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Excited to launch our digital existence as the Alternatives to Capitalism Network of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics🎉Follow us for updates on calls for papers, events, podcasts & much more! Learn more about us via the link👇👇 sase.org/networks/i-a... @sasemeeting.bsky.social

Interested in Alternatives to Capitalism🔨? Our call for papers for the 2026 SASE Conference in Bordeaux is out! Deadline: 16 December 2025. We encourage pre-formed panel submissions and individual papers. Looking fw to renewing our faith in humanity. @sasemeeting.bsky.social sase.org/networks/i-a...

Excited to join Lara Monticelli, Torsten Geelan, and Jan Groos to co-organise the Alternatives to Capitalism Network @sasemeeting.bsky.social! Check out the Network, our new call for papers, and guidelines here: sase.org/networks/i-a... @bcusociology.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de

24 October in London at 6:30pm I'll be at the After Collective event on capitalism and its alternatives with Panos Theodoropoulos @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @intrrgum.bsky.social Join us for an inspiring discussion, antii-capitalist solidarity & pizza! Sign up here: tinyurl.com/4nv7s7rb

Another shout for @ryanscoatsphd.bsky.social and his work featured in @spektrum.de. It's in German, so one for those who are either speakers of that language or skilled users of translation tools. www.spektrum.de/news/sexuali...

The work of our @ryanscoatsphd.bsky.social features in "Drei ist nicht immer einer zu viel". The BlueSky post about this feature has an age filter on it. That might make it more intriguing...

Congratulations @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social! This is great news.

Great news @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social 👌👏🏻

Excellent new article by @ryanscoatsphd.bsky.social in Cultural Sociology. Even the board game averse admin of this account is getting plenty out of this one.

We are welcoming students from Central St Michaels Sixth Form, West Bromwich today for a taste of university life. They will get sessions on socialisation through football, fundamental questions in citizenship, and race and gender in Love Island. Quite a mix!

Doing something funny with my hands while presenting @sportanthro.bsky.social conference last week. A good event and a very welcoming crowd.

I'll be at the @bsatheory.bsky.social BSA Theory Symposium @camsociology.bsky.social on Friday May 23rd, discussing how to do social theory. See the programme and the participants below 👇👇

It's a sad day for us today as we say adieu to @samburgum.bsky.social, who is off to pastures new. Looking forward to seeing what Sam does next, a good guy and an excellent scholar.

Outreach with @streetskitchen.bsky.social this morning 🫧 #theremaybebubblesahead #heartisaweaponsizeofafist #solidaritynotcharity @bcusociology.bsky.social @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social @city-journal.bsky.social

Quick bit of research in London this week. The #streetlegal project with @streetskitchen.bsky.social “SK Lawless” clinic will look at role of legal knowledge in fighting eviction of rough sleepers & loiterers, and the powers being used to move people along. @bcusociology.bsky.social

In a study of UK police sergeants, Scott Banks and @dranthonymay.bsky.social examine the impact of New Public Management strategies on policing, using semi-structured interviews to explore their managerial challenges www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Looks like a cracking day in Oxford! Hope the talk is outdoors.

Two book launches this week for #squattinglondon 28/4 Geography, University of Oxford. 4pm. @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk 30/4 Housman’s Bookshop, King’s Cross, London. 7pm. @housmansbookshop.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social

There are two great projects that will be supervised by members of our team!

Book launch this week: 26/3 University of York. 3:30. Law and Sociology building, Hes East. @cahr-york.bsky.social @uoy-sociology.bsky.social @uoy-yorklawschool.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social

I'm supervising a funded PhD. Nice. If you know of someone who might be a good fit for this project (link is below), feel free to pass it on to them. Euan and Ryan are both excellent, and it's a great opportunity all in all. www.bcu.ac.uk/research/our...

New article out in Annals of Leisure Research which could be of interest if you're into one or more of security, football fan experience, perceptions of alcohol, and Brazil. Due credit must go to co-authors & BlueSky naysayers Buso, Bason, and Owen. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

⚡TOMORROW!⚡ Author Samuel Burgum will be in discussion with Myke from the Advisory Service for Squatters at Freedom Bookshop! Book your ticket below! @samburgum.bsky.social @assquattheworld.bsky.social 🗓️Fri, Mar 7 ⏰7 pm 📍@freedompress.bsky.social 🎟https://buff.ly/4hTTia5

Three book launches this week: 5/3 @ubcgeography.bsky.social (online, 6pm GMT) 6/3 @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social (geography & planning, 12:30) 7/3 @freedompress.bsky.social @assquattheworld.bsky.social (freedom bookshop, 7pm) @bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social

Only 2 days left (including today) to submit a short paper for the BSA Theory Symposium! Discussants: 🟢Sarah Bufkin - @unibirmingham, 🟣Birgan Gokmenoglu - @MyBCUm, 🟡Teodor Mladenov - @dundeeuni, 🔵Kristin Surak - @LSEnews. #Sociology #SocialTheory #AcademicSky www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

🧵In The #Chronopolitics of the #LeftBehind, Kirsten Forkert & Zaki Nahaboo draw on #presentism and #populist temporal #narratives to study how the Left Behind in the UK is constructed by varied temporal frames and narratives of Global Britain. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

🧵Birgan Gokmenoglu & Gabriela Manley's #Hope and #TimeWork in #Dystopian Contexts compares fieldnotes from Scotland and Turkey. They expand the concept of time work & argue that generating hope requires both emotion work and time work. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Great to see this special issue of @timeandsociety.bsky.social out there. Looks excellent! A thread of the whole collection is available on @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social's page. The collection features Birgan and also the social media averse Zaki Nahaboo amongst a fine selection of scholars.

Catch Sam on tour at a venue near you! We will be at the BCU one on 12th March.

Our guest discussants for the Symposium: 🟢Sarah Bufkin (Assistant Prof. in Political Theory, @unibirmingham.bsky.social) 🟤Birgan Gokmenoglu (Lecturer in Sociology, @mybcu.bsky.social) 🟡Teodor Mladenov (Senior Lecturer in Social Work, @dundee.ac.uk) 🔵Kristin Surak (Associate Prof. in Sociology, LSE)

This afterword is a really handy summary of a great special issue of @timeandsociety.bsky.social co-edited by @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social and also featuring our own Zaki Nahaboo (a social media refusenik).

Intro to the SI #Political and #Transformative Uses of #Time is published! Coauthored by me and Colin Ruggero. Drawing on time's entanglements with power, inequality, and social justice, we reflect esp. on collective temporal agency: @timeandsociety.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

This looks like a really good platform for ECRs! Should be excellent.

We are almost full - so if you would like to join us on Monday for what will be an amazing conversation on important issues facing the world please register ASAP 👇 @bculandlr.bsky.social @mybcu.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social PLEASE USE THIS LINK FOR REGISTRATION forms.office.com/e/eeEg0GGDnD

In Conversation with the Experts: The Future of the United Nations 📅 27 January 2025 📍 In person @mybcu.bsky.social 🔗 Register with QR code in pic This will be the first conference we will live post on @bsky.app

Presenting in the same room as Einstein… funny how spaces are remembered, rendered significant, and imbued with authority… @unileiden.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social

This looks like a great event with some intriguing presentations. Go well Sam!

It's the last day of BCU Graduations today 🎓 Today we’re celebrating with the Graduate School of Management and the Colleges of 👇 🌟 Law, Social and Criminal Justice 🌟 Accountancy, Finance and Economics 🌟 Business, Digital Transformation & Entrepreneurship 🌟 Psychology #BCUGraduation

Congratulations Sam! Great to see this out in the world.

Lovely write up of our board game work. It’s such a boost to find out someone’s read something you’ve written! www.tuni.fi/playlab/boar...

Looking forward to this. 5:00 today if you find yourself in the market for board games.

I'm not really sure how it happened but one of my paywalled articles around CNM healthcare has turned to open access!? Take home messages: a lot can be learned by looking at how healthcare is provided to other marginalised groups (e.g. LGBT) & give people options! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Last day to get this for £12.50. In case you're wondering, the admin of this page doesn't get a cut of the royalties. It's just a good book.

One more day to pick this up for £12.50. Reviews are excellent!

New article: Nathan Kerrigan utilises the work of Merleau-Ponty to examine rural space, place and intersectionality. Available now in Sociologica Ruralis. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Three more days on this deal. Grab a genuine bargain!

This will be excellent. Do join us!

Squatting London: the Politics of Property (pbk) is only £12.50 until 5th December. ‘A timely and urgent book that challenges how we come to think about property’ - Alex Vasudevan @potentiaspace.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social tinyurl.com/29tzd85p #squattinglondon

This seems like the ideal Christmas present to us.