Thinking about the future can make us all feel tense! In this Special Issue of the Journal of Sociology -Future/Tense: A Sociology of Temporal Dis/Order- we've brought together 10 articles to interrogate how the future is known, felt and valued. doi.org/10.1177/1440... @bprainsack.bsky.social

Would you like to stay in touch with the work of the Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies at The University of Sydney? Here is a starter pack of researchers affiliated with @healthy-societies.bsky.social: go.bsky.app/SBh8kqK #AcademicSky

It was such a pleasure to host colleagues from King's College London for our joint public colloquium on 'The State of Racialised Health'. Thank you to all who presented their work, attended the colloquium, and engaged so deeply with the sessions.

One of our projects: The Forgotten Children, Ten Years On, is featured in today’s Saturday Paper. Led by @michpeterie.bsky.social in partnership with the Australian Human Rights Commission, the project investigates how detention shapes children’s lives after their release.

Just published a new #BookReview! Zoe Bell reviewed three books on the Australian Asylum Seeker Policy by Antje Missbach, Julia Caroline Morris, and @michpeterie.bsky.social. Read the #OpenAccess review here: refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/re...

Congratulations to @michpeterie.bsky.social and Katherine Kenny for their recent academic promotions! Katie and Michelle are invaluable members of our team at the Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies and of the broader University community. Congrats Katie and Michelle!

I'm in Perth this week for The Australian Sociological Association's annual conference - one of my favourite events of the academic year. Looking forward to a wonderful week re/connecting with colleagues from across Australian sociology. If you're at #TASA2024 too, please come and say hi! 👋

New article from me and Amy Nethery in The Conversation this morning. In it we ask: what is preventative detention, what will these new laws actually do, and what is being lost in the current debate? theconversation.com/what-is-the-...

Our team at the Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, USyd, is recruiting a new postdoc to work on a sociological study of death, dying & bereavement. This would be a dream job for the right person - meaningful work, brilliant supervisors, & all within a genuinely caring & collaborative environment

Yesterday, our team received an ARC LP23 grant to investigate the long-term impacts of immigration detention in the lives of people who were detained as children. Profoundly grateful for the opportunity to do this work. Sincerest thanks to everyone who made this possible 🙏

Delighted to announce that a team led by Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies Research Fellow, @michpeterie.bsky.social, has been awarded funding through the Australian Research Council Linkage Project Program for this important project: The Forgotten Children, Ten Years On.

Great to see our latest AMR Hub article out open access in Critical Public Health! In it, @michpeterie.bsky.social & colleagues explore how economic structures shape the acceleration of antimicrobial resistance and undermine solutions www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....