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OUT NOW: the first 2026 issue of The Sociological Review journal.
Featuring 12 new papers, of which 8 are open access, on subjects ranging from disability to citizenship, Gaza to Japan, care work to internet memes, and from death and bureaucracy to walking with Doreen Massey.
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Featuring 12 new papers, of which 8 are open access, on subjects ranging from disability to citizenship, Gaza to Japan, care work to internet memes, and from death and bureaucracy to walking with Doreen Massey.
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“There are a whole lot of different political crises impacting on universities in a way that can only change them quite dramatically.”
Karl von Holdt in conversation with Journal editor Carin Runciman in The Sociological Review magazine’s February issue.
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Karl von Holdt in conversation with Journal editor Carin Runciman in The Sociological Review magazine’s February issue.
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February 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
“There are a whole lot of different political crises impacting on universities in a way that can only change them quite dramatically.”
Karl von Holdt in conversation with Journal editor Carin Runciman in The Sociological Review magazine’s February issue.
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Karl von Holdt in conversation with Journal editor Carin Runciman in The Sociological Review magazine’s February issue.
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“The Provi [doorstep lender] came round saying I had to pay them this and that. I said, ‘Fuck off.’” – James, interviewee
Ignoring debt is an understandable response to coercion in an exploitative economy, writes @ryandavey284.bsky.social in the Magazine’s December issue.
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Ignoring debt is an understandable response to coercion in an exploitative economy, writes @ryandavey284.bsky.social in the Magazine’s December issue.
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February 3, 2026 at 8:01 AM
“The Provi [doorstep lender] came round saying I had to pay them this and that. I said, ‘Fuck off.’” – James, interviewee
Ignoring debt is an understandable response to coercion in an exploitative economy, writes @ryandavey284.bsky.social in the Magazine’s December issue.
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Ignoring debt is an understandable response to coercion in an exploitative economy, writes @ryandavey284.bsky.social in the Magazine’s December issue.
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Is optimism purely an individual feeling? Or can it also be seen as a collective sentiment?
Giuliana Mandich and Valentina Cuzzocrea on optimism as an analytical tool, structures of feeling and the sociology of the future.
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Giuliana Mandich and Valentina Cuzzocrea on optimism as an analytical tool, structures of feeling and the sociology of the future.
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February 2, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Is optimism purely an individual feeling? Or can it also be seen as a collective sentiment?
Giuliana Mandich and Valentina Cuzzocrea on optimism as an analytical tool, structures of feeling and the sociology of the future.
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Giuliana Mandich and Valentina Cuzzocrea on optimism as an analytical tool, structures of feeling and the sociology of the future.
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“It feels as though we are at a moment of social change, with a need for ‘dreamers’ to inspire and shape that change, but often the question for sociologists is how does that change happen?”
Editors @juliettephd.bsky.social & Iris Pissaride introduce the Magazine’s December issue.
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Editors @juliettephd.bsky.social & Iris Pissaride introduce the Magazine’s December issue.
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February 2, 2026 at 8:01 AM
“It feels as though we are at a moment of social change, with a need for ‘dreamers’ to inspire and shape that change, but often the question for sociologists is how does that change happen?”
Editors @juliettephd.bsky.social & Iris Pissaride introduce the Magazine’s December issue.
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Editors @juliettephd.bsky.social & Iris Pissaride introduce the Magazine’s December issue.
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“Atiles shows how those in power weaponise colonial legality to legitimate the social, economic & political violence they commit against marginalised communities.”
Vanessa Jiménez-Read reviews Crisis by Design by @joseatiles.bsky.social in our new issue.
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Vanessa Jiménez-Read reviews Crisis by Design by @joseatiles.bsky.social in our new issue.
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January 30, 2026 at 2:04 PM
“Atiles shows how those in power weaponise colonial legality to legitimate the social, economic & political violence they commit against marginalised communities.”
Vanessa Jiménez-Read reviews Crisis by Design by @joseatiles.bsky.social in our new issue.
