Written by Dr Rachel Crossdale Image Credit: unsplash Age discrimination is one of several issues tackled in the internationally comparative Exclusion and Inequality in Late Working Life (EIWO) project funded by the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare. When reading through transcripts of in-depth interviews with older workers collected in the UK… Continue reading The persistence of age discrimination in shaping late working lives
Written by Dr Leah Gilman and Dr Alexus (Lexie) Davies Photo by Vlada Karpovich on Pexels The UK’s fertility regulator (the HFEA) strongly advises against home insemination with donor sperm. However, such informal donor conception (IDC) is on the increase. We need a ‘grown up’ conversation about this practice which goes beyond the current ‘just… Continue reading The Digital Donor Conception Study: Kickstarting a ‘Grown Up’ Conversation about Informal Donor Conception
Written by Professor Sundari Anitha Photo by Shing on Unsplash In a global world where transnational marriages are on the rise, transnational marriage abandonment (TMA) is a growing form of domestic violence that has long been ignored. TMA occurs when men with citizenship/residence rights in countries in the global north abandon their foreign national wives in their home… Continue reading Justice for victims of transnational marriage abandonment
Written by Dr Tim Highfield and Dr Lianrui Jia image credit: Ruth Deller, AOIR2024 organising team Between 30 October and 2 November 2024, Sheffield will be host to the 25th annual Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) conference, bringing over 500 local and international delegates to discuss critical internet studies under the overarching theme of ‘Industry’.… Continue reading Bringing the world of internet research to Sheffield
Written by Olga Fuseini, University of Sheffield and Dr Lois Orton, University of Sheffield April 8 was declared International Roma Day at the first World Romani Congress, organised by the Comité International Rom (CIR) in London in 1971. The 1971 congress was the first Roma attempt at international cooperation, establishing the Roma flag and anthem.… Continue reading On International Roma Day we ask: who are Roma and why do they have a special day?
Written by Warren Pearce Top Google Images search results for [climate change] in six different countries. Source. Environmental imagery online How does one represent something that is both as ubiquitous and abstract as ‘the environment’? This question is becoming ever-more important and urgent, as human-caused environmental damage becomes increasingly serious and debates about political choices… Continue reading Platforming environmental imagery: the increasing role of algorithms in ordering knowledge.
ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) Written by Natalie Wotherspoon Imagine feeling ill but not being believed, experiencing symptoms no one can sufficiently explain and feeling lost in a healthcare system where there is a lack of consensus on how to define and categorise your diagnosis. Myalgic Encephalopathy (ME), also known as chronic fatigue syndrome… Continue reading A “Quality of Life” Threatening Illness
Written by Greg Hollin Knowledge regarding the causes of dementia have changed considerably over the course of the last hundred-or-so years. Nonetheless, since the discovery in the 1990s of gene variants that alter the risk of getting neurodegenerative disease, Alzheimer’s-related dementias have been understood in primarily genetic terms, and social scientists have persuasively argued that… Continue reading Trauma Induced Neurodegenerative Diseases: Reimagining dementia?
Written by Aurora Perego [W]e will go to the Pride march all together […]. [We want] A home for everybody, otherwise why should we have equal marriage? Documents for everybody, otherwise what is the point of civil unions? Immediate jus soli, otherwise, the fair recognition of homosexual couples’ children will only serve to trace a… Continue reading Together we stand? LGBTQIA* solidarity towards other minorities
By Jennifer Cooper This blog post will consider the provision of services for children who are considered ‘in need’ under Section 17 of the Children Act 1989. These services are often provided where children and families are struggling and experiencing some difficulties, although not to the point where the child is considered at risk of… Continue reading Children Act 1989 Section 17: Child in Need today
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