Paul Griffin
@paulgriffin1.bsky.social
Human Geographer at Northumbria Uni. Research interests include: histories from below, labour, unemployment and credit unions. https://researchportal.northumbria.ac.uk/en/persons/paul-griffin/
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Enjoyed 800 years of North Shields music event last night! "A place that keeps singing quietly, proudly, even when noone is watching"
October 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Enjoyed 800 years of North Shields music event last night! "A place that keeps singing quietly, proudly, even when noone is watching"
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Something new with Jane Holgate. Bringing together our work around trade union engagements beyond the workplace and particularly the sustained role of community activists. Available here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Trade unions and labour market inactivity: a continuing sense of solidarity and belonging - Paul Griffin, Jane Holgate, 2025
This article considers the relationship between trade unions and labour market inactivity by exploring the experiences of trade union activists beyond the workp...
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October 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Something new with Jane Holgate. Bringing together our work around trade union engagements beyond the workplace and particularly the sustained role of community activists. Available here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
My Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship on credit union histories started last week. The SLCU 2025 conference was the perfect place to start at the weekend! Some great workshops and lots of conversations to follow up on. Do get in touch if interested in the work!
October 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
My Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship on credit union histories started last week. The SLCU 2025 conference was the perfect place to start at the weekend! Some great workshops and lots of conversations to follow up on. Do get in touch if interested in the work!
Really enjoyed working on this with current PGR - Liv Robinson. We reflect on the archival encounter, with specific comments around industrial violence and working with troubling material: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library
This paper reflects on the archival encounter. In our discussion, we consider interactions between researchers and more troubling and violent materials, specifically industrial death and injury, held...
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October 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Really enjoyed working on this with current PGR - Liv Robinson. We reflect on the archival encounter, with specific comments around industrial violence and working with troubling material: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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#OpenAccess in The GJ:
'Racialised violence: Riots, space and temporality' by @paulgriffin1.bsky.social et al.
This piece forms part of a collection of commentaries reflecting on the UK riots which followed last July's Southport attack.
doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky
'Racialised violence: Riots, space and temporality' by @paulgriffin1.bsky.social et al.
This piece forms part of a collection of commentaries reflecting on the UK riots which followed last July's Southport attack.
doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky
July 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
#OpenAccess in The GJ:
'Racialised violence: Riots, space and temporality' by @paulgriffin1.bsky.social et al.
This piece forms part of a collection of commentaries reflecting on the UK riots which followed last July's Southport attack.
doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky
'Racialised violence: Riots, space and temporality' by @paulgriffin1.bsky.social et al.
This piece forms part of a collection of commentaries reflecting on the UK riots which followed last July's Southport attack.
doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky
Went to see this at the weekend and would thoroughly recommend! Very closely connected to Edie Adamson's ongoing PhD research around memories of multiculture at Northumbria, in partnership with The Word in South Shields. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/f...
‘Bigger than the Queen’: the day Muhammad Ali blew Tyneside away
One day after a royal visit, the boxing icon hit South Shields at his own expense, played darts, had his marriage blessed, and trounced Elizabeth II’s turnout. Our writer explains why he has written a...
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February 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Went to see this at the weekend and would thoroughly recommend! Very closely connected to Edie Adamson's ongoing PhD research around memories of multiculture at Northumbria, in partnership with The Word in South Shields. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/f...
Liverpool REM trip comes to a close. A great few days exploring the connections between race, racism and anti-racism in the city, with excellent guest speakers. Always nice to spend time with brilliant colleagues too - @jsclayton.bsky.social and Sarah Peck.
February 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Liverpool REM trip comes to a close. A great few days exploring the connections between race, racism and anti-racism in the city, with excellent guest speakers. Always nice to spend time with brilliant colleagues too - @jsclayton.bsky.social and Sarah Peck.
Historical Geographies students were on great form this morning - discussing all things archives and usable pasts. Their historical geography manifestos were great!
February 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Historical Geographies students were on great form this morning - discussing all things archives and usable pasts. Their historical geography manifestos were great!
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📢 Call for abstracts!
'Creating Carceral Atmospheres: Affect, Embodiment and Enclosure' at the RGS-IBG AC2025.
Please get in touch with any abstracts or questions! 😄
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'Creating Carceral Atmospheres: Affect, Embodiment and Enclosure' at the RGS-IBG AC2025.
Please get in touch with any abstracts or questions! 😄
@rgsibg.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
📢 Call for abstracts!
'Creating Carceral Atmospheres: Affect, Embodiment and Enclosure' at the RGS-IBG AC2025.
Please get in touch with any abstracts or questions! 😄
@rgsibg.bsky.social
'Creating Carceral Atmospheres: Affect, Embodiment and Enclosure' at the RGS-IBG AC2025.
Please get in touch with any abstracts or questions! 😄
@rgsibg.bsky.social
A return to Glasgow came at just the right time. A chance to share some ongoing work on unemployment, spatial politics, solidarity, etc. with old friends and meet a great HGRG community. Also an opportunity to continue ongoing credit union conversations. Sabbatical drawing to a close on a high!