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Vanessa Jiménez-Read reviews Crisis by Design by @joseatiles.bsky.social in our new issue.
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We’re happy to share that Dr Brenda Herbert, Sociological Review Fellow 2024–25, is publishing her book The Everyday Lives of Children Who Have Experienced Domestic Abuse on 19 Feb 2026!
Book launch on 12 March at UCL: buff.ly/SOu9LnC
Book launch on 12 March at UCL: buff.ly/SOu9LnC
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 AM
We’re happy to share that Dr Brenda Herbert, Sociological Review Fellow 2024–25, is publishing her book The Everyday Lives of Children Who Have Experienced Domestic Abuse on 19 Feb 2026!
Book launch on 12 March at UCL: buff.ly/SOu9LnC
Book launch on 12 March at UCL: buff.ly/SOu9LnC
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#OtD 29 Jan 1911 northern Mexico, the first battle of the Tijuana revolt occurred. A pre dawn raid by an international mix of anarchist PLM supporters and @IWW union members seized the town of Mexicali, killing the jailer stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1009...
January 29, 2026 at 3:40 PM
#OtD 29 Jan 1911 northern Mexico, the first battle of the Tijuana revolt occurred. A pre dawn raid by an international mix of anarchist PLM supporters and @IWW union members seized the town of Mexicali, killing the jailer stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1009...
DIVE IN: our open-access quarterly's latest issue is out now. Our contributors look at injustices in the adoption, debt, education and prison systems – and share visions of hope.
Plus: interviews, book reviews, sociological fiction, podcast insights and much more.
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Plus: interviews, book reviews, sociological fiction, podcast insights and much more.
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January 29, 2026 at 8:01 AM
DIVE IN: our open-access quarterly's latest issue is out now. Our contributors look at injustices in the adoption, debt, education and prison systems – and share visions of hope.
Plus: interviews, book reviews, sociological fiction, podcast insights and much more.
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Plus: interviews, book reviews, sociological fiction, podcast insights and much more.
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What’s the status of #GIFTS that lie unwanted or unused in our homes? They’re not dead, but “dormant”, says Sophie Woodward @manchester.ac.uk in the latest Uncommon Sense.
Tune in! On objects, obligation, relationships, time, material culture, and more…
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Tune in! On objects, obligation, relationships, time, material culture, and more…
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January 28, 2026 at 2:01 PM
What’s the status of #GIFTS that lie unwanted or unused in our homes? They’re not dead, but “dormant”, says Sophie Woodward @manchester.ac.uk in the latest Uncommon Sense.
Tune in! On objects, obligation, relationships, time, material culture, and more…
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Tune in! On objects, obligation, relationships, time, material culture, and more…
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WATCH: video recording of The Sociological Review Annual Lecture 2025
Author & "accidental anthropologist" Shahram Khosravi on doing migration studies in dark times. Chair @carinrunciman.bsky.social, discussant Karolína Augustová, poet Tawona Sitholé.
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Author & "accidental anthropologist" Shahram Khosravi on doing migration studies in dark times. Chair @carinrunciman.bsky.social, discussant Karolína Augustová, poet Tawona Sitholé.
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January 28, 2026 at 8:01 AM
WATCH: video recording of The Sociological Review Annual Lecture 2025
Author & "accidental anthropologist" Shahram Khosravi on doing migration studies in dark times. Chair @carinrunciman.bsky.social, discussant Karolína Augustová, poet Tawona Sitholé.
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Author & "accidental anthropologist" Shahram Khosravi on doing migration studies in dark times. Chair @carinrunciman.bsky.social, discussant Karolína Augustová, poet Tawona Sitholé.
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“At the time, Britons did not acknowledge it as a distinct cuisine, while foreign observers dismissed it as unrefined or downright dreadful.”
Vasco Ramos reviews Alan Warde’s Everyday Eating: Food, Taste and Trends in Britain Since the 1950s.
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Vasco Ramos reviews Alan Warde’s Everyday Eating: Food, Taste and Trends in Britain Since the 1950s.
