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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 1d

Every grant application is basically “what if I did the same thing, but with a budget and lower expectations”

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LSE Sociology @lsesociology.bsky.social · 3d

📣 Submit your paper to the @bjsociology.bsky.social 2026 Conference!

The BJS conference will showcase cutting-edge research across Sociology, providing a platform to discuss the most exciting developments in the field.

Submit your abstract by Monday 20 October 2025.

www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 13d

"Significant contribution to the field" often translates to "first person to care about this very specific thing"

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LSE Sociology @lsesociology.bsky.social · 15d

📣 We're currently accepting papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference!

The conference will showcase cutting-edge research from across the discipline.

We invite scholars to submit abstracts of up to 400 words on topics relating to any aspect of sociology➡️ buff.ly/wTaE0fI

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Shenanigans @shenanigans.bsky.social · 20d

Not book smart, not street smart, but a secret third kind of smart (not)

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 24d

Your email finds me deeply burned out and disassociating.

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Giovanni Zampieri @giozzam.bsky.social · Sep 8

it was amazing indeed!

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LSE Sociology @lsesociology.bsky.social · Sep 5

📣 The Call for Papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference is open!

Following the success of our inaugural conference in 2024, we are delighted to announce its return on 23 and 24 April 2026 at LSE.

📆 Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Sep 6

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

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Sam Friedman @samfriedman.bsky.social · Sep 5

👀 Call for Papers 👀

The BJS Conference is back! 23rd and 24th of April 2026 at LSE. Please submit an abstract by October 20th and share widely. It’s going to be 💥

www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...

British Journal of Sociology Conference

Find out more about the BJS conference 2026, which will provide an in-person platform for academics across the discipline to advance their research.

www.lse.ac.uk

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Sep 4

Every academic has exactly one paper they're secretly proud of and twelve they pretend don't exist.

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Jul 28

Artisanal, small batch, typo-strewn emails are becoming the real currency of our time

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International Sociological Association (ISA) @isa-sociology.org · Aug 23

We are happy to announce the 2025 International Sociological Association's RC16 Junior Theorist Award!

This year the RC16 Junior Theorist Award goes to Romulo Lelis (Brazilian Center of Analysis and Planning), for his paper:

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Jack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social · Aug 17

I'll admit, I was skeptical when they said Gemini was just like a bunch of PhDs. But I gotta admit they nailed it.

Google's Gemini AI tells a Redditor it's 'cautiously optimistic' about fixing a coding bug, fails repeatedly, calls itself an embarrassment to 'all possible and impossible universes' before repeating 'I am a disgrace' 86 times in succession

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Ben Kaplow @bkaplow.bsky.social · Aug 6

Excited that my article 'Levels of Legibility: Roles and the Flow of State Information in French Morocco' is now out in Social Science History! The paper shows how French administrators' internal communications transformed environmental knowledge and practices in Morocco

dx.doi.org/10.1017/ssh....

Levels of Legibility: Roles and the Flow of State Information in French Morocco | Social Science History | Cambridge Core

Levels of Legibility: Roles and the Flow of State Information in French Morocco

dx.doi.org

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Giovanni Zampieri @giozzam.bsky.social · Aug 8

getting ready for #ASA2025 at the Art Institute of Chicago

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Coffee III: Saison of the Witch @unlox.bsky.social · Aug 8

"GPT-5 is the first time that it really feels like talking to an expert in any topic, like a PhD-level expert."

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Ji-won Lee 이지원 @g1lee.bsky.social · Aug 3

The inaugural issue of Theory and Social Inquiry is now available! I love that it includes an orientation toward #ProblemSolvingSociology. Check it out, problem-solvers! www.theoryandsocialinquiry.org/issue/1706/i...

Theory and Social Inquiry | Issue: Issue: 1(1) (2025)

www.theoryandsocialinquiry.org

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Thomas Davidson @thomasdavidson.bsky.social · Aug 1

I’m delighted to share that the August 2025 special issue of Sociological Methods & Research on Generative AI is out now. Along with my co-editor, Daniel Karell, we put together this issue to build on the conference we organized last year.

Here's a thread on each of the ten papers:

A screenshot of the Sociological Methods & Research website showing the special issue title

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Giovanni Zampieri @giozzam.bsky.social · Aug 1

Happy to share that my paper has received the BJS early career prize!

British Journal of Sociology @bjsociology.bsky.social · Aug 1

This year's BJS Early Career Prize has been awarded to @giozzam.bsky.social for their paper "Saving one's face while saving one's soul? The refraction of tactical approaches to penance as a disciplinary device in Counter-Reformation Italy".

Read the open access paper in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/wnZkVya

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Laura K. Nelson @lauraknelson.bsky.social · Jul 11

Wowza this issue is phenomenal. Three comments.

1. Protect the dolls.
2. Check out the special section on defending DEI - curated to include some of my favorite scholars on the topic (journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....)
3. Their Spotify playlist includes Fugazi. FUGAZI.

So yea. Amazing issue.

Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · Jul 11

It's here! Our latest issue takes up big social problems, from the multi-front assault on queer and trans people to the opioid epidemic, urban segregation, and environmental racism. #sociology

Clickable table of contents: contexts.org/articles/sp25-toc/

Companion playlist: tinyurl.com/CTXsp25tunes

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Jun 24

The thing about interdisciplinary work is everyone gets to misunderstand you from a unique angle

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Giovanni Zampieri @giozzam.bsky.social · Jun 12

congratulations!

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