Fully funded #PhD studentship available with us! Join our thriving #sociology postgraduate community. Read more and apply below - contact @KatieTonkiss with any questions. findaphd.com/phds/project/p…

Join us to launch our exhibition tomorrow 🚀 Creative Voices, Activist Voices: Sensory Stories of Creative Communities 21 August from 6pm to 8pm, at @thealbanyse8 CaffA Your free tick is here tickettailor.com/events/funpala… @k_pilch @astonuniversity Centre for Cultural Value

Can't make our exhibition launch tonight? We're hosting a free "Meet the Researcher" event at @thealbanyse8 CaffA with @K_pilch @astonuniversity tomorrow 10am - 11am. Get the details here thealbany.org.uk/shows/creative…

Over the past year Dr Katy Pilcher has led research with Fun Palaces exploring radical cultural democracy. Their exhibition Albany Deptford tonight is a celebration of this work, with inspirational insights about opening up arts and culture to everyone. A must see! Aston University PR @astonssh

Anti-abortion activism outside clinics causes distress to patients and local residents It is a 'misuse of prayer' and needs to stop now. #AbortionIsHealthcare Dr Sarah-Jane Page BPAS MSI Reproductive Choices UK Abortion Rights Aston Sociology and Policy Aston University PR theconversation.com/silent-prayer-…

We are delighted to announce we have been named University of the Year for Student Success 2025 by the Daily Mail University Guide. tinyurl.com/3cab2tb4

🧵| After years of delays, the long-awaited Midland Metropolitan University Hospital has finally opened its doors in the West Midlands 🏥 But is this new "super hospital" enough to meet Birmingham's growing healthcare needs? ⬇️

Thrilled that my article co-authored with @KatieTonkiss exploring gendered misrecognition of refugees in UK newspapers has been nominated for the SAGE Prize. Honoured to see our names next to so many fantastic papers. The BSA Sociological Research Online

Are you local to #Birmingham? Find your Creative (and Activist) Voice Moseley Hive for the Economic and Social Research Council #ESRCFestival! We're holding free workshops on 9 November with Dr Katy Pilcher from Aston Sociology and Policy Aston University PR Get all the details: festivalofsocialscience.com/events/finding… Photo by Roswitha Chesher

So proud that 5 Aston University MPH students presented their research and another dozen attended the conference! Well done Beauty Igein JoePhilipVarughese

This Saturday! ✨

*Free* drop in workshop & exhibition today in #Moseley Moseley Hive 11am-2pm. Come on down and find your creative....and maybe your activist...voice! Fun Palaces Economic and Social Research Council #ESRCFestival Centre for Cultural Value Aston University PR @AstonUniRKE

To what extent can finding a creative voice unlock your wider civic activist voice? Dr Katy Pilcher and Fun Palaces' Amie Taylor have been investigating the question. Dr Katy Pilcher  Aston Sociology and Policy  Aston University PR Fun Palaces Amie Taylor (She/her) buff.ly/429CreO

A new report has found millions of people in the UK face financial challenges due to income volatility, a pattern of earnings that peaks and dips rather than remaining consistent. Learn more 👇

Come and join my research team at Aston Sociology and Policy, Aston University! We are hiring a Post-Doctoral Research Assistant for a new ESRC funded project on ‘Disaster Impact, Risk Reduction and Regime Type in Southeast Asia’. More details: jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV236/pos… #postdoc #AcademicTwitter

New article with Narzanin Massoumi in the British Journal of Sociology: 'Elite Status-Seeking & Class Reproduction in Civil Society.' Thread.👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…