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January 27, 2026 at 2:03 PM
“At the time, Britons did not acknowledge it as a distinct cuisine, while foreign observers dismissed it as unrefined or downright dreadful.”
Vasco Ramos reviews Alan Warde’s Everyday Eating: Food, Taste and Trends in Britain Since the 1950s.
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Vasco Ramos reviews Alan Warde’s Everyday Eating: Food, Taste and Trends in Britain Since the 1950s.
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“Both are essential reading for anyone interested in social justice, activism & the challenges of bringing about meaningful social change.”
@silkeroth.bsky.social reviews @mperezbrower.bsky.social & @drashleec.bsky.social
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@silkeroth.bsky.social reviews @mperezbrower.bsky.social & @drashleec.bsky.social
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January 26, 2026 at 8:01 AM
“Both are essential reading for anyone interested in social justice, activism & the challenges of bringing about meaningful social change.”
@silkeroth.bsky.social reviews @mperezbrower.bsky.social & @drashleec.bsky.social
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@silkeroth.bsky.social reviews @mperezbrower.bsky.social & @drashleec.bsky.social
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FINAL WEEK: Undisciplining Seminar Series funding call
The Sociological Review Foundation is inviting proposals for in-person, hybrid or online seminars exploring the transformative potential of sociological thinking.
Theme: Who & what is sociology for?
Deadline: 31 January
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The Sociological Review Foundation is inviting proposals for in-person, hybrid or online seminars exploring the transformative potential of sociological thinking.
Theme: Who & what is sociology for?
Deadline: 31 January
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January 23, 2026 at 2:03 PM
FINAL WEEK: Undisciplining Seminar Series funding call
The Sociological Review Foundation is inviting proposals for in-person, hybrid or online seminars exploring the transformative potential of sociological thinking.
Theme: Who & what is sociology for?
Deadline: 31 January
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The Sociological Review Foundation is inviting proposals for in-person, hybrid or online seminars exploring the transformative potential of sociological thinking.
Theme: Who & what is sociology for?
Deadline: 31 January
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Why do we sometimes keep gifts that we don’t want, or can’t easily use?
@sophierwoodward.bsky.social joins us to reflect on “dormant” #GIFTS – their role in our relationships with each other, ourselves and with time. On connection, obligation, objects and more…
@sophierwoodward.bsky.social joins us to reflect on “dormant” #GIFTS – their role in our relationships with each other, ourselves and with time. On connection, obligation, objects and more…
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January 23, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Why do we sometimes keep gifts that we don’t want, or can’t easily use?
@sophierwoodward.bsky.social joins us to reflect on “dormant” #GIFTS – their role in our relationships with each other, ourselves and with time. On connection, obligation, objects and more…
@sophierwoodward.bsky.social joins us to reflect on “dormant” #GIFTS – their role in our relationships with each other, ourselves and with time. On connection, obligation, objects and more…
“Slow and Sudden Violence is a good starting place for general readers who are interested in demystifying their assumptions about the uprisings in the US cities of Ferguson and Baltimore.”
Vladimir Rizov reviews Derek Hyra’s @ucpress.bsky.social study of uprisings and their causes.
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Vladimir Rizov reviews Derek Hyra’s @ucpress.bsky.social study of uprisings and their causes.
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January 22, 2026 at 8:00 AM
“Slow and Sudden Violence is a good starting place for general readers who are interested in demystifying their assumptions about the uprisings in the US cities of Ferguson and Baltimore.”
Vladimir Rizov reviews Derek Hyra’s @ucpress.bsky.social study of uprisings and their causes.
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Vladimir Rizov reviews Derek Hyra’s @ucpress.bsky.social study of uprisings and their causes.
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“Unequal academic cultures reify Global North scholarship, set punishing demands to publish in western journals, and undervalue dissident voices of minority scholars.”
Editor Sweta Rajan-Rankin reflects on The Sociological Review journal’s internationalisation and EDI agendas.
