John Day
drjrd.bsky.social
John Day
@drjrd.bsky.social
Lecturer @universityofessex.bsky.social
sociologist | health policy | qualitative research
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Our paper, co-authored by Dr Zilu Wang and myself, has just been published on Families, Relationships and Societies. It investigates the lived experiences of first born children under China’s two-child policy in Chinese families where there are substantial age gaps between siblings (over 15 years).
October 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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This edited collection brings together academics, practitioners and activists along with contributions from #Parents and #YoungPeople who have experienced the trauma of being caught up in the process of blame. #SocialCare #MentalHealth

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July 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Today I asked AI to summarise an academic paper. The actual results were the opposite to what was hypothesised (and to what others had shown). The AI summary assumed the study had found what everyone else had found. Hot tip: don’t use a stochastic parrot to summarise an outlier paper. #academicsky 🧪
June 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
#TopViewed #openaccess article in Sociology of Health & Illness on the intensification of parenting and generational changes to children's play: doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13701

#sociology #generations #play #parenting #physicalactivity #childhood #Mannheim

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April 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Read the research behind the news
The generational shift towards the reciprocal disclosure of intimacy in daughter–father relationships through physical activity in the UK doi.org/10.1332/2046...
#fatherhood #parenting #familystudies
The generational shift towards the reciprocal disclosure of intimacy in daughter–father relationships through physical activity in the UK
Within family sociology during the past 30 years, while a general consensus has developed that most parents and children in the Western world have come to share relationships characterised by a greate...
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March 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Some great press coverage for FRS’s latest article;
Strengthening father-daughter relationships is as simple as a walk in the park
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
Strengthening father-daughter relationships is as simple as a walk in the park
Research shows that physical activity fosters emotional intimacy between fathers and daughters, reshaping traditional fatherhood roles.
www.thebrighterside.news
March 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
News article on the last empirical paper from my PhD data. Thank you to those who have been in touch to say the argument resonates with your own experiences
#generations #intimacies #daughters #physicalactivity #fatherhood

www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/02...
Improving relationships between daughters and fathers can be a walk in the park | University of Essex
Fathers and daughters are able to form strong bonds when taking part in physical activity together, according to new research from the University of Essex's Dr John Day, of the School of Health and So...
www.essex.ac.uk
March 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM