Katherine Twamley
@ktwamley.bsky.social
Prof of Sociology
@UCL
Chair
@UCLSociology
Areas of expertise: Love, intimacy, gender, families, parental leave
@UCL
Chair
@UCLSociology
Areas of expertise: Love, intimacy, gender, families, parental leave
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USN member @ktwamley.bsky.social's latest monograph reviewed in Gender, Work and Organization. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @sriucl.bsky.social @tcru-ucl.bsky.social
Caring Is Sharing? Couples Navigating Parental Leave at the Transition to Parenthood. By Katherine Twamley, London: UCL Press, 2024. 241 pp. £45 (hardcover); £25 (paperback). ISBN: 978‐1‐80008‐741‐5
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February 3, 2026 at 10:06 AM
USN member @ktwamley.bsky.social's latest monograph reviewed in Gender, Work and Organization. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @sriucl.bsky.social @tcru-ucl.bsky.social
Media interest in my work with @JennyvanHoof on the 'relationship recession' continues unabated. This was a really interesting interview with Lily. One thing is for sure: Something is shifting, but how, why and for whom needs further research.
February 2, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Media interest in my work with @JennyvanHoof on the 'relationship recession' continues unabated. This was a really interesting interview with Lily. One thing is for sure: Something is shifting, but how, why and for whom needs further research.
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Considering postdoctoral research opportunities? Book now for ‘Applying for Postdoctoral Research Funding as an Early Career Scholar’, an online @bsaecr.bsky.social event, 30 January tinyurl.com/muas4sk8 #sociology
November 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Considering postdoctoral research opportunities? Book now for ‘Applying for Postdoctoral Research Funding as an Early Career Scholar’, an online @bsaecr.bsky.social event, 30 January tinyurl.com/muas4sk8 #sociology
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In social science and humanities no Chinese universities are in the top 20
January 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM
In social science and humanities no Chinese universities are in the top 20
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In the Telegraph, @ktwamley.bsky.social reflects on how Covid lockdowns disrupted young people’s transition into intimacy - with anxiety and missed social experiences shaping longer-term changes in relationships.
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#intimacyAndCare
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#intimacyAndCare
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Sex is dying out. This is why it matters
Intimacy should be freer and easier than ever, whether for procreation or recreation. Yet at every age the data is stark
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January 15, 2026 at 5:51 PM
In the Telegraph, @ktwamley.bsky.social reflects on how Covid lockdowns disrupted young people’s transition into intimacy - with anxiety and missed social experiences shaping longer-term changes in relationships.
bit.ly/3ZcVh1Q
#intimacyAndCare
@sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
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#intimacyAndCare
@sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
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So, what do you do as a professor? I write a lot of grant applications that all get rejected.
January 6, 2026 at 10:55 AM
So, what do you do as a professor? I write a lot of grant applications that all get rejected.
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Family books published in 2024 and 2025 sought for the ASA Family Section William J. Goode Book Award. www.asanet.org/communities-...
Section Award Nomination Calls | American Sociological Association
Many ASA Sections offer awards to recognize achievement in their respective areas of academic interest. Following are the most recent calls for nominations
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January 6, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Family books published in 2024 and 2025 sought for the ASA Family Section William J. Goode Book Award. www.asanet.org/communities-...
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🚀 Just launched! UCL's Grand Challenge of Justice & Equality Impact Report
Celebrating the work of researchers & partners from UCL & beyond to address inequality in all its forms, locally, nationally & globally.
🔗 Find out more & read the report: https://bit.ly/3Ma61e9
Celebrating the work of researchers & partners from UCL & beyond to address inequality in all its forms, locally, nationally & globally.
🔗 Find out more & read the report: https://bit.ly/3Ma61e9
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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December 3, 2025 at 8:35 AM
🚀 Just launched! UCL's Grand Challenge of Justice & Equality Impact Report
Celebrating the work of researchers & partners from UCL & beyond to address inequality in all its forms, locally, nationally & globally.
🔗 Find out more & read the report: https://bit.ly/3Ma61e9
Celebrating the work of researchers & partners from UCL & beyond to address inequality in all its forms, locally, nationally & globally.
🔗 Find out more & read the report: https://bit.ly/3Ma61e9
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🎙️ New ep: Asylum, Housing & Community
Host Ethne James Souch talks with Mette Louise Berg, Judith Spirig, Faith Nyamakanga & Nelson Gomez about asylum housing in the UK—how policy, privatised systems & ideas of “deservingness” shape everyday lives.
🎧 https://bit.ly/4p2aIFA
Host Ethne James Souch talks with Mette Louise Berg, Judith Spirig, Faith Nyamakanga & Nelson Gomez about asylum housing in the UK—how policy, privatised systems & ideas of “deservingness” shape everyday lives.
🎧 https://bit.ly/4p2aIFA
Asylum, Housing, and Community
In this episode, host Ethne James Souch speaks with Professor Mette Louise Berg, Dr Judith Spirig, Faith Nyamakanga, and Nelson Gomez about the lived realities of asylum housing in the UK, and the wid
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November 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🎙️ New ep: Asylum, Housing & Community
Host Ethne James Souch talks with Mette Louise Berg, Judith Spirig, Faith Nyamakanga & Nelson Gomez about asylum housing in the UK—how policy, privatised systems & ideas of “deservingness” shape everyday lives.
🎧 https://bit.ly/4p2aIFA
Host Ethne James Souch talks with Mette Louise Berg, Judith Spirig, Faith Nyamakanga & Nelson Gomez about asylum housing in the UK—how policy, privatised systems & ideas of “deservingness” shape everyday lives.
🎧 https://bit.ly/4p2aIFA
LAST DAY TO APPLY!
UCL Sociology PhDs: Join our PhD Coordinating Group
The group will play a significant and important role in the development of the network’s cross-UCL activities at the doctoral level tinyurl.com/mrm9s22j
The group will play a significant and important role in the development of the network’s cross-UCL activities at the doctoral level tinyurl.com/mrm9s22j
November 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
LAST DAY TO APPLY!
Deadline for this approaching (27 Nov)! @ucl.ac.uk
UCL Sociology PhDs: Join our PhD Coordinating Group
The group will play a significant and important role in the development of the network’s cross-UCL activities at the doctoral level tinyurl.com/mrm9s22j
The group will play a significant and important role in the development of the network’s cross-UCL activities at the doctoral level tinyurl.com/mrm9s22j
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Deadline for this approaching (27 Nov)! @ucl.ac.uk
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UCL Sociology PhDs: Join our PhD Coordinating Group
The group will play a significant and important role in the development of the network’s cross-UCL activities at the doctoral level tinyurl.com/mrm9s22j
The group will play a significant and important role in the development of the network’s cross-UCL activities at the doctoral level tinyurl.com/mrm9s22j
November 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
UCL Sociology PhDs: Join our PhD Coordinating Group
The group will play a significant and important role in the development of the network’s cross-UCL activities at the doctoral level tinyurl.com/mrm9s22j
The group will play a significant and important role in the development of the network’s cross-UCL activities at the doctoral level tinyurl.com/mrm9s22j
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Applications open: Inequalities ECR Catalyst Grant 2025/26
Funding of up to £5,000 available for interdisciplinary projects led by early career researchers tackling inequalities in practice.
🗓 Deadline: Friday 28 Nov, 17.00
🔗 https://bit.ly/4oiv1yg
Funding of up to £5,000 available for interdisciplinary projects led by early career researchers tackling inequalities in practice.
🗓 Deadline: Friday 28 Nov, 17.00
🔗 https://bit.ly/4oiv1yg
Inequalities Early Career Researcher (ECR) Catalyst Grant Call 2025/26
Funding of up to £5,000 is now available for impactful, interdisciplinary projects that specifically support early career researchers. Application deadline: Friday 28 November, 17.00 (GMT).
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October 31, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Applications open: Inequalities ECR Catalyst Grant 2025/26
Funding of up to £5,000 available for interdisciplinary projects led by early career researchers tackling inequalities in practice.
🗓 Deadline: Friday 28 Nov, 17.00
🔗 https://bit.ly/4oiv1yg
Funding of up to £5,000 available for interdisciplinary projects led by early career researchers tackling inequalities in practice.
🗓 Deadline: Friday 28 Nov, 17.00
🔗 https://bit.ly/4oiv1yg
Deadline TODAY!
Deadline extended to 13 November:
Are you a UCL Sociologist? Apply to join UCL Sociology Network's Coordinating Group. Contribute to the Network’s wide-ranging programme of activities and share news of important sociological developments tinyurl.com/2ut5dttz
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Deadline TODAY!
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📣 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Methodologies and Epistemologies of Social Reproduction
Apply by 15 Nov to join a 2026 #workshop for scholars, practitioners and activists engaging with social reproduction theories, and employing traditional and non-traditional methods.
➡️ Find out more: buff.ly/ZFAUEkF
Apply by 15 Nov to join a 2026 #workshop for scholars, practitioners and activists engaging with social reproduction theories, and employing traditional and non-traditional methods.
➡️ Find out more: buff.ly/ZFAUEkF
Call for Participation: Methodologies and Epistemologies of Social Reproduction Workshop The Sociological Review Foundation Seminar Series
Call for participation in a seminar funded by The Sociological Review Foundation exploring methods, ethics and innovative approaches to social reproduction research.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📣 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Methodologies and Epistemologies of Social Reproduction
Apply by 15 Nov to join a 2026 #workshop for scholars, practitioners and activists engaging with social reproduction theories, and employing traditional and non-traditional methods.
➡️ Find out more: buff.ly/ZFAUEkF
Apply by 15 Nov to join a 2026 #workshop for scholars, practitioners and activists engaging with social reproduction theories, and employing traditional and non-traditional methods.
➡️ Find out more: buff.ly/ZFAUEkF
Today is the deadline for this folks! @ucl.ac.uk
Deadline extended to 13 November:
Are you a UCL Sociologist? Apply to join UCL Sociology Network's Coordinating Group. Contribute to the Network’s wide-ranging programme of activities and share news of important sociological developments tinyurl.com/2ut5dttz
November 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Today is the deadline for this folks! @ucl.ac.uk
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What challenges do you face as a PhD student working in the field of arts and culture? Discuss at ‘Meeting Emerging Sociologists of the Arts and Culture: A PGR Online Tea Chat’ – a free online event by the BSA Sociology of the Arts Study Group, 12 December tinyurl.com/47hw76h6
November 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
What challenges do you face as a PhD student working in the field of arts and culture? Discuss at ‘Meeting Emerging Sociologists of the Arts and Culture: A PGR Online Tea Chat’ – a free online event by the BSA Sociology of the Arts Study Group, 12 December tinyurl.com/47hw76h6
Really looking forward to this lecture with @academicdiary.bsky.social. Register now before all the tickets are gone!
Annual Lecture: The Paradox of Home by Les Back (11.12.25)
Home is a knife-edge word. Competing forces balance on its edge that either control or open the terms of belonging. It is why home is paradoxical tinyurl.com/3493r8e6
Home is a knife-edge word. Competing forces balance on its edge that either control or open the terms of belonging. It is why home is paradoxical tinyurl.com/3493r8e6
November 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Really looking forward to this lecture with @academicdiary.bsky.social. Register now before all the tickets are gone!
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The application deadline to join the Sociology journal Editorial Board is extended to 11 November 2025 17:00 BST!
This includes spaces for Early Career Researchers.
Find out how to submit an application or nominate a colleague below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
This includes spaces for Early Career Researchers.
Find out how to submit an application or nominate a colleague below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
October 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The application deadline to join the Sociology journal Editorial Board is extended to 11 November 2025 17:00 BST!
This includes spaces for Early Career Researchers.
Find out how to submit an application or nominate a colleague below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
This includes spaces for Early Career Researchers.
Find out how to submit an application or nominate a colleague below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
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Understanding ‘Gender Equality’
Earlier this year, @ktwamley.bsky.social & Charlotte Faircloth were nominated for the BSA & SAGE Prize for Innovation/Excellence. Their work reshapes thinking around caring responsibilities, work & equality post-parenthood.
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Earlier this year, @ktwamley.bsky.social & Charlotte Faircloth were nominated for the BSA & SAGE Prize for Innovation/Excellence. Their work reshapes thinking around caring responsibilities, work & equality post-parenthood.
tinyurl.com/mpddkevn
tinyurl.com/4hf5xkry
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October 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Understanding ‘Gender Equality’
Earlier this year, @ktwamley.bsky.social & Charlotte Faircloth were nominated for the BSA & SAGE Prize for Innovation/Excellence. Their work reshapes thinking around caring responsibilities, work & equality post-parenthood.
tinyurl.com/mpddkevn
tinyurl.com/4hf5xkry
Earlier this year, @ktwamley.bsky.social & Charlotte Faircloth were nominated for the BSA & SAGE Prize for Innovation/Excellence. Their work reshapes thinking around caring responsibilities, work & equality post-parenthood.
tinyurl.com/mpddkevn
tinyurl.com/4hf5xkry
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“Systematically explores the foundations of housework as an academic discipline, unpacking the gendered assumptions that underpin existing work, which is often led by male academics.“ – Ipsita Pradhan reviews Ann Oakley @brisunipress.bsky.social in our latest Magazine issue.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
“Systematically explores the foundations of housework as an academic discipline, unpacking the gendered assumptions that underpin existing work, which is often led by male academics.“ – Ipsita Pradhan reviews Ann Oakley @brisunipress.bsky.social in our latest Magazine issue.
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Do you undertake qualitative or mixed methods research at UCL? Complete this short questionnaire about the use of computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS) and the use of AI in qualitative analysis tinyurl.com/2kwzunnr @ktwamley.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Do you undertake qualitative or mixed methods research at UCL? Complete this short questionnaire about the use of computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS) and the use of AI in qualitative analysis tinyurl.com/2kwzunnr @ktwamley.bsky.social
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@ktwamley.bsky.social and Charlotte Faircloth explore the ways couples making the transition to parenthood think about, practise, and assess ‘gender equality’.
Read the SRO Sage Prize nominated article below.
doi.org/10.1177/1360...
Read the SRO Sage Prize nominated article below.
doi.org/10.1177/1360...
September 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
@ktwamley.bsky.social and Charlotte Faircloth explore the ways couples making the transition to parenthood think about, practise, and assess ‘gender equality’.
Read the SRO Sage Prize nominated article below.
doi.org/10.1177/1360...
Read the SRO Sage Prize nominated article below.
doi.org/10.1177/1360...
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This weekend is the last opportunity to visit Palestinian Childhoods: Solidarity and Sumud, a two-week immersive exhibition and programme that the Critical Childhood Studies Centre is involved in hosting. Open 10-4 to the public. #ChildhoodStudies
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reimaginingchildhoodstudies.com/solidarity_a...
September 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
This weekend is the last opportunity to visit Palestinian Childhoods: Solidarity and Sumud, a two-week immersive exhibition and programme that the Critical Childhood Studies Centre is involved in hosting. Open 10-4 to the public. #ChildhoodStudies
reimaginingchildhoodstudies.com/solidarity_a...
reimaginingchildhoodstudies.com/solidarity_a...
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This week in our Meet the Researcher series, we’re introducing Susie Bower-Brown. Susie’s research explores LGBTQ+ identities and family life.
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@ioe.bsky.social
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September 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
This week in our Meet the Researcher series, we’re introducing Susie Bower-Brown. Susie’s research explores LGBTQ+ identities and family life.
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/91721-susie-...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/91721-susie-...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social