Really looking forward to this!
Will send you a copy when we eventually get some! Doing the edits atm...🥱
Ah I knew @robertdeakin.bsky.social was here, I just couldn't find the bloody tag!
My kind of research! That said, I have not been to a pub in 5 years now because of infection risk and also that kidney failure means I cannot drink a whole pint of any fluid.
But the pub as a space, and place for conversation. Nothing beats it in my mind.
Your last orders project with Rob gets a lot of coverage in the rural pub chapter!
Might be of interest @academicdiary.bsky.social @will-davies.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @tcru-ucl.bsky.social @solgamsu.bsky.social @sachahilhorst.bsky.social @trillingual.bsky.social
Thanks mostly to @jameskneale.bsky.social our pub + drink shaman, as well as others who chatted to us + drank with us, + whose words have helped our arguments @davidjesudason.bsky.social @totalcurtis.bsky.social @boakandbailey.bsky.social @philmellows.bsky.social @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social
We visited pubs across the country, from the desi pubs of the West Midlands to a Rochdale Wetherspoons with pitstops at rural pubs and many more.
It includes a family story taking us from my Great-Granddad's pub in Tanzania to my Dad's pub in Southall and back to the Midlands via the Punjab.
Pubs for the People by me & Vallu is out with @manchesterup.bsky.social in October. On how the pub can be salvaged as a space for the Good Life that goes beyond boring ideas of White England.
A bargain at £18.99 in hardback (cant even get 3 pints for that!)
www.waterstones.com/book/pubs-fo...
I'm very pleased to have just received my copy of this funky new sociology textbook! I've written the appendix for this innovative volume, which offers a practical exploration of what it means for the social sciences to take colonialism seriously. bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-modern-w...
Advance notice of this seminar - Islamophobia and anti-racism: ongoing lessons for the ‘British left - taking place next Friday 13th with @scarletharris.bsky.social. Scarlet's book has just been published by MUP (below). 11-1 in Room 416 in the Gilbert Scott building, East Quadrangle. All welcome.
Chairing this online event next Wed. Come one, come all
We introduce our new book The Modern World After Colonialism on 4the March at 11am GMT registration link below
🍻 needs to happen!
V interesting!
One of my dissertation students is recruiting participants for a short survey to understand experiences of stigma and discrimination in mental health care. Nuba needs a few more participants who identify as South Asian - please share!
lnkd.in/eNNbr3BJ
Shifting these private courses as part of it... prices ranging from £100, £500 or if you fancy it £10,300)
www.buckingham.ac.uk/courses/occa...
VACANCY (2 of 2...)
Lecturer in Sociology @uomsociology.bsky.social with research expertise in the field(s) of racial inequalities, anti-racism and theoretical debates in ‘race’.
Please share - thanks!
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
VACANCY (1 of 2...)
Lecturer in Sociology @uomsociology.bsky.social with a qualitative or theoretical research expertise in the fields of political sociology of class and economy or cultural interpretations of class.
Please share - thanks!
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
The launch of 'The Modern World After Colonialism', a @brisunipress.bsky.social textbook developed from the Connected Sociologies Curriculum Project resources
📍March 4th 2026, 11am, Zoom
@sumingkhoo.bsky.social @mayblin.bsky.social @thesociologicalreview.org
bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🚨 New paper with Monideepa Tarafdar & Irina Rets doi.org/10.1111/isj....
🤖 Why is bias in machine learning applications so slippery to catch & eliminate? We dive into a key organisation developing AI tools for job/hiring decisions to find out.
@sriucl.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social
Hello, I have a new book out in the spring with Picador and I would love it if you could help me spread the word.
IF WE TOLERATE THIS draws on years of work, to help readers understand why British politics is hurtling rightwards and what to do about it.
Pre-orders: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/if-w...
JOB! I'm hiring a postdoc for 2 years on my ERC MaMo project.
Looking for someone with strong quant methods, ongoing work close to the project's aims, and a desire to publish in sociology. Start flexible in the next 12 months.
Formal call out shortly, but contact me first.
Doing this talk at the University of Bath next Monday on my upcoming book Cancelled Futures, based on my @leverhulme.ac.uk project exploring working-class transitions to work in London, Morecambe & Rochdale. It's also online for anyone interested...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cancelled-...
University of Manchester Sociology Annual Lecture 2026:
‘Beyond Borders: Rethinking Migration & Citizenship’
Prof Bridget Anderson (University of Bristol)
📅 3.30–5pm, Thurs 12 Feb 2026 (followed by drinks reception)
All welcome!
@britsoci.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-bor...
New job: I’ve just started as a Senior Researcher at the @mpimmg.bsky.social (new name and focus on politics & society coming). I will lead a research area on “Social and Political Conflicts”, looking at the social bases of political divides, class politics, climate and more. Get in touch if...
One of my best friends Dad's is on this list - news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/ot... and it was ultimately a tragedy that involved CTE, violence and things that might have been avoided without the false promise of boxing millions.
As someone who did it extensively. This is obviously a myth. 99.9% of people are still in poverty! The tiniest percentage of people get rich. Most are tragic footnotes forgotten and uncelebrated.
Excellent piece from Luke de Noronha for @ersjournal.com
An experiment in cutting race down to analytical size
'The challenge, as ever, is to get on top of the contemporary and make arguments rather than assume them.'
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Support @sheffielducu.bsky.social! Oppose the lock-out threat! www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
