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Dave O'Brien

@drdaveobrien.bsky.social

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Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries, University of Manchester and host of New Books in Critical Theory. Currently on secondment to DCMS, also at Creative PEC and the Whats On Project too

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Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · Jan 13

New Paper! In @mcsjournal.bsky.social Peter Campbell @markrt.bsky.social Danny Leigh & I analyse the impact of class on BFI funding, showing 'the dominance of those from middle class origins throughout each stage of funding' journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... (summary 🧵 coming when I get time!)

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Rebecca Florisson @rebeccaflorisson.bsky.social · 5m

Such a great piece from @tbij.bsky.social that highlights how difficult it is for workers to access and enforce their rights - it shows truly staggering figures of non-payment of tribunal awards by employers, and that's not even counting the personal cost to workers.

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 6d

Last year, Nadine made headlines after she was awarded £65,000 for unfair dismissal by Peckham Levels

Preparing for the tribunal cost Nadine her health – but she has yet to see the money

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Rachel Handley 🏳️‍🌈 @rachelahandley.com · 23h

I'm delighted to say that I will be running an online Ursula Le Guin themed creative writing workshop for @octocon.bsky.social on 11th October, 4 pm.

Get ready for some philosophical fiction!

You must be a member to join. Not a member yet? You can still sign-up here: 2025.octocon.com/join-us/

Poster showing a pink/red octopus with a cute face. The background is a white and blue water cartoon-like graphic. The text reads: Would you walk away from Omelas? An Ursula Le Guin Themed Creative Writing Workshop, 11th October, 4 pm, online. In this workshop, led by science fiction writer, poet, and philosophy lecturer Dr Rachel Handley, you will be invited to explore Le Guin's short stories and related themes. There will be opportunities to respond to writing prompts based on Le Guin's and other's work throughout the workshop. The workshop will be very interactive, and writers at all levels are very welcome to attend. You'll also have the chance to read out what you've written during the workshop.

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Helen McCarthy @historianhelen.bsky.social · 1h

Exciting CfP for historians working on motherhood, gender, work and politics in a global or transnational frame in the early 20th century:
sites.google.com/uniroma1.it/...

Motherhood Without Poverty 2026

Motherhood Without Poverty: Working-Class Women and Global Struggles for Work, Family, and Reproductive Autonomy (1918–1939) Call for papers A One-Day Hybrid Workshop at the University of Glasgow Frid...

sites.google.com

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Creative PEC @creativepec.bsky.social · 1h

The first of our autumn season seminars is tomorrow and there's still time to sign up.

Join us at 9.30am UK / 6.30pm AEST for 'Mapping Qualifications in the Creative Economy'.
pec.ac.uk/event_entrie...

Mapping Qualifications in the Creative Economy - Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre

9 October 2025: Join us for an update to the Creative Trident model of creative employment that incorporates creative qualifications.

pec.ac.uk

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Institute for New Economic Thinking, Oxford @inetoxford.bsky.social · 4h

FOUR new positions available at INET Oxford!

@zparolin.bsky.social is hiring:

🠺 1x FT Post-Doctoral Researcher in Inequality, Social Policy, and Social Mobility
🠺 3x PT Rsearchers in Inequality, Social Policy, and Social Mobility

Find out more and apply HERE ➵ https://www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 19h

Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne.

Do apply and spread the word!

www.unilu.ch/en/universit...

www.unilu.ch/en/universit...

PhD position in History (100%, 4 years) - Vacancies - University of Lucerne

Assistant or doctoral positions, employment or internship: Looking for a job at the University of Lucerne? Find our listed open positions and apprenticeships here.

www.unilu.ch

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University of Manchester Sociology Department @uomsociology.bsky.social · 1d

VACANCY: Lecturer in Sociology (13 months, starting Jan 2026)
Closing date: 20 Oct 2025

Teaching PG modules on ‘Social Theory: Structure, Relations & Interaction’ & ‘Research Design’.
@britsoci.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 18h

Still, a good opportunity to advertise our next event at the @mileendinstitute.bsky.social on 20 October:

"Still Thatcher's Britain? The Thatcher Legacy, 1925-2025".

Featuring Gillian Shephard, Simone Finn, @philipjcowley.bsky.social and me.
www.qmul.ac.uk/mei/events/m...

Still “Thatcher’s Britain”? The Thatcher Legacy, 1925-2025

www.qmul.ac.uk

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Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 23h

Authentic northern bluntness, etc etc

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James Hickson @jmchickson.bsky.social · 1d

Building on our workshop last year on The Global Politics of Precarity and Insecure Work, @stellamorgana.bsky.social and I are delighted to share a collection of 6 original commentary articles on this theme in @gpejournal.bsky.social

Read the full introduction here: doi.org/10.1332/2635...

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 1d

This looks cool if you’re London based

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 1d

THE SECRET PROJECT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS IS FINALLY LIVE

CHECK IT OUT

outsidersartsclub.com

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 1d

Are you an ERC-funded researcher who is ready to inspire the next generation of scientists?