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Editor Sweta Rajan-Rankin reflects on The Sociological Review journal’s internationalisation and EDI agendas.
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January 21, 2026 at 2:02 PM
“Unequal academic cultures reify Global North scholarship, set punishing demands to publish in western journals, and undervalue dissident voices of minority scholars.”
Editor Sweta Rajan-Rankin reflects on The Sociological Review journal’s internationalisation and EDI agendas.
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Editor Sweta Rajan-Rankin reflects on The Sociological Review journal’s internationalisation and EDI agendas.
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28th January: Join our first Conversations Series of the year on Weds 28th Jan at 1pm: Where Are We Now? to reflect on 2025 and where hope might lie.
🎙️ Speakers: Kirsteen Paton, Aaron Winter, Gholam Khiabany and Yasmin Gunaratnam
📅 Online 1-2pm
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🎙️ Speakers: Kirsteen Paton, Aaron Winter, Gholam Khiabany and Yasmin Gunaratnam
📅 Online 1-2pm
➡️ Get tickets: buff.ly/BkNjqjx
January 20, 2026 at 10:37 AM
28th January: Join our first Conversations Series of the year on Weds 28th Jan at 1pm: Where Are We Now? to reflect on 2025 and where hope might lie.
🎙️ Speakers: Kirsteen Paton, Aaron Winter, Gholam Khiabany and Yasmin Gunaratnam
📅 Online 1-2pm
➡️ Get tickets: buff.ly/BkNjqjx
🎙️ Speakers: Kirsteen Paton, Aaron Winter, Gholam Khiabany and Yasmin Gunaratnam
📅 Online 1-2pm
➡️ Get tickets: buff.ly/BkNjqjx
“The women who board the buses not only carry soap, clothes or food; they shoulder the weight of a public system that is failing.”
Costa Rica’s prisons fail to provide basic care. Researcher @txus999.bsky.social meets the women and prisoners who are trying to fill the gaps.
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Costa Rica’s prisons fail to provide basic care. Researcher @txus999.bsky.social meets the women and prisoners who are trying to fill the gaps.
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January 20, 2026 at 8:01 AM
“The women who board the buses not only carry soap, clothes or food; they shoulder the weight of a public system that is failing.”
Costa Rica’s prisons fail to provide basic care. Researcher @txus999.bsky.social meets the women and prisoners who are trying to fill the gaps.
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Costa Rica’s prisons fail to provide basic care. Researcher @txus999.bsky.social meets the women and prisoners who are trying to fill the gaps.
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WATCH: video recording of The Sociological Review Annual Lecture 2025
Author & "accidental anthropologist" Shahram Khosravi on doing migration studies in dark times. Chair @carinrunciman.bsky.social, discussant Karolína Augustová, poet Tawona Sitholé.
buff.ly/742ITKk @uofgsociology.bsky.social
Author & "accidental anthropologist" Shahram Khosravi on doing migration studies in dark times. Chair @carinrunciman.bsky.social, discussant Karolína Augustová, poet Tawona Sitholé.
buff.ly/742ITKk @uofgsociology.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 8:01 AM
WATCH: video recording of The Sociological Review Annual Lecture 2025
Author & "accidental anthropologist" Shahram Khosravi on doing migration studies in dark times. Chair @carinrunciman.bsky.social, discussant Karolína Augustová, poet Tawona Sitholé.
buff.ly/742ITKk @uofgsociology.bsky.social
Author & "accidental anthropologist" Shahram Khosravi on doing migration studies in dark times. Chair @carinrunciman.bsky.social, discussant Karolína Augustová, poet Tawona Sitholé.
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“This collection is an ode to new reasonable causes of anxiety, as well as reiterating the ones already found in the neoliberal, capitalist and individualistic mindset.”
Lodovica Puxeddu reviews the edited volume Anxiety Culture @hopkinspress.bsky.social in our December issue.
