Prof Martin Hyde
@profmhyde.bsky.social
Professor at the University of Leicester. Researching work, retirement & health in a global context. Editorial lead for Journal of Global Ageing.
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"Bluesky shows higher level of content originality in scholarly discourse, perhaps due to a higher proportion of academic users. X tends to favor simple retweets. This positions Bluesky as a richer environment for substantive science communication."🧪
True for our study www.nature.com/articles/s41...
True for our study www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 4, 2025 at 12:51 AM
"Bluesky shows higher level of content originality in scholarly discourse, perhaps due to a higher proportion of academic users. X tends to favor simple retweets. This positions Bluesky as a richer environment for substantive science communication."🧪
True for our study www.nature.com/articles/s41...
True for our study www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Sharing my new article w/@crystalegarcia.bsky.social & @drantonioduran.bsky.social in the Journal of Higher Education (50 free at link). We conducted a critical discourse analysis of the arguments used in several states for/against anti-DEI legislation in '23-24.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/XRP9D...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/XRP9D...
“Copy and Paste” Practices: A Multi-Site Critical Discourse Analysis of Arguments About Anti-DEI Legislation
This manuscript presents the results of a critical discourse analysis designed to investigate how legislators and other actors leverage discursive strategies to frame the need for/impacts of state-...
www.tandfonline.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Sharing my new article w/@crystalegarcia.bsky.social & @drantonioduran.bsky.social in the Journal of Higher Education (50 free at link). We conducted a critical discourse analysis of the arguments used in several states for/against anti-DEI legislation in '23-24.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/XRP9D...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/XRP9D...
New survey by M&G find 'OAP, senior citizen and pensioner are seen as negative terms' www.moneymarketing.co.uk/news/oap-sen...
July 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
New survey by M&G find 'OAP, senior citizen and pensioner are seen as negative terms' www.moneymarketing.co.uk/news/oap-sen...
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The President's Welcome from our new BSG president, Prof Martin Hyde! 👋
@profmhyde.bsky.social
#BSG2025
@profmhyde.bsky.social
#BSG2025
June 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The President's Welcome from our new BSG president, Prof Martin Hyde! 👋
@profmhyde.bsky.social
#BSG2025
@profmhyde.bsky.social
#BSG2025
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Well done to our Stirling Prize Winners! Please do check out the posters during the conference!
1st place - Esther Ng'ambi
2nd place - Gabriella Ramos Bonilla
👏👏👏👏👏
#BSG2025
1st place - Esther Ng'ambi
2nd place - Gabriella Ramos Bonilla
👏👏👏👏👏
#BSG2025
June 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Well done to our Stirling Prize Winners! Please do check out the posters during the conference!
1st place - Esther Ng'ambi
2nd place - Gabriella Ramos Bonilla
👏👏👏👏👏
#BSG2025
1st place - Esther Ng'ambi
2nd place - Gabriella Ramos Bonilla
👏👏👏👏👏
#BSG2025
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It’s great to be at #BSG2025 and we’re delighted that the President @profmhyde.bsky.social has signed up to be a member of the Ageism SIG! #TogetherAgainstAgeism
June 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
It’s great to be at #BSG2025 and we’re delighted that the President @profmhyde.bsky.social has signed up to be a member of the Ageism SIG! #TogetherAgainstAgeism
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⏰ There are just two weeks left to enter the 2025 UK Data Service Dissertation Award!
Each winning entry will receive a £300 award and publicity via our website, blog and newsletter.
Full details at our website: ukdataservice.ac.uk/learning-hub...
Each winning entry will receive a £300 award and publicity via our website, blog and newsletter.
Full details at our website: ukdataservice.ac.uk/learning-hub...
June 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
⏰ There are just two weeks left to enter the 2025 UK Data Service Dissertation Award!
Each winning entry will receive a £300 award and publicity via our website, blog and newsletter.
Full details at our website: ukdataservice.ac.uk/learning-hub...
Each winning entry will receive a £300 award and publicity via our website, blog and newsletter.
Full details at our website: ukdataservice.ac.uk/learning-hub...
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Can social movements still transform the world in an era of rising authoritarianism?
Join us for a timely and powerful conversation exploring how #CollectiveAction, coalition-building and critical innovation can address today’s most urgent challenges.
Join us for a timely and powerful conversation exploring how #CollectiveAction, coalition-building and critical innovation can address today’s most urgent challenges.
Can social movements still transform the world in an era of rising authoritarianism?
Join us for a timely and powerful conversation exploring how collective action, coalition-building and critical innovation can address today’s most urgent so...
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June 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Can social movements still transform the world in an era of rising authoritarianism?
Join us for a timely and powerful conversation exploring how #CollectiveAction, coalition-building and critical innovation can address today’s most urgent challenges.
Join us for a timely and powerful conversation exploring how #CollectiveAction, coalition-building and critical innovation can address today’s most urgent challenges.
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Find out more and register your interest here: buff.ly/M5LSu3G
#OlderEmployers #OlderEmployees #OlderWorkers #Ageing #Ageism
#OlderEmployers #OlderEmployees #OlderWorkers #Ageing #Ageism
Age-friendly Employer Pledge
Sign up to the Age-friendly Employer Pledge and show you recognise the value of older workers
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June 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Find out more and register your interest here: buff.ly/M5LSu3G
#OlderEmployers #OlderEmployees #OlderWorkers #Ageing #Ageism
#OlderEmployers #OlderEmployees #OlderWorkers #Ageing #Ageism
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The job market is changing and employers are facing huge challenges. There are skills and labour shortages with vacancy rates at record highs. Workers in their 50s and 60s are key to filling these gaps. Yet employers are missing out on all that older workers can offer.
June 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The job market is changing and employers are facing huge challenges. There are skills and labour shortages with vacancy rates at record highs. Workers in their 50s and 60s are key to filling these gaps. Yet employers are missing out on all that older workers can offer.
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There are just two weeks to go until our Labour Force and Annual Population Surveys User Conference 2025!
The event is free to attend, but please book your place via the link below.
🗓️ 19 June
📍 UCL, London
🔗 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/labou...
The event is free to attend, but please book your place via the link below.
🗓️ 19 June
📍 UCL, London
🔗 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/labou...
June 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
There are just two weeks to go until our Labour Force and Annual Population Surveys User Conference 2025!
The event is free to attend, but please book your place via the link below.
🗓️ 19 June
📍 UCL, London
🔗 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/labou...
The event is free to attend, but please book your place via the link below.
🗓️ 19 June
📍 UCL, London
🔗 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/labou...
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NCRM has opened applications to participate in the Research Methods Rendezvous!
This free event will explore the process of turning early-stage ideas into #research projects.
#RMR2025 takes place online on 10 September and 29 October 2025.
Apply: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/RMR...
This free event will explore the process of turning early-stage ideas into #research projects.
#RMR2025 takes place online on 10 September and 29 October 2025.
Apply: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/RMR...
June 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
NCRM has opened applications to participate in the Research Methods Rendezvous!
This free event will explore the process of turning early-stage ideas into #research projects.
#RMR2025 takes place online on 10 September and 29 October 2025.
Apply: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/RMR...
This free event will explore the process of turning early-stage ideas into #research projects.
#RMR2025 takes place online on 10 September and 29 October 2025.
Apply: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/RMR...
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View or download #data from the first two waves of our web-first panel #survey (CRONOS-3), collected via the Infra4NextGen project.
The waves were fielded via online and postal questionnaires with a nationally representative sample in 11 countries from September-December 2024.
The waves were fielded via online and postal questionnaires with a nationally representative sample in 11 countries from September-December 2024.
New panel survey data now available | European Social Survey
Data from the first two waves of the web-first panel survey (CRONOS-3) – implemented as part of the Infra4NextGen project – is now available.
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June 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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🚨Call for a PhD🚨
Deadline: 23 June 2025
Alexander Peine and Susan van Hees is looking for a PhD researcher with a background in the social sciences or humanities and an interest in ageing and health innovations at Open Universiteit - Cultuurwetenschappen.
www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3524...
Deadline: 23 June 2025
Alexander Peine and Susan van Hees is looking for a PhD researcher with a background in the social sciences or humanities and an interest in ageing and health innovations at Open Universiteit - Cultuurwetenschappen.
www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3524...
