Katherine Twamley
@ktwamley.bsky.social
Prof of Sociology
@UCL
Chair
@UCLSociology
Areas of expertise: Love, intimacy, gender, families, parental leave
@UCL
Chair
@UCLSociology
Areas of expertise: Love, intimacy, gender, families, parental leave
Really looking forward to this lecture with @academicdiary.bsky.social. Register now before all the tickets are gone!
Annual Lecture: The Paradox of Home by Les Back (11.12.25)
Home is a knife-edge word. Competing forces balance on its edge that either control or open the terms of belonging. It is why home is paradoxical tinyurl.com/3493r8e6
Home is a knife-edge word. Competing forces balance on its edge that either control or open the terms of belonging. It is why home is paradoxical tinyurl.com/3493r8e6
November 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Really looking forward to this lecture with @academicdiary.bsky.social. Register now before all the tickets are gone!
Reposted by Katherine Twamley
The application deadline to join the Sociology journal Editorial Board is extended to 11 November 2025 17:00 BST!
This includes spaces for Early Career Researchers.
Find out how to submit an application or nominate a colleague below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
This includes spaces for Early Career Researchers.
Find out how to submit an application or nominate a colleague below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
October 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The application deadline to join the Sociology journal Editorial Board is extended to 11 November 2025 17:00 BST!
This includes spaces for Early Career Researchers.
Find out how to submit an application or nominate a colleague below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
This includes spaces for Early Career Researchers.
Find out how to submit an application or nominate a colleague below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
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Understanding ‘Gender Equality’
Earlier this year, @ktwamley.bsky.social & Charlotte Faircloth were nominated for the BSA & SAGE Prize for Innovation/Excellence. Their work reshapes thinking around caring responsibilities, work & equality post-parenthood.
tinyurl.com/mpddkevn
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Earlier this year, @ktwamley.bsky.social & Charlotte Faircloth were nominated for the BSA & SAGE Prize for Innovation/Excellence. Their work reshapes thinking around caring responsibilities, work & equality post-parenthood.
tinyurl.com/mpddkevn
tinyurl.com/4hf5xkry
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October 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Understanding ‘Gender Equality’
Earlier this year, @ktwamley.bsky.social & Charlotte Faircloth were nominated for the BSA & SAGE Prize for Innovation/Excellence. Their work reshapes thinking around caring responsibilities, work & equality post-parenthood.
tinyurl.com/mpddkevn
tinyurl.com/4hf5xkry
Earlier this year, @ktwamley.bsky.social & Charlotte Faircloth were nominated for the BSA & SAGE Prize for Innovation/Excellence. Their work reshapes thinking around caring responsibilities, work & equality post-parenthood.
tinyurl.com/mpddkevn
tinyurl.com/4hf5xkry
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“Systematically explores the foundations of housework as an academic discipline, unpacking the gendered assumptions that underpin existing work, which is often led by male academics.“ – Ipsita Pradhan reviews Ann Oakley @brisunipress.bsky.social in our latest Magazine issue.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
“Systematically explores the foundations of housework as an academic discipline, unpacking the gendered assumptions that underpin existing work, which is often led by male academics.“ – Ipsita Pradhan reviews Ann Oakley @brisunipress.bsky.social in our latest Magazine issue.
buff.ly/ldlt4Su
buff.ly/ldlt4Su
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Do you undertake qualitative or mixed methods research at UCL? Complete this short questionnaire about the use of computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS) and the use of AI in qualitative analysis tinyurl.com/2kwzunnr @ktwamley.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Do you undertake qualitative or mixed methods research at UCL? Complete this short questionnaire about the use of computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS) and the use of AI in qualitative analysis tinyurl.com/2kwzunnr @ktwamley.bsky.social
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@ktwamley.bsky.social and Charlotte Faircloth explore the ways couples making the transition to parenthood think about, practise, and assess ‘gender equality’.
Read the SRO Sage Prize nominated article below.
doi.org/10.1177/1360...
Read the SRO Sage Prize nominated article below.
doi.org/10.1177/1360...
September 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
@ktwamley.bsky.social and Charlotte Faircloth explore the ways couples making the transition to parenthood think about, practise, and assess ‘gender equality’.
Read the SRO Sage Prize nominated article below.
doi.org/10.1177/1360...
Read the SRO Sage Prize nominated article below.
doi.org/10.1177/1360...
Reposted by Katherine Twamley
This weekend is the last opportunity to visit Palestinian Childhoods: Solidarity and Sumud, a two-week immersive exhibition and programme that the Critical Childhood Studies Centre is involved in hosting. Open 10-4 to the public. #ChildhoodStudies
reimaginingchildhoodstudies.com/solidarity_a...
reimaginingchildhoodstudies.com/solidarity_a...
