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Aaron Winter
@aaronwinter.bsky.social
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Sociologist at Lancaster University working on Racism,Terrorism & the Far Right. Co-ed of @identitiesjournal.bsky.social. Co-author of Reactionary Democracy: How Racism & the Populist Far Right Became Mainstream (Verso) with Aurelien Mondon
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November 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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In honour of #IslamophobiaAwarenessMonth, #Identities is sharing our Special Collection, 'Global Perspectives and Local Encounters on #Islamophobia', with #FreeAccess throughout November:

www.tandfonline.com/...

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November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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'Seeing ‘Others’: a view from the UK' by Claire Alexander

Book Review of 'Seeing Others: How to Redefine Worth in a Divided World'

Published as part of our latest #Symposium:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...

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November 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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'Being anti-racist as ceremonial journey: from and within reflective learning stories'

From #Identities' latest issue 32.5, by Jebunnessa Chapola

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#antiracist #racism #SystemicRacism
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Our next #IdentitiesEvent!

'Eastern Europe’s ‘Peripheral Whiteness’: Class and Gender Racialization among Polish Migrants and Returnees'

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Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk...
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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The BSA Race & Ethnicity Study Group is excited to launch #criticalcurrents:, a new monthly online seminar series for sharing and discussing work-in-progress on #race and #ethnicity.

Read our CfP: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Deadline: 2 December 2025

#sociology #AcademicSky #BSA
October 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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It's been a busy October filled with some great events, including @thesociologicalreview.org Conversation on Immigration, Policy and Protest with @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social, Fizza Qureshi, @michaelacbenson.bsky.social and me.

Here's the recording:

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Immigration, Policy and Protest: Michaela Benson, Aleksandra Lewicki, Fizza Qureshi, Aaron Winter
YouTube video by The Sociological Review Foundation
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November 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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'Can sociology meet the moment?' by Adrian Favell

Book Review of 'Seeing Others: How to Redefine Worth in a Divided World'

Published as part of our latest #Symposium:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...

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November 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Have you read the latest #IdentitiesBlog?

'Conflict transformation and shared #identities' by Tariku Sagoya Gashute et al.

Read the blog post ⬇️
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November 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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'How different opinions in Black Lives Matter (#BLM) regarding the notion of ally shed light on social movement and ally studies'

From #Identities' latest issue 32.5, by Yannicke de Stexhe

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November 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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In honour of #IslamophobiaAwarenessMonth, #Identities is sharing our Special Collection, 'Global Perspectives and Local Encounters on #Islamophobia', with #FreeAccess throughout November:

www.tandfonline.com/...

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November 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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🎥 VIDEO: Immigration, Policy and Protest

Watch our most recent Conversations event as panellists @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & Fizza Qureshi @migrantsrights.bsky.social look at the factors shaping a national conversation.

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Screenshot of Sociological Review Foundation Zoom event Immigration, Policy and Protest, showing participants. Clockwise from top left: Aleksandra Lewicki, Fizza Qureshi, Aaron Winter, Michaela Benson
November 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Have you read the latest #Identities #Symposium?

'Seeing Others: How to Redefine Worth in a Divided World' by Michèle Lamont

Published in our latest issue:
www.tandfonline.com/...

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November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Matt Goodwin attributes a crime that he now knows appears to have been committed by people born in Britain in the early 1990s to "mass uncontrolled immigration"
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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I'll be on LBC News @lbc.co.uk with Vanessa Baffoe Monday morning at 8:20 discussing the response to the train attack.

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November 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Our next #IdentitiesEvent!

'Eastern Europe’s ‘Peripheral Whiteness’: Class and Gender Racialization among Polish Migrants and Returnees'

@uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social

Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk...
October 31, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Have you read our latest #Identities issue?

Vol 32 No 5, including a #Symposium on Michèle Lamont's 'Seeing Others'

Explore the issue:
www.tandfonline.com/...

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#LatestIssue
October 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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This is something @aaronwinter.bsky.social and I explored in our report for the @runnymedetrust.bsky.social in the lead up to the 2024 election

Once more, the key question is not whether immigration is a popular concern, but why it has been made so

www.runnymedetrust.org/publications...
October 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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My former university & department!

They let Spiked in and made debating part of the curriculum. Some of us (but too few) warned them that it would have serious implications for & harm students, equality, education & reputation. I was told to debate then ignored.
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Scottish university under fire for hosting group accused of harassing rape survivors
A SCOTTISH University has come under fire for hosting a speaker from a group which has been accused of harassing rape survivors.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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If you missed the event, the recording of our September #IdentitiesEvent is available!

'Race, Gender and Misogynoir Stereotypes within the Constructions of Digital Women Footballers​'

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Race, Gender and Misogynoir Stereotypes within the Constructions of Digital Women Footballers​
In this talk, Anika Leslie-Walker, Paul Ian Campbell and Marcus Maloney discussed their recent Identities article, ‘The intersections of race and gendered stereotypes within the constructions of digital women footballers in video games’. They explored the ways in which the numerical values which con
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October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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'Kurdish women’s activism in Iran: struggle for re-conquest of the public sphere' by Azad Rahim Hajiagha & Wendelmoet Hamelink

From #Identities' latest issue 32.5, with #OpenAccess:

doi.org/10.1080/1070...

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October 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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'Conflict transformation and shared #identities'

New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Tariku Sagoya Gashute et al.

Read the blog post ⬇️
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October 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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olivia.science
They steal our data. Their whole thing is consume all the data and spit it back mosaic plagiarism stylie while pretending it's "generated" something "new"
risu.bsky.social Shell @risu.bsky.social · 13d
Adobe, canva, zoom… all these products are expensive per month.

So why is gen ai mostly free? Added to your work or education software as a nice little bonus?

Because we are developing the product for them, creating resources and process flows they will then sell to bosses to replace/pay us less
October 29, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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auralflaneur.bsky.social
When you have senior figures at the major UK research funding bodies saying universities should do less research and that cross-subsidy from international fees is required because they’ve doing too much research, you see how anti-intellectualism is setting in at policy levels.
eicathomefinn.bsky.social Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 13d
"We’ve made it about individuals, because the academic research system is very focused on the individual level, and that’s something we really need to break,” she said.

Yes, break the focus on individuals. After all, the system is doing its best to break individuals altogether at this time. 1/3
resprofnews.bsky.social Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 13d
REF must ditch focus on individuals, says Ottoline Leyser.

Former UKRI head also echoes previous calls for universities to do less research.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
October 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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drjennings.bsky.social
It's increasingly obvious that Labour's strategy - call it Starmerism, Blue Labour, whatever - has got it badly wrong. It has alienated the party's core vote while failing to win over those leaning to Reform. There was no shortage of people warning them they were getting it wrong either.
drjennings.bsky.social Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 13d
Three years ago, Labour was polling in the 50s.
October 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM