This semester I’m teaching a guided research seminar for undergraduates in which they will hopefully have the experience of using the internet as a place of discovery and connection, rather than as the hellscape of algorithmic distraction & rage bait it’s become. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

X/grok creating and platforming sexually explicit material of children isn’t just a lapse, it’s criminal. Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account. It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Astonishing that we've been reading right-wing commentary this week about how the UK is too permissive in its grants of nationality. Thank goodness for the work PRCBC and Valdez-Symonds are doing.

I wrote my usual “looking-ahead-at-the-new-year” piece for my friends at @voxeurop.bsky.social — available in 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇪🇸

'Utility workers: religion and the #migratory stratification of foreign nurses across generations' by Ester Gallo From #Identities' latest Special Issue, 32.6: doi.org/10.1080/1070...#migratory#Identities'#migration #SpecialIssue @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

”Of course he abused pupils.” Former Dulwich College school teacher speaks out about Nigel Farage’s racism.

'#Identity fluidity and refusal of #indigeneity by Wuankavilkas, the place-based original people of the Ecuadorian coast' New from #Identities, by Dennis William Wiedman & Vanessa Leon-Leon doi.org/10.1080/1070...#Identity#indigeneity#Identities,nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

”Some had lives of privilege, others had experienced deprivation and exclusion. All recognised a commonality: Belfast was their home, and it should be welcoming.” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

We've always had these dead-eyed socipaths around. It's just a few years ago they were ignored and now they're "senior fellow" at places funded by evil millionaires + going on podcasts with a brain-rotted ex-PM.

'Producing labour stratification: how migration policies affect the working, living and housing conditions of migrant farmworkers' by Giuliana Sanò From #Identities' latest #SpecialIssue: doi.org/10.1080/1070...#Identities'#SpecialIssue:#migration @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

🔹 Over two-thirds of council-run youth centres have shut down in England and Wales. 🔹 Nearly 20% of the UK's public libraries have closed. 🔹 £1.2 billion has been cut from youth service budgets. Since 2010, places for teens to connect and develop key social skills have steadily disappeared. 🧵

"The challenges are immense but it is within our power to take action to achieve racial justice." Great to see research by @nasarmeer.bsky.social represented at this recent @nuffieldfoundation.org event on building a racially just and inclusive society.

How can evidence help shape an inclusive future for the UK? Our recent Racial Diversity UK event featured grant-holders leading the first four funded projects & signalled the start of bringing people together who are interested in RDUK’s work. Find out how to get involved: bit.ly/3N6LDeo

Professor Nasar Meer at @glasgow.ac.uk, @sundersays.bsky.social at @britishfuture.bsky.social, @sarahkyambi.bsky.social at @migrationscotland.bsky.social & @profkeonwest.bsky.social at @runnymedetrust.bsky.social discussed how their research can contribute to achieving a racially just future.

New from #Identities, with #OpenAccess: ‘Now all the world wants to be Oaxacan’: native corn commercialization and changing meanings of southern identities in Mexico' by Owen McNamara doi.org/10.1080/1070...#Identities,#OpenAccess:@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

Out now, in the @thesociologicalreview.org magazine, this new reflection by @crmnlgy.bsky.social on sociologists-as-podcasters.

Out now, with our excellent colleague @teresap.bsky.social and others...

As a multidisciplinary scholar who has published in physics and feminist studies, I think this is the wrong take away. The right take away is that we shouldn’t trust research published in peer review where the journal doesn’t have the competency to critically evaluate the scholarship.

Very welcome news today that the UK will join the Erasmus+ programme in 2027. This will enable greater opportunities for study abroad and contributions in UK universities, and is something we called for in our most recent Manifesto.

A (research) year-in-review thread from IRIS @unibirmingham.bsky.social We asked our researchers to pick one of their publications from 2025 and share why it stands out for them. Here's what they replied! #migration #refugees #socialsciences #diversity #research

Grateful to @ketanjoshi.co for sharing this context on Australia's international reputation as a gold standard of gun control. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The latest issue of The #Identities Newsletter is now published! Read Issue 9 (December 2025), including updates on our trending articles, events, podcast episodes, blog posts and more: sh1.sendinblue.com/a...#Identities @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

The latest entry in our Sociological & Cultural Studies blog series has just been published. In ‘Populism, anti-populism, and the politics of the ‘left behinds’, Salomé Ietter reflects on a forgotten history of progressive populism and its significance today. Please do share and circulate.