PhD researcher QoLEAD
The Faculty of Humanities at the Open Universiteit is looking for an excellent, motivated and team-oriented PhD researcher for 36 months with a background in the social sciences or humanities (ideally...
www.academictransfer.com
June 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
🚨Call for a PhD🚨
Deadline: 23 June 2025
Alexander Peine and Susan van Hees is looking for a PhD researcher with a background in the social sciences or humanities and an interest in ageing and health innovations at Open Universiteit - Cultuurwetenschappen.
www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3524...
Deadline: 23 June 2025
Alexander Peine and Susan van Hees is looking for a PhD researcher with a background in the social sciences or humanities and an interest in ageing and health innovations at Open Universiteit - Cultuurwetenschappen.
www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3524...
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On Saturday 21 June I’ll be chairing a fantastic panel on the topic of how population change will transform our world. Featuring @rebeccasear.bsky.social, Emily Jackson and @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/summe...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/summe...
May 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
On Saturday 21 June I’ll be chairing a fantastic panel on the topic of how population change will transform our world. Featuring @rebeccasear.bsky.social, Emily Jackson and @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/summe...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/summe...
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Now officially out with nice formatting and all 🥳 "Thinking clearly about age, period, and cohort effects" -- a gentle introduction to the age-period-cohort problem and how to "solve" it through various types of assumptions.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
June 6, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Now officially out with nice formatting and all 🥳 "Thinking clearly about age, period, and cohort effects" -- a gentle introduction to the age-period-cohort problem and how to "solve" it through various types of assumptions.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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🙌 We’re thrilled to showcase our newest journals at #BritSoc25, including:
• Journal of Creative Research Methods
• Gender and Justice
• Journal of Global Ageing
• Journal of Disappearance Studies
📚 Discover more: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/page/journals
• Journal of Creative Research Methods
• Gender and Justice
• Journal of Global Ageing
• Journal of Disappearance Studies
📚 Discover more: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/page/journals
April 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🙌 We’re thrilled to showcase our newest journals at #BritSoc25, including:
• Journal of Creative Research Methods
• Gender and Justice
• Journal of Global Ageing
• Journal of Disappearance Studies
📚 Discover more: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/page/journals
• Journal of Creative Research Methods
• Gender and Justice
• Journal of Global Ageing
• Journal of Disappearance Studies
📚 Discover more: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/page/journals
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These 3 articles selected by our Journal of Global Ageing editors are now free to access until 31st July!🔥
@britishgerontology.bsky.social @profmhyde.bsky.social
Editor’s choice collection – read here:
@britishgerontology.bsky.social @profmhyde.bsky.social
Editor’s choice collection – read here:
Editors' Choice Collection Journal of Global Ageing
Editors' Choice Collection Journal of Global Ageing
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
May 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
These 3 articles selected by our Journal of Global Ageing editors are now free to access until 31st July!🔥
@britishgerontology.bsky.social @profmhyde.bsky.social
Editor’s choice collection – read here:
@britishgerontology.bsky.social @profmhyde.bsky.social
Editor’s choice collection – read here:
Celebrating 25 years of Palgrave Macmillan! 2️⃣5️⃣🩷
In recognition of Palgrave Macmillan’s silver anniversary, the Social Theory & Health Editors have curated a selection of their most influential articles for you to read.
Read more here: bit.ly/4jk2oOo.
In recognition of Palgrave Macmillan’s silver anniversary, the Social Theory & Health Editors have curated a selection of their most influential articles for you to read.
Read more here: bit.ly/4jk2oOo.
Celebrating 25 years of Palgrave Macmillan
In recognition of Palgrave Macmillan’s silver anniversary, the Editors of Social Theory & Health have selected some of the journal’s most influential ...
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April 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Celebrating 25 years of Palgrave Macmillan! 2️⃣5️⃣🩷
In recognition of Palgrave Macmillan’s silver anniversary, the Social Theory & Health Editors have curated a selection of their most influential articles for you to read.
Read more here: bit.ly/4jk2oOo.
In recognition of Palgrave Macmillan’s silver anniversary, the Social Theory & Health Editors have curated a selection of their most influential articles for you to read.
Read more here: bit.ly/4jk2oOo.
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Our State of Ageing 2025 report has found that where you are born in England determines how long you can expect to live.
