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 Majella Kilkey Photo by Metin Ozer on Unsplash Almost four years after departing the European Union (EU) and almost three years since the introduction of a new immigration system, it is clear that “taking back control of our borders” has not resulted in reduced migration to the UK. Net migration in the… Continue reading “Taking back control of our borders”. The “dependants’ problem”.
Written by Cheer (Lijiaozi) Cheng Photo Credit: Anna Pelzer Source: Unsplash How often do we meet someone who declares themselves in perfect health? It’s a rare occurrence, to say the least. In the intricate landscape of health and illness, there lies a nuanced space occupied by those who find themselves neither distinctly well nor acutely… Continue reading In the Liminal Spaces: Understanding Knowledge Production and Narratives of Suboptimal Health in Contemporary China
Written by Dr Catherine Ruth Craven On November 17th 2023 approximately 100 scholars, lawyers, and activists working on issues related to migration and citizenship gathered in central Birmingham for an international symposium on Migration, coloniality and belonging in ‘Global Britain’. The meeting centered the findings and ongoing research of the MIGZEN project, for which I… Continue reading From de-exceptionalising Brexit to understanding “Global Britain” through diasporic connections
Written by Dr Stephanie Ejegi-Memeh In October 2023, I visited with mental health and wellbeing researchers from the Centre for the Study of Race, Gender and Class (RGC), University of Johannesburg. In their own words, RGC “offers a home in the Southern Hemisphere for engaged scholarship around intellectual, creative, spiritual and everyday practices that both… Continue reading Exploring Black mental health and wellbeing with South African healers and scholars
Written by Dr Briony Hannell, Dr Julie Walsh and Dr Joanne Britton Above: The entrance to Firth Court, University of Sheffield. Universities have been described as sites of colonial power. Courtesy: Dora Damian. In November 2022, the Everyday Life and Critical Diversities Research Theme invited colleagues to discuss Ali Meghji’s (2021) Decolonizing Sociology: An Introduction… Continue reading Decolonising Sociological Studies: The seminar series
Written by Dr Preeti Raghunath (Courtesy: unsplash.com) Over the last few days, news of Kenyan workers calling for investigations into OpenAI’s exploitative work conditions has emerged, even as The Guardian called a recent ruling implicating Facebook to offer mental health support for its content moderators a “watershed moment”. A few months ago, Time broke a… Continue reading ‘Data Industries’: Towards tracing the Global Data Economy
Written by Nabila Cruz Organising Committee [credit: Myrtle Ziwei Zeng] On 14th June 2023, Sociological Studies hosted its annual postgraduate research conference, where students in the first year of their PhD gave presentations about their research. And not only that, but it was also fully organised by students ourselves. As co-chair of the organising committee,… Continue reading Inequalities, Resistance and Change – The 2023 PGR Conference
Written by Lucy Mayblin, Hannah Lewis, Rebecca Murray, Tom Nunn With special thanks to Rivka Shaw, Jo Wilding, Brian Dikoff, Kate Wisbach and Amanda Spalding. Photo by Mikhail Nilov on Pexels On 20th April, at a collaborative event between South Yorkshire Refugee Law and Justice, and the University of Sheffield, participants discussed the woeful state… Continue reading Immigration legal aid: change needs to come from a meaningful commitment to equality of access to justice
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