Excellent read in @thescotsman.bsky.social on research by @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social and partners that shows how the Scottish child payment has reduced deprivation and not discouraged parents from working. www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

With the UK Government’s decision to scrap the two-child limit, there’s been lots of discussion about social security’s role in tackling child poverty but much less on the action already being taken by @scottishgov.bsky.social & its impact Short Sunday🧵on new analysis of the Scottish Child Payment

An Israeli attack on her shelter caused the amputation of both of Nibal’s hands, forcing her to lose the thing she held most dear: the ability to hold her young daughter. Her story is one of hundreds of amputee women in Gaza. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/the-...

The credulity that some MPs - and some journalists - display in engaging on X is most worrying Most think they’re ‘not vacating the public square’ In reality their brains are being fired and their idea of what ‘the public thinks’ completely manipulated - which has massive potential consequences

The very same commentators that spent years condemning anti-semitism in UK politics as a major national scandal, have suddenly lost interest now that it implicates one of their own www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...

Asylum Pact 2.0 My analysis of the latest developments on the plans to change EU law on 'safe third countries' and 'safe countries of origin' - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/12/asyl...

Sorry to learn of John Carey's death, a wonderful scholar of literature and great communicator on its social and political implications: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

'The #migratory crossroads of Alte Ceccato: an emblematic case of migratory stratification' by Andrea Calabretta et al. From #Identities' latest Special Issue, 32.6: doi.org/10.1080/1070...#migratory#Identities'#migration #SpecialIssue @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

Today, the Academy publishes a report setting out findings from our Where We Live Next programme on place-led approaches to environmental sustainability. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...

It's all so bizarre because ... we just don't have to live like this? Rather than pick Denmark to emulate, they could pick Spain. It has encouraged some immigration and is booming compared to the rest of Europe 🤷‍♂️

'#Sport celebrities and #cosmopolitan imaginaries' New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Max Mauro Read the blog post ⬇️ identitiesjournal.co...#Sport#cosmopolitan#IdentitiesBlog,nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

Have you listened to the latest episode of The #Identities Podcast? Episode 8: Beyond the Border: Poetics of Refuge and Critical Classroom Praxis With @hyabyohannes.bsky.social, @teresap.bsky.social & @nasarmeer.bsky.social open.spotify.com/epi...#Identities @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

Global inequality has hit a new extreme. So how much wealth is too much?🤔 The extreme poverty line is used to define unacceptable levels of poverty. What if we also created an extreme wealth line? @patmillsuk.bsky.social 1/2

New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion. It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops

What a way to spend your retirement... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

#Identities is delighted to welcome our new Associate Editors, Dr Ashlee Christoffersen (York University, Canada) and Dr Monish Bhatia (University of York, UK). Welcome to the editorial team!

Two forthcoming events which might be of interest including a talk about her new book on Islamophobia, anti-racism and the British left, by a former member of our PhD community - @scarletharris.bsky.social

'Displaced memories in the Trieste border area: a neverending historical entanglement' by Roberta Altin From #Identities' latest Special Issue, 32.6: doi.org/10.1080/1070...#Identities' #migration #SpecialIssue @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

Starmer’s speech came closer to the truth about Brexit than ever before. But the gap between truth and action is still the whole story. eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...

'#Migratory stratifications: a new analytical tool for investigating social change' by Francesco Della Puppa et al. From #Identities' latest Special Issue, 32.6: doi.org/10.1080/1070...#Migratory#Identities'#migration #SpecialIssue @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

Confirming a total failure of media and political scrutiny... Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK as Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion' – Byline Times share.google/zi7klIYijiUQ...

The latest episode of The #Identities Podcast is now live! Episode 8: Beyond the Border: Poetics of Refuge and Critical Classroom Praxis With @hyabyohannes.bsky.social & @teresap.bsky.social, Chaired by @nasarmeer.bsky.social open.spotify.com/epi...#Identities @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

This article is like a case study in the media normalisation of the far right. The bulk of the article analyses stats to ask whether Fash Farage is technically correct, when the real issue is his repulsive racism. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Gosh, what a surprise. 😡 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

so many REALLY good books here on this @workshops4gaza.bsky.social collaboration with @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social, including (unsurprisingly) a lot of great poetry collections

It doesn't matter what language you speak at home, or on your first day at school - if you live in Glasgow, Glasgow is your home. Farage and co think multilingualism is somehow a bad thing. I know, firsthand, that it's a strength.