My new (and first) book, The Drunkard in Victorian Fiction and Culture is out in May with @edinburghup.bsky.social. You can now pre-order which is pretty cool. Even cooler is that you can get 30% off with this flyer/code. Recommend to your university library if you think it will be of interest. 🍷
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Between 1840 and 1918, British attitudes towards drink changed dramatically. Life assurance company archives reveal their influence and also offer insights into the lives of ordinary abstainers.
Available (at 35% off with code GLR AT8) from Bloomsbury Academic www.bloomsbury.com/uk/temperanc...
I can’t envisage a child poverty strategy which garners any credibility without fully scrapping the two-child limit.
Unconvinced? Check out (even better share) this summary of the peer-reviewed evidence base @kittyjstewart.bsky.social @aaronreeves.bsky.social
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What a beautifully written and breathtakingly honest paper. It's rare to see this level of honesty, reflexivity, and creativity in academia.
Nice to have this out in popNAD. It summarises key ideas around declines in youth drinking that we explore in our book. Worth a read for overview of this body of work!
@amypennay.bsky.social @soc-researcher.bsky.social @jholmessheff.bsky.social @capraustralia.bsky.social
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"What makes gen Z slightly distinct as a generation is their attitude towards risk." SARG researcher @soc-researcher.bsky.social is quoted in this @theguardian.com article exploring the possible explanations for the recent increase in gen Z's alcohol consumption. #alcoholresearch
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The only thing I can think of is to start with his former PhD students. I'll DM you about one I know of who taught me at undergrad. Maybe others involved in the ASA or CSA know more?
Another shout out for @milliemaglet.bsky.social brilliant blog, which has been (rightly) getting a lot of love on here. So important to foreground the precarity that shapes the lives of so many, including within academia itself.
We feel very lucky to have Millie @changingrealities.bsky.social
No one could say that after those walls...
We seek a committed & dynamic feminist to join the existing team as a new book review editor @genderandjustice.bsky.social
Details:
✳️Deadline 1 August 2025 17:00 CEST
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Congratulations @teaganmayr.bsky.social!👏👏
Earlier this week @soc-researcher.bsky.social @jholmessheff.bsky.social and Shangshang Gu spoke at a national conference about how alcohol consumption patterns are evolving among young people and the specific implications for university students. Read more on the SARG website 👇
📚 Find out more about this new book co-authored by SARG's @jholmessheff.bsky.social and @soc-researcher.bsky.social which explores the complex social, cultural and economic factors driving the significant decline in youth drinking observed in high-income countries since the early 2000s #PublicHealth
It's the last day of #KBS2025 and SARG's @abi-stevely.bsky.social & @soc-researcher.bsky.social are speaking this morning. Find out more about Laura's @alcoholchangeuk.bsky.social funded project co-led with @melissaoldham.bsky.social which explores young people's consumption of no/lo drinks 👇
@rosedwards.bsky.social, @massobsarchive.bsky.social, @dawnlyon.bsky.social,
Registration is closing soon for the BSA ECR event Beyond the ‘archival turn’: Making and using sociological archives, being held at the University of Leicester on 30th June.
All are welcome to register. Registration is open until this Friday 13th June. www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
I'm very excited that my first book, Borders, Citizenship, & Pregnancy, will be coming out this month, published by @brisunipress.bsky.social.
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It was ace, wasn't it?😊
Registration is now open for this BSA event on making and using sociological archives with contributions from a range of established and emerging researchers as well as archives. Includes a workshop led by Rachel Thomson on creative repurposing of qualitative data. Book your place by 13th June.
A new book explores why young people in high-income countries are drinking less, linking the decline to growing health consciousness, closer parental relationships, and a broader culture of caution.
In our latest blog, the authors discuss the findings.
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They'll tell you about benefits to the local economy..... but.......
Slot machine firms target UK’s poorest areas and channel funds to billionaires
Registration is now open for this BSA event on making and using sociological archives with contributions from a range of established and emerging researchers as well as archives. Includes a workshop led by Rachel Thomson on creative repurposing of qualitative data. Book your place by 13th June.
Advertising new @unistrathclyde.bsky.social PhD studentship (covers fees + stipend), as part of new ESRC Centre @equalise.bsky.social. We've kept the application as broad as possible as we're keen to support someone to undertake research that they have designed: www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/... 1/2
The SNP have drawn media attention towards the @changingrealities.bsky.social report by #CASE's @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social which found that the UK Government could lift 700,000 children out of poverty by following Scotland's approach. www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...
This is going to be a great event- 30 June- early and later career sociologists and community archivists explore working with marginalised voices and experiences held in archives to challenge, shape or disrupt public discourse.
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**Save the date** Beyond the archival turn: Making & using sociological archives. 30 June, Leicester. tinyurl.com/3fuducmm. Exploring the rich archival resources that exist within sociology and how creative methods can be used to make the past anew and help us to imagine different kinds of futures.