January 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A return to Glasgow came at just the right time. A chance to share some ongoing work on unemployment, spatial politics, solidarity, etc. with old friends and meet a great HGRG community. Also an opportunity to continue ongoing credit union conversations. Sabbatical drawing to a close on a high!
Very excited to be part of this Northern Bridge Collaborative PhD!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Come and work with us @nuglobaldev.bsky.social on a great PhD project. Fully-funded studentship, open to Home and International applicants, deadline 31st January!
Come and work with us @nuglobaldev.bsky.social on a great PhD project. Fully-funded studentship, open to Home and International applicants, deadline 31st January!
The role of women’s organisations in social dialogue for gender just transitions in global food supply chains (NBC25/JENKINS) at Northumbria University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The role of women’s organisations in social dialogue for gender just transitions in global food supply chains (NBC25/JENKINS) at Northumbria University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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December 20, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Very excited to be part of this Northern Bridge Collaborative PhD!
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Great opportunity for a funded PhD studentship @nuglobaldev.bsky.social with me, @paulgriffin1.bsky.social, and Sarah Peck, exploring social dialogue and gender just transitions. Collaboration with Ethical Trading Initiative and Women Working Worldwide www.northernbridge.ac.uk/applyforastu...
Collaborative Doctoral Awards (Staff-led) | Northern Bridge Consortium | Newcastle University
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December 12, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Great opportunity for a funded PhD studentship @nuglobaldev.bsky.social with me, @paulgriffin1.bsky.social, and Sarah Peck, exploring social dialogue and gender just transitions. Collaboration with Ethical Trading Initiative and Women Working Worldwide www.northernbridge.ac.uk/applyforastu...
We have two NBC PhD studentships advertised for 2025 starts! Projects around working class identity/Sunderland and gender just transitions/food supply chains. Opportunities to work with @jsclayton.bsky.social and @katyjenkins.bsky.social. More info: northernbridge.ac.uk/applyforastu...
Collaborative Doctoral Awards (Staff-led) | Northern Bridge Consortium | Newcastle University
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December 11, 2024 at 1:52 PM
We have two NBC PhD studentships advertised for 2025 starts! Projects around working class identity/Sunderland and gender just transitions/food supply chains. Opportunities to work with @jsclayton.bsky.social and @katyjenkins.bsky.social. More info: northernbridge.ac.uk/applyforastu...
Productive archive day. First time visit to the Co-operative Heritage Trust Archive in Manchester. Will certainly be back as we start to think about Mutual Aid Pasts.
December 5, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Productive archive day. First time visit to the Co-operative Heritage Trust Archive in Manchester. Will certainly be back as we start to think about Mutual Aid Pasts.
Doesn't get much better than Idles on your birthday. Some show last night at Newcastle City Hall.
November 25, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Doesn't get much better than Idles on your birthday. Some show last night at Newcastle City Hall.
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If you or someone you know might be interested in doing a PhD or Masters+PhD, you can apply for funded opportunities within the NINE DTP Human Geography & Environment, Climate and Sustainability pathways with colleagues at Northumbria. There is more info here: www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
FindAPhD : ESRC-Funded PhD Studentships in the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences at Northumbria University (NINE25/EE/GEO/KCKJ) at Northumbria University
Apply for a PhD: ESRC-Funded PhD Studentships in the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences at Northumbria University (NINE25/EE/GEO/KCKJ) at Northumbria University
www.findaphd.com
November 20, 2024 at 10:33 AM
If you or someone you know might be interested in doing a PhD or Masters+PhD, you can apply for funded opportunities within the NINE DTP Human Geography & Environment, Climate and Sustainability pathways with colleagues at Northumbria. There is more info here: www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
Made the switch. Great to see lots of familiar faces and the possibility of reconnecting with a critical academic (particularly Human Geography!) community again. Will try and share work and thoughts around labour, unemployment, trade unions, community organising, historical geography etc.
November 14, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Made the switch. Great to see lots of familiar faces and the possibility of reconnecting with a critical academic (particularly Human Geography!) community again. Will try and share work and thoughts around labour, unemployment, trade unions, community organising, historical geography etc.
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"If we can't unionise at Amazon, we have no future": The film [co-directed by Antipode Foundation trustee Brett Story!] about the workers who took on Jeff Bezos and won www.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...
‘If we can’t unionise at Amazon, we have no future’: the film about the workers who took on Jeff Bezos and won
From the rousing leader dismissed for leading a walkout to the activists handing out free burgers, pizza and weed, an inspiring new documentary charts the long, hard fight to create the delivery giant...
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November 13, 2024 at 12:52 PM
"If we can't unionise at Amazon, we have no future": The film [co-directed by Antipode Foundation trustee Brett Story!] about the workers who took on Jeff Bezos and won www.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...