Hvad er sociologiens rolle i dag - og hvor bevæger dansk sociologi sig hen?

Nyt nummer af Dansk Sociologi er ude!

→ Læs mere her: dansksociologi.dk

Huge thanks to my brilliant co-authors: @oliwilliams.bsky.social
Maria Kristiansen, Sarah Wadmann, Mary Jarden & Glenn Robert
A genuinely inspiring collaboration. Especially Glenn and Oli for our initial work on the paper during my time at Kings.
#PatientAndPublicInvolvement
#PPI
#ResearchFunding

The upside?
Denmark has a real opportunity to learn from international experiences — and avoid repeating the same mistakes around tokenism, narrow involvement, and unclear purposes.
(4/5)

We also found that PPI is often used as a way for funders to build organisational legitimacy.
International expectations matter — and Denmark is catching up fast.
A few funders actively try to prevent tokenism, but practices vary a lot.
(3/5)

We explored how Danish research funders shape the PPI landscape—and what actually motivates their push for involvement.
Short version: technocratic logics dominate.
Relevance, efficiency, impact.
Democratic aims like equity, representation, empowerment? Much less visible.
(2/5)

The rise of patient and public involvement in health research in Denmark – a qualitative study of funder's policies and practices Patient and public involvement (PPI) aims to produce knowledge and improve health services by involving patients, citizens, and stakeholders in variou…

Just published another article from my PhD!
📄 “The rise of patient and public involvement in health research in Denmark – a qualitative study of funders’ policies and practices” is now out in SSM – Qualitative Research in Health.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

22 Understanding Emerging Digital Health Disparities 22 Understanding Emerging Digital Health Disparities was published in De Gruyter Handbook of Digital Health and Society on page 401.

Our new chapter 'Understanding emerging digital health disparities'. Sadly, paywalled (but available through most institutional libraries).
#digitalhealth #healthpolicy #qualitativehealthresearch
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

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New qualitative (health services research) post with my old pal @gemhughes.bsky.social in Leicester. Good team, fun project
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We argue that overview is not a static feature of tech—it’s a situated achievement shaped by data work, professional roles, and organizational boundaries.

Thanks to our collaborator, reviewers & colleagues
If you're working on digital health, chronic care, or STS—let’s connect!
#STS #DigitalHealth #DataWork #SAMBLIK #DiabetesCare #IHC2025

📄 Read the full article:
Stage, J.T. & Langstrup, H. (2025)
European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET)
🔗 doi.org/10.48340/IHC...

SAMBLIK promises seamless data access. But overview isn’t just about access—it’s about trust, relevance, and context.
Sometimes it helps. Sometimes it adds to the burden. Sometimes it’s ignored.

Based on ethnographic fieldwork, we identify 4 enactments of overview via SAMBLIK:
1️⃣ Expedient overview
2️⃣ Glancing overview
3️⃣ Care-continuum overview
4️⃣ Non-overview
Each reflects different data experiences & clinical realities.

In Denmark, health data is in principle available across sectors. But many clinicians still feel the overview is missing.
We ask: What does “overview” actually mean in practice? And how is it enacted through data work?

🔍 New article out!
“All the data you need” – Striving for “Overview” in cross-sectoral chronic disease management.
Henriette Langstrup & I explore how digital tools like SAMBLIK shape care in Danish diabetes management.
🧵👇

A copy of the book 'Recalibrating Stigma: sociologies of health and illness' edited by Gareth M. Thomas, Oli Williams, Tanisha Spratt, and Amy Chandler. The front cover of the book depicts a person out at night, lit by the light from a lamppost and looking at posters pasted onto a brick wall that are in the style of the 'WANTED' posters famously associated with the Wild West era of American history. The word 'UNWANTED' has replaced the word 'WANTED'.

We started working on this in 2021 and there is *finally* a physical copy of the book in my hand. It feels great that other people can now read all the great work that's in this collection.

It is available as a free e-book and in paperback:

bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/recalibratin...

There have been attempts internationally, indeed. What I find interesting is how those experiences and knowledge might not be incorporated into a Danish context, with a lack of organisational support and ideas about prober practice which could reproduce diamental ways of doing PPI.

Exploring the hidden demands for patients’ resources: How health researchers risk excluding patients from patient and public involvement in health research during recruitment Patient involvement in health research is widely recognized to promote effective collaboration between health researchers and patients in endeavors to…

It's still a working paper - hopefully It will come out soon. While waiting for the paper to come out, you might be interested in reading more about tacit social expectations in who gets 'access': www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Just presented a working paper at #BSAmedsoc
Who gets socially on during PPI in health research?
My study of PPI at two Danish research panels often privileges white, middle-class citizens while working-class voices struggle with hidden barriers like academic jargon.

