John MacArtney
@johnmacartney.bsky.social
Marie Curie Associate Professor
Sociologist of dying, palliative and end-of-life care, and bereavement.
https://profiles.warwick.ac.uk/u1772723-john-macartney
Sociologist of dying, palliative and end-of-life care, and bereavement.
https://profiles.warwick.ac.uk/u1772723-john-macartney
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John MacArtney
@johnmacartney.bsky.social
· Feb 24
Come along to hear us discuss how social sciences and humanities can be better involved in research into dying, palliative and end-of-life care.
The report we will be discussing is available here: healthopenresearch.org/documents/7-1
The report we will be discussing is available here: healthopenresearch.org/documents/7-1
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Some of my work this week has reminded me of the initial analysis of data on higher education staff's experiences of bereavement, including unclear policies, workload and support at work. Link to report here: oro.open.ac.uk/88719/
The Open University
oro.open.ac.uk
January 7, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Some of my work this week has reminded me of the initial analysis of data on higher education staff's experiences of bereavement, including unclear policies, workload and support at work. Link to report here: oro.open.ac.uk/88719/
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Register:
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January 7, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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2 years ago @the-polyphony.bsky.social kindly invited me @gmthomas.bsky.social @amychandler.bsky.social & Tanisha to write about the book we were putting together on stigma (see ⬇️). Now it's out @brisunipress.bsky.social they've let us do a mini-takeover! 1/5
thepolyphony.org/2023/09/11/r...
thepolyphony.org/2023/09/11/r...
Recalibrating Stigma
Gareth Thomas, Tanisha Spratt, Oli Williams, and Amy Chandler reflect on the 2023 symposium: Recalibrating Stigma, Sociological Perspectives on Health and Illness.
thepolyphony.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
2 years ago @the-polyphony.bsky.social kindly invited me @gmthomas.bsky.social @amychandler.bsky.social & Tanisha to write about the book we were putting together on stigma (see ⬇️). Now it's out @brisunipress.bsky.social they've let us do a mini-takeover! 1/5
thepolyphony.org/2023/09/11/r...
thepolyphony.org/2023/09/11/r...
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🚨Register now for the Marie Curie Research into Practice Conference 2026!
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Marie Curie Research into Practice Conference 2026
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December 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🚨Register now for the Marie Curie Research into Practice Conference 2026!
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I’ve moved four times in seven years. It’s exhausting. I don’t know if I can keep doing this.’
— FTC participant
#StatesofPrecarity
Read our report and recommendations 👇
www.rgs.org/research/hig...
— FTC participant
#StatesofPrecarity
Read our report and recommendations 👇
www.rgs.org/research/hig...
States of precarity in UK Higher Education geography
Findings from a discipline-focused research project exploring the lived realities of precarious academic work within UK Higher Education geography.
www.rgs.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I’ve moved four times in seven years. It’s exhausting. I don’t know if I can keep doing this.’
— FTC participant
#StatesofPrecarity
Read our report and recommendations 👇
www.rgs.org/research/hig...
— FTC participant
#StatesofPrecarity
Read our report and recommendations 👇
www.rgs.org/research/hig...
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Boy do I have a lot to say about competence standards and PGR assessment (i.e. vivas). Happy to see a nod to the guidance I co-wrote in this article. FWIW it is NOT difficult to make adjustments for PGRs. People just don't want to....
wonkhe.com/blogs/why-is...
wonkhe.com/blogs/why-is...
Why is it so difficult to make reasonable adjustments when assessing disabled PGRs?
Reasonable adjustments for disabled postgraduate research students are still running up against opposition. Theresa McKinven, Katherine Dean and Paula Holland explore what’s going wrong and how to put...
wonkhe.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Boy do I have a lot to say about competence standards and PGR assessment (i.e. vivas). Happy to see a nod to the guidance I co-wrote in this article. FWIW it is NOT difficult to make adjustments for PGRs. People just don't want to....
wonkhe.com/blogs/why-is...
wonkhe.com/blogs/why-is...
