Joanna Malone

Congratulations Rob! Can't wait to read it

New paper lead by @drpeterjhemming.bsky.social on our previous research in primary schools.
@annastrhan.bsky.social and Sarah Neal

Peter J. Hemming, Anna Strhan, Joanna Malone and Sarah Neal Schooling citizenship and character in a therapeutic society https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00380261251388719 The Sociological Review #OnlineFirst

How does the therapeutic ethos manifest itself in Britain’s primary schools?

@drpeterjhemming.bsky.social and co-authors take a closer look at the post-COVID mental health crisis, religion and unrecognised complexities.

#OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com @leverhulme.ac.uk buff.ly/gIv2osH

Parental Leave Quiz poster illustrated by a line drawing of a laptop with stick arms and legs. The text features the logos of the ESRC Festival of Social Science and the University of York and directs anyone interested in parenting leave policies to parentalleavequiz.net

After a successful in-person event, I'm excited to announce the launch of the online version of the Parental Leave Quiz. Are you an HR professional? Line manager? A nerd for parenting leave policies? Complete the quiz! (parentalleavequiz.net) (Thank you to the ESRC for funds) #HR #sociology

The Religion & Spirituality in Society & Culture Lab explores religion, spirituality, and secularity in society and culture, across spaces and scales, as well as how these intersect.

Want to know more? buff.ly/uZxFfR3

@annastrhan.bsky.social @adagiomminor.bsky.social @joannamalone.bsky.social

Screenshot of a project featured in the Trust's 2024 Annual Review. Young hands holding old hands.

Dr @joannamalone.bsky.social's project investigates how changing religious landscapes impact the spiritual, emotional and pastoral needs of older adults who are non-religious and how ideas around flourishing and living and dying ‘well’ are shifting. www.flipsnack.com/leverhulmetr... @york.ac.uk

2024 Annual Review Flipsnack is a digital catalog maker that makes it easy to create, publish and share html5 flipbooks. Upload a PDF or design from scratch flyers, magazines, books and more.

Very happy to see my Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (alongside many other great projects!) featured in @leverhulme.ac.uk 2024 Annual Review.

Read about it here: www.flipsnack.com/leverhulmetr...

Headshot of Dr Anna Strhan against a black and gold background with the Leverhulme Trust logo and URL leverhulme.ac.uk

First funded by the Trust 2012, @annastrhan.bsky.social’s current interdisciplinary research project @york.ac.uk investigates the role of religion in the work that primary schools do to foster notions of citizenship and national identity in children. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/school... #IWD2025

Affective engagements with religion and citizenship in English primary schools This article draws on qualitative data from the ‘Becoming Citizens of “Post-secular” Britain’ study to examine different ways in which religion becomes interwoven in affective citizenship in school...

New article in the BJSE with @annastrhan.bsky.social @drpeterjhemming.bsky.social and Sarah Neal from our 'Becoming Citizens of 'Post-Secular Britain: Religion in Primary School Life' project Education:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01425692.2025.2462954

REtoday Magazine - Beyond Human » RE Teaching Resources Is RE too human-centric? This edition explores RE beyond the human realm; from the divine, super-human, non-human, to the ever-evolving world of AI.

Article published in REtoday magazine talking about citizenship and RE in primary schools from our 'Becoming Citizens of 'Post-Secular Britain: Religion in Primary School Life' project
@annastrhan.bsky.social @drpeterjhemming.bsky.social
and Sarah Neal. reteachingresources.co.uk/product/reto...

YouTube video by Science Animated How do schools shape good citizens in contexts of religious change?

Check out this video with key findings from the 'Becoming Citizens of Post-Secular Britain: Religion in Primary School Life' research project.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYO3... #UoY #Sociology @annastrhan.bsky.social @joannamalone.bsky.social @drpeterjhemming.bsky.social @leverhulme.bsky.social

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Happy New Year! In 2025, I'm running a research project on blackness and ARTs. I'd like to talk to: 1) black egg/sperm donors, 2) black surrogates, 3) black parents who plan to or have used IVF, IUI etc 4) clinicians & managers who've worked with black families #fertility #sociology Repost at will!

YouTube video by Science Animated How do schools shape good citizens in contexts of religious change?

A short video detailing some of our key findings from the 'Becoming Citizens of 'Post-Secular Britain: Religion in Primary School Life' project with @annastrhan.bsky.social @drpeterjhemming.bsky.social and Sarah Neal.
youtu.be/YYO31AZiN3A?...

Becoming Humanist: Worldview Formation and the Emergence of Atheist Britain Abstract. It is widely accepted that the growth of “non-religious” identification and “non-belief” in God(s) in many societies is linked to changing religi

Our article 'Becoming Humanist: Worldview Formation and the Emergence of Atheist Britain' was just assigned an issue. Sharing again for anyone who missed it! academic.oup.com/socrel/artic...

Many asylum seekers are persecuted for what they believe in – but what about those who don’t believe? The asylum system is stacked against asylum seekers who have fled persecution for non-religious beliefs.

Interesting and important article by Lucy Potter theconversation.com/many-asylum-...

Only 2 weeks left to submit an abstract for our British Journal of Sociology of Education special issue on 'Diversity of Religion and Belief in Education', guest edited by Peter Hemming, Lin Ma, @joannamalone.bsky.social, Sarah Neal, and me.

'Diversity of Religion and Belief in Education: Inequality, Citizenship and Belonging' - call for abstracts for a British Journal of Sociology of Education special issue I'm co-editing together with Peter Hemming, Lin Ma, @joannamalone.bsky.social and Sarah Neal.

Deadline: 12 February