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TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · 9d

UPDATE: The first TCRU seminar this Thurs 2 Oct has been CANCELLED. Our Autumn Series will now start on 9 Oct.

TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · 9d

UPDATE: The first TCRU seminar this Thurs 2 Oct has been CANCELLED. Our Autumn Series will now start on 9 Oct. Join us for talks on migration, childhood, motherhood, and more: tinyurl.com/33putb5f
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social

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Thomas Coram Research Unit – Events

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TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · 14d

Our Seminar Series runs 2 Oct – 11 Dec

From migration & citizenship to early childhood, motherhood, sanctuary cities, Muslim women’s belonging, mixed-heritage families & more. Explore new work across TCRU’s themes.

A space to share ideas & build connections across disciplines.
tinyurl.com/33putb5f

Browse our upcoming events.

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UCL @ucl.ac.uk · 16d

UCL has been rated as a leading university for knowledge exchange for the fifth year in a row in Research England’s Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF).

Read the news story: bit.ly/46tDarL

#KEF5

@uclenterprise.bsky.social

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TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · 17d

TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · 28d

This week in our Meet the Researcher series, we’re introducing Susie Bower-Brown. Susie’s research explores LGBTQ+ identities and family life.
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/91721-susie-...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social

TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · 17d

TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · Sep 4

This week in our Meet the Researcher series, we’re spotlighting Rachel Benchekroun whose work looks at food insecurity, family life, and collaboration with communities.
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/60666-rachel...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social

TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · 17d

TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · Aug 28

This week in our Meet the Researcher series get to know Jonathan Galton, a lecturer on our BSc Sociology and Social Science courses.
Jonathan Galton | About | University College London tinyurl.com/6v9j56vx
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social

TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · 17d

TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · Aug 21

This week in our Meet the Researcher series - meet Katherine Twamley whose research explores couple relationships and gender inequalities in family life.
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/31056-kather...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social

TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · 17d

TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · Aug 12

Meet Lauren Herlitz who is interested in how people's life experiences affect their health and why some groups have poorer health outcomes than others.
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/88235-lauren...
@sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · 17d

TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · Aug 5

Meet Amena Amer, exploring belonging and identity in UK universities.
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/99704-amena-...
@ioe.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social

TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · 17d

And that wraps up our summer Meet the Researcher series! In case you missed it we introduced some of our brilliant colleagues and the projects they’re passionate about.

Stay tuned for more stories from TCRU this autumn! @sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social

Weltspiegel: China: Verliebt in eine KI - hier anschauen

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Liang Ge (they/them) @liangge11.bsky.social · 28d

It’s a very pleasant experience to work with Marie von Mallinckrodt and her team from ARD Germany on this mini-documentary project: In love with an AI 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳!

Plz check it out here:
www.ardmediathek.de/video/weltsp...

Millionen Chinesinnen spielen sogenannte „Dating Games“: Sie verlieben sich in eine virtuelle Figur auf einer spielerischen Ebene. Sehr viel ernster: Manche unterhalten sich so intensiv mit dem Chatbo...

www.ardmediathek.de

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TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · 28d

This week in our Meet the Researcher series, we’re introducing Susie Bower-Brown. Susie’s research explores LGBTQ+ identities and family life.
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/91721-susie-...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social

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TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · 29d

A recent @theguardian.com article highlights important research, co-authored by TCRU’s Claire Cameron, on how housing pressures & fragmented policy are limiting children’s access to outdoor play. tinyurl.com/4rc4hjvz
@ioe.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social

Children in England ‘face barriers to outdoor play due to poor planning’

‘Fragmented’ policies leading councils to prioritise approval of housebuilding over parks, study finds

Beyond Islamo-Leftism: what the Right gets wrong about Muslims and the Left

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Humera Iqbal @humeraiqbal.bsky.social · Sep 4

Delighted to announce the launch of my new
@wellcometrust.bsky.social project: The Mental Health Costs of Statelessness (MH-COST). In partnership with Imkaan Welfare Organisation, I'll explore how lack of documentation & exclusion affects the mental health of adolescents & young adults in Pakistan.

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TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · Sep 4

This week in our Meet the Researcher series, we’re spotlighting Rachel Benchekroun whose work looks at food insecurity, family life, and collaboration with communities.
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/60666-rachel...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social

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TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · Aug 28

This week in our Meet the Researcher series get to know Jonathan Galton, a lecturer on our BSc Sociology and Social Science courses.
Jonathan Galton | About | University College London tinyurl.com/6v9j56vx
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social

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TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · Aug 21

The right keeps warning about an “Islamo-Leftist alliance” – Muslims & socialists supposedly teaming up in a doomed project. TCRU's @jonathangalton.bsky.social suggests it’s mostly a label to smear anti-racists, Palestine activists & the left. The caricature won’t go away because it’s too useful.

UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · Aug 20

What is Islamo-Leftism, and what does its future look like in the UK?

@jonathangalton.bsky.social (@tcru-ucl.bsky.social) analyses the complex connections between left-wing and Muslim political activism on the #IOEBlog

blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2025/08/...

After three years of research into the complex connections and overlaps between British Muslims and diverse political left(s), Jonathan Galton discusses “Islamo-Leftism” … (read more)

blogs.ucl.ac.uk

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TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · Aug 21

This week in our Meet the Researcher series - meet Katherine Twamley whose research explores couple relationships and gender inequalities in family life.
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/31056-kather...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social

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TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · Aug 19

Missed our #TCRU_Coram_AnnualLecture? Watch the recording here tinyurl.com/52hnhtta. Prof Elaine Chase shared insights on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. Essential viewing for anyone in rights-based policy.
#YoungRefugeeVoices
@wearecoram.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social

TCRU | Supporting the lives and aspirations of children and young people migrating to the UK alone

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