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Interested in sharing work-in-progress on race and ethnicity? The BSA Race & Ethnicity Study Group is launching ‘critical currents’, a new monthly online seminar series. Sign up to present at tinyurl.com/nhdrrfrf
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Call for Papers – critical currents: BSA Race & Ethnicity Study Group Online Seminar Series The BSA Race & Ethnicity Study Group is excited to launch critical currents:, a new monthly online seminar ...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Interested in sharing work-in-progress on race and ethnicity? The BSA Race & Ethnicity Study Group is launching ‘critical currents’, a new monthly online seminar series. Sign up to present at tinyurl.com/nhdrrfrf
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21 Nov, 2pm
This seminar will launch the new edited volume, 'Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century', edited by D Brzeziński, K Filipek, K Piwowar, M Winiarska-Brodowska.
Book your free ticket!
The event is open to members & non-members.
This seminar will launch the new edited volume, 'Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century', edited by D Brzeziński, K Filipek, K Piwowar, M Winiarska-Brodowska.
Book your free ticket!
The event is open to members & non-members.
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
21 Nov, 2pm
This seminar will launch the new edited volume, 'Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century', edited by D Brzeziński, K Filipek, K Piwowar, M Winiarska-Brodowska.
Book your free ticket!
The event is open to members & non-members.
This seminar will launch the new edited volume, 'Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century', edited by D Brzeziński, K Filipek, K Piwowar, M Winiarska-Brodowska.
Book your free ticket!
The event is open to members & non-members.
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The event will be attended by the editors of the book, authors of selected chapters, as well as prominent researchers of contemporary algorithmisation as commentators:
Dariusz Brzeziński
Małgorzata Winiarska-Brodowska
Robert Seyfert
Nicolas Chartier-Edwards
Noortje Marres
David Beer
#Theory
Dariusz Brzeziński
Małgorzata Winiarska-Brodowska
Robert Seyfert
Nicolas Chartier-Edwards
Noortje Marres
David Beer
#Theory
Book Launch: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century (Routledge 2025)
A BSA Theory Study Group Event
21 November 2025 (14:00-15:30 GMT)
Online
Free to attend, registration required
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
#SocialTheory
A BSA Theory Study Group Event
21 November 2025 (14:00-15:30 GMT)
Online
Free to attend, registration required
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
#SocialTheory
Book Launch: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century (Routledge 2025)
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November 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The event will be attended by the editors of the book, authors of selected chapters, as well as prominent researchers of contemporary algorithmisation as commentators:
Dariusz Brzeziński
Małgorzata Winiarska-Brodowska
Robert Seyfert
Nicolas Chartier-Edwards
Noortje Marres
David Beer
#Theory
Dariusz Brzeziński
Małgorzata Winiarska-Brodowska
Robert Seyfert
Nicolas Chartier-Edwards
Noortje Marres
David Beer
#Theory
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
Take stock of what we know about the functioning of the media in scandalous times – submit an abstract by 21 November for ‘Media in a Scandalous Age’, a free online event by the BSA Media Study Group on 10 December
tinyurl.com/4k4ezvv4
tinyurl.com/4k4ezvv4
November 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Take stock of what we know about the functioning of the media in scandalous times – submit an abstract by 21 November for ‘Media in a Scandalous Age’, a free online event by the BSA Media Study Group on 10 December
tinyurl.com/4k4ezvv4
tinyurl.com/4k4ezvv4
Add the winning paper of the Cultural Sociology journal Sage Prize to your weekend TBR!
Peggy Levitt and Andreja Siliunas focus on the effects culture has on shaping cultural globalization, arguing that diffusion itself is a cultural practice.
Read now for free!
doi.org/10.1177/1749...
Peggy Levitt and Andreja Siliunas focus on the effects culture has on shaping cultural globalization, arguing that diffusion itself is a cultural practice.
Read now for free!
doi.org/10.1177/1749...
November 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Add the winning paper of the Cultural Sociology journal Sage Prize to your weekend TBR!
Peggy Levitt and Andreja Siliunas focus on the effects culture has on shaping cultural globalization, arguing that diffusion itself is a cultural practice.
