UPDATE: The first TCRU seminar this Thurs 2 Oct has been CANCELLED. Our Autumn Series will now start on 9 Oct. Join us for talks on migration, childhood, motherhood, and more: tinyurl.com/33putb5f @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

Our Seminar Series runs 2 Oct – 11 Dec From migration & citizenship to early childhood, motherhood, sanctuary cities, Muslim women’s belonging, mixed-heritage families & more. Explore new work across TCRU’s themes. A space to share ideas & build connections across disciplines. tinyurl.com/33putb5f

UCL has been rated as a leading university for knowledge exchange for the fifth year in a row in Research England’s Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF). Read the news story: bit.ly/46tDarL #KEF5 @uclenterprise.bsky.social

And that wraps up our summer Meet the Researcher series! In case you missed it we introduced some of our brilliant colleagues and the projects they’re passionate about. Stay tuned for more stories from TCRU this autumn! @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

It’s a very pleasant experience to work with Marie von Mallinckrodt and her team from ARD Germany on this mini-documentary project: In love with an AI 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳! Plz check it out here: www.ardmediathek.de/video/weltsp...

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

A recent @theguardian.com article highlights important research, co-authored by TCRU’s Claire Cameron, on how housing pressures & fragmented policy are limiting children’s access to outdoor play. tinyurl.com/4rc4hjvz @ioe.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social

Delighted to announce the launch of my new @wellcometrust.bsky.social project: The Mental Health Costs of Statelessness (MH-COST). In partnership with Imkaan Welfare Organisation, I'll explore how lack of documentation & exclusion affects the mental health of adolescents & young adults in Pakistan.

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

The right keeps warning about an “Islamo-Leftist alliance” – Muslims & socialists supposedly teaming up in a doomed project. TCRU's @jonathangalton.bsky.social suggests it’s mostly a label to smear anti-racists, Palestine activists & the left. The caricature won’t go away because it’s too useful.

This week in our Meet the Researcher series - meet Katherine Twamley whose research explores couple relationships and gender inequalities in family life. profiles.ucl.ac.uk/31056-kather... @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

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

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

🚨 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

Come work with me on 'Family Beyond the Binary' – a new ESRC-funded project exploring non-binary families in the UK! 🌈🏳️‍⚧️ We’re recruiting a Quantitative Research Fellow (0.5 FTE, 15 months). 🗓 Deadline: 21 Aug Apply here 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... Please share with your networks!

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

Over the summer, we’re introducing some of the brilliant researchers at TCRU. Our Meet the Researcher series gives you a chance to discover the people, projects & passions behind our work. Stay tuned each week as we spotlight a different member of the team. #TCRU #MeetTheResearcher #SocialResearch

Yay! Another output from our Posthuman digital intimacies project!!! This is our Women and Video Games block! Plz do check it out!

@hendaly.bsky.social – one of our Migration Cluster PhD students joins @heather-rolfe.bsky.social in new podcast. What do people really think about international students in the UK and how does it shape policy? @sriucl.bsky.social #Migration #HigherEd #TCRU #InternationalStudents

New research by Eve Dickson and Rachel Rosen @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social reveals the impact of lack of state financial support for children in migrant families. Read their new piece in Children and Young People now: tinyurl.com/3r9wuwp5 #NRPF #destitution #children #migration

We argue for examining how media technologies and transnational cultural flows across diverse Asian contexts shape, circulate and contest queernesses and Asian-nesses, offering rich ground for epistemological and methodological innovation❤️

❤️Our Queer Asia as Method framework challenges the Euro-American dominance often found within queer studies by centring the intricate, fluid intersections of ‘queernesses’ and ‘Asias’

✨New Pub Day! Since our Queer Asia as Method roundtable in 2021, our special issue Queer Asia as Method has now been published online first by Media Culture & Society! Our editorial piece is here: doi.org/10.1177/0163...

Our new article is out now in #CitizenshipStudies - 'Suspended identity: statelessness, citizenship challenges and the impermanence of identity status faced by Pakistani Bengalis.' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @sriucl.bsky.social @tcru-ucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

A new @tcru-ucl.bsky.social evaluation is shedding light on how Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hubs are operating across England – with @newcastleuni.bsky.social It offers a new framework for understanding the conditions needed for needs-led models of safeguarding. www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2025/...

Lovely to see @romendez.bsky.social, now a PhD student at TCRU, featured as an alumna in the new UCL MSc video! From MSc to PhD. A great journey. tinyurl.com/wnybrwst @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social #PhDLife #Alumni #TCRU

Childcare deserts in deprived areas are growing and private equity may be part of the problem. TCRU’s Katie Hollingworth co-authored new research revealing stark inequalities in childcare access. #CareDeserts #EarlyYears #UCLResearch

New job vacancy at TCRU! For a Lecturer (Teaching) in Social Psychology - 2.5 year post (www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...). Please share widely! @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @bps-social-psych.bsky.social

✨ It’s here! The Arts-Based Research Methods with Underserved Communities toolkit—co-created by @ucl.ac.uk & Wits University 🎨 16 global case studies 📚 Practical, inclusive methods 👥 Centering co-creation 🔗 discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10... @humeraiqbal.bsky.social @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social

New report out: Understanding Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hubs The research by TCRU’s @romendez.bsky.social & @newcastleuni.bsky.social offers the first national picture of how MASH operate across England - just as major reforms take shape. Read here: tinyurl.com/4j3nebfd #MASH #FamilyHelp

In Johannesburg, children used puppetry, drawing & storytelling to explore ideas of home and belonging. 📚 The Meaning of Home project shows how arts can foster literacy & emotional expression. 🗂️ One of 16 case studies in our #ArtsBasedResearch toolkit — coming 26 Jun!