Learn more about Health and Wellbeing in older age in our State of Ageing chapter, available in full here: buff.ly/U8s2Zy1
#AgeingInEngland #Ageism #Health
Learn more about Health and Wellbeing in older age in our State of Ageing chapter, available in full here: buff.ly/U8s2Zy1
#AgeingInEngland #Ageism #Health
April 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Our State of Ageing 2025 report has found that where you are born in England determines how long you can expect to live.
Learn more about Health and Wellbeing in older age in our State of Ageing chapter, available in full here: buff.ly/U8s2Zy1
#AgeingInEngland #Ageism #Health
Learn more about Health and Wellbeing in older age in our State of Ageing chapter, available in full here: buff.ly/U8s2Zy1
#AgeingInEngland #Ageism #Health
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We need a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing in England to act as an independent champion for older people and ensure that policymaking across government considers the long-term needs of our ageing population.
Find out more: buff.ly/wuW5VO1
#AgeingInEngland #Ageism #OlderPeople
Find out more: buff.ly/wuW5VO1
#AgeingInEngland #Ageism #OlderPeople
Commissioner for Older People and Ageing
We’re calling for an independent commissioner to champion the rights of older people and ensure policymaking considers the needs of England's ageing population.
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April 14, 2025 at 6:35 AM
We need a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing in England to act as an independent champion for older people and ensure that policymaking across government considers the long-term needs of our ageing population.
Find out more: buff.ly/wuW5VO1
#AgeingInEngland #Ageism #OlderPeople
Find out more: buff.ly/wuW5VO1
#AgeingInEngland #Ageism #OlderPeople
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Happy to share this interesting paper "Making sense of older adults’ everyday smartphone use for social connectedness"
(my first one on #BlueSky!)
(my first one on #BlueSky!)
🔎 What role do smartphones play for people in later life? New research investigates in our Journal of Global Ageing #ageing #wellbeing @profmhyde.bsky.social
📖 Read the article here:
📖 Read the article here:
Making sense of older adults’ everyday smartphone use for social connectedness
One main purpose of smartphone use is to be socially connected, and in this sense, older people’s use of this device is no different from that of any other group. Smartphone use among this group is…
doi.org
April 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Happy to share this interesting paper "Making sense of older adults’ everyday smartphone use for social connectedness"
(my first one on #BlueSky!)
(my first one on #BlueSky!)
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We have just published a CfP (German/English) for a Special Issue on the topic ‘Sociology of German Colonialism’. It will be edited by Matthias Leanza (Basel) and Léa Renard (Heidelberg). Submission are possible until 10 June 2025. All relevant information can be found here: tinyurl.com/yc84hu5p
April 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
We have just published a CfP (German/English) for a Special Issue on the topic ‘Sociology of German Colonialism’. It will be edited by Matthias Leanza (Basel) and Léa Renard (Heidelberg). Submission are possible until 10 June 2025. All relevant information can be found here: tinyurl.com/yc84hu5p
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To what extent can tech workers mobilize as part of the broader working class?
This is the question I take up in my new paper "Solidarity across the platform: mobilizing high-wage and low-wage workers in the tech sector" -- just out in Work in the Global Economy
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This is the question I take up in my new paper "Solidarity across the platform: mobilizing high-wage and low-wage workers in the tech sector" -- just out in Work in the Global Economy
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April 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
To what extent can tech workers mobilize as part of the broader working class?
This is the question I take up in my new paper "Solidarity across the platform: mobilizing high-wage and low-wage workers in the tech sector" -- just out in Work in the Global Economy
1/n
This is the question I take up in my new paper "Solidarity across the platform: mobilizing high-wage and low-wage workers in the tech sector" -- just out in Work in the Global Economy
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🔔 There's still time to register for our free Labour Force and Annual Population Surveys User Conference 2025 on 19 June.
Book your place at the following link: ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/labou... #LFSAPS25
Book your place at the following link: ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/labou... #LFSAPS25
Labour Force and Annual Population Surveys User Conference 2025 — UK Data Service
A comprehensive resource funded by the ESRC to support researchers, teachers and policymakers who depend on high-quality social and economic data.
ukdataservice.ac.uk
April 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
🔔 There's still time to register for our free Labour Force and Annual Population Surveys User Conference 2025 on 19 June.
Book your place at the following link: ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/labou... #LFSAPS25
Book your place at the following link: ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/labou... #LFSAPS25