Brendan Churchill
@brenchurchill.bsky.social
| Associate Professor in #Sociology
| Co-chair, Work Futures Hallmark Research Initiative
+ Tasmanian export at The University of Melbourne
| Researching #Youth #underemployment #gigeconomy #FutureofWork + #care #Gender| ❤️ 🎾 🏳️🌈
| Researching #Youth #underemployment #gigeconomy #FutureofWork + #care #Gender| ❤️ 🎾 🏳️🌈
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🚨New article in New Technology, Work + Employment about the gender pay gap in the Australian gig economy. The gap increased by 5 percentage points during COVID-19. Why? Gender platform segregation. Read more here - open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #sociology #gender #gigeconomy
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Whatever my uni declares, I am not going to engage with AI. I am not going to use AI or teach students to use it. I am going to continue to explain to students why it is harmful. Absolutely absurd to allow this anti-intellectual, environmentally devastating technology into the university at all.
January 20, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Whatever my uni declares, I am not going to engage with AI. I am not going to use AI or teach students to use it. I am going to continue to explain to students why it is harmful. Absolutely absurd to allow this anti-intellectual, environmentally devastating technology into the university at all.
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Question: Can straight men even have fun without making it a commodity?
Answer: No.
Answer: No.
Across YouTube and TikTok watch-alongs, straight men are watching and enjoying ‘Heated Rivalry,’ and acting as a legitimizing force. “In 2026, there’s a particular charge to watching straight men watch this show,” Kathryn VanArendonk writes.
Watching Straight Men Watch Heated Rivalry
The romance phenomenon has captivated the dudes and bros.
www.vulture.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Question: Can straight men even have fun without making it a commodity?
Answer: No.
Answer: No.
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Looking forward to reading this - I’ve heard so much about the great project behind it
My book is out today! Do me a favour and ask your library to order a copy? www.bloomsbury.com/us/emotions-...
January 8, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Looking forward to reading this - I’ve heard so much about the great project behind it
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My book is out today! Do me a favour and ask your library to order a copy? www.bloomsbury.com/us/emotions-...
January 8, 2026 at 12:07 AM
My book is out today! Do me a favour and ask your library to order a copy? www.bloomsbury.com/us/emotions-...
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Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
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Ethical AI is an oxymoron, like automated science
December 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Ethical AI is an oxymoron, like automated science
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"Only 37% say their institution rewards applying research outside academia through tenure or promotion; 30% say they receive no recognition at all." Ht @petersuber.bsky.social
Do social scientists care if they make societal impact?
A new Sage white paper, “Do social scientists care if they make societal impact?”, shows that social and behavioral science researchers want their work to make societal impact, but don’t perceive thei...
www.sagepub.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"Only 37% say their institution rewards applying research outside academia through tenure or promotion; 30% say they receive no recognition at all." Ht @petersuber.bsky.social
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From work-family conflict to privacy loss, rapid digitalisation has unleashed heightened forebodings about digital technologies' ramifications. Who's concerned? How do digital literacy & exposure matter? @yueqiansoc.bsky.social & I tried to find out doi.org/10.1080/1369...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@sriucl.bsky.social
Who is concerned about digitalization? The role of digital literacy and exposure across 30 countries
Rapid digitalization has unleashed widespread digital concerns, namely concerns about the potential harms associated with digital technology use, such as privacy loss, blurred work-family boundarie...
www.tandfonline.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:43 AM
From work-family conflict to privacy loss, rapid digitalisation has unleashed heightened forebodings about digital technologies' ramifications. Who's concerned? How do digital literacy & exposure matter? @yueqiansoc.bsky.social & I tried to find out doi.org/10.1080/1369...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@sriucl.bsky.social
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Mine and @pengzell.bsky.social paper
"How Robust Are Country Rankings in Educational Mobility?" was published in @sociologicalsci.bsky.social yesterday edu.nl/y7ct3
More details in the future, but for now short explanation of what we did, and the origin story of the paper.
[Thread below]
"How Robust Are Country Rankings in Educational Mobility?" was published in @sociologicalsci.bsky.social yesterday edu.nl/y7ct3
More details in the future, but for now short explanation of what we did, and the origin story of the paper.
