Angharad Beckett FAcSS, FRSA
@angharadbeckett.bsky.social
Professor of Political Sociology & Social Inclusion, University of Leeds (UK). Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Disability and Social Justice (www.ijdsj.online). Human Rights | Open Science | Social Innovation | Kindness. Lover of cake. She/her.
Latest issue of International Journal of Disability and Social Justice out now! Free to read at www.ijdsj.online
November 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Latest issue of International Journal of Disability and Social Justice out now! Free to read at www.ijdsj.online
#Malta is introducing a new petsonal autonomy bill with implications for rights of disabled people/persons with #disabilities
My colleague & friend at Dept #Disability Studies, Uni of Malta, @anne-mariecallus.bsky.social, has concerns
Important intervention/advocacy
www.um.edu.mt/newspoint/ne...
My colleague & friend at Dept #Disability Studies, Uni of Malta, @anne-mariecallus.bsky.social, has concerns
Important intervention/advocacy
www.um.edu.mt/newspoint/ne...
Reflections on the Personal Autonomy Support Bill
By Prof. Anne-Marie Callus from the Department of Disability Studies within the Faculty for Social Wellbeing
www.um.edu.mt
July 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
#Malta is introducing a new petsonal autonomy bill with implications for rights of disabled people/persons with #disabilities
My colleague & friend at Dept #Disability Studies, Uni of Malta, @anne-mariecallus.bsky.social, has concerns
Important intervention/advocacy
www.um.edu.mt/newspoint/ne...
My colleague & friend at Dept #Disability Studies, Uni of Malta, @anne-mariecallus.bsky.social, has concerns
Important intervention/advocacy
www.um.edu.mt/newspoint/ne...
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BBC Feature 🚨
Prof. @angharadbeckett.bsky.social recently featured on BBC 'Pick of the World' discussing the attitudes we might have about disability that we may not even be aware of as we grow up 🎙️
You can listen to this by clicking the link: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (Clip starts at 06:15)
Prof. @angharadbeckett.bsky.social recently featured on BBC 'Pick of the World' discussing the attitudes we might have about disability that we may not even be aware of as we grow up 🎙️
You can listen to this by clicking the link: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (Clip starts at 06:15)
Pick of the World - How to keep an ancient language alive - BBC Sounds
Mourning the loss of an Italian dialect - plus a story of resilience seen by 11 million
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July 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
BBC Feature 🚨
Prof. @angharadbeckett.bsky.social recently featured on BBC 'Pick of the World' discussing the attitudes we might have about disability that we may not even be aware of as we grow up 🎙️
You can listen to this by clicking the link: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (Clip starts at 06:15)
Prof. @angharadbeckett.bsky.social recently featured on BBC 'Pick of the World' discussing the attitudes we might have about disability that we may not even be aware of as we grow up 🎙️
You can listen to this by clicking the link: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (Clip starts at 06:15)
Check this out! Latest issue of IJDSJ!
FREE to read 👇
FREE to read 👇
📢 Just out: Vol 5(1) of the IJDSJ!
Thought-provoking, powerful and deeply engaged—articles explore autistic menopause, allyship, hate crime, mobility justice, accessibility, and reparations for forced sterilisation in Japan.
Read FREE: tinyurl.com/mr4493n3
#DisabilityStudies #SocialJustice #IJDSJ
Thought-provoking, powerful and deeply engaged—articles explore autistic menopause, allyship, hate crime, mobility justice, accessibility, and reparations for forced sterilisation in Japan.
Read FREE: tinyurl.com/mr4493n3
#DisabilityStudies #SocialJustice #IJDSJ
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June 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Check this out! Latest issue of IJDSJ!
FREE to read 👇
FREE to read 👇
On visit to NYC noticed this gorgeous advert in the main Sephora store! A large image that greets you as you enter. BRAVO #Sephora for not going along with DEI purge.
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June 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
On visit to NYC noticed this gorgeous advert in the main Sephora store! A large image that greets you as you enter. BRAVO #Sephora for not going along with DEI purge.
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Thank you so much Antonios for this thread about @ijdsj.bsky.social! You are a brilliant ambassador!
What an honour to be joining the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Disability and Social Justice @ijdsj.bsky.social (ijdsj.online)
Here are some of the things I love about this journal:
a) it is a Diamond Open Access journal, meaning it is free to read online and with (1/4)
Here are some of the things I love about this journal:
a) it is a Diamond Open Access journal, meaning it is free to read online and with (1/4)
June 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Thank you so much Antonios for this thread about @ijdsj.bsky.social! You are a brilliant ambassador!
Five wonderful people joining the Editorial Board of the International Journal of #Disability and #SocialJustice! Welcome and thank you to them all for their comradeship!
If you don't read this journal already, then I recommend! It is free to read: www.ijdsj.online and Scopus listed.
If you don't read this journal already, then I recommend! It is free to read: www.ijdsj.online and Scopus listed.
May 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Five wonderful people joining the Editorial Board of the International Journal of #Disability and #SocialJustice! Welcome and thank you to them all for their comradeship!
If you don't read this journal already, then I recommend! It is free to read: www.ijdsj.online and Scopus listed.
If you don't read this journal already, then I recommend! It is free to read: www.ijdsj.online and Scopus listed.
Well what a lovely thing! I have been elected a Trustee and Publications Director of the British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social
Warm thanks to everyone who voted for me. I’m honoured. Will do my very best, listening to members and supporting this wonderful organisation!
#Sociology
Warm thanks to everyone who voted for me. I’m honoured. Will do my very best, listening to members and supporting this wonderful organisation!
#Sociology
May 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Well what a lovely thing! I have been elected a Trustee and Publications Director of the British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social
Warm thanks to everyone who voted for me. I’m honoured. Will do my very best, listening to members and supporting this wonderful organisation!
#Sociology
Warm thanks to everyone who voted for me. I’m honoured. Will do my very best, listening to members and supporting this wonderful organisation!
#Sociology
So happy that Heng-hao Chang is now an Executive Editor of the International Journal of Disability and Social Justice.
Heng-hao has been with us on the IJDSJ from the very beginning, as long-standing Board member & Guest Editor of our Special Issue on E.Asia
Looking fwd to working with Heng-hao!
Heng-hao has been with us on the IJDSJ from the very beginning, as long-standing Board member & Guest Editor of our Special Issue on E.Asia
Looking fwd to working with Heng-hao!
Learn about Heng-hao Chang, new member of the IJDSJ's Editorial Executive!
Looking forward to working with you Heng-hao - who we need to persuade onto Bluesky ;-)
Looking forward to working with you Heng-hao - who we need to persuade onto Bluesky ;-)
May 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
So happy that Heng-hao Chang is now an Executive Editor of the International Journal of Disability and Social Justice.
Heng-hao has been with us on the IJDSJ from the very beginning, as long-standing Board member & Guest Editor of our Special Issue on E.Asia
Looking fwd to working with Heng-hao!
Heng-hao has been with us on the IJDSJ from the very beginning, as long-standing Board member & Guest Editor of our Special Issue on E.Asia
Looking fwd to working with Heng-hao!
Thrilled that @kirstyliddiard1.bsky.social is now an Executive Editor of the International Journal of Disability and Social Justice.
Kirsty has been with us on the IJDSJ from the very beginning, as a long-standing Board member. #comrade
Looking forward to working with you Kirsty!
Kirsty has been with us on the IJDSJ from the very beginning, as a long-standing Board member. #comrade
Looking forward to working with you Kirsty!
Learn about Kirsty Liddiard, new member of the IJDSJ's Editorial Executive!
Looking forward to working with you Kirsty!
Looking forward to working with you Kirsty!
May 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Thrilled that @kirstyliddiard1.bsky.social is now an Executive Editor of the International Journal of Disability and Social Justice.
Kirsty has been with us on the IJDSJ from the very beginning, as a long-standing Board member. #comrade
Looking forward to working with you Kirsty!
Kirsty has been with us on the IJDSJ from the very beginning, as a long-standing Board member. #comrade
Looking forward to working with you Kirsty!