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Lodovica Puxeddu reviews the edited volume Anxiety Culture @hopkinspress.bsky.social in our December issue.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:02 PM
“This collection is an ode to new reasonable causes of anxiety, as well as reiterating the ones already found in the neoliberal, capitalist and individualistic mindset.”
Lodovica Puxeddu reviews the edited volume Anxiety Culture @hopkinspress.bsky.social in our December issue.
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Lodovica Puxeddu reviews the edited volume Anxiety Culture @hopkinspress.bsky.social in our December issue.
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How do families use public displays to express who they are and gain recognition?
Stephanie Anderson and co-authors @uofgasbs.bsky.social explore identity, the work of Janet Finch and the ways in which parents negotiate the risk of judgement.
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Stephanie Anderson and co-authors @uofgasbs.bsky.social explore identity, the work of Janet Finch and the ways in which parents negotiate the risk of judgement.
#OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/G91zqTv
January 15, 2026 at 2:02 PM
How do families use public displays to express who they are and gain recognition?
Stephanie Anderson and co-authors @uofgasbs.bsky.social explore identity, the work of Janet Finch and the ways in which parents negotiate the risk of judgement.
#OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/G91zqTv
Stephanie Anderson and co-authors @uofgasbs.bsky.social explore identity, the work of Janet Finch and the ways in which parents negotiate the risk of judgement.
#OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/G91zqTv
CALL: seminar funding for 2026
The Foundation is inviting submissions for its 2026 Undisciplining Seminar Series exploring who and what sociology is for.
Submit your proposal by 31 January for public events focusing on the transformative potential of sociological thinking.
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The Foundation is inviting submissions for its 2026 Undisciplining Seminar Series exploring who and what sociology is for.
Submit your proposal by 31 January for public events focusing on the transformative potential of sociological thinking.
➡️
The Undisciplining Seminar Series 2026 Call for applications
The Sociological Review Foundation invites proposals for its 2026 Undisciplining Seminar Series exploring “Who and what is sociology for?”
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January 15, 2026 at 8:00 AM
CALL: seminar funding for 2026
The Foundation is inviting submissions for its 2026 Undisciplining Seminar Series exploring who and what sociology is for.
Submit your proposal by 31 January for public events focusing on the transformative potential of sociological thinking.
➡️
The Foundation is inviting submissions for its 2026 Undisciplining Seminar Series exploring who and what sociology is for.
Submit your proposal by 31 January for public events focusing on the transformative potential of sociological thinking.
➡️
“A simple request – to access information that is mine by birth – was locked behind a process and a price tag.”
In the December issue of The Sociological Review magazine, Annalisa Toccara-Jones reveals how difficult it is for adoptees to research their origins and medical history.
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In the December issue of The Sociological Review magazine, Annalisa Toccara-Jones reveals how difficult it is for adoptees to research their origins and medical history.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:03 PM
“A simple request – to access information that is mine by birth – was locked behind a process and a price tag.”
In the December issue of The Sociological Review magazine, Annalisa Toccara-Jones reveals how difficult it is for adoptees to research their origins and medical history.
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In the December issue of The Sociological Review magazine, Annalisa Toccara-Jones reveals how difficult it is for adoptees to research their origins and medical history.
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How does career coaching teach employees to accept stressful working conditions as a fact of life?
Fikri Buber takes a look at neoliberalism in Türkiye, the concept of the “docile mindset” and gender inequalities in the corporate world.
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Fikri Buber takes a look at neoliberalism in Türkiye, the concept of the “docile mindset” and gender inequalities in the corporate world.
#OnlineFirst @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/5xekAHg
January 14, 2026 at 8:01 AM
How does career coaching teach employees to accept stressful working conditions as a fact of life?
Fikri Buber takes a look at neoliberalism in Türkiye, the concept of the “docile mindset” and gender inequalities in the corporate world.
#OnlineFirst @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/5xekAHg
Fikri Buber takes a look at neoliberalism in Türkiye, the concept of the “docile mindset” and gender inequalities in the corporate world.
#OnlineFirst @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/5xekAHg