Vol 9.4 of the International Journal of Care & Caring is out now! This new issue features the themed section: Innovation in #caring: social and technological innovation in long-term care. Guest edited by Georgia Casanova & Blanca Deusdad Ayala bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

Ryan @burnsr77.bsky.social and I published a second paper looking at digitization and extractive labour. Urban futures of digitalized fossil labour tinyurl.com/3hba7hy3 Thanks to N. Ebner, B. Bragg, and H. Schling SI on the future of industrial work tinyurl.com/yt3cbpnd and brisunipress.bsky.social

New paper out! Two new instruments devoted to assess social support among animal welfare volunteers: Support Towards Animal Protection Labour (STAPL) & Support in Animal Care Organisations (SACO)

Did you know that the estimated cash value of unpaid care in 2021/22 was about £184 billion a year – equivalent to the annual spending on the NHS. This is just one of many shocking figures in Dan Taylor's new blog on unpaid care in the UK www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/10/28/w... #Carers

Why do so many children in the youth justice system have special educational needs? Longitudinal and Life Course Studies author Hope Kent answers this question in @theconversation.com theconversation.com/why-so-many-... @sllshome.bsky.social

New special issue from Justice, Power and Resistance Expanding global conversations: prisons and punishment in Latin America Guest edited by @fanoavila.bsky.social & @andrewmjefferson.bsky.social bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... @europeangroup.bsky.social #Prisons #LatinAmerica

Call for Abstracts! Special Issue: Strengthening Research Practice Partnerships in Social Care: Evidence, Impact and Policy Learning Deadline: 3 Nov 2025 Full details: evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/10/15/e... @bupjournals.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @a-mtowers.bsky.social

“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

Call for Abstracts! Special Issue: Strengthening Research Practice Partnerships in Social Care: Evidence, Impact and Policy Learning Deadline: 3 Nov 2025 Full details: evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/10/15/e... @bupjournals.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @a-mtowers.bsky.social

New on the Evidence & Policy Blog: 'Against unanimity: the perils of negotiating collective policy recommendations across a diverse third sector' by Jane Cullingworth evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/10/15/a... @bupjournals.bsky.social @djmallinson.bsky.social

📖 New open access research from VSR @brisunipress.bsky.social What about the migrants? An exploration of organisational change in an asylum seeker and refugee voluntary sector organisation by Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey and Vita Terry Read: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

🔥Hot of the press🔥 This new issue of the Journal of Poverty and Social Justice features research on Work Capability Assessment, #FuelPoverty and the demise of USAID bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... #Welfare #SocialJustice #Poverty #Benefits

Delighted to see our editorial article for two consecutive issues of Global Discourse published in Early View. "From discourse to legitimacy: narratives as instruments of influence in international relations" @bupjournals.bsky.social bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

This new longitudinal study examines how fitness, low-salt diet adherence & personal factors affect quality of life, heart-related deaths & hospitalisations in people with #HeartFailure. Read it in Longitudinal and Life Course Studies doi.org/10.1332/1757... @sllshome.bsky.social

Evidence & Policy Editors' Choice Collection! Selected articles free to access until 31 October. Explore the collection: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/Edit... @bupjournals.bsky.social @djmallinson.bsky.social @mariahkornbluh.bsky.social

🔍 New open access research from Voluntary Sector Review @brisunipress.bsky.social @bupjournals.bsky.social Boundary crossing and elite attributes in European civil societies by Malin Arvidson, Jayeon Lee, Roberto Scaramuzzino & Anders Uhlin Read: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

🚨New job: Journals Coordinator. This role supports the day-to-day activities involved in publishing our journals and is the main publisher contact for many journals on the list. #PublishingJobs #AcademicPublishing 🌟Deadline: 5 October 2025: buff.ly/guAkMjG

A very interesting journal article by our esteemed advisory board member Professor Michael Salter bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

New research by LP&R Member Mara A. Yerkes with Samuel Briones and John de Wit explores how local implementation of long-term care affects carers in Netherlands and Slovenia. doi.org/10.1332/2397...

this paper on how the economic background of gig work delivery drives shapes how they perceive the work as agentic or exploitative further drives home the point, made best by james scott, about how attacks on dignity are key to class resentment bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

#EmoSoc #SocSky #Sociology

We're pleased to share our latest journal. JDS focuses on the collective dimensions of human disappearance, especially enforced disappearance and its consequences. This journal will become an essential platform for anyone working in the emerging field of #DisappearanceStudies

Research impact isn't just about the "big wins". This blog from Charis Bridger Staatz & @evietabor.bsky.social calls for better recognition the gradual, complex pathways through which longitudinal studies create change. It’s time to celebrate influence, not just outcomes. @sllshome.bsky.social

We’re calling for research on #CoerciveControl for a special issue reflecting on and celebrating Evan Stark's Legacy bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... #DomesticAbuse #IPV #DomesticViolence

🚨 Don't be late, nominate 🚨#ECPRPrizes Our Rising Star Award 🏆 honours exceptional PhD students & early career researchers, offering opportunities to grow their network and skills further with our support 🚀 ⏳ Nominations close in 4 days!