#PPI #Medsoc #Inequities

Hej Gritt! Jeg tænker at det kommer med tiden. Jeg ser at flere forskningscentre viser lokalt interesse for det - og så må vi lokalt give en hånd med at vise hvordan det er muligt at overfører ens opslag og de personer man fra Twitter hertil gennem!

(Image of a google doc; first line is title & in larger font) Speaking Out for Democracy and US Higher Education To add your name to this statement, go to https://bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEdSign We publicly affirm our commitment to the enterprise of higher education in a democratic and free society, and to the values and practices that facilitate the production, advancement, and sharing of knowledge. Given the continuous and escalating attacks on higher education along with many other pillars of American democracy by the Trump administration and its allies, we call on colleges and universities to protect these values. We affirm that: The democratic ideals of free thought, free speech, free association, freedom of assembly and the right to dissent are worth fighting for. Democracy both honors our dignity as individuals and enables collective action on behalf of the common good.

2. Education is a fundamental pillar of a democratic society. People come from all over the world to take part in the free exchange of ideas and the depth of knowledge and expertise found in US colleges and universities. The capacity and tools these institutions provide to think carefully and deeply about politics, society, and the built and natural worlds produce scholars and world citizens whose contributions benefit us all. The value of American education has long been a consensus position across parties and ideologies; both Democratic and Republican administrations have supported our system of higher education. 3. Diversity is essential. Democracy requires that we invest fully in the rich array of our differences. We affirm the fundamental dignity and value of each person of every race, ethnicity, national origin, class, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, legal status, religion, identity, ideology and viewpoint. Bringing together people with different experiences, talents, and perspectives is critical to a successful learning environment and ultimately benefits society as a whole. 4. Education, knowledge, and science are intrinsically worthwhile. They improve both individual lives and the collective well-being of a democratic society. Cutting funding risks inflicting lasting damage on scholarly inquiry, from work in the arts to social policy to life-saving medical research and care.

5. Academic freedom is necessary to the pursuit of knowledge. Research must be conducted free from political threat if it is to identify and develop ideas serving the human race. These ideas, turned into action, are critical elements of any functioning society, including the rule of law, medical care, and scientific advancement. 6. No amount of accommodation or compliance will protect us. The current attacks on higher education amount to an assault on the foundational principles of democracy. If we abandon our commitments to equality, pluralism, and free scholarly inquiry we turn our backs on the most essential ingredients to our democracy: reflecting on our past, pooling our present talents, and investing in our future. As scholars, educators, and people who care about our students and our democracy, we believe it is our duty to speak out against the attacks on diversity and pluralism, on scholarship and learning, on academic freedom, and on democracy itself. We are doing so through this statement, and will continue to do so on our campuses and beyond. We urge the leaders of America’s colleges and universities, and every American who believes in democracy and education, to stand up for the values we share. We call on college and university leadership to refuse to comply with the unethical, irresponsible and frequently illegal demands of the Trump administration; to join together to speak out in defense of the values of academic freedom, scholarship and research; to protect their students and faculty from government reprisals; and to fight attacks on our institutions in the public sphere and the legal arena.

A key step in fighting the Trump admin's attacks on higher education specifically and democracy more broadly is to say as clearly as we can that we share values that are meaningful and that we will not stand by while our institutions are destroyed.

You can do that here:
bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEd

Health Promotion International | Oxford Academic Publishes papers on major themes and innovations in the health promotion field. The journal publishes contributions from sectors beyond health, and seeks to promote theoretical, methodological, and ac...

Hi #academicsky !

Can you please spread the word that we would love to see more manuscripts submitted to @healthpromint.bsky.social on the climate crisis, and planetary health.

More about the journal here ⬇️

Thank you!

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Great, Graham. Could you put me on the list?

Check it out, European Sociological Review is now on bsky! The flagship journal of the European Consortium for Sociological Research! A great journal! #sociology

bsky.app/profile/euro...

Great to see you here, Daniel. (and your dog ofc!

So great! Could you add me :-)

Could you add me :-)

There is something about qualitative research that is not easily replaced by AI either! For example, with interviews, transcription models do often not include tonation, pauses and other important signifiers for a great interview.

Thread for those new to BlueSky. First of all, welcome. It feels like a safer space, doesn’t it? But also perhaps a bit disorienting initially? Here’s some tips for getting your bearings.

Could you please add me :-)