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Matthew Waites (he or they) @matthewwaites.bsky.social · 1d

Join us for this seminar on Queer and Trans Worldmaking in the Global South at University of Glasgow on Weds 15th October @uofgsociology.bsky.social All welcome, please share! @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social www.gla.ac.uk/events/listi...

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Viorela Dan @vioreladan.bsky.social · 2d

Excited & honoured to deliver the 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 at @uofgsocsci.bsky.social!
I’ll focus on how generative #AI is reshaping #PolComm and #democracy, via #chatbots, #deepfakes, #microtargeting & #AISlop.
Thank you, @patyrossini.bsky.social, for the kind invite! 💐
#commsky

University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences @uofgsocsci.bsky.social · 12d

Join us for our first Stevenson Trust lecture this academic year on October 16th.

The event will have a speaker @vioreladan.bsky.social, discussing how generative AI is reshaping political communication.

Register here: tinyurl.com/53ed53wz

From Microtargeting to Misinformation: The Political Power of Generative AI

How AI can effect politics.

tinyurl.com

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University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences @uofgsocsci.bsky.social · 2d

We are excited for the first Stevenson Trust for Citizenship lecture this academic year on Thursday (Oct 16th). The event is open to anyone and will examine the impact AI is having on politics

Learn more: tinyurl.com/53ed53wz

Stevenson Trust for Citizenship poster for the 16th October with Dr Viorela Dan, with the title From microtargeting to misinformation: the political power of generative AI. In the background is a group of hands holding a ballot card with one being a robotic hand.

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University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences @uofgsocsci.bsky.social · 3d

ICYMI: Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth joined staff and students to celebrate the formal launch of the Centre for Teaching Excellence at the University of Glasgow.

Read more on the #SocSciHub: tinyurl.com/2s46ue6c

Group of people at the Centre for Teaching Excellence Launch event.

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John Smith Centre @johnsmithcentre.com · 4d

📢 ICYMI: we're looking for a @uofgsocsci.bsky.social PGR student to join the John Smith Centre for a paid 10-week internship!

🚀 This is your chance to make a real-world impact while developing high-level transferable skills in media production and impactful engagement.

Details below 👇

John Smith Centre @johnsmithcentre.com · 7d

🚨 Calling all @uofgsocsci.bsky.social PGR students 🚨

We're recruiting an Engagement & Impact Media Intern!

🤝 Paid PGR internship for CoSS student
📅 Jan – Mar 26, 70h
🕐 19 October 2025
🔗 www.johnsmithcentre.com/job/engageme...

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University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences @uofgsocsci.bsky.social · 5d

In this week's #SocSciHub bulletin: The UofG Spotlight podcast returns with Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Sir Gregor Smith, on the future of Scotland’s health. Plus, Professor Alasdair Roberts on why centralisation can create fragility.

Read more: tinyurl.com/ys8xvh4j

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Charlotte Morris @cbocomms.bsky.social · 6d

Really enjoyed delivering media broadcast training to @uofgsocsci.bsky.social colleagues today!

Great to share best practice, tips and advice from peers.

If you missed it, don't worry as we'll be offering it again or I can do individual sessions as needed.

Get in touch to find out more 😁

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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 5d

Our next #IdentitiesEvent!

'From Colonial Subjects to #Black Nations: Racializing the Caribbean within Global #Blackness'

@uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @jamellag.bsky.social

Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk...

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University of Glasgow @uofglasgow.bsky.social · 6d

Experts at @uofgeducation.bsky.social are calling for immediate action to ‘future proof’ Scottish education, warning that it is facing unprecedented challenges that could affect children’s futures.

More: gla.ac/48Zs94e

An image of a child and teacher with text reading: Where next for Scottish Education: Creating tomorrow's education for today. October 2025. Christopher Chapman and Graham Donaldson

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John Smith Centre @johnsmithcentre.com · 7d

🚨 Calling all @uofgsocsci.bsky.social PGR students 🚨

We're recruiting an Engagement & Impact Media Intern!

🤝 Paid PGR internship for CoSS student
📅 Jan – Mar 26, 70h
🕐 19 October 2025
🔗 www.johnsmithcentre.com/job/engageme...

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University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences @uofgsocsci.bsky.social · 7d

New research led by Sarah Tipping explores how gambling harms affect emotional wellbeing, not only for individuals but also for their loved ones.

Read more on the #SocSciHub: tinyurl.com/43r34hnw

Someone holding a phone, placing a bet on football.

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University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences @uofgsocsci.bsky.social · 8d

Watch Kat discussing her book here: youtu.be/TIYwqlGeTMg

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University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences @uofgsocsci.bsky.social · 8d

"We say we need older workers, but we still treat them as expendable."

