Steve Threadgold
@stevethreadgold.bsky.social
Sociologist at University of Newcastle
Research on youth and class: alternative work trajectories; underground and independent creative scenes; cultural formations of taste, fintech and financial practices.
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Research on youth and class: alternative work trajectories; underground and independent creative scenes; cultural formations of taste, fintech and financial practices.
https://linktr.ee/stevethreadgold?utm_source=link
Today at 3pm
Our online seminar series kicks off Wednesday February 11 at 3pm, on ‘Algorithmic Dwelling: Digital Technologies as Intermediaries in Housing Access and the Enactment of Home’.
Algorithmic Dwelling
Digital Technologies as Intermediaries in Housing Access and the Enactment of Home
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February 10, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Today at 3pm
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Our online seminar series kicks off Wednesday February 11 at 3pm, on ‘Algorithmic Dwelling: Digital Technologies as Intermediaries in Housing Access and the Enactment of Home’.
Algorithmic Dwelling
Digital Technologies as Intermediaries in Housing Access and the Enactment of Home
www.eventbrite.com.au
February 2, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Our online seminar series kicks off Wednesday February 11 at 3pm, on ‘Algorithmic Dwelling: Digital Technologies as Intermediaries in Housing Access and the Enactment of Home’.
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Congratulations to our new research team member Dr Niamh White on her PhD conferral and becoming a newly minted Dr! We look forward to working with you on young people and fintech over the next few years
January 21, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Congratulations to our new research team member Dr Niamh White on her PhD conferral and becoming a newly minted Dr! We look forward to working with you on young people and fintech over the next few years
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After over 2 years under review, our paper discussing strategies to get by in the creative industries is out
Hustling in the projectariat? Financialisation and precarious creative industries
The Creative Industries are precarious, emblematic of what has become known as “wageless life” in the “projectariat”. In this article, we use qualitative data to explore how young people who are st...
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December 19, 2025 at 4:19 AM
After over 2 years under review, our paper discussing strategies to get by in the creative industries is out
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SAVE THE DATE!
Journal of Youth Studies Conference, University of Porto in May 4-6, 2027.
Journal of Youth Studies Conference, University of Porto in May 4-6, 2027.
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
SAVE THE DATE!
Journal of Youth Studies Conference, University of Porto in May 4-6, 2027.
Journal of Youth Studies Conference, University of Porto in May 4-6, 2027.
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Our next online seminar is on at 3pm tomorrow.
The False Divide between Nature and Culture: How Estrogens, Yeasts and Snakes Reveal the Entanglement of Everyday Life
See you there!
The False Divide between Nature and Culture: How Estrogens, Yeasts and Snakes Reveal the Entanglement of Everyday Life
See you there!
The False Divide between Nature and Culture
How Estrogens, Yeasts and Snakes Reveal the Entanglement of Everyday Life
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November 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Our next online seminar is on at 3pm tomorrow.
The False Divide between Nature and Culture: How Estrogens, Yeasts and Snakes Reveal the Entanglement of Everyday Life
See you there!
The False Divide between Nature and Culture: How Estrogens, Yeasts and Snakes Reveal the Entanglement of Everyday Life
See you there!
Who world have thought i'd be talking in the the Australian Financial Review about class, but there you go...
The class signals that decide who gets promoted in Australia
Having a “bogan” accent or a “hick” degree can cruel leadership aspirations, according to a new report. Oh, and add watching reality TV and rugby league to that mix.
www.afr.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Who world have thought i'd be talking in the the Australian Financial Review about class, but there you go...
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New article by @juliacook.bsky.social in @bjsociology.bsky.social
'Understanding the Role of Migration, Culture and Transnational Ties in Family Financial Assistance With Home Ownership'
'Understanding the Role of Migration, Culture and Transnational Ties in Family Financial Assistance With Home Ownership'
Understanding the Role of Migration, Culture and Transnational Ties in Family Financial Assistance With Home Ownership
Family financial assistance with home ownership has attracted significant scholarly attention in recent years. However, the role of culture and ethnicity, transnational ties, and migration in this pr....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:15 AM
New article by @juliacook.bsky.social in @bjsociology.bsky.social
'Understanding the Role of Migration, Culture and Transnational Ties in Family Financial Assistance With Home Ownership'
'Understanding the Role of Migration, Culture and Transnational Ties in Family Financial Assistance With Home Ownership'
I'm giving talk at RMIT for the Music Industry Research Collective on Monday October 20 at 3pm on 'What is cultural sociology when culture is platformed and financialised?'
October 10, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I'm giving talk at RMIT for the Music Industry Research Collective on Monday October 20 at 3pm on 'What is cultural sociology when culture is platformed and financialised?'
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NYSC online seminar on ‘The Materialities of Inequality: Mould, Acid and Glitter’ featuring Beckie Coleman, Bev Skeggs, Imogen Tyler and Roger Burrows is on tomorrow night, Wednesday October 8 at 7pm (9am London time).
The Materialities of Inequality: Mould, Acid and Glitter
How Stuff Matters
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October 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
NYSC online seminar on ‘The Materialities of Inequality: Mould, Acid and Glitter’ featuring Beckie Coleman, Bev Skeggs, Imogen Tyler and Roger Burrows is on tomorrow night, Wednesday October 8 at 7pm (9am London time).
It's finally out!
After what could only be described as a very long gestation, our edited collection is now available.
It will be great for teaching about the concept of subculture and also contains interesting contemporary examples and research case studies.
1/2
After what could only be described as a very long gestation, our edited collection is now available.
It will be great for teaching about the concept of subculture and also contains interesting contemporary examples and research case studies.
1/2
Subculture in the 21st Century: An Introduction to Subculture Studies
Subculture in the 21st Century is a key text for all students of sociology and cultural studies. Drawing on case studies and supported by a range of resources on its dedicated companion website, it is...
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October 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's finally out!
After what could only be described as a very long gestation, our edited collection is now available.
It will be great for teaching about the concept of subculture and also contains interesting contemporary examples and research case studies.
1/2
After what could only be described as a very long gestation, our edited collection is now available.
It will be great for teaching about the concept of subculture and also contains interesting contemporary examples and research case studies.
1/2
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A factor in this triumphant return is how platforms (Spotify) dissolve historical time, with the effect that a) nobody needs to remember that this was a band whose 'good' patch lasted circa 18 months and b) they provide the backdrop for inter-generational bonding
Oasis stadium jaunt ends (for now), it has been odd seeing how massively they’re loved, and also odd that it is seen as churlish to critique it. For me, they inescapably represent the worst of the 90s, the banterous homophobia, the conservatism. It made life miserable & I struggle to get over that.
September 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
A factor in this triumphant return is how platforms (Spotify) dissolve historical time, with the effect that a) nobody needs to remember that this was a band whose 'good' patch lasted circa 18 months and b) they provide the backdrop for inter-generational bonding
this is excellent
www.e-flux.com/architecture...
www.e-flux.com/architecture...
Intensification - Kate Crawford - Eating the Future: The Metabolic Logic of AI Slop
AI slop isn’t invested in the order of events or even looking like reality. The slop is not the territory: it just smothers it in synthetic goop. It’s flooding the zone with AI shit.
www.e-flux.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
this is excellent
www.e-flux.com/architecture...
www.e-flux.com/architecture...
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The new special edition of So Fi Zine is live! A beautiful collection of sociological fiction - HUGE thanks to the legend that is Ash @awtsn.bsky.social for making this possible and including my piece, and to everyone involved.
Read here: sofizine.com/latest-editi...
Read here: sofizine.com/latest-editi...
Edition #17
OUT NOW! So Fi Zine #17 is a special issue created with sociologists and other academic kin at the University of Glasgow in 2025 – full of new sociological fiction, poetry and visual art. Thi…
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August 26, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The new special edition of So Fi Zine is live! A beautiful collection of sociological fiction - HUGE thanks to the legend that is Ash @awtsn.bsky.social for making this possible and including my piece, and to everyone involved.
Read here: sofizine.com/latest-editi...
Read here: sofizine.com/latest-editi...
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Please join us for the second in our NYSC Series Online seminar on Wednesday to hear all about New Possibilities: Young People and Democratic Renewal, featuring Philippa Collin, Judith Bessant, Luigi Di Martino, Rob Watts and Varsha Yajman.
New Possibilities: Young People and Democratic Renewal
This panel shares some of the findings of the New Possibilities project
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August 18, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Please join us for the second in our NYSC Series Online seminar on Wednesday to hear all about New Possibilities: Young People and Democratic Renewal, featuring Philippa Collin, Judith Bessant, Luigi Di Martino, Rob Watts and Varsha Yajman.
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No silver bullet: why social media ban is full of holes
www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/903228...
www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/903228...
August 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
No silver bullet: why social media ban is full of holes
www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/903228...
www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/903228...
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Tomorrow at 3pm AEST we have our first NYSC online seminar taking place on zoom.
The topic is Automating Everyday Life and we are joined by Nicholas Carah and Lauren Hayden, Joel Stern, and Thao Phan and Fabian Offert.
You can register at Eventbrite for it here www.eventbrite.com.au/e/automating...
The topic is Automating Everyday Life and we are joined by Nicholas Carah and Lauren Hayden, Joel Stern, and Thao Phan and Fabian Offert.
You can register at Eventbrite for it here www.eventbrite.com.au/e/automating...
Automating Everyday Life
As everyday life has been digitalised, more and more of the things we do, like and consume are being automated.
www.eventbrite.com.au
July 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Tomorrow at 3pm AEST we have our first NYSC online seminar taking place on zoom.
The topic is Automating Everyday Life and we are joined by Nicholas Carah and Lauren Hayden, Joel Stern, and Thao Phan and Fabian Offert.
You can register at Eventbrite for it here www.eventbrite.com.au/e/automating...
The topic is Automating Everyday Life and we are joined by Nicholas Carah and Lauren Hayden, Joel Stern, and Thao Phan and Fabian Offert.
You can register at Eventbrite for it here www.eventbrite.com.au/e/automating...
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Check out Filtered Reality, a short film that discusses aspects of the ARC DP project led by @juliacoffey.bsky.social on how photo editing apps, tools and filters affect young people’s self-image.
youtu.be/iewwq34sCdk?...
youtu.be/iewwq34sCdk?...
Filtered Reality
YouTube video by Steven Threadgold
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July 28, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Check out Filtered Reality, a short film that discusses aspects of the ARC DP project led by @juliacoffey.bsky.social on how photo editing apps, tools and filters affect young people’s self-image.
youtu.be/iewwq34sCdk?...
youtu.be/iewwq34sCdk?...
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Join me, Joel Stern, and Nic Carah for what's shaping up to be a stimulating seminar on Automating Everyday Life!
⚡Wed 30 July, 3 - 5pm AEST
⚡Register for zoom details
I'll be talking about generative AI and the problem if representing political violence.
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/automating...
⚡Wed 30 July, 3 - 5pm AEST
⚡Register for zoom details
I'll be talking about generative AI and the problem if representing political violence.
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/automating...
Automating Everyday Life
As everyday life has been digitalised, more and more of the things we do, like and consume are being automated.
www.eventbrite.com.au
July 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Join me, Joel Stern, and Nic Carah for what's shaping up to be a stimulating seminar on Automating Everyday Life!
⚡Wed 30 July, 3 - 5pm AEST
⚡Register for zoom details
I'll be talking about generative AI and the problem if representing political violence.
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/automating...
⚡Wed 30 July, 3 - 5pm AEST
⚡Register for zoom details
I'll be talking about generative AI and the problem if representing political violence.
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/automating...
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Coming soon
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@megansharp.bsky.social
@bengook.bsky.social
@benhanckel.bsky.social
@projectnat.bsky.social
@stevethreadgold.bsky.social
@paulhodkinson.bsky.social
@indigowilling.bsky.social
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@megansharp.bsky.social
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@indigowilling.bsky.social
Subculture in the 21st Century | An Introduction to Subculture Studies
Subculture in the 21st Century is a key text for all students of sociology and cultural studies. Drawing on case studies and supported by a range of resources
www.taylorfrancis.com
July 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Coming soon
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
@megansharp.bsky.social
@bengook.bsky.social
@benhanckel.bsky.social
@projectnat.bsky.social
@stevethreadgold.bsky.social
@paulhodkinson.bsky.social
@indigowilling.bsky.social
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@megansharp.bsky.social
@bengook.bsky.social
@benhanckel.bsky.social
@projectnat.bsky.social
@stevethreadgold.bsky.social
@paulhodkinson.bsky.social
@indigowilling.bsky.social
When @bengreenfuz.bsky.social and I wrote our chapter for this great collection on Pub Rock, Amyl and The Sniffers were an up and coming band just about to release their second record... academic publishing eh!
Unlikely to see them play in a pub these days...
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Unlikely to see them play in a pub these days...
www.routledge.com/Pub-Rock-in-...
July 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
When @bengreenfuz.bsky.social and I wrote our chapter for this great collection on Pub Rock, Amyl and The Sniffers were an up and coming band just about to release their second record... academic publishing eh!
Unlikely to see them play in a pub these days...
www.routledge.com/Pub-Rock-in-...
Unlikely to see them play in a pub these days...
www.routledge.com/Pub-Rock-in-...
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Coming soon
July 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Coming soon
This is not satire
June 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
This is not satire
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Call for Papers for a special issue of Work, Employment and Society on Earning While Learning: experiences, patterns and the political economy of working students’
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For further information and queries, please contact Kim Allen k.allen1@leeds.ac.uk
www.britsoc.co.uk/opportunitie...
For further information and queries, please contact Kim Allen k.allen1@leeds.ac.uk
Call for Papers
www.britsoc.co.uk
June 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Call for Papers for a special issue of Work, Employment and Society on Earning While Learning: experiences, patterns and the political economy of working students’
www.britsoc.co.uk/opportunitie...
For further information and queries, please contact Kim Allen k.allen1@leeds.ac.uk
www.britsoc.co.uk/opportunitie...
For further information and queries, please contact Kim Allen k.allen1@leeds.ac.uk