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Joe Greenwood-Hau
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Lecturer at @johnsmithcentre.com‬, working with @uofgsocsci.bsky.social‬ students on the annual UK Youth Poll. New book, 'Capital, Privilege, and Political Participation,' available now: https://liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.3828/9781836245902
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Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social · Aug 8
🚨New book alert!🚨

Thrilled to announce that my @britishacademy.bsky.social Monograph, 'Capital, Privilege, and Political Participation,' will be published via @livunipress.bsky.social later this month.

Find details and pre-order (with discount) here: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
niceonecombo.bsky.social
Venue is one thing, but what about type of grub? The Privilege & Participation Survey also covers the cuisines that people eat when they go out:

privilegeandparticipation.org/2021/07/23/s...

Takeaway (no pun intended): Top three are British, Italian and East Asian.

#PrivilegeandParticipation
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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johnsmithcentre.com
“It feels like you’re constantly being punished and penalised just for being young.” 📉

Ahead of the government's 2025 Budget Statement tomorrow, Dr Elisabeth Loose reveals what the #UKYouthPoll2025 tells us about young people's financial priorities 💵

@uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social
“IT FEELS LIKE YOU’RE CONSTANTLY BEING PUNISHED” – WHAT FINANCIAL DEMANDS DO YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE OF THE 2025 BUDGET? - John Smith Centre
By Dr Elisabeth Loose. Tomorrow, we will finally learn about the much-anticipated details of the government’s 2025 budget. In light of this, we have dug into our Youth Poll 2025 data to bring…
www.johnsmithcentre.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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sarahobolt.bsky.social
🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨

We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social

Any questions, please reach out to me

📣 Please share! 📣

jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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johnsmithcentre.com
📰 Great to see our recent polling of 16- to 17-year-olds get a mention in this op-ed on curriculum reform by the Attorney General Lord Hermer KC yesterday!

#GenZ @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social
Teaching citizenship in primary will strengthen our democracy
The UK’s attorney general explains why he welcomes curriculum reform that will make citizenship education compulsory in primary schools
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November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
niceonecombo.bsky.social
Tastes are an important part of (informal) cultural capital. The Privilege & Participation Survey covers the places that people go to eat:

privilegeandparticipation.org/2021/07/21/s...

Takeaway: Pubs the clear favourite, followed by independent and chain restaurants.

#PrivilegeandParticipation
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
niceonecombo.bsky.social
Possibly the Privilege & Participation Survey variable that I'm most interested in: Cultural Activities Outside the Home.

privilegeandparticipation.org/2021/07/20/s...

Takeaway: People do a large number of activities occasionally but only some do 'highbrow' ones often.

#PrivilegeandParticipation
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 AM
niceonecombo.bsky.social
A key focus of the Privilege & Participation Survey is cultural capital (alongside social and economic capital, perceptions of privilege, and political participation). Today, the most politically relevant form: Civic Skills.

privilegeandparticipation.org/2021/06/25/s...

#PrivilegeandParticipation
Survey Variable: Work-Based Civic Skills
Respondents who were in work or had worked in the past (n = 1,379) were asked about four skills that they used in their jobs: writing formal emails and letters, participating in decision-making mee…
privilegeandparticipation.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
niceonecombo.bsky.social
The final element of social capital measured by the Privilege & Participation Survey: General Social Trust.

privilegeandparticipation.org/2022/01/18/s...

Takeaway: People err towards cautiously trusting others; 37% at 6 or 7 on a 10-point scale; 55% at 6 or higher.

#PrivilegeandParticipation
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
niceonecombo.bsky.social
Chuffed to have 3 papers accepted to @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social Conference 2026, on:
- The @johnsmithcentre.com Youth Poll
- Our @uofgsocsci.bsky.social Youth Poll course (students choose themes and write questions)
- My book, 'Capital, Privilege and Political Participation'
Hope to see you there!
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
niceonecombo.bsky.social
A crucial part of social capital is network strength: what help can you expect from contacts? The Privilege & Participation Survey covers this:

privilegeandparticipation.org/2021/10/21/s...

Takeaway: Most rely on family or friends; fewer on family friends or colleagues.

#PrivilegeandParticipation
November 19, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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johnsmithcentre.com
📢 New blog alert!

Our Director @eddiebarnes.bsky.social reflects on new research by @demos-uk.bsky.social which pushes back on the moral panic about young people – findings that mirror those in our own #UKYouthPoll2025 📊

Read now: 🔗 www.johnsmithcentre.com/news/listeni...
A designed graphic with text reading: "Opinion, November 2025. Listening to Gen Z. Eddie Barnes." The graphic also shows a headshot-style photo of Eddie and the John Smith Centre logo.
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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psaecn.bsky.social
Don't forget to join us this Thursday for our first event this academic year! More info at: shorturl.fm/CLK4T
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psaecn.bsky.social PSA Early Career Network @psaecn.bsky.social · 12d
🚨 Event Alert! One week to go!🚨
Join us for a roundtable on how PhD researchers and ECRs adapt & thrive amid funding cuts, precarity & shifting expectations. Registration available via member mailed newsletter.
🖥️ Where – Online
🕐 When - Thursday 20 November at 12.00 GMT
November 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
niceonecombo.bsky.social
Strikes me that people might overstate the number of friends they have from other groups because:

a. They might have internalised the social desirability of having diverse networks.

b. We tend to overestimate the size of minority groups within society (and networks?).
niceonecombo.bsky.social Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social · 7d
What about homogeneity of social networks? The Privilege & Participation Survey has that covered too:

privilegeandparticipation.org/2021/10/19/s...

Takeaway: On average, people say 82% of their friends are same ethnicity as them, 64% same sex, and 63% same religion.

#PrivilegeandParticipation
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
niceonecombo.bsky.social
What about homogeneity of social networks? The Privilege & Participation Survey has that covered too:

privilegeandparticipation.org/2021/10/19/s...

Takeaway: On average, people say 82% of their friends are same ethnicity as them, 64% same sex, and 63% same religion.

#PrivilegeandParticipation
November 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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johnsmithcentre.com
📢 ICYMI: In our last research blog, @pcorreavila.bsky.social, Dr Anne Jenichen and Dr Tahmineh Tayebi shared their findings on online abuse faced by women MPs in the UK.

Read it here: 🔗 www.johnsmithcentre.com/news/researc...

@uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social
A designed graphic with text reading: "Research, November 2025. 1 in every 9 tweets that women MPs receive is abusive. Dr Patricia Correa, Dr Anne Jenichen and Dr Tahmineh Tayebi." The graphic also shows headshot-style photos of Patricia, Anne and Tahmineh and the John Smith Centre logo.
November 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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johnsmithcentre.com
Over the last week, the Centre has been out in communities across Scotland: from Ullapool to the UofG campus, from schools to the SEC’s The Rest is Politics live show on Saturday night 💫

Thanks to @kirstymcneill.bsky.social, @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social, Annie Wells & @paulsweeney.bsky.social!
Kirsty McNeill MP and Eddie Barnes with the John Smith Centre 'Making Change Happen' masterclass series cohort. The group is standing at the front of a seminar room with three rows of benches and chairs in front of them. MSPs Annie Wells and Paul Sweeney and Eddie Barnes with John Paul Academy students. The group is standing in two rows in front of a large blue curtain. Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart sat on stage at the SEC during a live recording of 'The Rest is Politics' podcast. The large screen behind them is showing a photo of Alastair Campbell and Eddie Barnes sitting on high stools at the front of a lecture theatre with two John Smith Centre pull-up banners behind them. Dr Elli Loose, Sean McNamara and Lucie Beattie sat on chairs in front of a seated audience facing them. Professor Christopher Carman is standing beside them; all four are holding handheld microphones. There is an RSE pull-up banner and a projector screen showing text reading "Disordered truth in a democracy" behind them.
November 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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timbale.bsky.social
Lest we forget: great piece by @lionelbarber.bsky.social
David Cameron: The unlikely villain who casually killed the Conservative Party
Brexit was an inflexion point - it polarised the country and paralysed the Tories
inews.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 7:56 AM
niceonecombo.bsky.social
Feel for the 9% of people who say they never interact with any of the social networks that the survey asked about.

The Privilege & Participation project showed there are sizeable minorities that are seriously marginalised in terms of economic, social and cultural capital.
niceonecombo.bsky.social Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social · 8d
And from status and size of social networks to frequency of interaction, also covered by the Privilege & Participation Survey:

privilegeandparticipation.org/2021/10/12/s...

Takeaway: Bimodal average interaction across different networks; a few times a year or monthly.

#PrivilegeandParticipation
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
niceonecombo.bsky.social
And from status and size of social networks to frequency of interaction, also covered by the Privilege & Participation Survey:

privilegeandparticipation.org/2021/10/12/s...

Takeaway: Bimodal average interaction across different networks; a few times a year or monthly.

#PrivilegeandParticipation
November 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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“A system that has generated vast profits for private corporations while undermining the decision-making capacity of the state and leaving unheeded the aspirations of ordinary people.” My ‪@theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Privatisation has made a Dad’s Army of the state
The market-oriented approach has left services hollowed out while generating huge profits for private companies
observer.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM
niceonecombo.bsky.social
Social capital is, of course, multi-faceted. Moving from status of networks to size, as measured in the Privilege & Participation Survey:

privilegeandparticipation.org/2021/10/08/s...

Takeaway: Unsurprisingly, people have a few close friends and larger loose networks.

#PrivilegeandParticipation
November 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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johnsmithcentre.com
Many thanks to @kirstymcneill.bsky.social for delivering our first #MakingChangeHappen Masterclass at @uofglasgow.bsky.social on Tuesday! 🙏

Our Masterclass series gives students the opportunity to learn how to make real change happen from people who have been there and done it 💡
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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psaecn.bsky.social
🚨 Event Alert! One week to go!🚨
Join us for a roundtable on how PhD researchers and ECRs adapt & thrive amid funding cuts, precarity & shifting expectations. Registration available via member mailed newsletter.
🖥️ Where – Online
🕐 When - Thursday 20 November at 12.00 GMT
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
niceonecombo.bsky.social
I do wonder, but don't know, to what extent these figures reflect the preponderance of certain occupations in the economy...
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
niceonecombo.bsky.social
At the core of social capital, the Privilege & Participation Survey measures acquaintances' occupations:

privilegeandparticipation.org/2021/10/06/s...

Takeaway: Highest %s know state professionals (e.g., nurse, teacher), then technical or skilled manual occupations.

#PrivilegeandParticipation
Survey Variable: Occupational Status of Acquaintances
Figure 1. See also Table A1. One of the key components of social capital is the status of the people that we know. Status can be measured in numerous ways, but occupation is often taken as a key in…
privilegeandparticipation.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM