Excellent paper by Cluley et al that uses an ethological approach to reveal the complexity, fluidity and affective capacity of haemodialysis, in a way that could not be achieved using traditional approaches to research. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

'Postfoundational Approaches to Qualitative Inquiry', edited by Lisa Mazzei and Alicia Jackson, offers a series of engagements with posthumanism, postcolonialism, feminist new materialism, agential realism and affect theory. routledge.com/Postfoundation…

Last chance to book (free, online) to hear Prof Gavin Andrews speak on ‘Space emerging, life taking place: contributions of non-representational theory to new materialisms’. This Thurs 12 Oct at 1400 BST. britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa…

And here it is! In this paper, #AngeloBenozzo, me and Cinzia Priola, discuss how a new materialist methodology can offer new ways to approach the study of management by focusing on the phenomenon of working from home. BJM OU Business School

Nick J Fox considers how the relational, post-anthropocentric and monist ontology of the new materialisms can inform a theory of the contemporary capitalist state, and supply a distinctive resolution of some of capitalism's negative consequences. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Nick Fox uses new materialist ontology to ask the Deleuzian question: what does capitalism actually do? Explores production and market assemblages, and more-than-human supply and demand affects. Plus, how to resist the black hole of capitalism. mdpi.com/2076-0760/12/1…

BSA New Materialisms online seminar: 14 Dec (2-3pm GMT). Dr H Howitt on ‘How we f**k and unf**k the world: Intimacy as method in trans sex research’. How love, hope, vulnerability and solidarity coalesce to produce ‘intimacy as method’. Book now at britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa…

Call for papers: BSA New Materialisms Study Group One-day Conference. Monday 25 Mar 2024; Goldsmiths University of London. Submit your 150-200 word abstract for 20-minute paper (+ 10 minutes Q&A) on new materialist research. Please submit by 15 Jan to: [email protected]

Speaking today at the Australian Sociological Asssociation (TASA) conference in Sydney on 'green capitalism'. Depending on the market to solve climate change will not work due to capitalism's need for growth and its wastefulness! TASA

Gutted. What a loss. 'We Can All Be Refugees. Nobody is safe. All it takes is a mad leader Or no rain to bring forth food...' So much to say to these times (and such a nice bloke to talk to)

Deadline extension to 13th Dec for our 'Post-human social inquiry' stream at the Midlands Conference in Critical Thought. Our stream is all about posthuman research practice so if you are doing posthuman research we would love to hear from you. Plus the conference is FREE!

Nick J Fox speaking on 'Capitalism and the commercial determinants of health' at Torrens University, Adelaide and online. Wed 13 Dec at 10.30 to midday. See flyer.

Reminder: Abstract deadline 15 Jan for papers at BSA New Materialisms study group one-day Conference. Monday 25 Mar 2024; Goldsmiths University of London. Submit 150-200 word abstract for 20-minute paper (+ Q&A) to: [email protected]

Registration now open for the BSA New Materialisms conference at Goldsmiths University of London on 25 March. Fantastic line-up with plenary from Prof Jessica Ringrose and nine papers from new materialist scholars. britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa…

Interested in time, chronic illness & sociology? Take a look at our latest paper. We explore the lived experience of chronic illness and its timed treatment and suggest a cripped starting point for treatment discussions. James Burton Dr Helen Eborall tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Last chance (till this Friday) to register for the New Materialisms conference at Goldsmiths, University of London on Monday 25 March. Keynote speaker: Professor EJ Renold on 'Making the more-than of "what matters". ' Register at: britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa…

Sales of alcohol, tobacco, ultra-processed foods need to be seen in context of a capitalist economy, argues Nick J Fox in his paper on ‘the commercial determinants of health’. It’s not about choice and ‘unhealthy’ behaviour. doi.org/10.1016/j.socs…

In ‘Digital healing? Digital capitalism?’, Nick J Fox considers what capacities digital health technologies produce in bodies and the micropolitical impact of the technology in terms of power, resistance and social order. curarejournal.org/ojs/index.php/…