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Emma Huddlestone
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Lecturer in Sociology at UEA. Interested in critical military studies, military families and social justice.
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My forthcoming monograph -British Militarism, Sport, Remembrance: "Support the Troops - is now available to pre-order. www.routledge.com/British-Mili...
British Militarism, Sport, Remembrance: “Support the Troops”
British Militarism, Sport, Remembrance: “Support the Troops” critically explores the complex and evolving relationship between sport and militarism in the UK, offering an in-depth analysis of how poli...
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July 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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I'm grateful to Security Dialogue for publishing my new (open access) article exploring how discourses on promoting 'diversity of thought' circulate in the UK national security policy community, and the political work they do in relation to hegemonic security thinking 🧵: doi.org/10.1177/0967...
Diversity of thought as ‘mission critical’: Knowledge, politics and power in UK national security policymaking Abstract The idea that diversity and inclusion in policymaking institutions is a national security imperative because it enhances ‘diversity of thought’ has proliferated among policymakers in recent years. Building on critical, feminist and postcolonial scholarship arguing that constructions of gender, race and class undergird hegemonic militaristic and colonial approaches to security, this article analyses how the discourse on diversity of thought occasionally challenges, but more often reinforces these hegemonic approaches. Based on interviews with UK civil servants, the article explores how this discourse, and consequent measures to promote diversity of thought by creating a more diverse and inclusive workplace, have developed in the UK national security community, analysing how officials interpret the relationship between demographic diversity and knowledge production. Using feminist epistemologies as a heuristic, the article argues that although some officials view this agenda as a means to challenge militaristic thinking, the commonplace exclusion of structural power analysis places hard constraints on its ability to achieve this end and has enabled its recuperation by far-right anti-equality agendas. Ultimately, the politics of diversity are insufficient to overcome UK national security institutions’ commitment to militarism, which demands attention to the material structures that make militaristic approaches to security appear necessary.
January 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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ICYMI - hosted by @sociologicalreview.bsky.social Shelved lives: in #ThanksforTyping #podcast Ep.3 @RosEdwards2 & Val Gillies hear from Sophie Bridges @ChuArchives + @ChrisRenwick about what’s still undiscovered in the archives about the part played by wives in soc sci scholarship
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Thanks For Typing: Wives in the archives: researching wives’ contributions to their husbands’ work
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November 21, 2024 at 6:35 PM
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Enjoyed every minute of this! Thanks so much for visiting us in Norwich @rosedwards.bsky.social
sociologyuea.bsky.social Sociology UEA @sociologyuea.bsky.social · Nov 21
A wonderful, thought provoking UEA Sociology annual lecture from @rosedwards.bsky.social this afternoon, and some fantastic questions from our brilliant #Sociology students 👏
Ros Edwards standing at a lectern delivering the 2024 Sociology Annual Lecture at the University of East Anglia.
November 21, 2024 at 8:08 PM