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OUR MAY NEWS IS HERE bit.ly/PJ_May25 with Perspectives from Pakistan, a new African Journals Initiatives agreement and an introduction to the International Journal of Disability and Social Justice. Read articles #DiamondO on @scienceopen.bsky.social & @jstor.bsky.social @angharadbeckett.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
OUR MAY NEWS IS HERE bit.ly/PJ_May25 with Perspectives from Pakistan, a new African Journals Initiatives agreement and an introduction to the International Journal of Disability and Social Justice. Read articles #DiamondO on @scienceopen.bsky.social & @jstor.bsky.social @angharadbeckett.bsky.social
Last Masters class of the year (qualitative methods). Students have shared these photos! Such a great group! Lots of lively discussion. I’d like to thank them all & wish them happiness and success for the future!
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May 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Last Masters class of the year (qualitative methods). Students have shared these photos! Such a great group! Lots of lively discussion. I’d like to thank them all & wish them happiness and success for the future!
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I have just recorded a little video for @pluto-journals.bsky.social, the fantastic publishers of the International Journal of #Disability and Social Justice (@ijdsj.bsky.social). We've come a long way in 6 years! Thank you to all supporters, and to PJ for helping us to innovate. We ❤️ #OpenAccess
April 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I have just recorded a little video for @pluto-journals.bsky.social, the fantastic publishers of the International Journal of #Disability and Social Justice (@ijdsj.bsky.social). We've come a long way in 6 years! Thank you to all supporters, and to PJ for helping us to innovate. We ❤️ #OpenAccess
📢🥳👏Congratulations to Dr Shirley Barrett (@sspatleeds.bsky.social) on her doctorate! Shirley researched experiences of Gypsy/Romany/Roma communities when settling long-term on sites or in houses. Her study also included a powerful auto-ethnographic component
Warm TY 2 examiners & all who supported!
Warm TY 2 examiners & all who supported!
April 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
📢🥳👏Congratulations to Dr Shirley Barrett (@sspatleeds.bsky.social) on her doctorate! Shirley researched experiences of Gypsy/Romany/Roma communities when settling long-term on sites or in houses. Her study also included a powerful auto-ethnographic component
Warm TY 2 examiners & all who supported!
Warm TY 2 examiners & all who supported!
📢New Article Out Today
"Rethinking Disability Law: Theoretical Limitations and
Transformative Possibilities"
Written as a critical friend, invested in this field's potential.
#Disability #HumanRights #Law #Academia
Free to read: www.ritsumei-arsvi.org/en/wp-conten...
"Rethinking Disability Law: Theoretical Limitations and
Transformative Possibilities"
Written as a critical friend, invested in this field's potential.
#Disability #HumanRights #Law #Academia
Free to read: www.ritsumei-arsvi.org/en/wp-conten...
www.ritsumei-arsvi.org
March 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
📢New Article Out Today
"Rethinking Disability Law: Theoretical Limitations and
Transformative Possibilities"
Written as a critical friend, invested in this field's potential.
#Disability #HumanRights #Law #Academia
Free to read: www.ritsumei-arsvi.org/en/wp-conten...
"Rethinking Disability Law: Theoretical Limitations and
Transformative Possibilities"
Written as a critical friend, invested in this field's potential.
#Disability #HumanRights #Law #Academia
Free to read: www.ritsumei-arsvi.org/en/wp-conten...
A fantastic 3 days w/the Neurodiversity Project team, Uni of Melbourne – @hattdesigns.bsky.social, Jessica Riordan & Sarah Timperley. Grateful to Uni of Michigan & NTPU colleague who joined us online; and 4 support & interest from Leeds colleagues! Warm thanks! www.linkedin.com/posts/anghar...
Angharad Beckett on LinkedIn: #towardstheneuroinclusiveacademy
What a wonderful 3 days with the Neurodiversity Project team from the University of Melbourne - Matthew Harrison, Jessica Riordan, and Sarah Timperley - here…
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February 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
A fantastic 3 days w/the Neurodiversity Project team, Uni of Melbourne – @hattdesigns.bsky.social, Jessica Riordan & Sarah Timperley. Grateful to Uni of Michigan & NTPU colleague who joined us online; and 4 support & interest from Leeds colleagues! Warm thanks! www.linkedin.com/posts/anghar...
