Debbie Watson

Listen to our second podcast on ‘Claiming Tomorrow – Sociodigital Futures in the Making’, as we explore the ‘how’.

Susan Halford is joined by Jessica Pykett, Debbie Watson, Paul Clarke & Beckie Coleman.

👉 bit.ly/4nnf0pt

@susanjhalford.bsky.social
@profdebw.bsky.social
@rcecoleman.bsky.social

Focusing on children’s first 1,001 days can build neighbourhood support for migrant families Peer support can help parents build secure relationships and grow in confidence bringing up their children.

How can Bristol communities support migrant families better?

The Find Your Village project shows how peer support in the first 1,001 days boosts wellbeing, trust & child development.

📖 theconversation.com/focusing-on-...
✒️ @profdebw.bsky.social and Tom Allport

#CommunityHealth #PeerSupport

A fantastic opportunity to challenge the impact of technological advancements on humanity - do come along!

Reserve your webinar place now!

Charisse Louw, researcher at Stellenbosch University who visited us in the summer, will be hosting two webinars this autumn with @britsoci.bsky.social British Sociological Association:

📍 6 October seminar: 👉 bit.ly/3JjQpDI

📍 27 October workshop: 👉 bit.ly/3HxInGL

Woman's Hour - Comedian Rosie Jones, Grooming gangs, Playing outside - BBC Sounds Actor, comedian and writer Rosie Jones joins us to discuss her first sitcom, Pushers.

Prof Debbie Watson @profdebw.bsky.social teams up with
Baroness Anne Longfield, Executive Chair of Centre for Young Lives, on #BBCWomansHour to promote the creation of more outdoor spaces for children to play and grow!🌳✨ @cfyounglives.bsky.social

Listen again at 49.06
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Such a fabulous opportunity to champion the importance of supporting all children to play in unstructured ways and enjoy the freedoms we assume come with being a child!

This will be a fabulous day! Do sign up if you are interested

This promises to be a fantastic international conference- do consider registering and joining us in Bristol!

I am excited to announce that the first International Child and Family Conference is now open for registration to all delegates. Join us 17-19 June at the University of Bristol.

Multi-species encounters in the city: a more-than-human perspective on children’s arts-based exploration of urban natural spaces In this paper, we suggest that being with/in nature is important for all children but is experienced differently, particularly for urban or city-dwelling children. Recent anxiety about marginalised...

Children's encounters with nature through art-making in the city- read our new paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... thanks @hellobrigstow.bsky.social

Are you a social worker working with foster carers and adoptive parents about difficult conversations they need to have with their child/ren? Free training films and resources available here: difficultconversations.info

Call for papers! Materiality, society and the more-than-human conference takes place in London this June. Innovative presentation styles welcome! Deadline 7 April. @sociodigfutures.bsky.social

More details- www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

Looking forward to speaking at this event - do register if you are interested - it is hybrid!

We have been honoured to work with young people to think about how technologies could be influencing their futures and what they can do about this

We are very excited to see how these projects develop

Wishing you all a restful and fun filled festive break!

One of my year highlights was working on this project. We explored how to make sense of the Anthropocene and its casting backwards and forwards in time, the long lives of some materials, and how wasting generates meaning and value. You can view the zine we made at the link.

New to the Centre for Sociodigital Futures? We're an interdisciplinary research centre exploring sociodigital futures in the making. We're funded by the ESRC & based @bristoluni.bsky.social in collaboration with 12 other universities.

Read more about the Centre at www.bristol.ac.uk/research/cen...

This paper involved the great team of Carolina Valladares Celis @arathings.bsky.social Jess Pykett and @kerifacer.bsky.social as part of our work @sociodigfutures.bsky.social

YouTube video by University of Bristol What are sociodigital futures? | Centre for Sociodigital Futures

Hear our Co-directors @susanjhalford.bsky.social and Dale Southerton discuss how sociodigital futures are shaping the world today and ways the Centre’s research aims to make a difference in the present.
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