Dr Claire Fox

Resilience doesn’t always mean persevering – it can be found in inaction and silence, too Actions that might ordinarily be dismissed as failures can actually be hidden, unconventional forms of strength.

Actions that might ordinarily be dismissed as failures can actually be hidden, unconventional forms of strength.

The government has revealed its plans to get Britain building again. Some of them might just work Keir Starmer’s government is going for growth with major changes to planning laws.

Two new @uk.theconversation.com articles published by UoM academics this week 💬

📃 @drclairefox.bsky.social writes about her research into resilience in young people:
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📃 Professor Graham Haughton analyses a new government bill:
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Something I wrote for @theconversation.com @uk.theconversation.com based on my recent @bjsociology.bsky.social article (with Jo Deakin) on resilience.

Congratulations to Chloe Fox-Robertson, PhD Researcher in Geography, for being featured in the Women in FinTech Powerlist. Her research on gender inequalities in FinTech is gaining well-deserved recognition, highlighting the importance of bridging academia and industry.

#IWD #FinTech #PowerList

Well, isn’t this just grand! A little Christmas cracker for you all in the shape of a (slightly downbeat but not totally) article by myself and my lovely co-author, Jo Deakin.

‘Truly sorry’: family of Brianna Ghey murderer pay tribute to mother Scarlett Jenkinson’s relatives thank Esther Ghey for ‘incredible selflessness and empathy towards our family’

Esther Ghey is a remarkable woman. To be going through the sudden and violent death of her daughter and still be able to comfort the offender’s family is testament to her courage

Brianna Ghey’s parents call for compassion for her killers’ families Esther Ghey says teenagers who murdered her daughter have shown no remorse, but asks for empathy for their parents

This takes an incredible amount of strength and compassion: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023...

ICYMI - Read part one here: www.racearchive.org.uk/rearranging-...

Read part two here: www.racearchive.org.uk/not-a-race-r...

Ooo, look! The final part of my Moss Side disturbances blog series is out now! Happy Christmas 🎄 😂 www.racearchive.org.uk/anarchists-a...

Very much enjoyed speaking at the Women@Manchester Aurora launch today, ably assisted by my 3 year old (who told me to be quiet because he couldn’t hear his Octonauts episode). Even managed to squeeze in references to Dolly Parton, Britney and Morecambe and Wise. WINNING!

And because I like groups of 3, the third and final blog post in this short series will consider the reasons the motivations for presenting these events in these ways. Coming soon….

You can read my first blog post on the 1981 Moss Side disturbances, ‘Rearranging the ‘social kaleidoscope’? here: www.racearchive.org.uk/rearranging-...

To mark the 42nd anniversary of the Hytner Report, I’ve penned a second blog post on the 1981 Moss Side uprisings for the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre. This time, I consider the media coverage and use of language to describe these events: www.racearchive.org.uk/not-a-race-r...