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Literally ALL Uk academics need to sign and share this
Northumbria Pay and Pension Petition: Stop the Steal!
If Northumbria does this, other universities will too.
These cuts will harm thousands of people, their students, families, and their local communities now and into the future.
www.megaphone.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Literally ALL Uk academics need to sign and share this
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Exciting new collection co-edited by my excellent colleague @leahmouse.bsky.social. Very much looking forward to checking it out 👇
New book! "Communities of Care in Migration" is an edited collection of chapters highlighting the often-unrecognised labour of care given and received between migrants in diverse contexts. Edited by @leahmouse.bsky.social & Valerie Francisco-Menchavez: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
December 2, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Exciting new collection co-edited by my excellent colleague @leahmouse.bsky.social. Very much looking forward to checking it out 👇
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If you are a PhD student working in the history of health, medicine or adjacent topics and disciplines, and you would like to present your research in an engaging and friendly environment, the online CHSTM postgrad seminar series is the right place!
📢 Call for Presentations!
CHSTM Postgraduate Lunchtime Seminar Series (Spring 2026) invites PhD students to share their research in HSTM.
🗓️ Deadline: 15 Dec 2025
Apply here 👉 forms.gle/rN5SL487xvg1...
Enquiries: [email protected]
#HistSTM #histmed
CHSTM Postgraduate Lunchtime Seminar Series (Spring 2026) invites PhD students to share their research in HSTM.
🗓️ Deadline: 15 Dec 2025
Apply here 👉 forms.gle/rN5SL487xvg1...
Enquiries: [email protected]
#HistSTM #histmed
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
If you are a PhD student working in the history of health, medicine or adjacent topics and disciplines, and you would like to present your research in an engaging and friendly environment, the online CHSTM postgrad seminar series is the right place!
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Myself & @sarah-stan.bsky.social are delighted to announce that the Palliative Care Journal Club Toolkit is available on the @mariecurieuk.bsky.social website. Chat to us at the @hospiceuk.bsky.social conference - come to our lunchtime session on 26/11
www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...
#hapc
www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...
#hapc
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Myself & @sarah-stan.bsky.social are delighted to announce that the Palliative Care Journal Club Toolkit is available on the @mariecurieuk.bsky.social website. Chat to us at the @hospiceuk.bsky.social conference - come to our lunchtime session on 26/11
www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...
#hapc
www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...
#hapc
It is #InternationalMensDay
If you work in end-of-life care you will know how your services can struggle to support many men.
We found that Men's Sheds help bridge that gap.
Follow the links below to find out how to start a men's shed and support men's mental health and wellbeing in #PEOLC
If you work in end-of-life care you will know how your services can struggle to support many men.
We found that Men's Sheds help bridge that gap.
Follow the links below to find out how to start a men's shed and support men's mental health and wellbeing in #PEOLC
*FAO all hospices!*
We want to help you set-up and develop a Men's Shed support group.
For more information please watch our short presentation (25mins) explaining what Men's Sheds are, the benefits they bring, and how we are able to help you start your own!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5ZY...
We want to help you set-up and develop a Men's Shed support group.
For more information please watch our short presentation (25mins) explaining what Men's Sheds are, the benefits they bring, and how we are able to help you start your own!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5ZY...
How to start a Men's Shed in your hospice
YouTube video by Marie Curie
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
It is #InternationalMensDay
If you work in end-of-life care you will know how your services can struggle to support many men.
We found that Men's Sheds help bridge that gap.
Follow the links below to find out how to start a men's shed and support men's mental health and wellbeing in #PEOLC
If you work in end-of-life care you will know how your services can struggle to support many men.
We found that Men's Sheds help bridge that gap.
Follow the links below to find out how to start a men's shed and support men's mental health and wellbeing in #PEOLC
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Excellent and important special issue of @biosocieties.bsky.social just out! Have a look:
"Reconceptualising Toxicity and Environmental Justice", guest edited by Raffaele Ippolito, Anna Lora‑Wainwright, Beth Greenhough & Maaret Jokela‑Pansini
link.springer.com/journal/4129...
