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

Aston Sociology's @KatieTonkiss, & her co-author Hannah Ryan, have been shortlisted for the SAGE Prize for Innovation/Excellence for their article, 'Loners, Criminals, Mothers: The Gendered Misrecognition of Refugees in the British Tabloid News Media'. britsoc.co.uk/opportunities/…

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

✨ Book launch event! ✨ ICEMiC Book Club: Symposium on Abortion and Catholicism with Dr Sarah-Jane Page and Dr Pam Lowe Join us for this event on Wednesday 27th November 2024 (2.30-5pm GMT) - in-person or online!

Wish you weren't at work right now? Fun Palaces team all work part-time and flexibly. Amie Taylor writes about its challenges and opportunities for Arts Professional. Read more here artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/featu…

Our own Helen Wood is giving her inaugural professorial lecture at Aston University (and online) on Nov 18. It’s entitled “From caring about the ‘ordinary’ to care justice for the creative industries” and everyone is welcome eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-inaugural…

The Fun Palaces team and Dr Katy Pilcher will share more about their Centre-funded collaborative research project at this event in Birmingham on 9 November, which is part of the Economic and Social Research Council Festival of Social Science. More details in the post below ⤵️

🎨 Ready to find your creative & activist voice? Join us and Dr Katy Pilcher from Aston Sociology and Policy Aston University PR at Moseley Hive for the Economic and Social Research Council #ESRCFestival! Uncover how creativity fuels social change and leave inspired. 9 Nov 11am - 2pm. festivalofsocialscience.com/events/finding…

My sister Sarah Cunningham has been missing since 0230am in Camden. Last seen leaving apartment building on Jamestown Road. She was wearing a black outfit. If you have any information please let me or the police know. she has been officially reported as missing.

Can finding your creative voice unlock your civic activist voice? In this Centre-funded collaborative research Fun Palaces & Dr Katy Pilcher investigate whether communities who make creative and cultural experiences also create ways to have their needs heard. culturalvalue.org.uk/creative-voice…

Our Co-I Dave O'Brien has co-authored a new report published by The Sutton Trust which shows the crucial connection between education and access to creative professions theguardian.com/inequality/202…

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

ICYMI: 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/3DY9fgI

In this article for Arts Professional, Dr Katy Pilcher (Aston University) & Amie Taylor (She/her) (Fun Palaces) share more about their Centre-supported collaborative research project, exploring the question "To what extent can finding a creative voice unlock your wider civic activist voice?"

📢Our free training resources are now live! If you teach RE, and want to support colleagues adopt a Religion & Worldviews approach to RE, here are some free training resources to use in schools: ➡️nottingham.ac.uk/icemic/researc… Launched at #StrictlyRE2025 (@NATRE) #REChatUK