Excellent comment by Prof Kat Riach @uofgasbs.bsky.social on workplace ageism in @TheScotsman - sharing thinking from her new book, ‘Working Through Ageing: Experiencing Growing Up and Older at Work'.

bit.ly/4h0QuJ9

Why workplace ageism costs a lot more than the £3.2 million compensation paid to 'old fossil'

The message from government is that we need to delay retirement and work for longer for the sake of the economy, but ageist attitudes see older people treated as if they were expendable

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University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences @uofgsocsci.bsky.social · 8d

As part of his visit to Singapore's Nanyang Technological University as the 17th CJ Koh Professor for Education, Prof Chris Chapman recorded a podcast on giving every child the best chance to succeed. He'll also deliver a keynote at this week's Professorships Summit.

learn more: bit.ly/48cBNjR

Prof Chris Chapman's visit to Singapore and the Professorships summit

Group photo at Chris Chapman's event at the Professorships Summit.

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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 8d

Join us Friday for our co-organised colloquium with @uofgsps.bsky.social Politics & International Relations & @uofgsociology.bsky.social

'The Souls of White Jokes'
Dr Raúl Pérez

10 Oct, 11-12.30
Room 257, Wolfson Medical Bldg, University of Glasgow

@uofgsocsci.bsky.social @raulperez.bsky.social

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University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences @uofgsocsci.bsky.social · 10d

Young men show higher electoral participation, while young women engage more in non-electoral, cause-oriented actions linked to social issues. Dr Silvia Behrens explores these gendered differences in political interest.

Read more on the #SocSciHub: tinyurl.com/bdh39p3u

Group of people walking down a pavement together smiling together.

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University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences @uofgsocsci.bsky.social · 11d

We’re excited to be part of the 23rd ESRC Festival of Social Science!

From 18th October to 8th November, we’ll host 18 events (12 open to the public) exploring Our Working Lives—how digital tech is changing how we work, connect, and care.

Find out more: tinyurl.com/53e3expr

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University of Glasgow @uofglasgow.bsky.social · 11d

Medical trainees are particularly vulnerable to sexual abuse and are often shut down or silenced when they do report incidents, finds new research led by @uofgasbs.bsky.social @dundeeuni.bsky.social

More: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

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Heather Wardle @shwardle.bsky.social · 12d

Gambling Survey for Great Britain 2024 report now live! Findings
include associations between in-play betting & gambling harms; socio-economic disparities btw weekly gamblers. Data in UK Data archive soon! www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/statistics-a...

@uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgussp.bsky.social

Investigating the relationship between reasons for gambling and different gambling activities  

www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk

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Centre for Public Policy @uofgpolicy.bsky.social · 11d

... @graemeroy.bsky.social was part of our @parliament.scot Festival of Politics panel Holyrood 2026: The big issues, in August 🎤

Read about his contribution and watch the recording:
www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

#FoP2025 #ScottishPolitics #Elections @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgasbs.bsky.social

Scotland’s Future Policy Challenges: Insights from the Festival of Politics 2025

4 September 2025: The Centre for Public Policy partnered with this year’s Festival of Politics, hosting a forward-looking panel setting out some of the challenges likely to face the new intake of parl...

www.gla.ac.uk

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University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences @uofgsocsci.bsky.social · 12d

Join us for our first Stevenson Trust lecture this academic year on October 16th.

The event will have a speaker @vioreladan.bsky.social, discussing how generative AI is reshaping political communication.

Register here: tinyurl.com/53ed53wz

From Microtargeting to Misinformation: The Political Power of Generative AI

How AI can effect politics.

tinyurl.com

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Urban Studies & Social Policy @uofgussp.bsky.social · 12d

🎉Congratulations to Professor Sotiria Grek who has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences! Sotiria is one of five @uofgsocsci.bsky.social colleagues elected, reflecting the quality and scale of social sciences at the University and the impact of our research and teaching🎉

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University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences @uofgsocsci.bsky.social · 13d

Today’s International Day of Older People – a good time to watch this explainer from Prof Kat Riach about her new book on ageism in the workplace:

bsky.app/profile/bris...

Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 14d

Kathleen Riach discusses 'Working Through Ageing', her new book on rethinking #Ageing at work and highlighting how workplace #Ageism differs from broader social ageism.

Find the book: buff.ly/0XJZMqY
Watch here: buff.ly/PQTYjUX

Working through Ageing

Working through Ageing - Experiencing Growing Up and Older at Work; Kathleen Riach draws on a 10-year study to explore how ageing is experienced at work, an area overlooked in management and…

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CREATe @create-glasgow.bsky.social · 13d

Our colleague @drelenacooper.bsky.social will be speaking at @rhul-cvs.bsky.social where she will launch the new online exhibition 'Painting and Copyright in the Nineteenth Century' 🖼

📅 20 November
📍Royal Holloway, Picture Gallery

Learn more 👉 www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/eve...

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UofG School of Social & Political Sciences @uofgsps.bsky.social · 14d

Today Keir Starmer pledged to take action on child poverty. The @changingrealities.bsky.social group - led by @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social - empowers parents and carers to influence change. Single parent Jonny calls for a priority shift in this @bigissue.com feature.

www.bigissue.com/opinion/sing...

I'm a single dad asking Keir Starmer to do more to tackle child poverty

Jonny Roberts is a single parent with two children. He is speaking at a Child Poverty Action Group event at the Labour Party Conference.

www.bigissue.com

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