September 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
This weekend is the last opportunity to visit Palestinian Childhoods: Solidarity and Sumud, a two-week immersive exhibition and programme that the Critical Childhood Studies Centre is involved in hosting. Open 10-4 to the public. #ChildhoodStudies
reimaginingchildhoodstudies.com/solidarity_a...
reimaginingchildhoodstudies.com/solidarity_a...
Reposted by Katherine Twamley
This week in our Meet the Researcher series, we’re introducing Susie Bower-Brown. Susie’s research explores LGBTQ+ identities and family life.
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/91721-susie-...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/91721-susie-...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
This week in our Meet the Researcher series, we’re introducing Susie Bower-Brown. Susie’s research explores LGBTQ+ identities and family life.
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/91721-susie-...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/91721-susie-...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
Reposted by Katherine Twamley
Would you like to review a book for one of our journals?
Find the details for each journal on our Publications Opportunities page, alongside our calls for special issues.
www.britsoc.co.uk/opportunitie...
Find the details for each journal on our Publications Opportunities page, alongside our calls for special issues.
www.britsoc.co.uk/opportunitie...
Publications Opportunities
www.britsoc.co.uk
September 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Would you like to review a book for one of our journals?
Find the details for each journal on our Publications Opportunities page, alongside our calls for special issues.
www.britsoc.co.uk/opportunitie...
Find the details for each journal on our Publications Opportunities page, alongside our calls for special issues.
www.britsoc.co.uk/opportunitie...
Looking forward to my first WES conference next week!
The Work, Employment and Society Conference begins this Monday!
We look forward to seeing you all there. Please use the hashtag #wesconf25 to share your conference experience with us!
We look forward to seeing you all there. Please use the hashtag #wesconf25 to share your conference experience with us!
September 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Looking forward to my first WES conference next week!
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This week in our Meet the Researcher series, we’re spotlighting Rachel Benchekroun whose work looks at food insecurity, family life, and collaboration with communities.
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/60666-rachel...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/60666-rachel...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This week in our Meet the Researcher series, we’re spotlighting Rachel Benchekroun whose work looks at food insecurity, family life, and collaboration with communities.
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/60666-rachel...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/60666-rachel...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
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This week in our Meet the Researcher series get to know Jonathan Galton, a lecturer on our BSc Sociology and Social Science courses.
Jonathan Galton | About | University College London tinyurl.com/6v9j56vx
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
Jonathan Galton | About | University College London tinyurl.com/6v9j56vx
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This week in our Meet the Researcher series get to know Jonathan Galton, a lecturer on our BSc Sociology and Social Science courses.
Jonathan Galton | About | University College London tinyurl.com/6v9j56vx
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
Jonathan Galton | About | University College London tinyurl.com/6v9j56vx
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
Reposted by Katherine Twamley
Reposted by Katherine Twamley
Missed our #TCRU_Coram_AnnualLecture? Watch the recording here tinyurl.com/52hnhtta. Prof Elaine Chase shared insights on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. Essential viewing for anyone in rights-based policy.
#YoungRefugeeVoices
@wearecoram.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
#YoungRefugeeVoices
@wearecoram.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
TCRU | Supporting the lives and aspirations of children and young people migrating to the UK alone
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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August 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Missed our #TCRU_Coram_AnnualLecture? Watch the recording here tinyurl.com/52hnhtta. Prof Elaine Chase shared insights on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. Essential viewing for anyone in rights-based policy.
#YoungRefugeeVoices
@wearecoram.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
#YoungRefugeeVoices
@wearecoram.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
Reposted by Katherine Twamley
The Times argues against permanent public ownership because "private water companies provide an efficient service in the United States"
*Actually 9/10 people in the US receive their water service from a PUBLICLY OWNED utility*
foodandwaterwatch.org/wp-content/u...
www.thetimes.com/comment/the-...
*Actually 9/10 people in the US receive their water service from a PUBLICLY OWNED utility*
foodandwaterwatch.org/wp-content/u...
www.thetimes.com/comment/the-...
Time for Thames Water to go into special administration
The lenders who allowed the utility company to take on so much debt and supported its financial irresponsibility should pay, not the state
www.thetimes.com
August 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The Times argues against permanent public ownership because "private water companies provide an efficient service in the United States"
*Actually 9/10 people in the US receive their water service from a PUBLICLY OWNED utility*
foodandwaterwatch.org/wp-content/u...
www.thetimes.com/comment/the-...
*Actually 9/10 people in the US receive their water service from a PUBLICLY OWNED utility*
foodandwaterwatch.org/wp-content/u...
www.thetimes.com/comment/the-...
If you are interested in podcasting, I highly recommend this course which I completed myself a couple of months ago. thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...
Introduction to Podcasting
The Sociological Review Foundation’s Introduction to Podcasting workshop be will held on 17 November 2025 and will offer academics practical training in creating, producing, and launching impactful po...
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August 19, 2025 at 8:47 AM
If you are interested in podcasting, I highly recommend this course which I completed myself a couple of months ago. thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...
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Meet Amena Amer, exploring belonging and identity in UK universities.
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/99704-amena-...
@ioe.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/99704-amena-...
@ioe.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Meet Amena Amer, exploring belonging and identity in UK universities.
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/99704-amena-...
@ioe.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/99704-amena-...
@ioe.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social
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🚨 New post-doc opportunity at TCRU!
@susiebowerbrown.bsky.social is recruiting a Quantitative Research Fellow (0.5 FTE, 15 months) for the ESRC-funded Family Beyond the Binary project, exploring non-binary families in the UK. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Apply by 21 Aug 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@susiebowerbrown.bsky.social is recruiting a Quantitative Research Fellow (0.5 FTE, 15 months) for the ESRC-funded Family Beyond the Binary project, exploring non-binary families in the UK. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Apply by 21 Aug 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
@sriucl.bsky.social
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
August 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🚨 New post-doc opportunity at TCRU!
@susiebowerbrown.bsky.social is recruiting a Quantitative Research Fellow (0.5 FTE, 15 months) for the ESRC-funded Family Beyond the Binary project, exploring non-binary families in the UK. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Apply by 21 Aug 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@susiebowerbrown.bsky.social is recruiting a Quantitative Research Fellow (0.5 FTE, 15 months) for the ESRC-funded Family Beyond the Binary project, exploring non-binary families in the UK. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Apply by 21 Aug 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
@sriucl.bsky.social
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Meet Lauren Herlitz who is interested in how people's life experiences affect their health and why some groups have poorer health outcomes than others.
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/88235-lauren...
@sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/88235-lauren...
@sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Meet Lauren Herlitz who is interested in how people's life experiences affect their health and why some groups have poorer health outcomes than others.
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/88235-lauren...
@sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/88235-lauren...
@sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
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#ICYMI: Writing About Activists, our recent Conversations series event chaired by @academicdiary.bsky.social and featuring scholars Hannah Ishmael, John Narayan and A.S. Francis.
🎥 VIDEO buff.ly/o11njAN
🎧 Listen to our new #podcast mini-series Sideways Sociology: UK Anti-Racism buff.ly/EUCdEHZ
🎥 VIDEO buff.ly/o11njAN
🎧 Listen to our new #podcast mini-series Sideways Sociology: UK Anti-Racism buff.ly/EUCdEHZ
July 31, 2025 at 8:12 AM
#ICYMI: Writing About Activists, our recent Conversations series event chaired by @academicdiary.bsky.social and featuring scholars Hannah Ishmael, John Narayan and A.S. Francis.
🎥 VIDEO buff.ly/o11njAN
🎧 Listen to our new #podcast mini-series Sideways Sociology: UK Anti-Racism buff.ly/EUCdEHZ
🎥 VIDEO buff.ly/o11njAN
🎧 Listen to our new #podcast mini-series Sideways Sociology: UK Anti-Racism buff.ly/EUCdEHZ
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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“Everybody needs friends. It doesn’t matter who it is, what community. Without friendship, life’s lonely” – Baljeet, Scotland
Shruti Chaudhry @uoe-sps.bsky.social explores how and why cross-cultural friendships endure.
#OpenAccess in the journal buff.ly/TuxAp1U
Shruti Chaudhry @uoe-sps.bsky.social explores how and why cross-cultural friendships endure.
#OpenAccess in the journal buff.ly/TuxAp1U
July 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“Everybody needs friends. It doesn’t matter who it is, what community. Without friendship, life’s lonely” – Baljeet, Scotland
Shruti Chaudhry @uoe-sps.bsky.social explores how and why cross-cultural friendships endure.
#OpenAccess in the journal buff.ly/TuxAp1U
Shruti Chaudhry @uoe-sps.bsky.social explores how and why cross-cultural friendships endure.
#OpenAccess in the journal buff.ly/TuxAp1U
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There is growing evidence that gen Z is turning away from traditional dating and long-term romantic relationships.
Is today’s political climate making dating harder for young people?
There is growing evidence that gen Z is turning away from traditional dating and long-term romantic relationships.
tcnv.link
July 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM
There is growing evidence that gen Z is turning away from traditional dating and long-term romantic relationships.
Download your free copy today! #fathers #care #masculinities policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/caring-fathe...
Caring Fathers in the Global Context
Caring Fathers in the Global Context; This timely edited collection offers a rich, comparative exploration of how men become ‘caring fathers’ and the pathways leading to this. It connects fatherhood s...
policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
July 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Download your free copy today! #fathers #care #masculinities policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/caring-fathe...