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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · Sep 4

"Bluesky shows higher level of content originality in scholarly discourse, perhaps due to a higher proportion of academic users. X tends to favor simple retweets. This positions Bluesky as a richer environment for substantive science communication."🧪
True for our study www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Ryan A. Miller (he/him) @drryanmiller.bsky.social · Jul 25

Sharing my new article w/@crystalegarcia.bsky.social & @drantonioduran.bsky.social in the Journal of Higher Education (50 free at link). We conducted a critical discourse analysis of the arguments used in several states for/against anti-DEI legislation in '23-24.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/XRP9D...

“Copy and Paste” Practices: A Multi-Site Critical Discourse Analysis of Arguments About Anti-DEI Legislation

This manuscript presents the results of a critical discourse analysis designed to investigate how legislators and other actors leverage discursive strategies to frame the need for/impacts of state-...

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Prof Martin Hyde @profmhyde.bsky.social · Jul 9

New survey by M&G find 'OAP, senior citizen and pensioner are seen as negative terms' www.moneymarketing.co.uk/news/oap-sen...

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British Society of Gerontology @britishgerontology.bsky.social · Jun 25

The President's Welcome from our new BSG president, Prof Martin Hyde! 👋
@profmhyde.bsky.social

#BSG2025

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British Society of Gerontology @britishgerontology.bsky.social · Jun 25

Well done to our Stirling Prize Winners! Please do check out the posters during the conference!

1st place - Esther Ng'ambi
2nd place - Gabriella Ramos Bonilla

👏👏👏👏👏
#BSG2025

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BSGAgeismSIG @bsgageismsig.bsky.social · Jun 25

It’s great to be at #BSG2025 and we’re delighted that the President @profmhyde.bsky.social has signed up to be a member of the Ageism SIG! #TogetherAgainstAgeism

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UK Data Service @ukdataservice.bsky.social · Jun 4

⏰ There are just two weeks left to enter the 2025 UK Data Service Dissertation Award!

Each winning entry will receive a £300 award and publicity via our website, blog and newsletter.

Full details at our website: ukdataservice.ac.uk/learning-hub...

UK Data Service Dissertation Award - 2 weeks to go!

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Policy Press @policypress.bsky.social · Jun 4

Can social movements still transform the world in an era of rising authoritarianism?

Join us for a timely and powerful conversation exploring how #CollectiveAction, coalition-building and critical innovation can address today’s most urgent challenges.

Can social movements still transform the world in an era of rising authoritarianism?

Join us for a timely and powerful conversation exploring how collective action, coalition-building and critical innovation can address today’s most urgent so...

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Centre for Ageing Better @ageingbetter.bsky.social · Jun 5

Find out more and register your interest here: buff.ly/M5LSu3G

#OlderEmployers #OlderEmployees #OlderWorkers #Ageing #Ageism

Age-friendly Employer Pledge

Sign up to the Age-friendly Employer Pledge and show you recognise the value of older workers

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Centre for Ageing Better @ageingbetter.bsky.social · Jun 5

The job market is changing and employers are facing huge challenges. There are skills and labour shortages with vacancy rates at record highs. Workers in their 50s and 60s are key to filling these gaps. Yet employers are missing out on all that older workers can offer.

Infographic reading: The older workforce is the future. Join the Pledge and show your support today.

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UK Data Service @ukdataservice.bsky.social · Jun 5

There are just two weeks to go until our Labour Force and Annual Population Surveys User Conference 2025!

The event is free to attend, but please book your place via the link below.

🗓️ 19 June
📍 UCL, London
🔗 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/labou...

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National Centre for Research Methods @ncrm.ac.uk · Jun 5

NCRM has opened applications to participate in the Research Methods Rendezvous!

This free event will explore the process of turning early-stage ideas into #research projects.

#RMR2025 takes place online on 10 September and 29 October 2025.

Apply: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/RMR...

A promotional graphic for the Research Methods Rendezvous, which takes place online on 10 September and 29 October 2025.

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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · Jun 5

View or download #data from the first two waves of our web-first panel #survey (CRONOS-3), collected via the Infra4NextGen project.

The waves were fielded via online and postal questionnaires with a nationally representative sample in 11 countries from September-December 2024.

New panel survey data now available | European Social Survey

Data from the first two waves of the web-first panel survey (CRONOS-3) – implemented as part of the Infra4NextGen project – is now available.

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sociogerontechnet.bsky.social @sociogerontechnet.bsky.social · Jun 5

🚨Call for a PhD🚨
Deadline: 23 June 2025
Alexander Peine and Susan van Hees is looking for a PhD researcher with a background in the social sciences or humanities and an interest in ageing and health innovations at Open Universiteit - Cultuurwetenschappen.
www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3524...

