@robertpralat.bsky.social
Researcher and Sociologist THIS Institute, University of Cambridge https://www.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/about/people/dr-robert-pralat/
Sociology of Health & Illness is recruiting three new Editorial Board members, with particular interest in quantitative sociology, global contexts and health inequalities. Please do help us get the word out: closes this week (Fri 2nd).
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
An open letter has been launched today (27/7/25) for members of the UK academic community (academics and other university staff) to sign, to press the UK Home Office to facilitate safe passage out of Gaza for 40+ students with offers for UK universities.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
New opinion piece in @bmj.com
by me and @janekohara.bsky.social: whither patient and staff voice in the NHS post-Dash? Decluttering the safety landscape is necessary but will NHS organisations listen to patients and staff without independent advocacy? www.bmj.com/content/390/...
My chapter looks at how queer people in Britain imagine the process of creating a family. I argue that becoming more “imaginable” does not necessarily make non-heterosexual reproduction more likely to happen.
doi.org/10.18574/nyu...
Delighted to be part of this fantastic book, The New Reproductive Order, edited by Sarah Franklin and Marcia Inhorn, now out open access with NYU Press. Great to see it in print, with contributions from many lovely colleagues!
nyupress.org/978147983262...
My chapter looks at how queer people in Britain imagine the process of creating a family. I argue that becoming more “imaginable” does not necessarily make non-heterosexual reproduction more likely to happen.
doi.org/10.18574/nyu...
New reproductive technologies have had a major impact on the ideas and practices surrounding fertility, infertility, fertility control, and fertility decline—that is, on reproduction itself. Sarah Franklin and Marcia C. Inhorn discuss this new reproductive order on the blog.
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Always an essential networking event for medical sociology academics and professionals – Call for papers by 2 May for the BSA Medical Sociology Annual Conference 2025, 10-12 September, Northumbria University tinyurl.com/mpk8y5yy #cfp
Always an essential networking event for medical sociology academics and professionals – Call for papers by 2 May for the BSA Medical Sociology Annual Conference 2025, 10-12 September, Northumbria University tinyurl.com/mpk8y5yy #cfp
10.04.2025 10:35 — 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0For frank & honest conversations unpacking what works (and what doesn’t) in healthcare improvement, the Listen to THIS podcast from @thisinstitute.bsky.social explores current and enduring challenges and the work to address them. First episode launches 26 February. Learn more https://ths.im/3Qy2e9B
24.02.2025 13:31 — 👍 6 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 2Amazing news, congratulations! What a great way to start the new year! 🎉
06.01.2025 11:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0New article now out in Culture, Health & Sexuality! "Asked to be a sperm donor: Disclosure dilemmas of gay men living with HIV" doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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