Judith Green

<once again holding up a tiny sign that says we actually have good evidence about the complex reasons people don't vaccinate, and how to talk to them about it, and, believe it or not, yelling about how stupid/irresponsible they are, while possibly cathartic, has the opposite of the desired effect>

Mate, it was 1066. Move on.

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SRO journal is accepting applications for Editorial Board members!

We are looking for expertise in a number of areas – including quantitative methodology, race and ethnicity, and digital sociology.

Applications close 26 February at 17:00 GMT. Find how to apply below.
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Funding Schemes - Foundation for the Sociology of Health & Illness The Foundation currently offers 4 different types of awards, across fellowships, conference travel, research development and symposia. Please note that the Foundation no longer funds PhD studentships.

UK based sociologist of health? @fshi.bsky.social funding round for grant development, workshops, postgrad conference travel and post docs now open - closes 27th march www.shifoundation.org.uk/schemes/

Congratulations to Sociology.

This launch last week was fantastic news for the future of scholarly publishing, with hundreds of #diamondopenaccess journals listed - check them out at www.openjournalscollective.org/catalogue/

@cphjournal.bsky.social is proud to be included.

Lecturer in Social Anthropology - AC2674 at University of St Andrews Discover an exciting academic career path as a Lecturer in Social Anthropology - AC2674 at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

Permanent post vacancy for a Lecturer in Social Anthropology at St Andrews @standrewsanthro.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social - Application deadline: 6th March 2026 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQG970/l...

Interesting post - 'ghost'citations have always existed, but GenAI is accelerating the slop. As editor, super tedious having to check refs of all incoming papers

Congrats to @ojcollective.bsky.social on launch! A massive step towards a sustainable infrastructure for sustainable academic publishing

UK has lost its measles elimination status. #publichealth

I have a paper on the post-politics of multistakeholder partnerships in a new special issue of @cphjournal.bsky.social on 'narratives, agency and resistance in critical public health'

great to be involved in an SI with so many brilliant colleagues and all papers are open access

The open access 'Journal of Critical Public Health' just releases it's third issue is now out: Competing Narratives in Decentred Health Systems -
journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc.... It is the only journal dedicated to 'critical public heath', community-owned (not corporate). Check it out!

Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.

As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.

Here's what happened:

Now out! Special Issue 'Competing Narratives in Decentred Health Systems', guest edited by @profkatsmith.bsky.social, Justin Waring & Mark Bevir, and PACKED with great papers from leading authors applying decentred theory to key issues in #publichealth
journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

New online 1st publication! Olga Temina, Olga Zvonareva & Klasien Horstman explore biopolitics in late/post-Soviet #publichealth policy docs

journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

Ah, thank you!! Came in late to this episode, and spent rest of day thinking 'how come i never heard that Who track before?'

Does Creative Bibliotherapy delivered in schools improve mental health-related outcomes for 5–16 year olds? A systematic review There is an increasing need for effective interventions for child and adolescent mental health promotion, with mixed evidence to date on what works. Creative Bibliotherapy has promise as a pragmati...

Can bibliotherapy in schools improve children's #mental health? Our review found promise, but better research needed, esp on poss negative effects.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This study was part of collaboration with @exetercityoflit.bsky.social

Does Creative Bibliotherapy delivered in schools improve mental health-related outcomes for 5–16 year olds? A systematic review There is an increasing need for effective interventions for child and adolescent mental health promotion, with mixed evidence to date on what works. Creative Bibliotherapy has promise as a pragmati...

Can bibliotherapy in schools improve children's #mental health? Our review found promise, but better research needed, esp on poss negative effects.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📖Recommended reading
Our article 'Measuring social inequalities in self-reported #miscarriage experiences in the UK' is now part of a special issue 'Reproductive Vulnerabilities: A Critical Perspective' in Journal of Critical Public Health
Full issue: journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

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Our first Special Issue is out now! It's on Reproductive Vulnerabilities: A Critical Perspective - Guest editors: Laura Sochas, Kaveri Qureshi, and Philip Kreager

journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

It is - such clever storytelling, the episode on Mir left me speechless

Hmm, could it be rising levels of xenophobia, labour govt determined to out-right the right, HE system imploding...? Just guessing wildly

This looks useful👇

Inside Yale’s Quiet Reckoning with AI | The New Journal Amid ChatGPT's rising popularity and a computer science cheating scandal, Yale students, professors, and administrators wrestle privately with the proper role of AI in education. What happens when eve...

This may be the best thing ive read yet on AI in higher ed, and its written by a Yale undergrad. Highly recommend.

Seye Abimbola | On Theory Seye Abimbola wants us to stop mistaking prestige for insight – and inclusion for equity. At a bustling restaurant tucked into a leafy corner of the University of Sydney, Associate Professor Seye Abim...

A short while ago, Dr Janani Shanthosh and I had an engaging conversation about The Foreign Gaze, which she's now beautifully captured in text and audio.

It's the first in her series of interviews titled On Theory.

Please read, listen, and follow the series.

Here goes ontheory.com/interviews/s...

New 'online first' publication from Uzair Amjad on male infertility in Pakistan - part of an exciting forthcoming special issue on critical perspectives on reproductive vulnerabilities!
journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

Picture of health: going to art galleries can improve wellbeing, study reveals Viewing original works of art can relieve stress, cut heart disease risk and boost immune system, first study of its kind finds

Unpopular maybe, but we should firmly resist this kind of banal medicalization of cultural and aesthetic experience. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Anti-abortion politics and changes in abortion, miscarriage, and stillbirth across time and social strata in Turkey | Journal of Critical Public Health Abortion has been legal without restriction in Turkey since 1983. However, the government’s anti-abortion campaign in 2012 has resulted in significant restrictions on abortion services, particularly…

Anti-abortion politics & changes in abortion, miscarriage & stillbirth across time and social strata in Turkey
doi.org/10.55016/ojs...
Paper in @cphjournal.bsky.social by @selinkoksal.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow Francesco Billari & Fellow @aksoyundan.bsky.social