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Gabriel Caluzzi @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social · Aug 28

Nice to have this out in popNAD. It summarises key ideas around declines in youth drinking that we explore in our book. Worth a read for overview of this body of work!

@amypennay.bsky.social @soc-researcher.bsky.social @jholmessheff.bsky.social @capraustralia.bsky.social

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Young people, alcohol and risk: A Culture of Caution

A recent book by an international team of authors theorises the social, cultural and economic shifts accompanying the decline in youth alcohol consumption observed in many high-income countries since ...

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SARG - SCHARR @sarg-scharr.bsky.social · Aug 18

"What makes gen Z slightly distinct as a generation is their attitude towards risk." SARG researcher @soc-researcher.bsky.social is quoted in this @theguardian.com article exploring the possible explanations for the recent increase in gen Z's alcohol consumption. #alcoholresearch

Booze up: is gen Z’s ‘sensible’ relationship with alcohol moving towards hedonism?

Reports those born between 1997 and 2012 are ditching clean-living ways don’t tell whole story, say experts

www.theguardian.com

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Laura Fenton @soc-researcher.bsky.social · Aug 17

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Laura Fenton @soc-researcher.bsky.social · Aug 17

The only thing I can think of is to start with his former PhD students. I'll DM you about one I know of who taught me at undergrad. Maybe others involved in the ASA or CSA know more?

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Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social · Aug 6

Another shout out for @milliemaglet.bsky.social brilliant blog, which has been (rightly) getting a lot of love on here. So important to foreground the precarity that shapes the lives of so many, including within academia itself.

We feel very lucky to have Millie @changingrealities.bsky.social

Dr Millie Light @milliemaglet.bsky.social · Aug 5

As a research associate on a participatory project, lived experience is valued, carefully held, and entangled with our (researchers') own lives. My blog for Big Issue covers precarious work, ill-health, and Labour's cuts.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/canc...

How patients could suffer after Labour's universal credit cuts

Millie Light writes of the deep sorrow she feels for anyone who becomes sick or disabled with cancer after the universal credit cuts.

www.bigissue.com

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Laura Fenton @soc-researcher.bsky.social · Jul 21

No one could say that after those walls...

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Gender and Justice Journal @genderandjustice.bsky.social · Jul 18

We seek a committed & dynamic feminist to join the existing team as a new book review editor @genderandjustice.bsky.social
Details:
✳️Deadline 1 August 2025 17:00 CEST
✳️Informal enquiries: [email protected]
✳️Info: www.lexnetwork.org/gender-and-j...
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Gender and Justice – Call for Book Editor – LEX Research Network

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Laura Fenton @soc-researcher.bsky.social · Jul 8

Congratulations @teaganmayr.bsky.social!👏👏

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SARG - SCHARR @sarg-scharr.bsky.social · Jul 4

Earlier this week @soc-researcher.bsky.social @jholmessheff.bsky.social and Shangshang Gu spoke at a national conference about how alcohol consumption patterns are evolving among young people and the specific implications for university students. Read more on the SARG website 👇

SARG researchers share insights into youth and student drinking at national conference - Sheffield Addictions Research Group

Researchers from the Sheffield Addictions Research Group (SARG) recently presented their findings on youth and student drinking trends at the Student Health Association Annual Conference, held from Su...

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SARG - SCHARR @sarg-scharr.bsky.social · Jul 2

📚 Find out more about this new book co-authored by SARG's @jholmessheff.bsky.social and @soc-researcher.bsky.social which explores the complex social, cultural and economic factors driving the significant decline in youth drinking observed in high-income countries since the early 2000s #PublicHealth

SARG researchers co-author new book exploring 'culture of caution' in youth drinking decline - Sheffield Addictions Research Group

A new book by an international team of experts, including researchers from the Sheffield Addictions Research Group (SARG), unpacks the complex social, cultural and economic factors driving the decline...

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SARG - SCHARR @sarg-scharr.bsky.social · Jun 13

It's the last day of #KBS2025 and SARG's @abi-stevely.bsky.social & @soc-researcher.bsky.social are speaking this morning. Find out more about Laura's @alcoholchangeuk.bsky.social funded project co-led with @melissaoldham.bsky.social which explores young people's consumption of no/lo drinks 👇

Young people's consumption of no/low alcohol drinks in family settings - Sheffield Addictions Research Group

This project explores young people's consumption of no/low alcohol drinks in Great Britain, focusing on family settings. Using surveys and interviews, it will investigate adult perceptions, consumptio...

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Laura Fenton @soc-researcher.bsky.social · Jun 10

@rosedwards.bsky.social, @massobsarchive.bsky.social, @dawnlyon.bsky.social,

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Laura Fenton @soc-researcher.bsky.social · Jun 10

Registration is closing soon for the BSA ECR event Beyond the ‘archival turn’: Making and using sociological archives, being held at the University of Leicester on 30th June.

All are welcome to register. Registration is open until this Friday 13th June. www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

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Gwyneth Lonergan @drglonergan.bsky.social · Jun 2

I'm very excited that my first book, Borders, Citizenship, & Pregnancy, will be coming out this month, published by @brisunipress.bsky.social.

