature

A safety manual for academics visiting America. @petraboynton.bsky.social's dystopian-sounding opinion article is, somewhat sadly, the most-read article on our site just now. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

🚨 Tickets are officially on sale for the International Creative Research Methods Conference! Join us for powerful keynotes from @jacqpriego.bsky.social and @amltaylor66.bsky.social. Lock yours in here 👉 creativeresearchmethods.com #ICRMC #CreativeResearch

CONTRIBUTE! Editors Iris Pissaride and @juliettephd.bsky.social are accepting pitches until 9 May for The Sociological Review magazine’s September issue. Find out more about regular features including Sociology at Work and Private Troubles, Public Issues. thesociologicalreview.org/publish-with...

Following on from our very popular December webinar on 'the invisible labour of #PublicInvolvement' registrations are now open for the second webinar in the series, on Emotions in #PPI, led by colleagues from @penarc.bsky.social. Come join us! @arceastofengland.bsky.social @elspethma.bsky.social

Do you regularly take or order bloods for acute hospital patients? We want to hear about your experiences and views in a short online survey! redcap.lcbru.le.ac.uk/surveys/?s=F...

❗ATTENTION SOCIAL SCIENTISTS❗ The Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness is seeking nomination for the 2025 Book Prize. This awarded to the authors or editors of a book making a significant contribution to medical sociology 👀😱. Reward of £1,000 🤑 Apply here: shorturl.at/sHn0Z PLEASE RT!

My latest paper with #QRDC team comparing in person and remote qualitative data collection focusing on data quality and inclusion #IJNS #researchmethods #qualitativeresearch journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

NCRM blog post by Felicity Boardman about our guidance for qualitative remote data collection www.ncrm.ac.uk/news/show.ph...

@nihrarcs.bsky.social webinar: 'the invisible labour of #PublicInvolvement' with me & Stan Papoulias, chaired by @elspethma.bsky.social. Thurs 5/12/24 15:30-17:00 Info & booking: url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Fcz7CzBW2u... @arceastofengland.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social @penarc.bsky.social #PPI

For a searchable directory of starter packs, try blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs.

What challenges do over-testing and over-diagnosis pose for healthcare? What is the impact of the increasing use of AI? Join @charlotteaugst.bsky.social at #THISspace2024 Register: ths.im/3zNtSut

My cat thinks the sofa cushions are for him (and I don’t have the heart to move him) 🙄

@petraboynton.bsky.social and Turnip are here 🤗

Quite a few new blueskyers(?) so I’m reposting this starter pack. You could be in it if you write about/research quali methods go.bsky.app/7YAhtdD

Autumn walk with friends

Our article about working together in maternal health research is online and open access. #PPI Challenges and opportunities of sustained public involvement in maternal health research: a practice case study with reflections from researchers and public contributors doi.org/10.14324/RFA...

We have 10 Vice-Chancellor Independent Research Fellowships available @lborouniversity. For folks recently graduated their PhDs, they are 2 year developmet-focused and lead to a permanent academic post. Please get in touch if interested - dms open. www.lboro.ac.uk/join-us/vc-i...

Fashion ghost #halloween #fashion

It’s out! Our guidance for remote #qualitative data collection is online. Focus on health and social care research, data quality, inclusive research practice, wellbeing of participants and researchers: doi.org/10.31273/978...

Couldn't find a starter pack for #PublicInvolvement #PPI #Coproduction & participatory health and care research so I started one. If you're not on this and would like to be and/or have suggestions of others to add let me know. Or indeed if you know of a starter pack I've missed go.bsky.app/PWEAnFR

🥁 🧪 The List QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH is up and running! This is a first stab. Some people on it may not belong (or may want to come off it). Many people who should be on it aren't (yet). Please reply with more suggestions (esp for academics of colour / Global South). bsky.app/profile/tris...

Hey I made a quick welcome guide to BlueSky :) There's tons more, but I think these few steps will get you up and enjoying it quickly.

My latest post for @lseimpactblog.bsky.social If ‘academic X’ is sinking, where are research organisations going? I have compiled a spreadsheet (that can be updated) which includes over 250 of them - details in replies. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...