Our newest @brisunipress.bsky.social journal is here! We are so grateful to the fantastic editorial team. Launch event in Manchester on Monday at the International Creative Research Methods conference led by the exceptional @drhelenkara.bsky.social, Founder and Consulting Editor 🎉👏

📢 New financial year, new chances to invest in your research! Join us in #Manchester and online on September 8th and 9th for the International Creative Research Methods Conference.

Tickets available now 👉https://creativeresearchmethods.com/

#ICRMC2025 #CreativeResearchMethods #ICRMC #AcademicLife

Research Articles Open access A qualitative exploration of adoptive family practices in contemporary India: the voices of adoptees of closed adoptions Author: Sushri Sangita Puhan. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/20467435Y2024D000000014 Pages: 305–320 ‘I try to do something a bit different’: exploring fathers’ integration of care ethics in everyday family lives Author: Jason Preston DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/20467435Y2024D000000016 Pages: 321–336 Full Access Intergenerational transmission of social memory: a narrative review Author: Cristian Rojas-Granada DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/20467435Y2024D000000027 Pages: 337–351 Full Access Doing (in)equality in Swedish families: women’s narratives of outsourcing domestic work Authors: Ann-Louise Silfver and Ulrika Widding DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/20467435Y2024D000000029 Pages: 352–367 Full Access Shrinking futures: ecologically childfree as emotion management Author: Isabella Clark DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/20467435Y2024D000000031 Pages: 368–385 Full Access Cultivating parental virtuosi: therapeutic grammar and neuro-claims in Danish parenting courses Authors: Stine Thidemann Faber and Anne Hovgaard Jørgensen DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/20467435Y2024D000000033 Pages: 386–401 Open access Digital group archives in residential childcare: an investigation into memory responsibility Authors: Siân E. Lucas, Andrew Burns, Ruth Emond, and Laura Reid DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/20467435Y2024D000000034 Pages: 402–418 Full Access The diversity of grandparents in rural China: a new classification based on the shift in grandparents’ ideology and family structure Author: Ye Wang DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/20467435Y2024D000000035 Pages: 419–437

The latest issue of Families, Relationships and Societies is out now!
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SocSky #Sociology #FamilyStudies

OceanGate: Luxury tourism, the Titanic and the ticking clock - Transforming Society The authors of '50 Dark Destinations' discuss OceanGate's attempted trip to the wreckage of the Titanic and draw attention to both the dangers of luxury tourism and its ethical implications.

Today's US Coast Guard report reveals that #OceanGate employed “intimidation tactics” and operated with “critically flawed” safety measures.

This blog explores what the #Titan tragedy reveals about risk, luxury tourism and inequality.

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⏳ 40 days to go!

Join us in #Manchester or online for the International Creative Research Methods Conference — a space for innovation, collaboration, and creativity in research.

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#ICRMC2025 #CreativeResearch #HybridConference #ResearchMethods

Can you really make money from rubbish? This new article by Dan Welch and Pawan Srikanth explores the potential of mining landfill sites.
@uomsoss.bsky.social @sustainableuom.bsky.social

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Coming in 2026: Feminism and Organization. An international journal committed to advancing critical feminist scholarship, activism, and praxis to promote social justice and equality. bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/femos. Published by Bristol University Press

New journal alert Feminism and Organization
Edited by @profalisonpullen.bsky.social & @nela-smolovic.bsky.social
Challenges structural inequalities rooted in patriarchal systems, especially within the realm of work.
Open for submissions!
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#AOM2025

Shocking.

This is going to be a really important addition to the IR literature, delighted it will be published by BUP

Journal of Poverty and Social Justice "Journal of Poverty and Social Justice" published on by Policy Press.

The Journal of Poverty and Social Justice is seeking special issues that explore poverty and social justice in Africa
If you want to publish a special issue in this interdisciplinary journal, then submit a proposal by 13 Oct 25
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#endpoverty #SD1

'What it really takes to mobilise knowledge: lessons from Danish street-level organisations'

The latest on the Evidence & Policy Blog, by @dortecaswell.bsky.social‬ and Tanja Dall:

evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/07/02/w...

@bupjournals.bsky.social @djmallinson.bsky.social

So very excited about this!! #feminism #organizationstudies #work

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Families, Relationships and Societies "Families, Relationships and Societies" published on by Policy Press.

Do you want to join the International Editorial Board for Families, Relationships and Societies? You’re in luck, we’re recruiting!
Applications close 31 August
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#FamilyStudies #SocSky sociology

Getting great ideas and people for #JCRM @bupjournals.bsky.social at #ISAForum2025

Excellent news Su-ming!

💡 📣 Consumption studies staff and students! Our student reading list has launched, bringing you the essential articles from the Consumption and Society journal!

Curated by our editors and free until 31 October🔓

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#SocSky #Sociology

🚀 Just launched: Bristol University Press Impact Report!

Discover how we’re aligning global scholarship with the #UNSDGs and driving real-world change.

#BUPImpact #OpenAccess #GlobalSocialChallenges

🌍Read now:

How students should write a thesis in the AI age - Impact of Social Sciences AI tools help students produce polished theses without deep understanding. Thorsten Fröhlich argues rigid assessment formats stifle critical thinking, and calls for a rethink of how research is…

💥New: Students are turning in flawless AI-written theses, but losing the ability to think.

Prof Thorsten Fröhlich warns that unless educators rethink rigid assessment norms, we risk raising a generation who can write a thesis, but not think one.

🤔 #AI

#TCC2025 @tcaren.bsky.social

#TransformingCare

International Journal of Care and Caring "International Journal of Care and Caring" published on by Policy Press.

The Intl Journal of Care and Caring is calling for submissions to the debates and issues section. This section is designed to give a voice to:
❤️ Carers
⭐ disabled & older people
❤️ trade unions
⭐ employers
❤️ practitioners
⭐ policymakers
And more!

Exciting news indeed!

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.

🔗 epssnet.org

Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.

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Towards a new policy analytical methodology in the study of vaccination governance by Katharina Paul In a recent article published in Policy & Politics, author Katharina T. Paul argues for a shift in how we analyse public health controversies by introducing a new methodology—…

@katharinatpaul.bsky.social's new blog post is now live!⚡

'Towards a new policy analytical methodology in the study of vaccination governance'

Thank you Katharina!

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Headed to #BSG2025? Don’t miss our latest picks from the Journal of Global Ageing!
📖 Check out the Editor’s Choice collection and explore the future of ageing research.
@policypress
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Call for Special Issue papers: Masculinities and Emotions: Changing Times and Contexts Emotions and Society cover

Are you researching the role of emotions in #Masculinity?♂️
Make a submission to our upcoming special issue of Emotions and Society
📆 Abstract submission 15 Jul
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#EmoSoc SocSky #Sociology

Tickets going fast! Songs to lift your spirits and set your spine-tingling by Purcell, Elgar, Bristol's own Robert Pearsall, Monteverdi, some Bulgarian bangers, heart-rending folk songs and more @pingosaurus.bsky.social @jancisk.bsky.social @bristol247.bsky.social @beardedjourno.bsky.social

I am so thrilled about this! @gscjournal.bsky.social publishes a broad range of multi and interdisciplinary work, providing a single space to find solutions for global social challenges. Its work is getting read and cited 👏🎉 #diamondopenaccess #globalchallenges #journalpublishing #makingadifference