Another banging roundtable by the BSA Theory section. Unfortunately, we can't record these sessions, so if you're interested, do register to attend👇👇
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Just finished facilitating a session on the social impact of football @fairgameuk.bsky.social conference. Really enjoyed it. A lot of good folk here.

Glad to be joining The Sociological Review's editorial board💫

This was a great conversation on radical forms of care, political organising, resistance, burnout, and much more. If you'd like to watch the recording, it's now available online.

Hope and refusal in an era of criminalized care: Responses to Pirate Care (3 March 2026, online) - VAGABONDS Pirate Care: Acts Against the Criminalization of Solidarity contends that, today, our movements for collective liberation are increasingly defined by the calling to care for one another in defiance of...

Online event (3 Mar) on Criminalised Care, Hope & Solidarity based on responses to the book Pirate Care. I'm looking fw to discussing radical care as praxis across various initiatives with the authors and contributors. Link to register: lakeheadu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... vagabonds.xyz/hope-and-ref...

This is a research blog written for a @mybcu.bsky.social series. It's mainly geared to UG students but your page admin learned a bit here... Get in touch with @ryanscoatsphd.bsky.social if you want to know more!

Beyond Monogamy: What Sociology Reveals About How We Really Relate by @ryanscoatsphd.bsky.social.

www.bcu.ac.uk/research/blo...

This is part of a wider thread on what @alternativesatsase.bsky.social are doing. Check them out!

Network I: Alternatives to Capitalism | SASE | The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics The broad aim of research Network I is to advance the international, comparative and interdisciplinary study of alternatives to capitalism.

Excited to launch our digital existence as the Alternatives to Capitalism Network of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics🎉Follow us for updates on calls for papers, events, podcasts & much more! Learn more about us via the link👇👇 sase.org/networks/i-a... @sasemeeting.bsky.social

Network I: Alternatives to Capitalism | SASE | The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics The broad aim of research Network I is to advance the international, comparative and interdisciplinary study of alternatives to capitalism.

Interested in Alternatives to Capitalism🔨? Our call for papers for the 2026 SASE Conference in Bordeaux is out! Deadline: 16 December 2025. We encourage pre-formed panel submissions and individual papers. Looking fw to renewing our faith in humanity. @sasemeeting.bsky.social sase.org/networks/i-a...

Excited to join Lara Monticelli, Torsten Geelan, and Jan Groos to co-organise the Alternatives to Capitalism Network @sasemeeting.bsky.social! Check out the Network, our new call for papers, and guidelines here: sase.org/networks/i-a...
@bcusociology.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de

24 October in London at 6:30pm I'll be at the After Collective event on capitalism and its alternatives with Panos Theodoropoulos @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @intrrgum.bsky.social Join us for an inspiring discussion, antii-capitalist solidarity & pizza! Sign up here: tinyurl.com/4nv7s7rb

This has been labelled as adult content, so each person will take a view as to whether they want to engage. @ryanscoatsphd.bsky.social will likely be very happy to talk through what it is about!

Sexualität: Drei ist nicht immer einer zu viel Viele fantasieren nur davon, einige probieren ihn aus: den »flotten Dreier«.

Another shout for @ryanscoatsphd.bsky.social and his work featured in @spektrum.de. It's in German, so one for those who are either speakers of that language or skilled users of translation tools.

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The work of our @ryanscoatsphd.bsky.social features in "Drei ist nicht immer einer zu viel".

The BlueSky post about this feature has an age filter on it. That might make it more intriguing...

Congratulations @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social! This is great news.

Great news @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social 👌👏🏻

Excellent new article by @ryanscoatsphd.bsky.social in Cultural Sociology. Even the board game averse admin of this account is getting plenty out of this one.

We are welcoming students from Central St Michaels Sixth Form, West Bromwich today for a taste of university life. They will get sessions on socialisation through football, fundamental questions in citizenship, and race and gender in Love Island. Quite a mix!

Doing something funny with my hands while presenting @sportanthro.bsky.social conference last week. A good event and a very welcoming crowd.

I'll be at the @bsatheory.bsky.social BSA Theory Symposium @camsociology.bsky.social on Friday May 23rd, discussing how to do social theory. See the programme and the participants below 👇👇

It's a sad day for us today as we say adieu to @samburgum.bsky.social, who is off to pastures new. Looking forward to seeing what Sam does next, a good guy and an excellent scholar.

Outreach with @streetskitchen.bsky.social this morning 🫧

#theremaybebubblesahead #heartisaweaponsizeofafist
#solidaritynotcharity

@bcusociology.bsky.social @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social
@city-journal.bsky.social

Quick bit of research in London this week. The #streetlegal project with @streetskitchen.bsky.social “SK Lawless” clinic will look at role of legal knowledge in fighting eviction of rough sleepers & loiterers, and the powers being used to move people along. @bcusociology.bsky.social

In a study of UK police sergeants, Scott Banks and @dranthonymay.bsky.social examine the impact of New Public Management strategies on policing, using semi-structured interviews to explore their managerial challenges www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Looks like a cracking day in Oxford! Hope the talk is outdoors.

Two book launches this week for #squattinglondon

28/4 Geography, University of Oxford. 4pm.
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

30/4 Housman’s Bookshop, King’s Cross, London. 7pm.
@housmansbookshop.bsky.social @bcusociology.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social

USMEC : US Military-Entertainment Complex from the Cold War to the War on Terror This research project examines how American popular culture, including movies, TV shows, and other media, intersects with U.S. military and foreign policy messaging from the Cold War to today. The PhD...

...and this one is supervised by @dranthonymay.bsky.social alongside two colleagues from Criminology and Security Studies, @euanraffle.bsky.social and Dr Ryan O'Connor.

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Becoming Brixton: the British Black Panthers, squatting, and community empowerment through histories of the present Working alongside Dr Samuel Burgum (sociology) and Dr Shey Fyffe (sociology/black studies), this research project will explore the intersections of Black histories and squatting in Brixton through com...

This project will be supervised by @samburgum.bsky.social and Dr Shey Fyffe...

www.bcu.ac.uk/research/our...

There are two great projects that will be supervised by members of our team!