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Lisa Morriss @lisamorriss.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations!

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University of Manchester Sociology Department @uomsociology.bsky.social · 2d

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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Tympanic & Frisketty @luckyerica3.bsky.social · 2d

I've run a peer support group around living with suicidal experiences for 18 months, we've had over 650 attendances in over 108+ hours of suicide themed conversation.

Not one meeting has gone by where benefits don't crop up as the reason people feel like they may end their life.

Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 2d

Simon Wessely — the controversial psychiatrist once dubbed “Britain’s most hated doctor” has been appointed vice chair of Labour’s review into overdiagnosis of mental health and neurodivergence.

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/controv...

Controversial professor to investigate overdiagnosis of mental health and neurodivergence for Labour

Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments...

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk

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Lisa Morriss @lisamorriss.bsky.social · 3d

Who knew TA would be my most downloaded Editorial!

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Lisa Morriss @lisamorriss.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks so much, Nell!

Lisa Morriss @lisamorriss.bsky.social · 4d

Nell, I would love to read this and share with my students. Is there a pre-print version available as my library doesn’t have access to this journal?

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Lisa Morriss @lisamorriss.bsky.social · 4d

This looks like a vital resource for my mental health module. Our library doesn’t have access to this journal. Is there a pre-print version available? Thanks so much!

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Lisa Morriss @lisamorriss.bsky.social · 6d

Missed this! Huge congratulations, Dr Denby 🎓

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Dr Alicia Denby @aliciadenby.bsky.social · Apr 30

I'm excited to share that I passed my PhD viva yesterday! ✨

Thank you to my brilliant examiners Prof Vanessa May and Dr Eleanor Wilkinson, my viva chair Dr Paul Gray, and my Director of Studies Dr @jennyvanhooff.com. It was an honour to share such a special moment with you all!

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Nell @nellh.bsky.social · Aug 23

Please read our paper out now about the resistance, repurposing and reimagining of oppressive mental health technologies, such as Oxevision (now LIO), used on us against our will. And how we must dream them differently.

Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · Aug 23

Our paper - ‘Towards a Mad Technoscience: revealing, repurposing, and reimagining carceral mental health technologies’ is out now (limited access here) bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

You can get full access to our original here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

bristoluniversitypressdigital.com

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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · Aug 23

We draw on concepts from crip technoscience together with abolitionist perspectives on technology to argue for the necessity of a Mad technoscience; an account of how Mad people – particularly those of us incarcerated – resist, repurpose, and (re)imagine technologies used on us against our will

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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · Aug 23

Our paper - ‘Towards a Mad Technoscience: revealing, repurposing, and reimagining carceral mental health technologies’ is out now (limited access here) bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

You can get full access to our original here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

bristoluniversitypressdigital.com

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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 7d

The hearings will be held at Arundel House in London and livestreamed to Youtube. Following the hearings, transcripts and relevant evidence will be published online.

More information is available here and on the Lampard Inquiry website: lampardinquiry.org.uk/all-hearings/

All Hearings - The Lampard Inquiry - investigating mental health deaths in Essex

Warning – Potentially distressing content. Please be aware that the hearings may contain descriptions of death and suicide, from the start and throughout, which some viewers may find distressing. Due ...

lampardinquiry.org.uk

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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 7d

Lampard Inquiry update: the Oxevision hearings due to be held in May have been rescheduled for the 13th and 14th October. This includes pre-recorded oral evidence given by Stop Oxevision and live hearings with a member of Oxehealth / LIO, and EPUT head of strategy, and digital

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Aimee Middlemiss @almiddlemiss.bsky.social · 9d

Fabulous job for a death studies ECR in Manchester.

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Research Associate - Uncovering Hidden Inequality:Oxford Road

We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Research Associate to work on the ESRC-funded project, ‘uncovering hidden inequality: developing new ways of doing death administration’ directed by Professor Kate Reed in the Department of Sociology, University of Manchester.

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk

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Helen Kara @drhelenkara.bsky.social · 9d

📢 Call for Contributions is open for #ICRMC 2026! Find out more here: creativeresearchmethods.com

We're also excited to announce the ICRMC 2026 keynotes: Ranjita Dhital and Alastair Roy — ready to spark debate and inspire new ways of thinking.

#ICRMC26 #CRMethods #creativeresearch

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Lisa Morriss @lisamorriss.bsky.social · 10d

It’s such a brilliant article, Alana - full of insightful and thoughtful points 🌟

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Lisa Morriss @lisamorriss.bsky.social · 12d

Sending love to you, Shona 🩷🧡💚

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Dr Anna Jamieson @annafranjam.bsky.social · Sep 9

Delighted to share our Call for Papers for the workshop *Object Stories in Health and Medicine 1700-1900*. Taking place online on 5 December. Pls share and consider submitting an object story! @rebeccawhiteley.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social

www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/objec...

Object Stories in Health and Medicine, 1700-1900 - University of Birmingham

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www.birmingham.ac.uk

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Voices of Motherhood @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social · 15d

We're pleased to share this call for papers for our upcoming conference!

📍Online via Zoom
🗓️Thursday 5 - Friday 6 February 2026
⏱️Abstract deadline Saturday 1 November 2025

See our website for full details 👇

voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk/index.php/news-and-resources/updates-from-the-project

The Politics of Motherhood: Maternalism, Maternity and Mothering.

Thursday 5 and Friday 6 February 2026, Online Conference.

Ruth Davidson, Anna Muggeridge, Eve Pennington and Beckie Rutherford.

Keynote address by Dr Sarah Crook, Swansea University: ‘Cradles of Discontent: Motherhood as a pathway to activism in modern Britain’.

This conference is supported by a UKRI Future Leaders’ Fellowship ‘Voices of Motherhood’ Project reference MR/Y018184/1 and the University of Worcester.

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Lisa Morriss @lisamorriss.bsky.social · 15d

Can’t wait!

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 16d

I have the honour of interviewing the fabulous @saranahmed.bsky.social about her new book, No Is Not A Lonely Utterance: The Art & Activism of Complaining next month (22nd October). Come join us at The Whitworth in Manchester for a critical discussion of refusals, community building, and solidarity.

Sara Ahmed - No Is Not a Lonely Utterance - Manchester Book Launch

Join us for an evening with Sara Ahmed as she launches her new book, No Is Not a Lonely Utterance: The Art and Activism of Complaining.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Lisa Morriss @lisamorriss.bsky.social · 16d

YES! Absolutely excellent on all fronts.

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Lisa Morriss @lisamorriss.bsky.social · 16d

Wow! Such a fantastic project and article. The latter is so rich, thoughtful and thought provoking 🌟

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Rebecca Brione @rebeccabrione.bsky.social · 17d

On the theme of countering invisibility, I'm glad to support Black Maternal Mental Health Week UK 2025, led by The Motherhood Group (@TheMotherhoodGroup on Instagram/LinkedIn/TikTok). It’s time to #MakeBlackMothersVisible. #BlackMaternalMentalHealthWeek #BMMHW25 More: themotherhoodgroup.org/bmmhw25/

The Motherhood Group flyer for Black Maternal Mental Health Week UK 2025: Make Black Mothers Visible

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