Looking forward to these symposiums and seeing colleagues today at the SPA conference!

The @followingyff.bsky.social are proud to support #FathersMentalHealth on International Father's Mental Health Day 2025 #IFMHD2025 To mark the occasion @drlinziladlow.bsky.social and I reflect on findings about young fathers and their mental health followingyoungfathersfurther.org/blog/the-men...

I’m so pleased to share that I’ve been awarded a @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Fellowship, beginning in January 2026. 🌱My project, Reframing Young Parenthood, explores how poverty and stigma shape the lives of young parents and their children across generations.

Does the UK have a family policy? We are delighted to be hosting Professor Mary Daly for this timely event exploring the evolving relationship between the state and the family. Please sign up here if you’d like to join us. 📅2nd June 🕙 10am 📍 Zoom www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...

📢New comic aimed at boys and young men to help normalise conversations about mental health📢 Young men told us that they often felt alone and isolated in their mental health. Men Minds wants to change this Read or download the comic www.menminds.org/comic Artwork created by @ellbalson.bsky.social

For anyone interested in learning what a more father-inclusive society would look like and how it can be achieved, this is article is excellent and essential reading

We are delighted to host Joeli Brearley, founder of Pregnant then Screwed. Please join us for this free webinar by signing up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-pol...

Can’t wait for this!

The issues boys and men navigate are diverse and messy, linked to socioeconomic inequalities, geography and social history.

New blog post! Dr Moldir Kabylova reflects on her research findings and lived experience to highlight how policies in Kazakhstan encouraging women to reduce their working hours reinforce traditional gender roles and contradict women’s aspirations for equality and professional grown.

It’s good to be back and making a familiar walk up to the University of Leeds! I’m here to present the FLaG lunchtime seminar. I’ll be talking about creative and participatory research with young parent families focusing on intergenerational photovoice: flag.leeds.ac.uk/events/creat...

You are invited to join us for the Inaugural Lecture of FYFF Director @profatarrant.bsky.social, Professor of Sociology 📅 Wednesday 26th March 🕕 18:00 – 19:00 (registration from 17:30) 📍 University of Lincoln (MB0312) See full details and register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural-...

NCRM is running a two-day online course on how to combine a variety of creative and participatory #ResearchMethods in your work. The course, on 31 March and 1 April 2025, is led by @drlinziladlow.bsky.social and Dr Laura Way. Book a place: buff.ly/0FMlXU3

Love this! Beautiful and powerful artwork 🤩

Do you want to develop your knowledge and skills in using creative and participatory research methods? This interactive workshop includes: co-creation, researching with children, photovoice, ethics, analysis, impact... And you'll get to make your own zine! Sign up: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...

Take a look at the new Father-Inclusion Hub! There was a real buzz at the launch event, wonderful to see so many people passionate about supporting dads and recognising the benefits this has not just for dad but the whole family. Excellent resources available here for free: fatherinclusion.org

We're pleased to share that, in partnership with Only Mums & Dads, @profatarrant.bsky.social will be delivering a new short course on engaging fathers within the family justice sector See full details and register here: www.omdtraining.co.uk/about-4

I’m excited to share that me and Dr Laura Way will be running our popular @ncrm.ac.uk course again, ‘Building Constellations of Creative and Participatory Methods’. 31st March and 1st April online 10am-1pm. Find out more and sign up here: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...

🚨New article in Discourse & Society 🚨 Living on a low income during the cost-of-living crisis: Exploring experiences and perceptions 🧵1/2 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

New article published in Methodological Innovations- 'Enhancing the participation of young and minoritised fathers in peer research: An intersectional reflexive analysis of methods and ethics': journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Dr Laura Way @profatarrant.bsky.social @drlinziladlow.bsky.social

🎄Day 14🎄parent-infant relationships advent calendar. Co-production with children is important when designing practice & policy. Babies have the same rights to be heard as other children (UNCRC). This guide from Scottish government helps address some practicalities www.gov.scot/publications...

How can participatory action research address complex challenges? A recent Lerning for Sustainability post explores collaboration, reflection action and co-design to empower groups for meaningful change. #Sustainability, #Collaboration, #SystemsThinking, #AdaptiveManagement, #ActionResearch

💥New: Rather than seeking to create yet another definition, Paul Jones explores how the term is used in practice by sociologists and what this reveals about lived experience more broadly. #AcademicSky #SocialResearch #ResearchMethods

‘Recent years have seen the social security system attacked by funding cuts on one side and harmful rhetoric on the other, portraying it as a failure rather than a life-saving safety net…a strong social security system is the sign of a healthy society where everyone’s basic needs are met...’

New friends on Bluesky I am running #creativemethods #readinggroup with The Binks Hub - we meet every Thursday morning and are open to all. Last one of term today. Pls send recommendations for readings 4 next year binks-hub.ed.ac.uk/join-our-cre...

Hi BlueSky friends! #MurderMittens #Caturday #CatsofBlueSky

Today was the book launch of Bren Neale and @profatarrant.bsky.social’s new book: The Dynamics of Young Fatherhood. It was a pleasure to be a discussant and join in the celebration of this important book 🧵

The Social Policy Association is now on BlueSky! Follow us here for information on social policy initiatives and events in the UK and internationally. The SPA executive plans to consult our members and decide on our future social media platforms early in the New Year.

Happy snowy #caturday!

Delighted to see this on the BBC! Reframing Young Fatherhood features positive images of real young dads, we’re seeking to use them to challenge stigma and help train professionals working with young fathers. Huge well done to the AmbassaDADS and the North East Young Dads www.bbc.com/news/article...

Lots of new faces here so I’m resharing this starter pack of folks interested in Family Studies. Comment if you want added, hope it’s useful 😊 go.bsky.app/RvM95NE

Shout out to the North East Young Dads and Lads charity this #InternationalMensDay! I have the pleasure of working with the AmbassaDADS, a group of young dads who are working hard to challenge stereotypes and make a more father-inclusive society 😊

I’m looking forward to being part of the book launch for Profs Bren Neale and Anna Tarrant’s new book ‘the dynamics of young fatherhood’. Sign up below if you’d like to join us next Thursday.

Let me know if you want in or out of this starter pack 😊 go.bsky.app/RvM95NE

Last year we established the SPA Family Policy Group… read all about it here

My 1st post on here has to be dedicated to the goodest girl - Iggy Pop. (Are we doing #Caturday on here?! 😺)