Abstract submissions for #britsoc25 are now open! Presenting at our Annual Conference may lead to publication opportunities, helping disseminate your research findings to a wider audience. Take the first step by submitting your paper! tinyurl.com/bdhcmhhp

Centre for Care colleagues Duncan U Fisher & Dan Williamson recently produced a film for the The BSA for A-level students, aiming to raise awareness of, and give context to, #socialcare and care work in relation to #sociology. Watch here on YouTube: youtu.be/MLGsuuBNmWk

The film's writer and presenter, Dr Duncan Fisher, explains the idea behind the film and why it is a meaningful contribution to the role of sociology in this short commentary: centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2024/0… Economic and Social Research Council National Institute for Health and Care Research

'Care, Social Care and Sociology' – a short film produced by the Centre for Care for the British Sociological Association The BSA, is aimed at A-Level students and explores #socialcare and care work in relation to sociology. Please share! youtu.be/MLGsuuBNmWk Duncan U Fisher

Feel very fortunate to have been funded by Centre for Care to be at #ASA2024 in Montreal. I'm presenting work I'm doing with Liam Foster about paid care (long-term care) worker organising and union activity in England. 14:00 on Tuesday (13th)

People Get on Board! See you in the morning 9.30am Newgate Street, #Newcastle Please RT Peace, Love & Unity ❤️✊🏽 ⁦Stand Up To Racism - North East⁩ youtu.be/_BlkTSKqE_8?si…

Very excited to host Duncan U Fisher who is with @centreforcare at the University of Sheffield. He will be speaking at York University next Tuesday, August 20, from 1:30 to 2:30 pm on "Paid Care Worker Organizing in England." #soctwitter #academicchatter #carework

Ayse Guveli, Sebnem Eroglu-Hawksworth, and I organise a session on 'Gendered Outcomes of Migrants and their Descendents in the Labour Market' at #ISAforum25. Submit your work and share the word! ISA RC28 Ayse Guveli Warwick Sociology

Montréal looking good in the sunshine (in between some "hellacious" (The Boss) downpours)

Excited to share my new open-access study on how Zimbabwean transnational families use WhatsApp to manage aged care across borders. The research highlights both the opportunities and challenges of digital caregiving. Centre for Care IMPACT onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Pretty lucky to have such a fun day in Chicago: Cubs beating Tigers at Wrigley Field, then over the road at Metro seeing Built to Spill do their thing

📢 The call for session convenors for the 2025 Transforming Care Conference will close Sept 16th 2024. You can find more info on our website: transforming-care.net/2025-transform… Please send your expression of interest to [email protected] We hope to see you in Helsinki in 2025!

Please remember that the Call for Sessions for the 7th Transforming Care Conference is open until 16 September. We welcome proposals for Thematic Panels as well as Symposia. For details, see helsinki.fi/en/conferences…

📢CfP: "young people, future lives, and austerity" - lightning talks with early career researchers. Calling ECRs, we want to hear about your work at our online symposium on 16th October. Submit a 250-word abstract by 24/09/24 via email. See below for details #AALCSymposium

Join Ase Community Foundation on Sep 23 for a virtual discussion on dementia in the Black community. Discuss research findings, share personal stories & explore available resources alongside experts, community leaders, and those with lived experiences. lu.ma/bolqc2q9 #CdnCaregiving

Sign up to our 'Future Lives + Austerity' online symposium! Ft. sessions on community futures, feminist archiving, plays/playwrights, ecr lightning talks, incl. digital zine making! 💻🎧💬🖍📝🎨🖼 Schedule to be released soon, but you can sign up here now: shorturl.at/Hih5M

We invited Teppo on to the CARE MATTERS podcast to talk about his book, listen to his conversation with Duncan U Fisher here: podbean.com/ew/pb-jjmzh-12…