Exploring Deep Equality Speaker: Prof Lori G. Beaman Lori G. Beaman is the Canada Research Chair in Religious Diversity and Social Change and a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa. She directs Nonreligion in a Complex Future, an international, comparative, and interdisciplinary project exploring the social impact of the growth of nonreligion in diverse cultural contexts. Her research focuses on nonreligion, religious diversity, equality, and law, engaging both mainstream and underrepresented populations. She is the author of Deep Equality in an Era of Religious Diversity (Oxford University Press). Thursday 16th October 2025 15:00–16:30 - South Africa / 9:00–10:30 - Canada / 10:00–11:30 - Brazil / 14:00–14:30 - United Kingdom Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81605139987?pwd=0fqVBC5RMrdI5eaQKHiCvEguMespPB.1 Access code: 108926

Masterclass announcement! Lori Beaman of @nonreligioncf.bsky.social will be talking to us on "Exploring
Deep Equality" next week on Thursday 16th October.

3pm South Africa / 9am Canada / 10am Brazil / 2pm UK

Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8160513998...

Access code: 108926

Can't wait to host this!

A poster that reads: Understanding Global Racisms: Beyond Euro-Americancentricity Speaker: Prof Tariq Modood Discussant: Dr Morgane Reina Tariq Modood is Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy and the founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship at the University of Bristol and the co-founder of the international journal, Ethnicities. He has held over 40 grants and consultancies, has over 35 (co-)authored and (co-)edited books and reports and over 350 articles and chapters. He was awarded an MBE for services to social sciences and ethnic relations in 2001, was made a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (UK) in 2004, elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2017 and was awarded the Senior Scholar Award by Rice University, Houston in 2025. In 2022 he was ranked in the top 20 UK cited scholars in Politics, Law, Sociology and Social Policy. He served on the Commission on the Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain, the National Equality Panel, and the Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life. His latest books include Essays on Secularism and Multiculturalism (2019), Multiculturalism: A Civic Idea (2nd ed; 2013); and as Special Issues co-editor, with T. Sealy, Beyond Euro-Americancentric Forms of Racism and Anti-racism (Political Quarterly, 2022) and Global comparative analysis of the governance of religious diversity (Religion, State and Society, 2022). His latest book, with Thomas Sealy, is The New Governance of Religious Diversity (2024) He has a You Tube Channel and his website is tariqmodood.com. Morgane Reina has a PhD in Sociology from the University of Brasília (2021). She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po – 2013) and a Master’s degree in Political Sociology from the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris. Zoom link:  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81748930237?pwd=rtO2V5XNyndlFnfCe63v1wBHJWMZ1o.1 Access code: 546157

We are delighted to announce our upcoming seminar with @tariqmodood.bsky.social on global racisms and euro-americentricity.

You can join the seminar with this link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8174893023...
, passcode: 546157.

Am delighted to be doing this

Accessing Social Media Data in 2025 - VOX - Pol By Ninian Frenguelli It is increasingly difficult to access data from social media platforms. Researcher access to Meta platforms was removed in 2024 when CrowdTangle was shut down, but it was already...

One of our team members, @ninianjames.bsky.social has recently had a blog published on the @vox-pol.bsky.social blog! In it, he discusses the pros and cons of different approaches to studying social media in 2025

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Religious Women and the Struggles Over the Public Policy Repertoire in Health in Brazil YouTube video by Social Repair Research Group

How latest seminar "To the Right, the Feminine: Religious Women and the Struggles Over the Public Policy Repertoire in Health in Brazil" is now available to watch online from our YouTube!

@lellanouri.bsky.social @cmillerphd.bsky.social @ninianjames.bsky.social

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in retrospect i guess it was inevitable there would be attempts to frame any pushback against tech as the same "annoying hippie lib busybody" stereotype the left has been getting hit with for decades

Another very good example of the Times spreading fact free propaganda.
It has been bad for a long time but feels like it’s getting worse over the last months.

FIDE's official position is that women are lesser than men. they simply cannot have a person with a male name also have a title from a female competition that people might think was from a male competition.

all anyone is ever doing by saying stuff like this is admitting they're a useful mark the right can exploit to push their wedge issues further. amazing that otherwise smart people still don't realize how this game is played

Accessing Social Media Data in 2025 - VOX - Pol By Ninian Frenguelli It is increasingly difficult to access data from social media platforms. Researcher access to Meta platforms was removed in 2024 when CrowdTangle was shut down, but it was already...

New blog from me about collecting social media data. I talk about the ethical, legal, and practical considerations of accessing this data and offer practical tips on how to create large datasets.

Researcher access is increasingly restricted but we can still do our work

voxpol.eu/accessing-so...

Adam Shatz · The World since 7 October The war with Iran is far more than an attempt to prevent nuclear weapons from getting in the hands of mullahs (if it...

‘The inability of Western powers to condemn Israel’s conduct – much less bring it to an end – has made a mockery of the rules-based order that they claim to uphold.’

Adam Shatz on the world since 7 October: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

you know which parents have legitimate concerns? parents who love their trans kids and want them to be able to get the medicine they need and to be able to play sports with their friends if they want to

NEW: Am told over the weekend that Sarah Champion’s letter calling on the PM to recognise a Palestinian state has now been signed by 254 MPs.

This is one of those moments when the hollowness of our democratic systems becomes visible to the public. Facts are verified, but deliberation is pure performance, and accountability is nowhere. The system absorbs truth without ever acting on it.

Nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland overwhelmingly reject 3.6% pay rise Royal College of Nursing members vote by large majority against accepting award in indicative vote run by union Nurses have overwhelmingly rejected the government’s “grotesque” 3.6% pay award for this year, in a move that could lead to the NHS facing further strikes. Royal College of Nursing members in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have voted by a large majority against accepting the award in an indicative vote run by the union. Continue reading...

Nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland overwhelmingly reject 3.6% pay rise

He accepted a caution which will now show up on his DBS checks which he's trying to get removed.

Everyone should know that a caution will stay on your record and you should never accept one without getting advice from a solicitor you trust.

No caution, no comment. Find a solicitor first

Funny how "legitimate concerns" are always those of a far-right minority

The concerns of the communities at the sharp end or that of the many more opposing the far right are just incoherent noise

As always, the mainstreaming of far-right politics is a top-down, mainstream-driven affair

wouldn't necessarily say that "giving the racist rioters exactly what they wanted, and showing them that rioting works" can be seen as "having dealt with the issue"? I mean I guess it is in a way, but www.ft.com/content/7fa5...

Violent or destructive left wing protest is framed as delegitimising the protesters' stated cause.

Violent or destructive right wing protest is framed as emphasing the need for urgent action on the protesters' stated cause.

As always, right wing men are treated as elemental forces without agency.

I recently complained to the BBC about their biased news coverage and in the reply they said that they have a duty to report the world as it is, not how people wish it was.

Aside from being patronising guff, it would seem they’re quite happy to avoid how the world actually is when it suits them.

Ideally, we teach our students to think critically about the world, and hopefully, to care and want/work to change it for the better but then we stomped on their bodies, futures and speech when they do exactly what we allegedly train them to do.
The past years have been devastating in higher ed.

So, as I suspected, the police response to the shootings of Democratic elected officials in Minnesota was actually a complete disaster www.startribune.com/new-details-...

For women, the increase of AI use in the workplace may affect their careers: Harvard study Women are using AI significantly less then men and it’s going to have a major impact on their careers, according to extensive research on the topic.

Every. Single. Story. about women not using AI as much as men portray it as bad for their future career prospects (without a shred of evidence) and a result of women being fearful little ladies rather than looking at AI's output and saying "this sucks, it's not going to help me."

Israeli Military Attacks Handala in International Waters, Abducts 21 Unarmed Civilians The Freedom Flotilla Coalition confirms that its civilian vessel Handala, en route to break Israel's illegal, genocidal blockade on Palestinians in Gaza, has been violently intercepted by the Israeli military in international waters about forty nautical miles from Gaza. At 11:43 Palestine time the Occupation cut the cameras on board Handala and we have lost all communication with our ship. The unarmed boat was carrying life-saving supplies when it was boarded by Israeli forces, its passengers abducted, and its cargo seized. The interception occurred in international waters outside Palestinian territorial waters off Gaza, in violation of international maritime law. Handala carried a shipment of critical humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza, including baby formula, diapers, food, and medicine. All cargo was non-military, civilian, and intended for direct distribution to a population facing deliberate starvation and medical collapse under Israel's illegal blockade.

Human Rights Defenders Aboard Handala, by country: United States: Christian Smalls - Amazon Labor Union founder; Huwaida Arraf - Human rights attorney (Palestine/US); Jacob Berger - Jewish-American activist; Bob Suberi - Jewish U.S. war veteran; Braedon Peluso - Sailor and direct action activist; Dr. Frank Romano - International lawyer and actor (France/US). France: Emma Fourreau - MEP and activist (France/Sweden); Gabrielle Cathala - Parliamentarian and former humanitarian worker; Justine Kempf - Nurse, Médecins du Monde; Ange Sahuquet - Engineer and human rights activist. Italy: Antonio Mazzeo - Teacher, peace researcher, journalist; Antonio "Tony" La Picirella - Climate and social justice organizer. Spain: Santiago González Vallejo - Economist and activist; Sergio Toribio - Engineer and environmentalist.

Australia: Robert Martin - Human rights activist; Tania "Tan" Safi - Journalist and organizer of Lebanese descent. Norway: Vigdis Bjorvand - 70-year-old lifelong justice activist. United Kingdom / France: Chloé Fiona Ludden - Former UN staff and scientist. Tunisia: Hatem Aouini - Trade unionist and internationalist activist. Journalists Aboard Handala Morocco: Mohamed El Bakkali - Senior journalist with Al Jazeera (based in Paris). Iraq / United States: Waad Al Musa - Cameraman and field reporter with Al Jazeera. The attack on Handala is the third violent act by Israeli forces against Freedom Flotilla missions this year alone. It follows the drone bombing of the civilian aid ship Conscience in European waters in May, which injured four people and disabled the vessel, and the illegal seizure of the Madleen in June, where Israeli forces abducted twelve civilians, including a Member

of the European Parliament. Shortly before their abduction, the Handala's crew affirmed that they would be hunger-striking if detained by Israeli forces and not accepting any food from the Israeli Occupation Forces. Israeli officials have ignored the International Court of Justice's binding orders that require the facilitation of humanitarian access to Gaza. The continued attacks on peaceful civilian missions represent a grave violation of international law. "Israel has no legal authority to detain international civilians aboard the Handala", said Ann Wright a member of the Freedom Flotilla's steering committee. "This is not a matter of internal Israeli jurisdiction. These are foreign nationals operating under international law in international waters. Their detention is arbitrary, unlawful, and must end."

BREAKING: Israeli military attacks humanitarian aid vessel Handala in international waters 30 miles from Gaza — in violation of maritime law — and has abducted 21 people on board, including U.S. citizens.

The ship was carrying life-saving aid, which Israel has seized.

Have been covering this genocidal war since day one, with deep respect for my sources.

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