🎨 In our new #ArtsBasedResearch toolkit we showcase how the CHAMPIONS project based in the UK uses mural, song and performance to work with children facing homelessness. Find out more here: www.championsproject.co.uk 📅 Coming 26th Jun 👥 @humeraiqbal.bsky.social @nottmhospitals.bsky.social

🎉 Announcing a new #ArtsBasedResearch toolkit! Co-created by researchers @ucl.ac.uk & Wits University, it explores how creativity & the arts empower underserved communities. A practical guide for researchers & practitioners. 📅 Coming 26 Jun. @humeraiqbal.bsky.social @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social

Come & see our newly installed series of past TCRU Director portraits! This display reflects the Unit’s rich history of leadership in pioneering research on children, families, and gender. Staircase 58, 55 Gordon Sq #SocialResearch #TCRUhistory #ChildhoodStudies @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

The TCRU team are at the Children & Families Research Conference – starting today! We're proud to be contributing across multiple panels, sharing work on family policy, parenting, LGBTQ+ family life, and more. Explore our sessions here: tinyurl.com/yxcpwwtt @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

This Pride Month, catch up with some of the SRI's latest LGBTQ+ research! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 👇

And @liangge11.bsky.social (@tcru-ucl.bsky.social) discussed the pressures facing danmei culture in China as it faces censorship and other challenges ⬇️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In February, @susiebowerbrown.bsky.social (@tcru-ucl.bsky.social) wrote about parenting responsibilities in LGBTQ+ three-parent families 🏡 psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

A powerful evening of insight, lived experience & partnership! Our annual TCRU & @wearecoram.bsky.social lecture spotlighted unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK and the urgent need for change. Read key takeaways here: bit.ly/3HtjXxB @ucl.ac.uk #YoungRefugeeVoices

Undocumented migrant women face institutional & feminicidal violence en route through Mexico – but also find ‘spaces of resistance’. Join Prof. María López as she unpacks ‘institutional machismo’ in state migration systems. 12 Jun, UCL bit.ly/43CQwQY #GenderStudies #BorderPolitics #WomenInMigration

How do health visitors balance universal care with targeted support? Join Dr Alison Lamont for a deep dive into proportionate universalism in practice. For those interested in early years support & health equity. 5 Jun, 12:00-13:00, Gordon Sq bit.ly/3HvOn27 #HealthVisiting #HealthEquity #EarlyYears

Really looking forward to our very own Prof Jenny Woodman giving her inaugural lecture. Big Data Meets Story will explore how we deliver care to children & families – and what we learn when we combine big data with real-world experience. bit.ly/jwoodman @sriucl.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk #SocialPolicy

Our #TCRU_Coram_AnnualLecture has opened. Looking forward to hearing insights from our brilliant speaker line up. #YoungRefugeeVoices @wearecoram.bsky.social

We can’t all walk in each other’s shoes — but art helps us get closer Pia Jaime's explores how art can support healing. A must for those using creative or trauma-informed research methods. 29 May, 12:00-13:00, 55–59 Gordon Sq. shorturl.at/XYWCQ #ArtsInResearch #VisualCommunication #TraumaInformed

Excited to hear from Prof. Elaine Chase (@UCL) at the #TCRU_Coram_AnnualLecture! Her research brings deep insight into how policy can - and must - better reflect lived realities. Don’t miss her vital perspective on bridging the gap between policy and support. #YoungRefugeeVoices shorturl.at/g2eqy

And hear Elaine Chase discuss the gaps between the experiences of young people arriving in the UK seeking asylum alone, and the UK’s immigration and welfare policies. Join the @tcru-ucl.bsky.social Annual Lecture on 22 May. www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...

Join us for a thought-provoking book talk with Hassan Ould Moctar on After Border Externalization. Discover how EU border policies impact lives far beyond Europe. Thurs 14 May, 12:00 – 13:00 All welcome! #Migration #BorderPolitics #Mauritania #BookTalk #EU tinyurl.com/zwann8f6

How do Somali returnees navigate identity, conflict, and community in their journey home? Join Adele Galipo, political anthropologist. Thurs 8 May, 12:00 – 13:00 Ideal for anthropologists, sociologists, & African studies scholars. #ReturnMigration #SomaliStudies #Anthropology tinyurl.com/5emx984m

This year's @wearecoram.bsky.social and @tcru-ucl.bsky.social annual lecture takes place on 22 May, focusing on children and young people migrating on their own to the UK and the value of engaging their voices and experiences in research, policy debate and beyond. www.coram.org.uk/event/annual...