Jen Johnson
@joyinthecorners.bsky.social
PhD 'Beyond the foodbank' - analysing faith-based responses to hardship in north-east England. Discovering the gifts of beautiful south-east Northumberland. Interested in the strength of communities, reducing health inequality, joy in unexpected places.
Thanks so much to the @britsoci.bsky.social for funding our regional postgraduate event today in Newcastle! So many fascinating presentations already. Looking forward to a screening of a local film about community, resilience and hope this afternoon!
July 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Thanks so much to the @britsoci.bsky.social for funding our regional postgraduate event today in Newcastle! So many fascinating presentations already. Looking forward to a screening of a local film about community, resilience and hope this afternoon!
PGRs interested in ‘social transformation’ - come and join us and share your work at a free, friendly day conference in Newcastle on the 17th July! CfP open until this Friday.
PGR presentations and then a showing/discussion of a wonderful film, ‘100 People’ with the filmmaker.
Please share!
PGR presentations and then a showing/discussion of a wonderful film, ‘100 People’ with the filmmaker.
Please share!
Reclaiming “The Sociological Imagination” to drive social transformation
www.britsoc.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 9:49 AM
PGRs interested in ‘social transformation’ - come and join us and share your work at a free, friendly day conference in Newcastle on the 17th July! CfP open until this Friday.
PGR presentations and then a showing/discussion of a wonderful film, ‘100 People’ with the filmmaker.
Please share!
PGR presentations and then a showing/discussion of a wonderful film, ‘100 People’ with the filmmaker.
Please share!
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Still buzzing after a brilliant away day with the Centre for Peace and Security at Coventry Uni last week. It's just absolutely full of committed, thoughtful, passionate researchers who are using research to make the world a better place and it's a privilege to get to study there.
February 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Still buzzing after a brilliant away day with the Centre for Peace and Security at Coventry Uni last week. It's just absolutely full of committed, thoughtful, passionate researchers who are using research to make the world a better place and it's a privilege to get to study there.
One of the things I notice coming from a biomedical/public health background into the social sciences is just how much language is absolutely foreign to me. Every day in articles (+my emails!) are words I don't understand. It's exciting but also part of me wants to push back. Why so much fanciness?
February 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
One of the things I notice coming from a biomedical/public health background into the social sciences is just how much language is absolutely foreign to me. Every day in articles (+my emails!) are words I don't understand. It's exciting but also part of me wants to push back. Why so much fanciness?
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#TraitorsUk #TheTraitors
I really want someone to tell Alexander “Look at where you are
Look at where you started
The fact that you're alive is a miracle”
#Hamilton
I really want someone to tell Alexander “Look at where you are
Look at where you started
The fact that you're alive is a miracle”
#Hamilton
January 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
#TraitorsUk #TheTraitors
I really want someone to tell Alexander “Look at where you are
Look at where you started
The fact that you're alive is a miracle”
#Hamilton
I really want someone to tell Alexander “Look at where you are
Look at where you started
The fact that you're alive is a miracle”
#Hamilton
This is my very favourite subtitle mistake of all time.
January 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is my very favourite subtitle mistake of all time.
The peace of the sea is always a gift to me.
January 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The peace of the sea is always a gift to me.
Yesterday I learned that in 2004, a group of Welsh sheep were quarantined because they were a threat to millions of £s worth of national infrastructure
What did they do that was such a threat? They learned to cross cattle grids.
By tucking in their legs and rolling.
I can’t stop thinking about it
What did they do that was such a threat? They learned to cross cattle grids.
By tucking in their legs and rolling.
I can’t stop thinking about it
January 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Yesterday I learned that in 2004, a group of Welsh sheep were quarantined because they were a threat to millions of £s worth of national infrastructure
What did they do that was such a threat? They learned to cross cattle grids.
By tucking in their legs and rolling.
I can’t stop thinking about it
What did they do that was such a threat? They learned to cross cattle grids.
By tucking in their legs and rolling.
I can’t stop thinking about it
I'm sure this was coincidence, but I want to believe that having a mammy researching faith responses to hardship (including food insecurity) fed into this response.
That said, my older kid keeps me humble by regularly telling me I should be doing something that actually changes the world, so...
That said, my older kid keeps me humble by regularly telling me I should be doing something that actually changes the world, so...
At the Carol service my youngest responded to “he has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty” with a whispered “yesssssss!”
I’d like to apply for this to be added to the official liturgy for the season
I’d like to apply for this to be added to the official liturgy for the season
December 22, 2024 at 8:20 PM
I'm sure this was coincidence, but I want to believe that having a mammy researching faith responses to hardship (including food insecurity) fed into this response.
That said, my older kid keeps me humble by regularly telling me I should be doing something that actually changes the world, so...
That said, my older kid keeps me humble by regularly telling me I should be doing something that actually changes the world, so...
Really loved that my 7-year-old was practising good and healthy disagreement in school this week - building confidence in listening respectfully and saying 'I agree because...' and 'I disagree because...'
Primary schools so often feel to me (from the outside) like positive little micro-societies.
Primary schools so often feel to me (from the outside) like positive little micro-societies.
December 20, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Really loved that my 7-year-old was practising good and healthy disagreement in school this week - building confidence in listening respectfully and saying 'I agree because...' and 'I disagree because...'
Primary schools so often feel to me (from the outside) like positive little micro-societies.
Primary schools so often feel to me (from the outside) like positive little micro-societies.
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Aging is so underrated. Your peers are more interesting, and conversations richer. You're able to revisit books you first read twenty years ago. There is less jealousy, and God willing less pride. It's just a great time of life, aside from the thing that contains you (or is you) falling apart.
December 16, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Aging is so underrated. Your peers are more interesting, and conversations richer. You're able to revisit books you first read twenty years ago. There is less jealousy, and God willing less pride. It's just a great time of life, aside from the thing that contains you (or is you) falling apart.
Motivational Christmas nails and fairy lights to help with the sniffly writing efforts this week. Will it be enough? We’ll see!
December 16, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Motivational Christmas nails and fairy lights to help with the sniffly writing efforts this week. Will it be enough? We’ll see!
I had a conversation this morning that reminded me that it is okay to find things that are objectively hard, hard.
I find it extremely easy to remind other people of this, and extremely difficult to remind myself of this.
I'm thankful for external perspective.
I find it extremely easy to remind other people of this, and extremely difficult to remind myself of this.
I'm thankful for external perspective.
December 13, 2024 at 10:55 AM
I had a conversation this morning that reminded me that it is okay to find things that are objectively hard, hard.
I find it extremely easy to remind other people of this, and extremely difficult to remind myself of this.
I'm thankful for external perspective.
I find it extremely easy to remind other people of this, and extremely difficult to remind myself of this.
I'm thankful for external perspective.
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*Call for researchers, teachers and practitioners in religious groups - share widely*
Save the date: SocRel Response Day 2025!
This years SocRel Chair's Response day will be held at King's College London on the 29th March 2025, 10am - 5pm. The theme will be Religion, Disability and Neurodiversity.
Save the date: SocRel Response Day 2025!
This years SocRel Chair's Response day will be held at King's College London on the 29th March 2025, 10am - 5pm. The theme will be Religion, Disability and Neurodiversity.
December 9, 2024 at 10:13 AM
*Call for researchers, teachers and practitioners in religious groups - share widely*
Save the date: SocRel Response Day 2025!
This years SocRel Chair's Response day will be held at King's College London on the 29th March 2025, 10am - 5pm. The theme will be Religion, Disability and Neurodiversity.
Save the date: SocRel Response Day 2025!
This years SocRel Chair's Response day will be held at King's College London on the 29th March 2025, 10am - 5pm. The theme will be Religion, Disability and Neurodiversity.
I’m really keen to do some learning about external organisations doing arts projects in traditionally working-class communities. I have some internal bias about how *sometimes* that sort of work feels like it comes with top-down, imposed, middle class assumptions. I want to interrogate that… 1/2
December 10, 2024 at 9:28 PM
I’m really keen to do some learning about external organisations doing arts projects in traditionally working-class communities. I have some internal bias about how *sometimes* that sort of work feels like it comes with top-down, imposed, middle class assumptions. I want to interrogate that… 1/2
Just discovered by chance that John McKnight passed away last month. His work and thinking on ABCD, all about the strengths of communities and how we might spot, connect up and strengthen those assets, has been so important to me in making sense of my community experiences. I'm grateful for him.
A few words on the great John McKnight, father of asset-based community development (ABCD)
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
John McKnight obituary
Father of the ABCD movement which argued for the empowerment of communities, and whose ideas inspired the young Barack and Michelle Obama
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Just discovered by chance that John McKnight passed away last month. His work and thinking on ABCD, all about the strengths of communities and how we might spot, connect up and strengthen those assets, has been so important to me in making sense of my community experiences. I'm grateful for him.
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Just a reminder:
All vaccines used in public health have been rigorously tested. Their benefits greatly outweigh their risks. While a few people have a medical reason for not taking vaccines, most people (and the population overall) will benefit. Doctors who claim otherwise are irresponsible.
All vaccines used in public health have been rigorously tested. Their benefits greatly outweigh their risks. While a few people have a medical reason for not taking vaccines, most people (and the population overall) will benefit. Doctors who claim otherwise are irresponsible.
December 10, 2024 at 9:43 AM
Just a reminder:
All vaccines used in public health have been rigorously tested. Their benefits greatly outweigh their risks. While a few people have a medical reason for not taking vaccines, most people (and the population overall) will benefit. Doctors who claim otherwise are irresponsible.
All vaccines used in public health have been rigorously tested. Their benefits greatly outweigh their risks. While a few people have a medical reason for not taking vaccines, most people (and the population overall) will benefit. Doctors who claim otherwise are irresponsible.