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Borders, Citizenship, and Pregnancy

Borders, Citizenship, and Pregnancy - Migrant Women’s Experiences of Pregnancy and Maternity Care in the UK; Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. How do immigration policies shap...

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Laura Fenton @soc-researcher.bsky.social · Jun 8

It was ace, wasn't it?😊

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Laura Fenton @soc-researcher.bsky.social · May 13

Registration is now open for this BSA event on making and using sociological archives with contributions from a range of established and emerging researchers as well as archives. Includes a workshop led by Rachel Thomson on creative repurposing of qualitative data. Book your place by 13th June.

Laura Fenton @soc-researcher.bsky.social · Mar 28

**Save the date** Beyond the archival turn: Making & using sociological archives. 30 June, Leicester. tinyurl.com/3fuducmm. Exploring the rich archival resources that exist within sociology and how creative methods can be used to make the past anew and help us to imagine different kinds of futures.

Beyond the ‘archival turn’: Making and using sociological archives

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Institute of Alcohol Studies @ias.org.uk · May 28

A new book explores why young people in high-income countries are drinking less, linking the decline to growing health consciousness, closer parental relationships, and a broader culture of caution.

In our latest blog, the authors discuss the findings.

www.ias.org.uk/2025/05/28/y...

Young People, Alcohol and Risk: A Culture of Caution - Institute of Alcohol Studies

A new book explores why young people in high-income countries are drinking less, linking the decline to growing health consciousness, closer parental relationships, and a broader culture of caution. I...

www.ias.org.uk

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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · May 18

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

They'll tell you about benefits to the local economy..... but.......

Slot machine firms target UK’s poorest areas and channel funds to billionaires

Slot machine firms target UK’s poorest areas and channel funds to billionaires

Exclusive: Politicians including Andy Burnham call for councils to be given powers to stop new sites opening

www.theguardian.com

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Laura Fenton @soc-researcher.bsky.social · May 13

Registration is now open for this BSA event on making and using sociological archives with contributions from a range of established and emerging researchers as well as archives. Includes a workshop led by Rachel Thomson on creative repurposing of qualitative data. Book your place by 13th June.

Laura Fenton @soc-researcher.bsky.social · Mar 28

**Save the date** Beyond the archival turn: Making & using sociological archives. 30 June, Leicester. tinyurl.com/3fuducmm. Exploring the rich archival resources that exist within sociology and how creative methods can be used to make the past anew and help us to imagine different kinds of futures.

Beyond the ‘archival turn’: Making and using sociological archives

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Amy Pennay @amypennay.bsky.social · May 6

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Kat Smith @profkatsmith.bsky.social · Apr 28

Advertising new @unistrathclyde.bsky.social PhD studentship (covers fees + stipend), as part of new ESRC Centre @equalise.bsky.social. We've kept the application as broad as possible as we're keen to support someone to undertake research that they have designed: www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/... 1/2

PhD in the ESRC Centre for Lifecourse Health Equity | University of Strathclyde

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STICERD & CASE @ LSE @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social · Apr 8

The SNP have drawn media attention towards the @changingrealities.bsky.social report by #CASE's @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social which found that the UK Government could lift 700,000 children out of poverty by following Scotland's approach. www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...

New analysis shows 700,000 children could be lifted out of poverty overnight by following Scotland

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Ros Edwards @rosedwards.bsky.social · Apr 7

This is going to be a great event- 30 June- early and later career sociologists and community archivists explore working with marginalised voices and experiences held in archives to challenge, shape or disrupt public discourse.

www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

Beyond the ‘archival turn’: Making and using sociological archives

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Laura Fenton @soc-researcher.bsky.social · Mar 28

**Save the date** Beyond the archival turn: Making & using sociological archives. 30 June, Leicester. tinyurl.com/3fuducmm. Exploring the rich archival resources that exist within sociology and how creative methods can be used to make the past anew and help us to imagine different kinds of futures.

Beyond the ‘archival turn’: Making and using sociological archives

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Laura Fenton @soc-researcher.bsky.social · Mar 4

We've been busy getting this new project up and running! Looking forward to working with Lucy Burke & Samantha Wilkinson on the ethnographic components, & @melissaoldham.bsky.social, Inge Kersbergen, @jholmessheff.bsky.social, & @jamiebrown.bsky.social on the integration of qual & quant findings

SARG - SCHARR @sarg-scharr.bsky.social · Mar 4

As we continue to expand our research into the consumption of alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks, here are details of a new project focusing on young people. It's funded by @alcoholchangeuk.bsky.social and led by @soc-researcher.bsky.social and @melissaoldham.bsky.social #alcohol #publichealth

Young people's consumption of no/low alcohol drinks in family settings - Sheffield Addictions Research Group

This project explores young people's consumption of no/low alcohol drinks in Great Britain, focusing on family settings. Using surveys and interviews, it will investigate adult perceptions, consumptio...

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