We're recruiting a researcher to pilot a new and ambitious qualitative study of families, childhood, and parenting

Congratulations to the winners of this year’s WES Sage Prize for Innovation and/or Excellence! This year’s winning paper, Digitalisation and the Remaking of the Ideal Worker, examines the concept of the ideal worker as digitalisation becomes embedded in the workplace: doi.org/10.1177/0950...

We are looking for a short-term full time researcher to work with us on a pilot study in preparation for a longitudinal qualitative study with parents of young children. **Deadline 14th May** More details here www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... @sriucl.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social

**UPCOMING CONFERENCE ON FATHERHOOD!** Exploring the current ‘State-of-Play’ in Fatherhood Research Wednesday 8 July 2026, 12:30 - 17:30, UCL www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...

starting in 6 minutes!

The Trump administration’s message to Havana is blunt: negotiate a deal on US terms or face collapse.

OUT NOW: the first 2026 issue of The Sociological Review journal. Featuring 12 new papers, of which 8 are open access, on subjects ranging from disability to citizenship, Gaza to Japan, care work to internet memes, and from death and bureaucracy to walking with Doreen Massey. buff.ly/lubHIf8

Congratulations to @academicdiary.bsky.social on the @britsoci.bsky.social presidency! We are so thrilled to have such a caring and visionary leader in our community at a time when we need Sociology more than ever! 🎉 es.britsoc.co.uk/professor-le...

USN member @ktwamley.bsky.social's latest monograph reviewed in Gender, Work and Organization. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @sriucl.bsky.social @tcru-ucl.bsky.social

Media interest in my work with @JennyvanHoof on the 'relationship recession' continues unabated. This was a really interesting interview with Lily. One thing is for sure: Something is shifting, but how, why and for whom needs further research.

Considering postdoctoral research opportunities? Book now for ‘Applying for Postdoctoral Research Funding as an Early Career Scholar’, an online @bsaecr.bsky.social event, 30 January tinyurl.com/muas4sk8 #sociology

In social science and humanities no Chinese universities are in the top 20

In the Telegraph, @ktwamley.bsky.social reflects on how Covid lockdowns disrupted young people’s transition into intimacy - with anxiety and missed social experiences shaping longer-term changes in relationships. bit.ly/3ZcVh1Q #intimacyAndCare @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

So, what do you do as a professor? I write a lot of grant applications that all get rejected.

Family books published in 2024 and 2025 sought for the ASA Family Section William J. Goode Book Award. www.asanet.org/communities-...

🚀 Just launched! UCL's Grand Challenge of Justice & Equality Impact Report Celebrating the work of researchers & partners from UCL & beyond to address inequality in all its forms, locally, nationally & globally. 🔗 Find out more & read the report: https://bit.ly/3Ma61e9

🎙️ New ep: Asylum, Housing & Community Host Ethne James Souch talks with Mette Louise Berg, Judith Spirig, Faith Nyamakanga & Nelson Gomez about asylum housing in the UK—how policy, privatised systems & ideas of “deservingness” shape everyday lives. 🎧 https://bit.ly/4p2aIFA

LAST DAY TO APPLY!

Deadline for this approaching (27 Nov)! @ucl.ac.uk

UCL Sociology PhDs: Join our PhD Coordinating Group The group will play a significant and important role in the development of the network’s cross-UCL activities at the doctoral level tinyurl.com/mrm9s22j

Applications open: Inequalities ECR Catalyst Grant 2025/26 Funding of up to £5,000 available for interdisciplinary projects led by early career researchers tackling inequalities in practice. 🗓 Deadline: Friday 28 Nov, 17.00 🔗 https://bit.ly/4oiv1yg

Deadline TODAY!

📣 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Methodologies and Epistemologies of Social Reproduction Apply by 15 Nov to join a 2026 #workshop for scholars, practitioners and activists engaging with social reproduction theories, and employing traditional and non-traditional methods. ➡️ Find out more: buff.ly/ZFAUEkF

Today is the deadline for this folks! @ucl.ac.uk

What challenges do you face as a PhD student working in the field of arts and culture? Discuss at ‘Meeting Emerging Sociologists of the Arts and Culture: A PGR Online Tea Chat’ – a free online event by the BSA Sociology of the Arts Study Group, 12 December tinyurl.com/47hw76h6

Really looking forward to this lecture with @academicdiary.bsky.social. Register now before all the tickets are gone!

The application deadline to join the Sociology journal Editorial Board is extended to 11 November 2025 17:00 BST! This includes spaces for Early Career Researchers. Find out how to submit an application or nominate a colleague below. www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc

Understanding ‘Gender Equality’ Earlier this year, @ktwamley.bsky.social & Charlotte Faircloth were nominated for the BSA & SAGE Prize for Innovation/Excellence. Their work reshapes thinking around caring responsibilities, work & equality post-parenthood. tinyurl.com/mpddkevn tinyurl.com/4hf5xkry

“Systematically explores the foundations of housework as an academic discipline, unpacking the gendered assumptions that underpin existing work, which is often led by male academics.“ – Ipsita Pradhan reviews Ann Oakley @brisunipress.bsky.social in our latest Magazine issue. buff.ly/ldlt4Su

Do you undertake qualitative or mixed methods research at UCL? Complete this short questionnaire about the use of computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS) and the use of AI in qualitative analysis tinyurl.com/2kwzunnr @ktwamley.bsky.social

@ktwamley.bsky.social and Charlotte Faircloth explore the ways couples making the transition to parenthood think about, practise, and assess ‘gender equality’. Read the SRO Sage Prize nominated article below. doi.org/10.1177/1360...

This weekend is the last opportunity to visit Palestinian Childhoods: Solidarity and Sumud, a two-week immersive exhibition and programme that the Critical Childhood Studies Centre is involved in hosting. Open 10-4 to the public. #ChildhoodStudies reimaginingchildhoodstudies.com/solidarity_a...

This week in our Meet the Researcher series, we’re introducing Susie Bower-Brown. Susie’s research explores LGBTQ+ identities and family life. profiles.ucl.ac.uk/91721-susie-... @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

Would you like to review a book for one of our journals? Find the details for each journal on our Publications Opportunities page, alongside our calls for special issues. www.britsoc.co.uk/opportunitie...

Looking forward to my first WES conference next week!

This week in our Meet the Researcher series, we’re spotlighting Rachel Benchekroun whose work looks at food insecurity, family life, and collaboration with communities. profiles.ucl.ac.uk/60666-rachel... @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

This week in our Meet the Researcher series get to know Jonathan Galton, a lecturer on our BSc Sociology and Social Science courses. Jonathan Galton | About | University College London tinyurl.com/6v9j56vx @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

Now in German (but alas behind a paywall..). @jennyvanhooff.com www.spektrum.de/news/beziehu...

Missed our #TCRU_Coram_AnnualLecture? Watch the recording here tinyurl.com/52hnhtta. Prof Elaine Chase shared insights on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. Essential viewing for anyone in rights-based policy. #YoungRefugeeVoices @wearecoram.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

The Times argues against permanent public ownership because "private water companies provide an efficient service in the United States" *Actually 9/10 people in the US receive their water service from a PUBLICLY OWNED utility* foodandwaterwatch.org/wp-content/u... www.thetimes.com/comment/the-...

If you are interested in podcasting, I highly recommend this course which I completed myself a couple of months ago. thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...

Meet Amena Amer, exploring belonging and identity in UK universities. profiles.ucl.ac.uk/99704-amena-... @ioe.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social

🚨 New post-doc opportunity at TCRU! @susiebowerbrown.bsky.social is recruiting a Quantitative Research Fellow (0.5 FTE, 15 months) for the ESRC-funded Family Beyond the Binary project, exploring non-binary families in the UK. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Apply by 21 Aug 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... @sriucl.bsky.social

Meet Lauren Herlitz who is interested in how people's life experiences affect their health and why some groups have poorer health outcomes than others. profiles.ucl.ac.uk/88235-lauren... @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

#ICYMI: Writing About Activists, our recent Conversations series event chaired by @academicdiary.bsky.social and featuring scholars Hannah Ishmael, John Narayan and A.S. Francis. 🎥 VIDEO buff.ly/o11njAN 🎧 Listen to our new #podcast mini-series Sideways Sociology: UK Anti-Racism buff.ly/EUCdEHZ

Motherfucking wind farms…

“Everybody needs friends. It doesn’t matter who it is, what community. Without friendship, life’s lonely” – Baljeet, Scotland Shruti Chaudhry @uoe-sps.bsky.social explores how and why cross-cultural friendships endure. #OpenAccess in the journal buff.ly/TuxAp1U