Silke Roth

@silkeroth.bsky.social

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sociologist, interested in organizing for change, solidarity, intersectionality, inequality, she/her, editor at @sociologicalreview.bsky.social

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Silke Roth @silkeroth.bsky.social · Dec 15

Publication day of Organising for Change co-authored with Clare Saunders bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/organizing-f... and checking final proof of Handbook co-edited with Bandana Purkayastha and @aidnography.de

photo shows cover of book ‚Organising for Change‘ and proofs of ‚Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality‘

Silke Roth @silkeroth.bsky.social · 3d

and a cool video too! thanks for sharing

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Marcos Ancelovici @mancelovici.bsky.social · 3d

A new collective volume (in open access) that could be of interest to people working on #tenant activism and #housing struggles: uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...

#RentStrike

Rent Strikes

Since the nineteenth century, working-class families have predominantly relied on tenements for housing, with rents often consuming a large portion of their household budgets. There is a long and cont...

uclpress.co.uk

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Lisa Ann Richey @brandaid-world.bsky.social · 9d

Social protection. It’s isn’t just for protecting the poor. It’s for maintaining the social fabric.

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 9d

Such a perfect example of what we all give up when we refuse to address basic inequalities. I don't want to live in a country where all the public space is militarized to keep hungry people from stealing food, just give them money to buy food!

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 12d

California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits

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Sinisa Malesevic @sinisamalesevic.bsky.social · 10d

1 Assistant Professor in Politics, Maynooth University, Ireland: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG506/a...

Assistant Professor / Lecturer in Politics at Maynooth University, National University of Ireland Maynooth

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Assistant Professor / Lecturer in Politics on jobs.ac.uk!

www.jobs.ac.uk

Silke Roth @silkeroth.bsky.social · 10d

just sent you an email, but without exclamation points - obviously a mistake!

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 10d

The Sociological Review Foundation is a registered charity whose purpose is to advance the education of the public on the subject of sociology and related disciplines.

➡️ Read our recent Annual Reports to learn more about the work we do:
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Text-based graphics for The Sociological Review Foundation Annual Report 2022, The Sociological Review Foundation Annual Report 2023, The Sociological Review Foundation Annual Report 2024

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Nora Waitkus @norawaitkus.bsky.social · 10d

🚨We’re hiring! The Max Weber Institute in beautiful Heidelberg seeks a W3 Professor of Sociology (focus: sociological theory) who connects well with the department’s focus on comparative sociology adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD... Happy to answer any questions! #Sociology #socsky

Stellenausschreibungen an der Universität Heidelberg

Infosystem der ZUV

adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de

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Les Carr @lescarr.bsky.social · 10d

Calling all Women in STEM!
November's Southampton Science Comedy features women in STEM who rap, control AIs and electrocute men - because science! Come along and bring your friends!!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/southampto...

Southampton Science Comedy!

An November evening of science-themed stand-up comedy, stories, and silliness from some of Southampton’s funniest and nerdiest people!

www.eventbrite.co.uk

Silke Roth @silkeroth.bsky.social · 11d

Gute Besserung!❤️

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Minwoo Jung @minwoojung.bsky.social · 12d

Join us for a virtual conversation with ASA Human Rights Section Book Award winners, Chana Teeger and Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman, on race, memory, and injustice. I’ll be moderating this discussion.

📅 November 19 (Wed) 10–11 AM CST / 4–5 PM GMT
RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Aleks Lewicki @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social · 12d

If you’re around Cambridge this Friday, join @manuelaboatca.bsky.social and I on our panel on „Rethinking Europe”: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/48642/

Silke Roth @silkeroth.bsky.social · 12d

oh Jannis, so sorry to read this and such an understandable decision, so very sorry about what you have experienced, the work of you and your team is so important! glad that @interactfu.bsky.social remains here and will certainly stay in touch

Silke Roth @silkeroth.bsky.social · 13d

It’s a terrific article and will hopefully be widely read!

Robin Skyer @robinskyer.bsky.social · 13d

Published yesterday with The Sociological Review: 'Research failure, crip temporalities and bipolar time in UK higher education'

I'm honoured to be co-author of this article with wonderful first author @lizziereed.bsky.social ☺️

Available to read here, open access: doi.org/10.1177/0038...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

doi.org

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Robin Skyer @robinskyer.bsky.social · 13d

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

doi.org

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 13d

Failure hurts. How can the concept of bipolar time help us understand it?

@lizziereed.bsky.social @robinskyer.bsky.social reflect on an unsuccessful research project, relentless demands for productivity, and the importance of radical acceptance.

#OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/zb4uVL6

Lizzie Reed and Robin Skyer
Research failure, crip temporalities and bipolar time in UK higher education
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00380261251388708
The Sociological Review #OnlineFirst

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Lizzie Reed @lizziereed.bsky.social · 14d

Here we are then, the article I have been whining about for well over a year. Written with @robinskyer.bsky.social, our article explores failure and crip temporalities in UKHE and is published today with the Sociological Review

doi-org.soton.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/0038...

