#PhD research callout!

I am seeking History teachers in NSW for a short interview about NSW History 7-10 syllabuses. If you have taught History in NSW and are interested, please enter your details into this form.

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Ethics approval: H16788

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📣Deadline extension!

Submit your proposals to the 2026 IMISCOE Annual Conference by October 8, 2025!

… please do submit your methods-focused proposals and don’t forget to tag our SC during the submission process.

www.imiscoe.org/events/imisc...

📣 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

This afternoon at #WES @wesjnl.bsky.social conference, Kim Allen and I will be presenting work on our longitudinal mixed methods side hustles project, focussing on the gendered dimensions.

New article! In this interdisciplinary piece, @jiannitien.bsky.social @katherinekenny.bsky.social @alexbroom.bsky.social Alice Motion & @bartlettquantum.bsky.social explore the ethical and social dimensions of nanotechnology innovation.

Find the full article here: bit.ly/464M1zR

@sydney.edu.au

The next Care Ethics Research Consortium conference will take place from 25-27 June, 2026 in Seoul! You can submit your abstracts until 31 October. Hope to see you there!

Dame Stephanie Shirley, the IT entrepreneur who came to the UK in the Kindertransport and went by “Steve” to ensure her letters were answered, has died at 91. Her 2010 interview with Kirsty Young is one of the most engrossing DIDs I’ve ever heard. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

A new edition to SSHM's Social Histories of Medicine Series published by @manchesterup.bsky.social
Also available #OpenAccess
@sarahcrook.bsky.social Unhappy Mothers: women, motherhood, and social change in postwar Britain
#histmed #medhumanities

Social scientists have skills and knowledge that are in demand across a range of sectors leading to a variety of interesting and rewarding careers. Explore our interviews with social scientists to see where a career in social science could take you➡️ acss.org.uk/category/im-...

ARC says outcomes for Future Fellowships and Early Career Industry Fellowships will be announced tomorrow (Wednesday 9 July).

Such announcements have been happening around 11am AEST recently.

(Apologies for my tardiness to report this – was offline for a bit.)

Sociology, politics, gender major and more to be axed at Macquarie University. Please consider sharing and signing this petition.

#HigherEd

www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...

What are the long-term impacts of childhood immigration detention? My colleague, @michpeterie.bsky.social and her team - including people with lived experience of Australia's immigration detention system - are conducting a new study to find out. Watch the video to hear Michelle explain more.

Senior researchers, what are you doing tomorrow?

Helping DECRA applicants navigate their referee reports, that's what you're doing tomorrow.

Book in some quality time with them now. Normally reports drop around ~11am AEST.

77 years ago, the Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Dock.

Today on #WindrushDay, we would like to invite all our members to join us in reflecting on the vital contribution of the Windrush generation which shaped nursing in this country, and their ongoing fight for justice and fairness.

In which I trawl through the interviews conducted with suspected Nazi perpetrators in Australia 1980s for their justifications, excuses and surprising admissions

Monday: journal rejects my paper "your study is judged not relevant to either clinicians or patients".

Wednesday: journal sends me evaluation survey "how was your experience of having your paper rejected?".

Am I going to play this game?

Equalise has officially launched! 📣
We had a wonderful and productive day yesterday at our ESRC Centre for Lifecourse Health Equity launch event. Thank you to all the colleagues, partners and attendees for a truly special event, marking the beginning of our journey towards lifecourse health equity.

Re-advertising this post as no suitable applicants were found in the first round. If you are interested in an exciting PhD opportunity at the University of Sydney, do get in touch! Deadline 9 July. Updated information and link here:
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...

🗣️ ’Adolescence’ has sparked a global conversation about the dangers of incel ideology & the manosphere.

It touched a nerve: the incel forum studied by us responded to the show with misogyny, racism & antisemitism.

Read more in @theipaper.com ⤵️
inews.co.uk/news/tv-show...

A huge welcome to Postdoc Zoe Hogan who works with @michpeterie.bsky.social on an ARC Linkage Project about the long-term impacts of immigration detention in the lives of people who were detained as children.

You can read more about Zoe's work incl. her arts-based research here: bit.ly/43j0BTd

New article in Sociology of Health & Illness on death and dying as a collective encounter "replete with relational complexities". Follow the link below to read the full piece. @alexbroom.bsky.social @katherinekenny.bsky.social @henriettabyrne.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

*crab-walked

I am super excited to be hosting the incredible Katie Mack
@astrokatie.com presenting "The End of Everything" at the University of Sydney @sydney.edu.au

Join us on July 10 to learn about five ways the Universe might die!

Registration is free...

www.sydney.edu.au/engage/event...

⚛️ #Astronomy ⚛️

Starting my morning with this gorgeous episode of the @academicaunties.com podcast with @tungohan.bsky.social & Valerie Francisco Menchavez on "Communities of Care" www.academicaunties.com/episodes/com... -- (Valerie & I are co-editing a volume on Communities of Care in Migration..watch this space!)