Read now for free!
doi.org/10.1177/1749...
Peggy Levitt and Andreja Siliunas focus on the effects culture has on shaping cultural globalization, arguing that diffusion itself is a cultural practice.
Read now for free!
doi.org/10.1177/1749...
‘A sustained critique of AI from intersecting feminist, posthumanist and neo-materialist perspectives’ – book now for ‘Dismantling Human-Centred AI: A Feminist Intervention’ a free online BSA New Materialisms Study Group seminar, 8 December tinyurl.com/d4pma6jz
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
‘A sustained critique of AI from intersecting feminist, posthumanist and neo-materialist perspectives’ – book now for ‘Dismantling Human-Centred AI: A Feminist Intervention’ a free online BSA New Materialisms Study Group seminar, 8 December tinyurl.com/d4pma6jz
Have you read the Sage Prize winning paper for SRO journal?
Nested Narratives by Susie Scott and Nina Lockwood explores the ways in which biographical subjects narrate their lives unlived.
Read the full paper #OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1177/1360...
Nested Narratives by Susie Scott and Nina Lockwood explores the ways in which biographical subjects narrate their lives unlived.
Read the full paper #OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1177/1360...
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Have you read the Sage Prize winning paper for SRO journal?
Nested Narratives by Susie Scott and Nina Lockwood explores the ways in which biographical subjects narrate their lives unlived.
Read the full paper #OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1177/1360...
Nested Narratives by Susie Scott and Nina Lockwood explores the ways in which biographical subjects narrate their lives unlived.
Read the full paper #OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1177/1360...
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
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✏️ Looking for ways to take your career to the next level?
✏️ Wanting to enhance the impact of your research on society?
✏️ Unsure what issues policymakers in Scotland are prioritising?
Then, join our ADR SCOTLAND webinar 13 November 13:00–14:30 for insights!
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
✏️ Wanting to enhance the impact of your research on society?
✏️ Unsure what issues policymakers in Scotland are prioritising?
Then, join our ADR SCOTLAND webinar 13 November 13:00–14:30 for insights!
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
Early Career Forum - Administrative Data Research (ADR) Scotland Workshop
www.britsoc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
✏️ Looking for ways to take your career to the next level?
✏️ Wanting to enhance the impact of your research on society?
✏️ Unsure what issues policymakers in Scotland are prioritising?
Then, join our ADR SCOTLAND webinar 13 November 13:00–14:30 for insights!
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
✏️ Wanting to enhance the impact of your research on society?
✏️ Unsure what issues policymakers in Scotland are prioritising?
Then, join our ADR SCOTLAND webinar 13 November 13:00–14:30 for insights!
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
Early Career Researchers – get connected with the Administrative Data Research initiative, giving access to administrative datasets not publicly available for research on social problems affecting Scotland.
Book now for our @bsaecr.bsky.social workshop, 13 November, online tinyurl.com/3rfrxw44
Book now for our @bsaecr.bsky.social workshop, 13 November, online tinyurl.com/3rfrxw44
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Early Career Researchers – get connected with the Administrative Data Research initiative, giving access to administrative datasets not publicly available for research on social problems affecting Scotland.
Book now for our @bsaecr.bsky.social workshop, 13 November, online tinyurl.com/3rfrxw44
Book now for our @bsaecr.bsky.social workshop, 13 November, online tinyurl.com/3rfrxw44
Applications close today!
Be sure to submit your application below to join the Editorial Boards of Sociology journal, and Work, Employment and Society.
Deadline to submit is 17:00 GMT.
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Be sure to submit your application below to join the Editorial Boards of Sociology journal, and Work, Employment and Society.
Deadline to submit is 17:00 GMT.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Nominations
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November 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Applications close today!
Be sure to submit your application below to join the Editorial Boards of Sociology journal, and Work, Employment and Society.
Deadline to submit is 17:00 GMT.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Be sure to submit your application below to join the Editorial Boards of Sociology journal, and Work, Employment and Society.