#bipolar #Sociology

Bipolar time is a metaphor for the complexities of times as we variously experience them, and as it intersects with other times and demands. It provides a way to index the components of time, of illness, of accelerating contexts, which construct the experience of failure. Bipolar time describes the non-rhythmic space where failure is everywhere and nowhere, personal-affective, contextual and structural. It is not just a metaphor for personal struggle; we offer it as a critical tool to analyse how times move – and how (or whether) we move against/with time – in ways which reinforce inequalities. Bipolar time offers a mechanism to explore how failure is attached to certain bodies and why ‘reasonable adjustments’ or accommodations for disability do not preclude the painful affective experience of delivering work on time, slowly, or not at all

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SSPC at the University of Southampton @sspcatsoton.bsky.social · 14d

Two of the three most recently published articles on @thesociologicalreview.org are by academics from our department! Congratulations all.

You can read fascinating work from @rosedwards.bsky.social and Val Gillies on challenges of researching academic wives at doi.org/10.1177/00380261251375423

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 18d

”Former taxi driver & accidental professor of anthropology”: meet Shahram Khosravi, who will give this year’s Sociological Review Annual Lecture on 27 November in Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social

How to do Migration Studies in Dark Times will be his theme.

➡️ More on his work: buff.ly/FGxRPeo

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Tobias Denskus @aidnography.de · 19d

Chapter 16, "Humanitarian organisations as gendered organisations" by Rianka Roy highlights that in their operations, directions, meanings, & identities, humanitarian organisations are gendered, embodying a structural distinction between men & women (16/x)
aidnography.blogspot.com/2025/05/hand...

Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality - Chapter 16 - Humanitarian organisations as gendered organisations

Tobias Denskus blogs about international development, focusing on media, communication for social change & professionalism in the aid industry

aidnography.blogspot.com

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Tobias Denskus @aidnography.de · 19d

Chapter 15, "Race, racialisation & coloniality in the humanitarian aid sector" by Lata Narayanaswamy argues that the Global North has centred & invisibilised (aspirational) whiteness as integral to the racial hierarchies prevalent in humanitarian work (15/x)
aidnography.blogspot.com/2025/04/hand...

Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality - Chapter 15 - Race, racialisation, and coloniality in the humanitarian aid sector

Tobias Denskus blogs about international development, focusing on media, communication for social change & professionalism in the aid industry

aidnography.blogspot.com

Silke Roth @silkeroth.bsky.social · 24d

abwechselnd bunt und grau, gestern goldener Oktober

Silke Roth @silkeroth.bsky.social · 24d

goldener Oktober?

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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 26d

Are you interested in researching gender and inequalities? Join us for our Gender and Inequalities Research Collaboration Event next month, 5 Nov 2025. More details in our infographic below. If you're interested in attending, please email us at gain@soton.ac.uk so that we can get an idea of numbers!

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 28d

JOIN US ONLINE on 22 October at 18:30 BST as we look at the shifting politics of #immigration in the UK, how policy is shaped and challenged, and the state of protest and public debate.

With @michaelacbenson.bsky.social Fizza Qureshi @aaronwinter.bsky.social @mayblin.bsky.social

🎟️ buff.ly/f5IH9pL

Immigration, Policy and Protest
Aaron Winter – Lucy Mayblin – Fizza Qureshi – Michaela Benson
Conversations series of online events
The Sociological Review Foundation

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Ros Edwards @rosedwards.bsky.social · Oct 8

I’m honoured and excited to be talking about ‘How Wives Helped to Shape the Foundations for Knowledge About Society’ for the Neustadt Lecture on 29 October 2025, 17:00-18:00
If you’re in Leicester, come along in person.
If you’re not, you can attend online.

Select tickets – Neustadt Lecture: How wives helped to shape the foundations for knowledge about society – Astley Clarke, Ground Floor, Lecture Theatre One

Neustadt Lecture: How wives helped to shape the foundations for knowledge about society – Astley Clarke, Ground Floor, Lecture Theatre One, Wed 29 Oct 2025 - We are delighted to announce that the nex...

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Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · Oct 6

Interested in the transitory nature of academia and how this shapes scholarship on internationalism? Come along to our virtual conference, 'Blind Spots and Buzzwords in Internationalism' on 5th and 6th Nov 👁️. Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/blind-spot...

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Silke Roth @silkeroth.bsky.social · Oct 4

Sounds amazing!

Roger Burrows @rogerjburrows.bsky.social · Oct 4

www.newcastle.edu.au/events/colle... 9am UK time

The Materialities of Inequality: Mould, Acid and Glitter

These presentations contribute towards rethinking a politics of the future by exposing where power lies and how it moves in and through us all through our proximities to different forms of matter.

www.newcastle.edu.au

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Roger Burrows @rogerjburrows.bsky.social · Oct 4

www.newcastle.edu.au/events/colle... 9am UK time

The Materialities of Inequality: Mould, Acid and Glitter

These presentations contribute towards rethinking a politics of the future by exposing where power lies and how it moves in and through us all through our proximities to different forms of matter.

www.newcastle.edu.au

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · Oct 1

Pls join us in following the Global Sumud Flotilla as it attempts to break Israel’s starvation siege of Gaza.

It will make more noise if more people are watching on YouTube.

So far over 60,000 people are following live.

www.youtube.com/live/uEN2bWF...

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