PhD researcher QoLEAD

The Faculty of Humanities at the Open Universiteit is looking for an excellent, motivated and team-oriented PhD researcher for 36 months with a background in the social sciences or humanities (ideally...

www.academictransfer.com

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · May 20

On Saturday 21 June I’ll be chairing a fantastic panel on the topic of how population change will transform our world. Featuring @rebeccasear.bsky.social, Emily Jackson and @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/summe...

Ask the experts: how will population change transform our o world?
Birth rates are falling in the UK and globally, creating new challenges for governments and economies. But what's driving these changes - and what does it mean for our future?

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · Jun 6

Now officially out with nice formatting and all 🥳 "Thinking clearly about age, period, and cohort effects" -- a gentle introduction to the age-period-cohort problem and how to "solve" it through various types of assumptions.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Bristol University Press Journals @bupjournals.bsky.social · Apr 24

🙌 We’re thrilled to showcase our newest journals at #BritSoc25, including:
• Journal of Creative Research Methods
• Gender and Justice
• Journal of Global Ageing
• Journal of Disappearance Studies
📚 Discover more: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/page/journals

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Bristol University Press Journals @bupjournals.bsky.social · May 8

These 3 articles selected by our Journal of Global Ageing editors are now free to access until 31st July!🔥

@britishgerontology.bsky.social @profmhyde.bsky.social

Editor’s choice collection – read here:

Editors' Choice Collection Journal of Global Ageing

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Prof Martin Hyde @profmhyde.bsky.social · Apr 23

Celebrating 25 years of Palgrave Macmillan! 2️⃣5️⃣🩷

In recognition of Palgrave Macmillan’s silver anniversary, the Social Theory & Health Editors have curated a selection of their most influential articles for you to read.

Read more here: bit.ly/4jk2oOo.

Celebrating 25 years of Palgrave Macmillan

In recognition of Palgrave Macmillan’s silver anniversary, the Editors of Social Theory & Health have selected some of the journal’s most influential ...

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Centre for Ageing Better @ageingbetter.bsky.social · Apr 13

Our State of Ageing 2025 report has found that where you are born in England determines how long you can expect to live.

Learn more about Health and Wellbeing in older age in our State of Ageing chapter, available in full here: buff.ly/U8s2Zy1

#AgeingInEngland #Ageism #Health

Graph showing: 5.01a Life expectancy for men and women at birth, by region, England, 2021/23 and 5.01b Life expectancy for men and women at birth, by local authority, England, 2021/23 for women

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Centre for Ageing Better @ageingbetter.bsky.social · Apr 14

We need a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing in England to act as an independent champion for older people and ensure that policymaking across government considers the long-term needs of our ageing population.

Find out more: buff.ly/wuW5VO1

#AgeingInEngland #Ageism #OlderPeople

Commissioner for Older People and Ageing

We’re calling for an independent commissioner to champion the rights of older people and ensure policymaking considers the needs of England's ageing population.

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Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol @mireiafa.bsky.social · Apr 13

Happy to share this interesting paper "Making sense of older adults’ everyday smartphone use for social connectedness"
(my first one on #BlueSky!)

Bristol University Press Journals @bupjournals.bsky.social · Apr 1

🔎 What role do smartphones play for people in later life? New research investigates in our Journal of Global Ageing #ageing #wellbeing @profmhyde.bsky.social

📖 Read the article here:

Making sense of older adults’ everyday smartphone use for social connectedness

One main purpose of smartphone use is to be socially connected, and in this sense, older people’s use of this device is no different from that of any other group. Smartphone use among this group is…

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Zeitschrift für Soziologie @zfs.bsky.social · Apr 14

We have just published a CfP (German/English) for a Special Issue on the topic ‘Sociology of German Colonialism’. It will be edited by Matthias Leanza (Basel) and Léa Renard (Heidelberg). Submission are possible until 10 June 2025. All relevant information can be found here: tinyurl.com/yc84hu5p

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Sidney Rothstein @sidneyrothstein.bsky.social · Apr 14

To what extent can tech workers mobilize as part of the broader working class?

This is the question I take up in my new paper "Solidarity across the platform: mobilizing high-wage and low-wage workers in the tech sector" -- just out in Work in the Global Economy

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UK Data Service @ukdataservice.bsky.social · Apr 15

🔔 There's still time to register for our free Labour Force and Annual Population Surveys User Conference 2025 on 19 June.

Book your place at the following link: ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/labou... #LFSAPS25

Labour Force and Annual Population Surveys User Conference 2025 — UK Data Service

A comprehensive resource funded by the ESRC to support researchers, teachers and policymakers who depend on high-quality social and economic data.

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