Deadline to submit is 17:00 GMT.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
‘The urgency of critical intervention on AI becomes undeniable’ - book now for Dismantling Human-Centred AI: A Feminist Intervention, a free online BSA New Materialisms Study Group seminar, 8 December tinyurl.com/d4pma6jz
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
‘The urgency of critical intervention on AI becomes undeniable’ - book now for Dismantling Human-Centred AI: A Feminist Intervention, a free online BSA New Materialisms Study Group seminar, 8 December tinyurl.com/d4pma6jz
Don’t miss your chance to apply for the WES journal Editorial Board. Applications close tomorrow!
We are looking for experts in quantitative methods, sexuality at work, gender, and more.
Submit your application now.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
We are looking for experts in quantitative methods, sexuality at work, gender, and more.
Submit your application now.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Don’t miss your chance to apply for the WES journal Editorial Board. Applications close tomorrow!
We are looking for experts in quantitative methods, sexuality at work, gender, and more.
Submit your application now.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
We are looking for experts in quantitative methods, sexuality at work, gender, and more.
Submit your application now.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Concerns are growing that social media emphasises negative experiences of hormonal contraception – but using social media does not necessarily mean a rejection of medical information, say @kristina-s.bsky.social and Lily Roberts @uofgsociology.bsky.social tinyurl.com/mr2v8aa3
Mis(sing)information: How contraceptive users bridge the gap between medicalised and experiential knowledge - Everyday Society - The British Sociological Association
Concerns are growing over social media information emphasising negative experiences of hormonal contraception. Labelled as misinformation, the volume and accessibility of this content that is said to ...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Concerns are growing that social media emphasises negative experiences of hormonal contraception – but using social media does not necessarily mean a rejection of medical information, say @kristina-s.bsky.social and Lily Roberts @uofgsociology.bsky.social tinyurl.com/mr2v8aa3
Sociology journal is looking for new Board members!
Do you specialise in quantitative or computational methods? Apply now!
The full list of expertise we need and how to apply can be found below. Applications close 11 November 2025.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Do you specialise in quantitative or computational methods? Apply now!
The full list of expertise we need and how to apply can be found below. Applications close 11 November 2025.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Sociology journal is looking for new Board members!
Do you specialise in quantitative or computational methods? Apply now!
The full list of expertise we need and how to apply can be found below. Applications close 11 November 2025.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Do you specialise in quantitative or computational methods? Apply now!
The full list of expertise we need and how to apply can be found below. Applications close 11 November 2025.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
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Are Interested in:
👉 Housing,
👉 Health,
👉 Youth,
👉 Work,
👉 Aging,
👉 Inequality,
👉 Climate change, or
👉 Criminal justice?
If so, join the ADR SCOTLAND webinar 13 November 2025 (13.00-14.30) to learn about funding and knowledge exchange opportunities!
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
👉 Housing,
👉 Health,
👉 Youth,
👉 Work,
👉 Aging,
👉 Inequality,
👉 Climate change, or
👉 Criminal justice?
If so, join the ADR SCOTLAND webinar 13 November 2025 (13.00-14.30) to learn about funding and knowledge exchange opportunities!
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
Early Career Forum - Administrative Data Research (ADR) Scotland Workshop
www.britsoc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Are Interested in:
👉 Housing,
👉 Health,
👉 Youth,
👉 Work,
👉 Aging,
👉 Inequality,
👉 Climate change, or
👉 Criminal justice?
If so, join the ADR SCOTLAND webinar 13 November 2025 (13.00-14.30) to learn about funding and knowledge exchange opportunities!
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
👉 Housing,
👉 Health,
👉 Youth,
👉 Work,
👉 Aging,
👉 Inequality,
👉 Climate change, or
👉 Criminal justice?
If so, join the ADR SCOTLAND webinar 13 November 2025 (13.00-14.30) to learn about funding and knowledge exchange opportunities!
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
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Book Launch: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century (Routledge 2025)
A BSA Theory Study Group Event
21 November 2025 (14:00-15:30 GMT)
Online
Free to attend, registration required
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
#SocialTheory
A BSA Theory Study Group Event
21 November 2025 (14:00-15:30 GMT)
Online
Free to attend, registration required
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
#SocialTheory
Book Launch: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century (Routledge 2025)
www.britsoc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Book Launch: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century (Routledge 2025)
A BSA Theory Study Group Event
21 November 2025 (14:00-15:30 GMT)
Online
Free to attend, registration required
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
#SocialTheory
A BSA Theory Study Group Event
21 November 2025 (14:00-15:30 GMT)
Online
Free to attend, registration required
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
#SocialTheory
How will AI affect society? Find out by booking on 'Book Launch: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century' a free online @bsatheory.bsky.social event on 21 November tinyurl.com/4bspp3pr
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 AM
How will AI affect society? Find out by booking on 'Book Launch: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century' a free online @bsatheory.bsky.social event on 21 November tinyurl.com/4bspp3pr
Would you like to contribute to Sociology or Work, Employment and Society?
Be sure to submit your application to join the Editorial Boards by 11 November 2025. Details on how to apply or nominate a colleague can be found below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Be sure to submit your application to join the Editorial Boards by 11 November 2025. Details on how to apply or nominate a colleague can be found below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Nominations
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November 6, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Would you like to contribute to Sociology or Work, Employment and Society?
Be sure to submit your application to join the Editorial Boards by 11 November 2025. Details on how to apply or nominate a colleague can be found below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Be sure to submit your application to join the Editorial Boards by 11 November 2025. Details on how to apply or nominate a colleague can be found below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
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New research from @manchester.ac.uk asks: "What happens when your AI soulmate disappears?"
Dr Jennifer Cearns explores human-AI relationships. It’s not sci-fi - it’s happening now!
Read more www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/w... 💔
#SoSSResearch #AI #Anthropology #TechAndEmotion #DigitalFutures
Dr Jennifer Cearns explores human-AI relationships. It’s not sci-fi - it’s happening now!
Read more www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/w... 💔
#SoSSResearch #AI #Anthropology #TechAndEmotion #DigitalFutures
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
New research from @manchester.ac.uk asks: "What happens when your AI soulmate disappears?"
Dr Jennifer Cearns explores human-AI relationships. It’s not sci-fi - it’s happening now!
Read more www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/w... 💔
#SoSSResearch #AI #Anthropology #TechAndEmotion #DigitalFutures
Dr Jennifer Cearns explores human-AI relationships. It’s not sci-fi - it’s happening now!
Read more www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/w... 💔
#SoSSResearch #AI #Anthropology #TechAndEmotion #DigitalFutures
Take stock of what we know about the functioning of the media in scandalous times – submit an abstract by 21 November for ‘Media in a Scandalous Age’, a free online event by the BSA Media Study Group on 10 December See below for details or email jpm29@leicester.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Take stock of what we know about the functioning of the media in scandalous times – submit an abstract by 21 November for ‘Media in a Scandalous Age’, a free online event by the BSA Media Study Group on 10 December See below for details or email jpm29@leicester.ac.uk
Would you like to contribute to Sociology or Work, Employment and Society journals?
Be sure to submit your application to join the Editorial Boards by 11 November 2025. Details on how to apply or nominate a colleague can be found below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Be sure to submit your application to join the Editorial Boards by 11 November 2025. Details on how to apply or nominate a colleague can be found below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Nominations
www.mi-nomination.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Would you like to contribute to Sociology or Work, Employment and Society journals?
Be sure to submit your application to join the Editorial Boards by 11 November 2025. Details on how to apply or nominate a colleague can be found below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Be sure to submit your application to join the Editorial Boards by 11 November 2025. Details on how to apply or nominate a colleague can be found below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
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This month’s list of consultations & inquiries from the UK’s 4 legislatures & governments that require #socialscience evidence incl. consultations on parole reform, new housing developments, local government elections rules & more. Find out more➡️ acss.org.uk/policy-monit...
November 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This month’s list of consultations & inquiries from the UK’s 4 legislatures & governments that require #socialscience evidence incl. consultations on parole reform, new housing developments, local government elections rules & more. Find out more➡️ acss.org.uk/policy-monit...