"Reconceptualising Toxicity and Environmental Justice", guest edited by Raffaele Ippolito, Anna Lora‑Wainwright, Beth Greenhough & Maaret Jokela‑Pansini
link.springer.com/journal/4129...
BioSocieties
BioSocieties is a journal dedicated to research on the interrelationship between the life sciences and societyExplores how biotechnology, biomedicine, and ...
link.springer.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Excellent and important special issue of @biosocieties.bsky.social just out! Have a look:
"Reconceptualising Toxicity and Environmental Justice", guest edited by Raffaele Ippolito, Anna Lora‑Wainwright, Beth Greenhough & Maaret Jokela‑Pansini
link.springer.com/journal/4129...
"Reconceptualising Toxicity and Environmental Justice", guest edited by Raffaele Ippolito, Anna Lora‑Wainwright, Beth Greenhough & Maaret Jokela‑Pansini
link.springer.com/journal/4129...
We still want to speak with hospices about supporting men's wellbeing at the end of life.
We found that some men who try hospice services say it is "not for me".
But hospice men's sheds were described as "an essential part of the service".
Find out how to start a shed below!
#Hospices #PEOLC
We found that some men who try hospice services say it is "not for me".
But hospice men's sheds were described as "an essential part of the service".
Find out how to start a shed below!
#Hospices #PEOLC
*FAO all hospices!*
We want to help you set-up and develop a Men's Shed support group.
For more information please watch our short presentation (25mins) explaining what Men's Sheds are, the benefits they bring, and how we are able to help you start your own!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5ZY...
We want to help you set-up and develop a Men's Shed support group.
For more information please watch our short presentation (25mins) explaining what Men's Sheds are, the benefits they bring, and how we are able to help you start your own!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5ZY...
How to start a Men's Shed in your hospice
YouTube video by Marie Curie
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Researchers – Three new commissioned research calls are open for application (below)
The aim is for evidence from these projects to inform our policy and campaigns activities.
Calls close Friday 12th December 2025 at 5pm. Details can be found on our website - www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...
The aim is for evidence from these projects to inform our policy and campaigns activities.
Calls close Friday 12th December 2025 at 5pm. Details can be found on our website - www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Researchers – Three new commissioned research calls are open for application (below)
The aim is for evidence from these projects to inform our policy and campaigns activities.
Calls close Friday 12th December 2025 at 5pm. Details can be found on our website - www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...
The aim is for evidence from these projects to inform our policy and campaigns activities.
Calls close Friday 12th December 2025 at 5pm. Details can be found on our website - www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...
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Delighted to announce that we will launch the Palliative Care Journal Club Toolkit resource for #PalliativeCare professionals. The event will take place on at Liverpool Science Park, on Wednesday 3rd December 2025, from 1000 - 1500.
Register here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-...
#hapc
Register here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-...
#hapc
Launch of the Palliative Care Journal Club Toolkit
Join us for the launch of the Palliative Care Journal Club Toolkit, with support from Marie Curie - it's going to be a great event!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Delighted to announce that we will launch the Palliative Care Journal Club Toolkit resource for #PalliativeCare professionals. The event will take place on at Liverpool Science Park, on Wednesday 3rd December 2025, from 1000 - 1500.
Register here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-...
#hapc
Register here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-...
#hapc
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🌈 Do you know anyone passionate about researching LGBTQ+ suicide, suicide prevention and suicide bereavement, experienced in qualitative methods, and looking for work?
Send them my way because I'm recruiting for a post-doctoral research fellow!
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Send them my way because I'm recruiting for a post-doctoral research fellow!
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Research Fellow (Rain within the Rainbow)
Post-doctoral Research Fellow (Rain Within the Rainbow) working on the Rain Within the Rainbow: Understanding LGBTQ+ suicide and suicide prevention in the UK through the life course project using qual...