[Thread below]
How Robust Are Country Rankings in Educational Mobility?
Article: How Robust Are Country Rankings in Educational Mobility? | Sociological Science | Posted December 11, 2025
doi.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Mine and @pengzell.bsky.social paper
"How Robust Are Country Rankings in Educational Mobility?" was published in @sociologicalsci.bsky.social yesterday edu.nl/y7ct3
More details in the future, but for now short explanation of what we did, and the origin story of the paper.
[Thread below]
"How Robust Are Country Rankings in Educational Mobility?" was published in @sociologicalsci.bsky.social yesterday edu.nl/y7ct3
More details in the future, but for now short explanation of what we did, and the origin story of the paper.
[Thread below]
I got promoted to Associate Professor this week. I'm putting it on all my socials because it took 7 months for the outcome to be decided (not to mention the hard work). And I'm going to get my flowers as the kids would say!
December 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I got promoted to Associate Professor this week. I'm putting it on all my socials because it took 7 months for the outcome to be decided (not to mention the hard work). And I'm going to get my flowers as the kids would say!
Good thread on peer review
About to kick off a peer review workshop with our brilliant @sriucl.bsky.social PhD students right now. Thanks to my colleague Alina Pelikh for hosting and I wish something like this was available when I started out.
November 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Good thread on peer review
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“The EU’s highest court has ruled that same-sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognise a marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany.”
Some welcome news today. 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
Some welcome news today. 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
EU court rules entire bloc must respect same-sex marriages in rebuke to Poland
Couple who married in Germany had their right to a ‘normal family life’ impeded, court of justice finds
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“The EU’s highest court has ruled that same-sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognise a marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany.”
Some welcome news today. 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
Some welcome news today. 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
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Scientists have a point!
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Scientists have a point!
@barrieshannon.com well done you bloody star <3
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
@barrieshannon.com well done you bloody star <3
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My amazing friend and MetaMelb co-director @simine.com has won the 2025 Einstein Foundation Award! @unimelb.bsky.social @psychunimelb.bsky.social and @replicats.bsky.social are so lucky to have you
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
My amazing friend and MetaMelb co-director @simine.com has won the 2025 Einstein Foundation Award! @unimelb.bsky.social @psychunimelb.bsky.social and @replicats.bsky.social are so lucky to have you
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I will never let them take the em dash from me—they’ll have to pry it from my cold, dead hands
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I will never let them take the em dash from me—they’ll have to pry it from my cold, dead hands
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The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
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BREAKING: economist discovers “second shift,” a concept coined by sociologists almost 50 years ago; gives it new, stupider, and less explicitly labor-oriented name
October 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
BREAKING: economist discovers “second shift,” a concept coined by sociologists almost 50 years ago; gives it new, stupider, and less explicitly labor-oriented name
🚨New paper: Australians want governments to help them adapt to AI — through training, support, and fairness. New Policy Studies paper with @ariadnevromen.bsky.social & @leahruppanner.bsky.social. 📄 doi.org/10.1080/0144...
Policy interventions for the future of work: do Australians want government compensation, guidance, or investment to manage technological change?
This paper examines how Australian attitudes toward the future of work shape support for policy interventions, drawing on nationally representative survey data (n = 1,035). We focus on three dimens...
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October 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
🚨New paper: Australians want governments to help them adapt to AI — through training, support, and fairness. New Policy Studies paper with @ariadnevromen.bsky.social & @leahruppanner.bsky.social. 📄 doi.org/10.1080/0144...
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"fear has already done its job, warping public memory of Kirk unrecognizably, to the point where nearly all liberal elites have chosen to beatify a person with awful values." www.offmessage.net/p/charlie-ki...
Charlie Kirk Did Not Practice Politics The Right Way
We don't have to lose our humanity to bear faithful witness, but we do have to keep our nerve.
www.offmessage.net
September 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"fear has already done its job, warping public memory of Kirk unrecognizably, to the point where nearly all liberal elites have chosen to beatify a person with awful values." www.offmessage.net/p/charlie-ki...
Have people / institutions lost their minds?!!?! European Parliament having a silent minute for Kirk?!?!?
September 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Have people / institutions lost their minds?!!?! European Parliament having a silent minute for Kirk?!?!?