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‘The urgency of critical intervention on AI becomes undeniable’ - book now for Dismantling Human-Centred AI: A Feminist Intervention, a free online BSA New Materialisms Study Group seminar, 8 December tinyurl.com/d4pma6jz
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
‘The urgency of critical intervention on AI becomes undeniable’ - book now for Dismantling Human-Centred AI: A Feminist Intervention, a free online BSA New Materialisms Study Group seminar, 8 December tinyurl.com/d4pma6jz
Don’t miss your chance to apply for the WES journal Editorial Board. Applications close tomorrow!
We are looking for experts in quantitative methods, sexuality at work, gender, and more.
Submit your application now.
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We are looking for experts in quantitative methods, sexuality at work, gender, and more.
Submit your application now.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Don’t miss your chance to apply for the WES journal Editorial Board. Applications close tomorrow!
We are looking for experts in quantitative methods, sexuality at work, gender, and more.
Submit your application now.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
We are looking for experts in quantitative methods, sexuality at work, gender, and more.
Submit your application now.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Concerns are growing that social media emphasises negative experiences of hormonal contraception – but using social media does not necessarily mean a rejection of medical information, say @kristina-s.bsky.social and Lily Roberts @uofgsociology.bsky.social tinyurl.com/mr2v8aa3
Mis(sing)information: How contraceptive users bridge the gap between medicalised and experiential knowledge - Everyday Society - The British Sociological Association
Concerns are growing over social media information emphasising negative experiences of hormonal contraception. Labelled as misinformation, the volume and accessibility of this content that is said to ...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Concerns are growing that social media emphasises negative experiences of hormonal contraception – but using social media does not necessarily mean a rejection of medical information, say @kristina-s.bsky.social and Lily Roberts @uofgsociology.bsky.social tinyurl.com/mr2v8aa3
Sociology journal is looking for new Board members!
Do you specialise in quantitative or computational methods? Apply now!
The full list of expertise we need and how to apply can be found below. Applications close 11 November 2025.
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Do you specialise in quantitative or computational methods? Apply now!
The full list of expertise we need and how to apply can be found below. Applications close 11 November 2025.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Sociology journal is looking for new Board members!
Do you specialise in quantitative or computational methods? Apply now!
The full list of expertise we need and how to apply can be found below. Applications close 11 November 2025.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Do you specialise in quantitative or computational methods? Apply now!
The full list of expertise we need and how to apply can be found below. Applications close 11 November 2025.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
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Are Interested in:
👉 Housing,
👉 Health,
👉 Youth,
👉 Work,
👉 Aging,
👉 Inequality,
👉 Climate change, or
👉 Criminal justice?
If so, join the ADR SCOTLAND webinar 13 November 2025 (13.00-14.30) to learn about funding and knowledge exchange opportunities!
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
👉 Housing,
👉 Health,
👉 Youth,
👉 Work,
👉 Aging,
👉 Inequality,
👉 Climate change, or
👉 Criminal justice?
If so, join the ADR SCOTLAND webinar 13 November 2025 (13.00-14.30) to learn about funding and knowledge exchange opportunities!
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
Early Career Forum - Administrative Data Research (ADR) Scotland Workshop
www.britsoc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Are Interested in:
👉 Housing,
👉 Health,
👉 Youth,
👉 Work,
👉 Aging,
👉 Inequality,
👉 Climate change, or
👉 Criminal justice?
If so, join the ADR SCOTLAND webinar 13 November 2025 (13.00-14.30) to learn about funding and knowledge exchange opportunities!
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
👉 Housing,
👉 Health,
👉 Youth,
👉 Work,
👉 Aging,
👉 Inequality,
👉 Climate change, or
👉 Criminal justice?
If so, join the ADR SCOTLAND webinar 13 November 2025 (13.00-14.30) to learn about funding and knowledge exchange opportunities!
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
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Book Launch: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century (Routledge 2025)
A BSA Theory Study Group Event
21 November 2025 (14:00-15:30 GMT)
Online
Free to attend, registration required
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
#SocialTheory
A BSA Theory Study Group Event
21 November 2025 (14:00-15:30 GMT)
Online
Free to attend, registration required
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
#SocialTheory
Book Launch: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century (Routledge 2025)
www.britsoc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Book Launch: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century (Routledge 2025)
A BSA Theory Study Group Event
21 November 2025 (14:00-15:30 GMT)
Online
Free to attend, registration required
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
#SocialTheory
A BSA Theory Study Group Event
21 November 2025 (14:00-15:30 GMT)
Online
Free to attend, registration required
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
#SocialTheory
How will AI affect society? Find out by booking on 'Book Launch: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century' a free online @bsatheory.bsky.social event on 21 November tinyurl.com/4bspp3pr
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 AM
How will AI affect society? Find out by booking on 'Book Launch: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century' a free online @bsatheory.bsky.social event on 21 November tinyurl.com/4bspp3pr
Would you like to contribute to Sociology or Work, Employment and Society?
