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THE NEW ISSUE IS OUT! This June, Sociology discusses pregnancy, social mobility, activism, and more. Read our new June issue below: journals.sagepub.com/toc/soca/57/3

Why do we do what we don’t want to? Wendy Bottero discusses grudging acts and their significance to social arrangements in her article “Grudging Acts”. Read now with #OpenAccess in our June issue. doi.org/10.1177/003803…

Remember to check out all of our SAGE Prize for Innovation/Excellence nominees and winners! An up to date list for all BSA Journals can be found below. Let us know what you found the most interesting! britsoc.co.uk/opportunities/…

After a stressful few months yesterday I received the lovely news that my students have nominated me for the outstanding teaching award. This is so overwhelming considering I’ve only been teaching for 5 months! 🥰💛

It’s here! Author copies of our new book which is out next week. So proud of this work with my wonderful colleagues. Thanks to Sam Friedman for his thoughtful foreword too x

Watch authors Brian Heaphy & James Hodgson provide an insight to their article 'Reinvigorating research on #divorce: reflexivity, agency and regulation in #marriage and #CivilPartnership dissolution' in their video abstract👇 youtube.com/watch?v=MYF14o… Uni Manchester Sociology @uomsociology.bsky.social #PrideMonth

📢Coming soon! 📢You can pre-order our book 📖 on #ageing in place in #urban environments now! 🥳 A 20% discount if you use the code SMA36. Uni Manchester Sociology @uomsociology.bsky.social UoM Urban Institute The Leverhulme Trust @britgerontology Gerontological Society of America (GSA) MICRA Ageing Network routledge.pub/Ageing-in-Plac…

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Congratulations to Gary Younge, who has won The Orwell Prize for Journalism 2023. Read/listen to his three winning pieces 1/4

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News! Delighted to say I’m joining School of Arts, Languages and Culture as Professor of Cultural and Creative industries on 1st Aug, where Art History UoM & Institute for Cultural Practices are launching a creative industries MA & BA! & I’ll be doing cool research stuff with Creative Manchester & sharing ideas with Uni Manchester Sociology @uomsociology.bsky.social too!

On which, here’s a re-up for NB Critical Theory 📚 talking to Peter Mandler about The Crisis of the Meritocracy (& how demand, rather than politicians intervention, has driven and shaped much of the British eduction system) newbooksnetwork.com/the-crisis-of-…

And it’s out! Soon to be open access. According to my kids it’s really embarrassing that their mum has written a book & even worse that they’re acknowledged in it 😳 Next one’s for the cat…

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UoM's SLT's response to MAB has been disproportionate and intimidatory. ✍️Sign the open letter to the Senior Leadership Team at the University of Manchester below: openletter.earth/open-letter-to…

Post-retirement, Howie Becker was a quiet supporter and mentor to a wave of young researchers though his reader reports at U of Chicago Press (w/Doug Mitchell). With my eternal gratitude, I want to honor him with a Best of Howie thread. Add your favs, if desired. RIP, pen pal.

Read an extract of Katharine Quarmby's new novel - The Low Road - a story that unpacks histories of women who faced poverty and exile: buff.ly/3YNxNQ7

How are homes made and unmade over time? Ruth Webber, @VanessaLKMay, and Camilla Lewis discuss the multidimensionality of home in relation to “ageing in place” in their #OpenAccess article below. doi.org/10.1177/136078…

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