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🌈 Do you know anyone passionate about researching LGBTQ+ suicide, suicide prevention and suicide bereavement, experienced in qualitative methods, and looking for work?
Send them my way because I'm recruiting for a post-doctoral research fellow!
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Send them my way because I'm recruiting for a post-doctoral research fellow!
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Unpopular maybe, but we should firmly resist this kind of banal medicalization of cultural and aesthetic experience. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Picture of health: going to art galleries can improve wellbeing, study reveals
Viewing original works of art can relieve stress, cut heart disease risk and boost immune system, first study of its kind finds
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Unpopular maybe, but we should firmly resist this kind of banal medicalization of cultural and aesthetic experience. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
October 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
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"Something as simple as breathing in shared indoor spaces has become a barrier to accessibility and inclusion for millions of people, and it's time to change that!"
September 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"Something as simple as breathing in shared indoor spaces has become a barrier to accessibility and inclusion for millions of people, and it's time to change that!"
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🚨🚨🚨The CfP for the 2025 BSA #Death, #Dying and #Bereavement symposium is now open! This year's theme is #Care and #Caring, and the University of Nottingham is hosting us. Please submit your abstracts by Tuesday 30th September to [email protected]. We're looking forward to reading them!
September 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🚨🚨🚨The CfP for the 2025 BSA #Death, #Dying and #Bereavement symposium is now open! This year's theme is #Care and #Caring, and the University of Nottingham is hosting us. Please submit your abstracts by Tuesday 30th September to [email protected]. We're looking forward to reading them!
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Are you interested in death, dying, loss, grief, and related topics, from historical studies to current issues? Then I'd recommend following @openthanatology.bsky.social and keeping an eye out for resources it shares.
September 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Are you interested in death, dying, loss, grief, and related topics, from historical studies to current issues? Then I'd recommend following @openthanatology.bsky.social and keeping an eye out for resources it shares.
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The relentless contempt, disgust, even hate that successive UK governments exhibit for the country's (hitherto) wildly successful HE sector remains one of the most baffling sub-plots of a generally insane age.
Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ .
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ - Research Professional News
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The relentless contempt, disgust, even hate that successive UK governments exhibit for the country's (hitherto) wildly successful HE sector remains one of the most baffling sub-plots of a generally insane age.
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I spoke to the Irish Times for this very good and rounded piece on the real-world effects of C***GPT in the humanities classroom: www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
‘It’s a monster’: How generative AI is forcing university professors to rethink learning
As students turn to ChatGPT, educators warn that critical thinking, academic integrity and the future of the humanities are at stake
www.irishtimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I spoke to the Irish Times for this very good and rounded piece on the real-world effects of C***GPT in the humanities classroom: www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
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Was asked today to comment on how professionals learn about palliative care, & was struck by how the tensions I wrote about a decade ago still resonate with current trainees. Like how to 'care' but 'not too much' and wanting to still 'fix' something in the face of death. Links to papers in comments
September 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Was asked today to comment on how professionals learn about palliative care, & was struck by how the tensions I wrote about a decade ago still resonate with current trainees. Like how to 'care' but 'not too much' and wanting to still 'fix' something in the face of death. Links to papers in comments
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The new LeDeR report is now available. The 2023 annual report analyses the deaths of 3,556 people with a learning disability & autistic people who died in 2023. The work is part of efforts to reduce health inequalities.
Access here: kcl.ac.uk/research/leder
Access here: kcl.ac.uk/research/leder
Learning from Lives and Deaths – people with a learning disability and autistic people (LeDeR)
The latest annual LeDeR report in collaboration with our academic partners on behalf of NHS England.
kcl.ac.uk
September 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The new LeDeR report is now available. The 2023 annual report analyses the deaths of 3,556 people with a learning disability & autistic people who died in 2023. The work is part of efforts to reduce health inequalities.
Access here: kcl.ac.uk/research/leder
Access here: kcl.ac.uk/research/leder