Be sure to submit your application to join the Editorial Boards by 11 November 2025. Details on how to apply or nominate a colleague can be found below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Be sure to submit your application to join the Editorial Boards by 11 November 2025. Details on how to apply or nominate a colleague can be found below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Nominations
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November 6, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Would you like to contribute to Sociology or Work, Employment and Society?
Be sure to submit your application to join the Editorial Boards by 11 November 2025. Details on how to apply or nominate a colleague can be found below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Be sure to submit your application to join the Editorial Boards by 11 November 2025. Details on how to apply or nominate a colleague can be found below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
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New research from @manchester.ac.uk asks: "What happens when your AI soulmate disappears?"
Dr Jennifer Cearns explores human-AI relationships. It’s not sci-fi - it’s happening now!
Read more www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/w... 💔
#SoSSResearch #AI #Anthropology #TechAndEmotion #DigitalFutures
Dr Jennifer Cearns explores human-AI relationships. It’s not sci-fi - it’s happening now!
Read more www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/w... 💔
#SoSSResearch #AI #Anthropology #TechAndEmotion #DigitalFutures
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
New research from @manchester.ac.uk asks: "What happens when your AI soulmate disappears?"
Dr Jennifer Cearns explores human-AI relationships. It’s not sci-fi - it’s happening now!
Read more www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/w... 💔
#SoSSResearch #AI #Anthropology #TechAndEmotion #DigitalFutures
Dr Jennifer Cearns explores human-AI relationships. It’s not sci-fi - it’s happening now!
Read more www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/w... 💔
#SoSSResearch #AI #Anthropology #TechAndEmotion #DigitalFutures
Take stock of what we know about the functioning of the media in scandalous times – submit an abstract by 21 November for ‘Media in a Scandalous Age’, a free online event by the BSA Media Study Group on 10 December See below for details or email jpm29@leicester.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Take stock of what we know about the functioning of the media in scandalous times – submit an abstract by 21 November for ‘Media in a Scandalous Age’, a free online event by the BSA Media Study Group on 10 December See below for details or email jpm29@leicester.ac.uk
Would you like to contribute to Sociology or Work, Employment and Society journals?
Be sure to submit your application to join the Editorial Boards by 11 November 2025. Details on how to apply or nominate a colleague can be found below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Be sure to submit your application to join the Editorial Boards by 11 November 2025. Details on how to apply or nominate a colleague can be found below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Nominations
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November 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Would you like to contribute to Sociology or Work, Employment and Society journals?
Be sure to submit your application to join the Editorial Boards by 11 November 2025. Details on how to apply or nominate a colleague can be found below.
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Be sure to submit your application to join the Editorial Boards by 11 November 2025. Details on how to apply or nominate a colleague can be found below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
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This month’s list of consultations & inquiries from the UK’s 4 legislatures & governments that require #socialscience evidence incl. consultations on parole reform, new housing developments, local government elections rules & more. Find out more➡️ acss.org.uk/policy-monit...
November 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This month’s list of consultations & inquiries from the UK’s 4 legislatures & governments that require #socialscience evidence incl. consultations on parole reform, new housing developments, local government elections rules & more. Find out more➡️ acss.org.uk/policy-monit...
We are very excited to announce this year’s winner of the Cultural Sociology Sage Prize!
Congratulations to Peggy Levitt and Andreja Siliunas for Cultures of Cultural Globalization: How National Repertoires and Political Ideologies Affect Literary and Artistic Circulation: doi.org/10.1177/1749...
Congratulations to Peggy Levitt and Andreja Siliunas for Cultures of Cultural Globalization: How National Repertoires and Political Ideologies Affect Literary and Artistic Circulation: doi.org/10.1177/1749...
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
We are very excited to announce this year’s winner of the Cultural Sociology Sage Prize!
Congratulations to Peggy Levitt and Andreja Siliunas for Cultures of Cultural Globalization: How National Repertoires and Political Ideologies Affect Literary and Artistic Circulation: doi.org/10.1177/1749...
Congratulations to Peggy Levitt and Andreja Siliunas for Cultures of Cultural Globalization: How National Repertoires and Political Ideologies Affect Literary and Artistic Circulation: doi.org/10.1177/1749...
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✏️ Looking for ways to take your career to the next level?
✏️ Wanting to enhance the impact of your research on society?
✏️ Unsure what issues policymakers in Scotland are prioritising?
Then, join our ADR SCOTLAND webinar 12 November 13:00–14:30 for insights!
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
✏️ Wanting to enhance the impact of your research on society?
✏️ Unsure what issues policymakers in Scotland are prioritising?
Then, join our ADR SCOTLAND webinar 12 November 13:00–14:30 for insights!
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
Early Career Forum - Administrative Data Research (ADR) Scotland Workshop
www.britsoc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 8:53 AM
✏️ Looking for ways to take your career to the next level?
✏️ Wanting to enhance the impact of your research on society?
✏️ Unsure what issues policymakers in Scotland are prioritising?
Then, join our ADR SCOTLAND webinar 12 November 13:00–14:30 for insights!
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
✏️ Wanting to enhance the impact of your research on society?
✏️ Unsure what issues policymakers in Scotland are prioritising?
Then, join our ADR SCOTLAND webinar 12 November 13:00–14:30 for insights!
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
Sociology teachers: Get help developing A-Level students’ synoptic skills across papers from multiple exam boards. Book now for ‘Connecting the Dots: A Synoptic Approach to Theory and Methods’, a free BSA online event, 27 November tinyurl.com/u822csss
November 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Sociology teachers: Get help developing A-Level students’ synoptic skills across papers from multiple exam boards. Book now for ‘Connecting the Dots: A Synoptic Approach to Theory and Methods’, a free BSA online event, 27 November tinyurl.com/u822csss
Book now for ‘Tracing the Multi-scalar Impacts of Post-War Urban Regeneration on Colombo’s Working-Class Poor’, a free online BSA Sociology, Psychoanalysis & the Psychosocial Study Group seminar, this Monday, 3 November tinyurl.com/5n8zwwyj
October 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Book now for ‘Tracing the Multi-scalar Impacts of Post-War Urban Regeneration on Colombo’s Working-Class Poor’, a free online BSA Sociology, Psychoanalysis & the Psychosocial Study Group seminar, this Monday, 3 November tinyurl.com/5n8zwwyj
Teachers: looking for innovative ways to improve #DataLiteracy? Bring data to life in the classrooms with the ONS Data Challenge, where 16+ sociology students take on a challenge using real-life data and statistics. Deadline: 7 November Sign up now: tinyurl.com/yv3cvdaa
ONS Data Challenge 2025 - Office for National Statistics
Find out how you can sign up for our exciting initiative for students.
www.ons.gov.uk
October 31, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Teachers: looking for innovative ways to improve #DataLiteracy? Bring data to life in the classrooms with the ONS Data Challenge, where 16+ sociology students take on a challenge using real-life data and statistics. Deadline: 7 November Sign up now: tinyurl.com/yv3cvdaa
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Are you interested in how social science contributes to understanding our contemporary human world? Join us on 12 Nov to hear insights from Prof Linda Bauld, @michaelldavis.bsky.social, @gavin-kelly.bsky.social, @profrosiemc.bsky.social & Will Hutton. ➡️ acss.civiplus.net/civicrm/even...
October 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Are you interested in how social science contributes to understanding our contemporary human world? Join us on 12 Nov to hear insights from Prof Linda Bauld, @michaelldavis.bsky.social, @gavin-kelly.bsky.social, @profrosiemc.bsky.social & Will Hutton. ➡️ acss.civiplus.net/civicrm/even...
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The Journal of Work, Employment and Society is inviting research submissions for a special issue co-edited by Prof. Kim Allen.
Open for:
📖 Research articles
📚 Book Reviews
🎓 PhD showcases
📰 On the Front Line articles
⏱️ Submission Deadline: 27 February 2026 @ 17:00
https://ow.ly/muVl50XkflV
Open for:
📖 Research articles
📚 Book Reviews
🎓 PhD showcases
📰 On the Front Line articles
⏱️ Submission Deadline: 27 February 2026 @ 17:00
https://ow.ly/muVl50XkflV
Call for Papers: the Journal of Work, Employment and Society.
A special issue of Work, Employment and Society is welcoming paper submissions.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The Journal of Work, Employment and Society is inviting research submissions for a special issue co-edited by Prof. Kim Allen.
Open for:
📖 Research articles
📚 Book Reviews
🎓 PhD showcases
📰 On the Front Line articles
⏱️ Submission Deadline: 27 February 2026 @ 17:00
https://ow.ly/muVl50XkflV
Open for:
📖 Research articles
📚 Book Reviews
🎓 PhD showcases
📰 On the Front Line articles
⏱️ Submission Deadline: 27 February 2026 @ 17:00
https://ow.ly/muVl50XkflV
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🎉📃👑Yay & huge congrats to Susie Scott, Prof of Sociology at @sussex.ac.uk, named an SRO Sage Prize winner with co-author Nina Lockwood for 'Nested Narratives: Biographical Accounts of Unlived Experience Across Three Narrative Orders' said to be "remarkable for its intellectual innovation"....
Congratulations to this year’s SRO Sage Prize winners, Susie Scott and Nina Lockwood!
Read 'Nested Narratives: Biographical Accounts of Unlived Experience Across Three Narrative Orders' below:
doi.org/10.1177/1360...
@bsmspcph.bsky.social, @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social, @sussexfss.bsky.social
Read 'Nested Narratives: Biographical Accounts of Unlived Experience Across Three Narrative Orders' below:
doi.org/10.1177/1360...
@bsmspcph.bsky.social, @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social, @sussexfss.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
🎉📃👑Yay & huge congrats to Susie Scott, Prof of Sociology at @sussex.ac.uk, named an SRO Sage Prize winner with co-author Nina Lockwood for 'Nested Narratives: Biographical Accounts of Unlived Experience Across Three Narrative Orders' said to be "remarkable for its intellectual innovation"....
Congratulations to this year’s SRO Sage Prize winners, Susie Scott and Nina Lockwood!
Read 'Nested Narratives: Biographical Accounts of Unlived Experience Across Three Narrative Orders' below:
doi.org/10.1177/1360...
@bsmspcph.bsky.social, @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social, @sussexfss.bsky.social
Read 'Nested Narratives: Biographical Accounts of Unlived Experience Across Three Narrative Orders' below:
doi.org/10.1177/1360...
@bsmspcph.bsky.social, @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social, @sussexfss.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Congratulations to this year’s SRO Sage Prize winners, Susie Scott and Nina Lockwood!
Read 'Nested Narratives: Biographical Accounts of Unlived Experience Across Three Narrative Orders' below:
doi.org/10.1177/1360...
@bsmspcph.bsky.social, @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social, @sussexfss.bsky.social
Read 'Nested Narratives: Biographical Accounts of Unlived Experience Across Three Narrative Orders' below:
doi.org/10.1177/1360...
@bsmspcph.bsky.social, @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social, @sussexfss.bsky.social
This presentation examines the life of this remarkable woman – book now for ‘Andrée Blouin: My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria’, a BSA Auto/Biography Study Group online event, 6 November tinyurl.com/8murzvh6 @annechappell7.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
This presentation examines the life of this remarkable woman – book now for ‘Andrée Blouin: My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria’, a BSA Auto/Biography Study Group online event, 6 November tinyurl.com/8murzvh6 @annechappell7.bsky.social
Book now for ‘Departure and Transformation’, the BSA Auto/Biography Winter conference on 12 December in Euston, London. The conference is a rich, supportive environment for academic work in Auto/Biography for colleagues at all career stages tinyurl.com/ytuxf8zm @annechappell7.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Book now for ‘Departure and Transformation’, the BSA Auto/Biography Winter conference on 12 December in Euston, London. The conference is a rich, supportive environment for academic work in Auto/Biography for colleagues at all career stages tinyurl.com/ytuxf8zm @annechappell7.bsky.social
The application deadline has been extended to 11 November 2025 to join the Work, Employment and Society Editorial Board!
Find the details on submitting your application below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Find the details on submitting your application below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
October 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The application deadline has been extended to 11 November 2025 to join the Work, Employment and Society Editorial Board!
Find the details on submitting your application below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Find the details on submitting your application below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
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We’re halfway through the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2025 & we’ve still got plenty more events in partnership with many of our Campaign supporters coming up exploring a range of topics around the theme ‘our working lives’. Find out more➡️
Academy and Campaign Events – Academy of Social Sciences
The Academy and Campaign organise and host events featuring distinguished guest speakers throughout the year. These include the annual lectures and discussion panels organised with partners,…
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October 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We’re halfway through the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2025 & we’ve still got plenty more events in partnership with many of our Campaign supporters coming up exploring a range of topics around the theme ‘our working lives’. Find out more➡️