What a cheerful photo of a great group of people! Looking forward to welcoming the Melbourne delegation - Matt, Sarah and Jess - to @universityofleeds.bsky.social 17-19 February and learning from them about their important work #Neurodiversity #HigherEducation
See you soon folks!
See you soon folks!
Wonderful visiting the University of Portsmouth, hearing about their neurodiversity-affirming research & sharing our student and staff needs analysis data from the University of Melbourne Neurodiversity Project. @drstevenkapp.bsky.social
🚂Next stop: visiting @angharadbeckett.bsky.social. Yay!
🚂Next stop: visiting @angharadbeckett.bsky.social. Yay!
February 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
What a cheerful photo of a great group of people! Looking forward to welcoming the Melbourne delegation - Matt, Sarah and Jess - to @universityofleeds.bsky.social 17-19 February and learning from them about their important work #Neurodiversity #HigherEducation
See you soon folks!
See you soon folks!
Thread! St Valentine’s Day today. Rather than posting “sugary stuff” 😉 I thought I’d share some of my favourite quotations about love! Hope some resonate… 💛
February 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Thread! St Valentine’s Day today. Rather than posting “sugary stuff” 😉 I thought I’d share some of my favourite quotations about love! Hope some resonate… 💛
Just given a lecture on Inclusive Social Research to our postgrads. I really enjoyed writing this and sharing exciting developments across multiple fields. Would welcome more discussions on this topic.
February 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Just given a lecture on Inclusive Social Research to our postgrads. I really enjoyed writing this and sharing exciting developments across multiple fields. Would welcome more discussions on this topic.
Delighted to be listening to Prof Dina Kiwan at University of Birmingham and all those involved in the Disability Under Siege project, about the lives of disabled people in conflict zones.
I know I will learn much from listening to the many presenters today and tomorrow.
I know I will learn much from listening to the many presenters today and tomorrow.
February 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Delighted to be listening to Prof Dina Kiwan at University of Birmingham and all those involved in the Disability Under Siege project, about the lives of disabled people in conflict zones.
I know I will learn much from listening to the many presenters today and tomorrow.
I know I will learn much from listening to the many presenters today and tomorrow.
Just heard Prof Lorna Hamilton talk about her project on neuro-inclusive campuses @ York St John - fascinating participatory research asking 'Can I exist/thrive here?' Love their focus on making acceptance visible & shifting from individual adjustments to inclusive campus design by default.
January 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Just heard Prof Lorna Hamilton talk about her project on neuro-inclusive campuses @ York St John - fascinating participatory research asking 'Can I exist/thrive here?' Love their focus on making acceptance visible & shifting from individual adjustments to inclusive campus design by default.
Enjoyed listening to Dr Amanda Hickey about the DISCO (Disability Community) Project at York. Interesting project building communities of disabled students to foster belonging & improve outcomes. She emphasizes peer connections + interdepartmental networks, led by student ambassadors.
January 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Enjoyed listening to Dr Amanda Hickey about the DISCO (Disability Community) Project at York. Interesting project building communities of disabled students to foster belonging & improve outcomes. She emphasizes peer connections + interdepartmental networks, led by student ambassadors.
I'm delighted to be talking at the @universityofleeds.bsky.social next Student Success Forum, on the 12 February 10am-12pm!
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#studentsuccess
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#studentsuccess
January 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I'm delighted to be talking at the @universityofleeds.bsky.social next Student Success Forum, on the 12 February 10am-12pm!
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#studentsuccess
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#studentsuccess
Now listening to Dr Jonathan Vincent on neurodivergent students' transition to work - recognising inequalities and barriers to employment. Also proposing framing success in terms of eudaimonia (the good life) vs 'traditional' job metrics, supporting students to explore meaningful paths & wellbeing.
January 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Now listening to Dr Jonathan Vincent on neurodivergent students' transition to work - recognising inequalities and barriers to employment. Also proposing framing success in terms of eudaimonia (the good life) vs 'traditional' job metrics, supporting students to explore meaningful paths & wellbeing.