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Jonathan G. Heaney
@jonathangheaney.bsky.social
Sociologist (mostly), Queen's University Belfast. Interested in social theory, emotions, power, politics, specfic/sf. RT≠E. Own views. Usually on a bus somewhere on the island of Ireland.

'Farewell happy fields, Where joy forever dwells: hail, horrors'
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Interesting
‘This is not a new story caused by new technology. It has been true for as long as birth rates have been measured, going back many centuries.’

David Runciman on the depopulation problem.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman · Are we doomed? The End of the Species
Are we doomed to die out? We find ourselves at the only point in the history of the species when the rate of population...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Mind-altering ‘brain weapons’ no longer only science fiction, say researchers www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Mind-altering ‘brain weapons’ no longer only science fiction, say researchers
UK academics say latest chemicals are ‘wake-up call’ and urge global action to stop weaponisation of neuroscience
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Interesting new paper on emotional practice in organizations.

Castro, V. R., Mendes, L., & Coutinho, M. L. G. (2025). Investigating Emotional Practices in Organizations: A Proposal for an Analytical Framework. International Journal of Qualitative Methods doi.org/10.1177/1609...
#sociology #emosoc
Investigating Emotional Practices in Organizations: A Proposal for an Analytical Framework - Vinicius Rennó Castro, Luciano Mendes, Maria Lucia Granja Coutinho, 2025
This article proposes an analytical framework for examining emotional practices in organizations, addressing the lack of reflexive, situated, and methodological...
doi.org
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
My 2023 paper '(Un)Fixing habitus: affective transactions and the becoming body' is just out in the latest volume/issue (26/3) of @distinktionjournal.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/3evry2su
Some other great #socialtheory in that issue (e.g. Paul Gorby's paper on the biopolitics of fear and Agamben) #emosoc
(Un)Fixing habitus: affective transactions and the becoming body
How might emotional life be best explained and accounted for in sociological theory? How is it that phenomena that seem so subjectively fleeting, and fundamentally individual nevertheless display r...
www.tandfonline.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This recent podcast from @lrb.co.uk gives some good context on the politics of the region (though not the specific election).

open.spotify.com/episode/6PtI...
November 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Another interesting election happening now in Chile, which may see the right-wing drift of recent Latin American politics continuing.
November 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Wait, what!? #Coybig
November 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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There was moment I thought perhaps we had movement here, but the @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social strike is on. You can read more about why here:

www.ucu.org.uk/article/1423...

Please write and call your MSPs on Monday: www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/lobby-your-msp
Edinburgh university staff back industrial action again in longstanding dispute over cuts and redundancies
Staff at the University of Edinburgh have today (Tuesday) backed industrial action for a second time in a longstanding dispute over £140million cuts, job losses and compulsory redundancies.
www.ucu.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is a better link for this #sociology job at TCD. Year Fixed Term Tenure Track, Full time, gender/sexuality specialism.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI055/a...
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
My @qubcriminology.bsky.social colleague Kevin Hearty has a brilliant new paper out that should be of interest to #emosoc people.
‘One brother would carry another’: #Emotions, political imprisonment, and the prison memoirs of the ‘blanketmen’
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#sociology #polisky
‘One brother would carry another’: Emotions, political imprisonment, and the prison memoirs of the ‘blanketmen’ - Kevin Hearty, 2025
This article critically examines how the emotive experience of political imprisonment is represented in prison memoirs. Using the memoirs of former Irish Republ...
journals.sagepub.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
In celebration of our new trillionare, I am going to count to a trillion.
See you in about thrity two thousand years...

'Accumulation of wealth at one pole is, therefore, at the same time accumulation of misery, agony of toil, slavery, ignorance, brutality, mental degradation, at the opposite pole'
November 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Assistant Professor in Environmental #Sociology, Trinity College Dublin.
5 year fixed term tenure track, full time. Closing Date: 12 Noon (Irish Standard Time), 01 December 2025

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH703/a...
Assistant Professor in Sociology at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
Recruiting now: Assistant Professor in Sociology on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
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November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
#CfP: Turbulence & Transition: The Economic and Social Consequences of Contemporary Global Events in Ireland.
Deadline for article submission to the Economic and Social Review is March 27th, 2026. Details below:

www.esr.ie/index.php/es...

@sociologyireland.bsky.social @carmelhannan.bsky.social
Turbulence and Transition: The Economic and Social Consequences of Contemporary Global Events in Ireland | The Economic and Social Review
Turbulence and Transition: The Economic and Social Consequences of Contemporary Global Events in Ireland
www.esr.ie
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨

Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference
Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.
epssnet.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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“Don’t show them anger because then they think we are criminals.”
New blog from Emotions and Society author Betül Özkaya 👇

@jonathangheaney.bsky.social #EmoSoc
October 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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@jonathangheaney.bsky.social & I organised a film screening & film discussion on #rewilding with @rubyfree.bsky.social & Hugh Marcus @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social yesterday

Inspiring #coexistence conversations!

See below to win a film poster!

#FestivalofSocialScience #SnowLeopardDay

🌳 🌿 🌍🦤🧪🦊📚💙
October 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only
October 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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‘An international stabilisation force is not something most Israelis would like to see. The Palestinian Authority playing a role in Gaza is certainly not something this government would want to see. But it's not a matter of those details.’

Robert Malley on the pod
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Lessons from the Peace Process
Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 10/10/2025 · 1h 1m
podcasts.apple.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Catherine Connolly was the first person to end a phone call with 'bye-byebyebyebye-byebye-bye'.

#smearthebejaysus #spéirghorm
October 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Some fresh #FridayTunes - this dropped an hour ago on KEPX. One of my favorite songs from Wet Leg's excellent second album 'moisturizer', which came out in July. The full set is great, too.

youtu.be/k80nQyBjmyo?...
Wet Leg - mangetout (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
youtu.be
October 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
#CfP: IPSA Research Committee 36 (political power).

What is the Future of Political #Power?

For APSA 2026 Boston, MA September 3-6. See:

powerstudies.org/apsa-2026-bo...

#sociology #polisky
powerstudies.org
October 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Was Looking for this...

youtube.com/shorts/bLuO0...
current state of the market !
YouTube video by Wish Lab
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October 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Bubble bubble...
NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
October 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM