Lois Lee
@loielee.bsky.social
Sociologist at the University of Kent. Existential cultures, ethics and identities; secularism and pluralism; social stratification and inequalities.
This is SOOO out of date (after slow start to my bluesky journey) but what a joy to come on today and be reminded of a joyful day and an amazing accomplishment!
On Friday I passed my PhD viva! 🎉
With my absolute dream team @loielee.bsky.social and Julie Walsh examining.
Could not have done it without my supervisors @hannahjlewis.bsky.social & Lucy Mayblin.
And ongoing support by @humanists.uk & @faith2faithless.bsky.social
What’s next?! #PhDDone
With my absolute dream team @loielee.bsky.social and Julie Walsh examining.
Could not have done it without my supervisors @hannahjlewis.bsky.social & Lucy Mayblin.
And ongoing support by @humanists.uk & @faith2faithless.bsky.social
What’s next?! #PhDDone
June 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This is SOOO out of date (after slow start to my bluesky journey) but what a joy to come on today and be reminded of a joyful day and an amazing accomplishment!
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A reminder that the entire #DisabilityStudies team at Liverpool Hope (my former colleagues) are threatened with redundancy. Devastating not just for individuals, but for the field. Students have written this powerful open letter about the impact. #SaveHopeDisabilityStudies
Solidarity with the faculty & students in Disability Studies at Liverpool Hope Uni. Here’s what students say DS gave them: “Our experiences weren’t pathologised for the first time but understood w/in a broader context of systemic ableism—something we had felt but never had the tools to articulate.”
Powerful open letter from Liverpool Hope #DisabilityStudies students/grads in response to proposed redundancy of the ENTIRE DS team: DS "is not just an academic discipline but a lifeline. [Tutors] bring lived expertise, intellectual leadership, and care that cannot be replicated elsewhere"
June 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A reminder that the entire #DisabilityStudies team at Liverpool Hope (my former colleagues) are threatened with redundancy. Devastating not just for individuals, but for the field. Students have written this powerful open letter about the impact. #SaveHopeDisabilityStudies
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Are we experiencing a crisis of meaning and purpose in the west?
In the first edition of our new Voices section, we asked six people for their perspectives.
Hear from @andrewcopson.bsky.social, @domipalmer.bsky.social, @loielee.bsky.social and more
In the first edition of our new Voices section, we asked six people for their perspectives.
Hear from @andrewcopson.bsky.social, @domipalmer.bsky.social, @loielee.bsky.social and more
Six voices on the search for meaning in the modern world
How should we navigate existential questions in our increasingly secular society? We asked six people for their perspectives
newhumanist.org.uk
June 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Are we experiencing a crisis of meaning and purpose in the west?
In the first edition of our new Voices section, we asked six people for their perspectives.
Hear from @andrewcopson.bsky.social, @domipalmer.bsky.social, @loielee.bsky.social and more
In the first edition of our new Voices section, we asked six people for their perspectives.
Hear from @andrewcopson.bsky.social, @domipalmer.bsky.social, @loielee.bsky.social and more
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Delighted to hear the news that Mubarak Bala (president of the Nigerian Humanist Association) has been released, after being imprisoned on blasphemy charges.
This case is a reminder that blasphemy & apostasy laws should be repealed, so everyone has the freedom of religion or belief.
This case is a reminder that blasphemy & apostasy laws should be repealed, so everyone has the freedom of religion or belief.
SUCCESS: Mubarak Bala is free!
President of the Nigerian Humanist Association Mubarak Bala is finally free after nearly four-and-a-half years of imprisonment for ‘blasphemous’ posts on Facebook. Mubarak was jailed in 2020 and convi...
humanists.uk
January 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Delighted to hear the news that Mubarak Bala (president of the Nigerian Humanist Association) has been released, after being imprisoned on blasphemy charges.
This case is a reminder that blasphemy & apostasy laws should be repealed, so everyone has the freedom of religion or belief.
This case is a reminder that blasphemy & apostasy laws should be repealed, so everyone has the freedom of religion or belief.
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Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students.
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
Gazan Humanitarian Scholarship
We offer scholarships for citizens of Gaza who have been displaced as a result of the ongoing conflict in the region and are living in a different country (outside of the UK).
www.leeds.ac.uk
November 21, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students.
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
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This is a really important point about the very low number of academic texts available in audio format. I often use a screen reader but citation practices, pdf formatting etc means they don’t work well for academic work. To be truly open access, academic publications must have audio versions.
I see we’re having that nonsense argument again, about whether #audiobooks are ‘real reading’. I’d like to shift the conversation to the question of why so few academic books are available in audiobook format. Because it seems to me that the former attitude is closely connected to the latter.
November 24, 2024 at 3:57 PM
This is a really important point about the very low number of academic texts available in audio format. I often use a screen reader but citation practices, pdf formatting etc means they don’t work well for academic work. To be truly open access, academic publications must have audio versions.
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Academic jargon, translated
November 24, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Academic jargon, translated
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The average social science journal article now cites five times as many references as such an article did back in 1960
www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
#AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
#AcademicSky
November 25, 2024 at 2:43 AM
The average social science journal article now cites five times as many references as such an article did back in 1960
www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
#AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
#AcademicSky
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Are you interested in applying for a DPhil that focusses on pandemic research? https://buff.ly/4fHGfI2 The Pandemic Sciences Institute is offering a scholarship for Oxford Population Health's DPhil in Population Health to work with PSI Investigators on a PSI-related project, apply by 3 Dec.
DPhil in Population Health scholarship for pandemic research
Are you interested in applying for a DPhil that focusses on pandemic research? Apply for Oxford Population Health's DPhil in Population Health by Tuesday 3 December 2024 and you could be offered a…
buff.ly
November 25, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Are you interested in applying for a DPhil that focusses on pandemic research? https://buff.ly/4fHGfI2 The Pandemic Sciences Institute is offering a scholarship for Oxford Population Health's DPhil in Population Health to work with PSI Investigators on a PSI-related project, apply by 3 Dec.
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Two year post-doc at LSE's International Inequalities Institute working on inherited inequality and social mobility - deadline Dec 1st
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
November 17, 2023 at 8:13 AM
Two year post-doc at LSE's International Inequalities Institute working on inherited inequality and social mobility - deadline Dec 1st
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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