Join us as we host the global Fearless Cities Summit in #Sheffield on 1-3 November 2024. fearlesscitiessy.org

This reflection by Jo Littler on the politics of race, class, care and university education is cliché-free and poignant (and sometime humorous). tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

After many years in the making, I'm very happy that my new book 'Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful' will be published on November 1 with Polity wiley.com/en-gb/Technoco…

Getting my river bits and bobs ready for running the Sociological Soundwalking workshop on the River Irwell with Dr Morag Rose and Louise Rondel at The Sociological Review Foundation Undisciplining 2 conference. Thursday 11am!

I've seen some of the abuse MPs' staffers wade through: racist, misogynist, homophobic, fantasies of violence and murder. That's not the same as calling a politician a liar. Politicians do lie, some lie frequently, and the freedom to call a lie a lie is essential.

Private companies have siphoned off £85,000,000,000 from our water system, leaving our bills to pay for their failure to invest. It's crystal clear: Privatised water is a Ponzi scheme.

The Academy of Social Sciences is welcoming 45 outstanding social scientists to its Fellowship this autumn - including our editorial board member Jo Littler 👏Congratulations, Jo! acss.org.uk/news/the-acade…

I am trying to reorient my PhD teaching away from “find the gap in the literature” to “find your place in the literature” it’s v challenging and rewarding to undo my own conditioning along the way 😵‍💫

Cynics might say Labour adopting Austerity & letting pensioners freeze whilst letting energy companies make bumper profits of over £61 billion without a windfall tax is putting private profit over social good. But not me. I think its just dandy 👍

After Grenfell, we need a sea change in the way the country thinks about housing. That’s why GM is following Finland’s lead and becoming the first UK city-region to adopt a Housing First philosophy.👇🏻

Enjoy this very special taster reading from Dr Joy White! Want to hear from Dr. White in person? Join us at The Exchange on 23 Sep for a special evening discussion with Prof. Pat Noxolo & UoB School Geography . Register via [email protected].

Here’s a thing for people who can get to Cambridge. I’m at the CUP bookshop talking to theatre scholar David Wiles about his great new book on how politics as theatre is a vital part of democratic political culture. If you want to know why then come! eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-…

The editorial team of Gender, Place and Culture is pleased to announce the annual award valued at a maximum of US $1,500 for new and emerging scholars. Deadline: 31 January 2025 Please follow the link for more details! genderplaceandculture.wordpress.com/2024/09/11/gen…

“I’m reminded of ⁦Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓⁩ point that fascists don’t turn up in fancy dress….However marginalised the rioters this summer might have been: and however marginalised the communities they came from might have been: they fed off mainstream encouragement.”

Such great news that Ingrid Pollard has won the award worlds highest prize for photography - hope’s work! artnews.com/art-news/news/…

PSA for UK academics: when next you visit the British Library, you’ll need a new reader card. It’s part of their recovery of services after the cyber attack. So take your ID.

Oh my god! You're so smart! Do you want to say something about how I'm tweeting off an iPhone too?

“My job in politics is to speak truth to power, even if there are personal consequences to that. I take that responsibility really seriously. For me, politics is about life and death because when governments make decisions, like, austerity, people die.” ⁦Zarah Sultana MP⁩