One rule for them and another for everyone else. In this new blog Justice, Power and Resistance author Trancey Davanna discusses the 'criminal justice' response to #FoxHunting #HuntingKills @europeangroup.bsky.social

Have you read the latest Evidence & Policy blog post? 'Recognising the expertise of people with #disability' by Shane Clifton evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/09/17/r... @bupjournals.bsky.social @djmallinson.bsky.social @drcliffo.bsky.social

While Western studies show life satisfaction hits rock bottom in midlife, rural China tells a different story—young adults at just 21 are the LEAST satisfied group. What's behind this? Read this new paper from Longitudinal and Life Course Studies to find out doi.org/10.1332/1757...

@mike-salter.bsky.social discusses how survivors of #ChildSexualAbuse material remain among the internet’s most neglected victims, enduring lifelong violations while tech companies and governments prioritise digital freedom over their safety and justice: buff.ly/vTM0AzM

💼📣 I’m seeking a student to work as a Research Assistant (MA/PhD) in Barcelona on a gender inequality & household labor project. Part-time (8–10 h/wk, flexible). Great opportunity to gain hands-on experience in quantitative comparative research. Apply by 15 Oct! #sociology 🔗 shorturl.at/RbYGT

How do researchers study experiences that are "too shattering to put into words"? MAshNup method uses art-making, metaphor analysis, and narrative techniques to help participants explore difficult experiences in ethical, sensitive ways. Read the article here: doi.org/10.1332/3050...

The latest blog post from Evidence & Policy: 'Beyond barriers: new insights from the ESRC Policy Fellowships' By Matthew Flinders and Jessica Benson-Egglenton evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/09/03/b... @bupjournals.bsky.social @djmallinson.bsky.social #evidence #policy #EvidenceInformedPolicy

New in the Journal of Poverty & Social Justice: our colleague @drsoapsub.bsky.social and @annieirvine.bsky.social use qualitative analysis to question a narrow, medicalised framing of 'work capability', disclosing instead the broader range of structural factors that block access to fulfilling work.

Our new paper on the link between social inequalities and emotional experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic is finally out!!! doi.org/10.1332/2631... (1/8)

There are some amazing subheadings in this paper: “‘We’ll take your toothpaste too if you keep this up’: the asymmetries of carceral tinkering”

Also, please consider submitting an abstract for a post-conference special issue of the journal Justice, Power and Resistance. You can find the full call for papers through @bupjournals.bsky.social at bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

🏆 Congratulations to Toby Blume, Peter John, Dyana Mason @dyanamason.bsky.social, and Marios Petropoulos - winners of this year’s Voluntary Sector Review Best Article Prize! 📖 Read the award-winning article here: doi.org/10.1332/2040... @bupjournals.bsky.social

We’re delighted to share the 1st issue of the Journal of Creative Research Methods with you all! Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who has made the launch of this new journal possible! Especially @sumingkhoo.bsky.social‬ @sophierwoodward.bsky.social‬ Harriet Shortt @drhelenkara ‬‬‬‬ #AcdemicSky

Attending #ECDV2025? The Journal of Gender-Based Violence has an open call for a special issue on #CoerciveControl. You can discuss your ideas with our Editor-in-Chief Marianne Hester, at the conference or learn more using the link below 👇

Please read our paper out now about the resistance, repurposing and reimagining of oppressive mental health technologies, such as Oxevision (now LIO), used on us against our will. And how we must dream them differently.

📣Call for special issue papers📣 Reimagining Domestic Violence using a framework of coercive control: Reflecting on and celebrating Evan Stark's Legacy A special issue of the Journal of Gender-Based Violence bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... Abstract submission deadline: 19 Dec

New special issue from the International Journal of Care and Caring: Care, poverty and inequalities Guest edited by Dan Taylor, Jitka Vseteckova and Jodi Wainwright @oupolitics.bsky.social‬ #SocialPolicy #Socialcare

New article: "More than a mental health issue: broadening the concept of ‘work capability’ through qualitative secondary analysis of claimant narratives" by @annieirvine.bsky.social and Cassandra Lovelock: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

Can discomfort be a catalyst for behaviour change in men taking part in #DomesticAbuse perpetrator programmes? New research by Nathan Eisenstadt & colleagues published in Journal of Gender-Based Violence highlights the role of carefully managed emotional challenge. News: tinyurl.com/4ttckd2x 📢

Our paper - ‘Towards a Mad Technoscience: revealing, repurposing, and reimagining carceral mental health technologies’ is out now (limited access here) bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... You can get full access to our original here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

This reading list covers some vitaly important topics, including; ♻️Just Transition ♀️women in politics 🎓Inequity in academia 🍉Calls for solidarity with older Palestinians All available open access #OpenAccess #OA

Want to know what articles our editors are recommending? Read our brand new Editors Choice Collection for Consumption and Society, free to access until January 2026! 📖 🌟