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Julius
@juliuselster.bsky.social
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🗄️ Senior Lecturer in #Sociology and BSc #YouthStudies course lead
📍 London (UK)/Oslo (Norway)
🎓 MSc (LSE)/PhD (Uni of Bham)
Research: #YouthVoice #SocialEpistemology #EpistemicInjustice #IdentityFormation #Reflexivity #Diversity #ParticipatoryResearch
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youthlondonmet.bsky.social
Leah transferred from Uni of Roehampton to London Met to pursue a BSc in Youth Studies, a course that she says reignited her passion for working within the criminal justice system. She has now secured a new role as manager, supporting families of those in custody.
www.londonmet.ac.uk/news/article...
Youth Studies student appointed Family Engagement Manager at Pentonville Prison - London Metropolitan University
London Met student Leah Royal has secured a pivotal new role supporting families of those in custody, while completing the final year of her BSc (Hons) Youth Studies degree
www.londonmet.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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youthlondonmet.bsky.social
For anyone interested in studying young people, youth research, how to develop/manage an outreach organisation/CIC, community development and youth work, here's an overview of the popular Youth Studies BSc course at London Metropolitan University.
youtu.be/pgz7-ZYJuss?...
Youth Studies BSc – London Metropolitan University
YouTube video by London Metropolitan University
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August 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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thesociologicalreview.org
Abolitionist feminist researcher and activist Stephanie Guirand is our latest Image-Maker in Residence. Read her conversation with George Kalivis about housing injustice, incarceration structures and systemic racism, and her doctoral thesis and film, Where Do Black Men Live?

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Photograph: A group of Black men sitting in a circle in an art studio, actively participating in a filming session. Text: on the set of Where Do Black Men Live? in February 2025, Hunter College, New York, NY, US. Copyright 2025 The Black Response. Image by Natalie Conn. All rights reserved.
September 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
juliuselster.bsky.social
More or less where I grew up.
August 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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aidanmcglynn.bsky.social
Cover:
The cover of my book 'Epistemic Injustice: An Introduction' with the title, my name, and the Routledge logo in white, on a multicoloured image of a diverse group of people, each a different colour and overlapping with the others, all talking.
August 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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youthlondonmet.bsky.social
BSc Youth Studies students at London Metropolitan University heard from a range of industry experts—Yemi (Trailblazers Mentoring), Huda (IntoUniversity), Paul (Essex County Youth Services) and Rin (Brook) shared insights into their organisations, job opportunities and issues affecting young people.
May 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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thesociologicalreview.org
👀 Essential video viewing: Bev Skeggs, @jolittler.bsky.social and @michaelacbenson.bsky.social in Gender, Class and Sociology Today – the first in the Sociological Review Foundation’s new Conversations series of online events.

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March 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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youthlondonmet.bsky.social
Can't wait to hear from youth practitioners and other industry experts representing the youth and community sectors.
This event is only for BSc Youth Studies students.

#YouthStudies #DigitalYouthWork #YouthResearch #YouthWork #YouthEmpowerment #YouthWorker #YouthVoice #YoungPeople #Sociology
March 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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youthlondonmet.bsky.social
A brief overview of the BSc (Hons) Youth Studies course at London Metropolitan University.
Please contact us if you want more info or are interested in pursuing this celebrated Degree course and the many career opportunities available to #YouthStudies graduates.
#YouthWork #SocialWork #YouthResearch
March 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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thesociologicalreview.org
#ICYMI: From #Saltburn and #Succession to the #Kardashians, we’re fascinated by #privilege – but what does it really mean?

@shamuskhan.bsky.social joins #UncommonSense #podcast to reflect on inequality, ease, embodiment – and thinkers from Pierre Bourdieu to Frantz Fanon.

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February 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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juliuselster.bsky.social
Is Toynbee referring to Starmer’s Labour/the current government ministers who are not holding back on praising Thatcher whilst implementing Thatcher’s policies and rhetoric about trickle-down economics, anti-union and pro-privatisation.
February 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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thesociologicalreview.org
Kayleigh Garthwaite looks at the rise of food banks in the UK, the idea of deservingness for those who use them and why #RightsNotCharity matters.

🔎 #ConnectedSociologies Curriculum Project offers open-access educational resources, including video lectures, reading lists & detailed lesson plans.
Exploring the Growth of Charitable Food Aid in the UK - Dr Kayleigh Garthwaite
YouTube video by Connected Sociologies
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January 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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mychal3ts.bsky.social
Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚

Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
January 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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youthlondonmet.bsky.social
#CriticalReflection, #CriticalPedagogy and #CriticalThinking do not only play a crucial role on our BSc Youth Studies course; they equip graduates with tools to become champions of #SocialChange and facilitators of #YouthEmpowerment.
Wodak's quote sums up the meaning/importance of 'being critical.'
November 27, 2024 at 11:09 PM
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gavant.bsky.social
I’m very saddened to hear about Thomas Hylland Eriksen’s passing today. There is much to say about his work, but tonight I am mainly thinking about what a warm and inspiring person he was, a generous and constantly curious thinker of a rare kind. He really will be deeply missed.
November 27, 2024 at 9:50 PM
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louca-mai.bsky.social
In an effort to build/rebuild online networks I've set up 3 starter kits in my main areas of research interest:
Links in the posts which follow - reply to be added.
And if you're in the intersecting areas, especially the middle bit, and we don't know each other already - do say hello 😊
Venn diagram with three intersecting circles: children and young people's health, inclusive public involvement and co-production and children's rights and youth participation
November 17, 2024 at 10:13 PM
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Open letter by Gaza academics and university administrators to the world:
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Open letter by Gaza academics and university administrators to the world
We call on our supporters to help us resist the Israeli campaign of scholasticide and rebuild our universities.
www.aljazeera.com
November 20, 2024 at 11:03 AM
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More than one in three children in poverty as UK deprivation hits record high
More than one in three children in poverty as UK deprivation hits record high
Exclusive: Study finds almost quarter of UK population living in poverty, reaching the highest level this century • Poverty figures render government numbers too little and action very late More than one in three children and a quarter of adults are…
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November 18, 2024 at 5:16 PM
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kalwantbhopal.bsky.social
How some academics of colour with poor scholarship use 'niceness' to perform whiteness which works to perpetuate and uphold white supremacy. Free to download here!!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Complicity and Conformity: perpetuating race and class hierarchies in UK higher education
Drawing on tenets of Critical Race Theory such as Whiteness, interest convergence, intersectionality and White supremacy this paper examines how some academics of colour are able to accelerate thei...
www.tandfonline.com
November 17, 2024 at 11:16 AM
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youthlondonmet.bsky.social
Researchers from London Metropolitan University have facilitated youth-led #ParticipatoryResearch to support the Greater London Authority in taking a holistic approach to understand youth social action and tackle the challenges faced by young Londoners.

#YouthSocialAction
@JuliusElster.bsky.social
November 14, 2024 at 10:11 PM
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hardeepmatharu.bsky.social
Nothing can fundamentally change in Britain, until the media changes. And Labour is falling into a trap on this.

The Government told Byline Times it has “no plans” to restart part 2 of the Leveson press inquiry. New polling shows 52% want it relaunched.

bylinetimes.com/2024/11/12/p...
Public Demands Starmer Resurrects Leveson Press Corruption Inquiry Amid Collapse in Trust in UK Media
The mother of late TV presenter Caroline Flack calls for Starmer to "find the courage" to restart it as exclusive new YouGov polling finds public wants reform
bylinetimes.com
November 12, 2024 at 1:53 PM