Apply now to showcase your research in fun, creative ways at the #ScienceisWonderful exhibition! 👉 link.europa.eu/vgTTr4

📅 18–20 March 2026

📍Brussels

⏳Apply until 20 October

@ercgrantees.bsky.social

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Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 1d

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 1d

THE SECRET PROJECT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS IS FINALLY LIVE

CHECK IT OUT

outsidersartsclub.com

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Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 1d

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Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 6d

*NEW PSA BLOG* A hard-hitting report by @britishacademy.bsky.social illuminates UK cold spots for #HE degrees in #SocialSciences & #humanities. PSA CEO Michelle Doyle Wildman @seasonedcomms.bsky.social highlights the issues and impact.

New British Academy report shows degree course cold spots across the UK | The Political Studies Association (PSA)

Our friends at the British Academy (BA) have produced a hard-hitting new report which shows that financial difficulties or strategic choices in our universities have led to large swathes of the UK…

buff.ly

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Sarah Marie Hall @smhall.bsky.social · 2d

Join us for 'Imagining our Working Lives: A Creative Exploration' 💭🖍🪛🧤🥄🖱

1st Nov, Central Manchester. Part of ESRC Festival of Social Science 2025.

Free to attend, places limited. Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/imagining-...

P.s. There'll be cake!🍰
With @amycbarron.bsky.social + @clarecourtney

Poster for the event: Imagining our working lives: a creative exploration. The poster features a picture of a woman sat at a desk looking at a screen, surrounded by colourful pots and books. The poster contains a qr code to the event (see post)

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Alan Owlport 🦉 🎃 @alanallport.bsky.social · 2d

Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November, preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...

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Matt Houlbrook @tricksterprince.bsky.social · 2d

Three tickets left - if you're interested in #sevendials #London or #20s30s culture they might be the hottest ones in town.

Matt Houlbrook @tricksterprince.bsky.social · 21d

The launch of my new @manchesterup.bsky.social book Songs of Seven Dials will be at 6pm, Tues 21 Oct, at Waterstones Covent Garden. I'll be in conversation with the wonderful @julialaite.bsky.social.

Please do come along. Free tickets, but register in advance

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/songs-of-s...

An advertising banner for Matt Houlbrook's book Songs of Seven Dials: An Intimate History of 1920s and 1930s London. The banner includes an image of the front cover of the book (a blue map on a pink background) and a blurb from the historian Julia Laite, which describes Songs of Seven Dials as 'a poetic exploration of London's most iconic neighbourhoods'.

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Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 We have a cool new ESRC PhD studentship opportunity on the topic of political persuasion for someone interested in campaigning, field experiments and/or computational methods @lsegovernment.bsky.social, in collaboration with
@campaign-lab.bsky.social. All info 👇
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

LSE Collaborative Studentship with Campaign Lab

www.lse.ac.uk

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Ben Yong @bymyong.bsky.social · 2d

I‘m giving a public talk at UCL on Thurs 16 Oct. The title is “Bureaucracy and distrust: the civil service in the constitution” looking at the civil service’s constitutional foundations, and how it might respond to a populist govt. @sirJJkc.bsky.social will chair!
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

Hybrid | CLP - Bureaucracy and Distrust: The Civil Service in the Constitution

This lecture will be delivered by Dr Ben Yong, as part of the Current Legal Problems Lecture Series 2025-26

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Department of Sociology, University of York @uoy-sociology.bsky.social · 3d

Raphael Nowak ( @raphahead.bsky.social ) has co-authored and published a book titled “Music Tastes of French People: Preferences, Use Values, and Competence” with ‘Le Bord de l’Eau’.

#France #French #Music

Les goûts musicaux des Français.es – Le Bord de l'Eau

Aucun produit dans le panier.

www.editionsbdl.com

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Nicolle Lamerichs @nicolleness.bsky.social · 2d

CfP for issue of Fandom | Cultures | Research & workshop on Fan Practices of Memory and Remembrance

📢 Workshop (optional) is on: February 27th, 2026 Marburg

⭐️ Abstract of max. 300 words, title, short biography to
[email protected] by December 1st, 2025
#mediastudies #humanities

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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 6d

🚨FINAL FEW DAYS!🚨

The UK Comics Creator Survey will close forever at midnight on Monday 6th! Have you submitted your response yet? Or were you, like me*, waiting for the last minute? The last minute is now, lads! Get in there!

ukcomicscreators.org.uk

*I thrive** on pressure
**Exist painfully

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 5d

Next RC28 Spring Meeting will be 20-22 May in Seville.
Submissions until 10 Dec here: eventos.upo.es/137585/detai...

If you're wondering if this is your conference, have a look at what we publish in our journal Research in Social Stratification and Mobility: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/rese...

The Conference

Addressing Social Inequalities in the Global North and South On behalf of the Organising Committee, it is an honour to welcome you to the RC28 Spring Meeting 2026. This academic meeting is proposed a...

eventos.upo.es

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