Wealth inequality = health inequality. Where all but the very richest lose out.
The underlying mechanisms are complex and varied, but that’s the headline, as far as I understand it.
We know what we need to do to fix this - but is the political will there?
The underlying mechanisms are complex and varied, but that’s the headline, as far as I understand it.
We know what we need to do to fix this - but is the political will there?
Today's ONS stats illustrate the devastating impacts of poverty on life expectancy.
Most areas across Great Britain have experienced a fall in life expectancy. 📢
With some of the most deprived areas having the lowest expectancy. 1/3
Most areas across Great Britain have experienced a fall in life expectancy. 📢
With some of the most deprived areas having the lowest expectancy. 1/3
December 9, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Wealth inequality = health inequality. Where all but the very richest lose out.
The underlying mechanisms are complex and varied, but that’s the headline, as far as I understand it.
We know what we need to do to fix this - but is the political will there?
The underlying mechanisms are complex and varied, but that’s the headline, as far as I understand it.
We know what we need to do to fix this - but is the political will there?
My new favourite tradition is hiding some money with the decorations when you put them away, so you can treat yourself to fancy shmancy nibbles and a drink in the skint Christmas lead-up as a reward for managing to get the Christmas tree up.
December 8, 2024 at 11:41 AM
My new favourite tradition is hiding some money with the decorations when you put them away, so you can treat yourself to fancy shmancy nibbles and a drink in the skint Christmas lead-up as a reward for managing to get the Christmas tree up.
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When I was interviewed for my current youth work role in the Church of England I was asked “what do you think is the biggest challenge the CofE faces re children’s and youth work?”
I answered that a church that is scared of decline and so pursues growth at all costs will likely crush or harm 1/2
I answered that a church that is scared of decline and so pursues growth at all costs will likely crush or harm 1/2
Revd Angela Sheard & I recently discovered we had a shared passion: for a space to be opened within the Church of England for an honest, questioning, and theologically rooted conversation about the dominant language of 'growth'…
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Why we need an anti-growth coalition in the Church of England
I'm delighted to host this guest post from Revd Angela Sheard. Angela and I had a conversation a few weeks ago in which we discovered we had...
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December 7, 2024 at 12:25 PM
When I was interviewed for my current youth work role in the Church of England I was asked “what do you think is the biggest challenge the CofE faces re children’s and youth work?”
I answered that a church that is scared of decline and so pursues growth at all costs will likely crush or harm 1/2
I answered that a church that is scared of decline and so pursues growth at all costs will likely crush or harm 1/2
Had the best discussions today with my little groups of @brilliantclub.bsky.social Year 10 students about critical thinking… misinformation… trust… objectivity and subjectivity… reliability of sources and more. They are just so smart, thoughtful and funny and it’s a joy to work with them.
December 4, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Had the best discussions today with my little groups of @brilliantclub.bsky.social Year 10 students about critical thinking… misinformation… trust… objectivity and subjectivity… reliability of sources and more. They are just so smart, thoughtful and funny and it’s a joy to work with them.
Whamageddoned on December 4th.
In an ASDA cafe, of course. One of my most irrationally strongly held opinions is that ASDA cafes are always Disappointing. Today is another data point for the graph.
And yet I am drawn back to them time and time again, like a moth to a flame.
In an ASDA cafe, of course. One of my most irrationally strongly held opinions is that ASDA cafes are always Disappointing. Today is another data point for the graph.
And yet I am drawn back to them time and time again, like a moth to a flame.
December 4, 2024 at 9:58 AM
Whamageddoned on December 4th.
In an ASDA cafe, of course. One of my most irrationally strongly held opinions is that ASDA cafes are always Disappointing. Today is another data point for the graph.
And yet I am drawn back to them time and time again, like a moth to a flame.
In an ASDA cafe, of course. One of my most irrationally strongly held opinions is that ASDA cafes are always Disappointing. Today is another data point for the graph.
And yet I am drawn back to them time and time again, like a moth to a flame.
I was so sure I wasn’t going to decorate for Christmas this weekend, then someone sent us a tiny tree in the post and things escalated and I’m not mad about it (though it’s possible that Biscuit is, just a little)
December 1, 2024 at 1:51 PM
I was so sure I wasn’t going to decorate for Christmas this weekend, then someone sent us a tiny tree in the post and things escalated and I’m not mad about it (though it’s possible that Biscuit is, just a little)
Had the most lovely time yesterday gathering people to make rag wreaths. Doing a proper wreath workshop (as lush as they are) is always out my budget, so I tentatively asked on the local FB page if anyone wanted to make the cloth versions with me. Nearly 40 people came along and it was pure joy.
November 29, 2024 at 9:57 AM
Had the most lovely time yesterday gathering people to make rag wreaths. Doing a proper wreath workshop (as lush as they are) is always out my budget, so I tentatively asked on the local FB page if anyone wanted to make the cloth versions with me. Nearly 40 people came along and it was pure joy.