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Reposted by Sophie Woodward, Dave O’Brien, Valerie Mueller , and 1 more

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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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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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Reposted by Sophie Woodward

crmethodsjnl.bsky.social
How can speculative fiction become a research method? This new article explores four approaches: close reading existing sci-fi, analysing how stories influence real policies, inviting participants to write their own futures, and researchers creating speculative narratives.
doi.org/10.1332/3050...
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Reposted by Sophie Woodward

morgancentre.bsky.social
📺Watch our new video series introducing key concepts in the sociology of families & personal life. Please share if you know anybody teaching or studying these topics!
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The Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives - YouTube
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Reposted by Sophie Woodward, Helen Kara

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Yay for #JCRM journal launch and cupcakes, with @edwina-thorn.bsky.social Sophie Woodward Harriet Shortt and @drhelenkara.bsky.social @bupjournals.bsky.social
Journal of Creative Research Methods flyers on the publisher's stand with a JCRM cupcake JCRM editorial team
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by Sophie Woodward

sophierwoodward.bsky.social
Unbelievably thrilled to see the launch issue of this amazing journal which I am a co-editor of - Journal of Creative Research Methods. Open access until 31/12/25. Please share and consider contributing to future issues!
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Journal of Creative Research Methods @crmethodsjnl.bsky.social · Sep 4
The future of research is creative, collaborative, and boundary-breaking! From speculative fiction to visual data storytelling, this groundbreaking collection showcases how creative approaches are transforming research across disciplines!

bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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Reposted by Sophie Woodward, Helen Kara

crmethodsjnl.bsky.social
The future of research is creative, collaborative, and boundary-breaking! From speculative fiction to visual data storytelling, this groundbreaking collection showcases how creative approaches are transforming research across disciplines!

bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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by Sophie Woodward

sophierwoodward.bsky.social
Congratulations! Looking forward to reading this.
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ncrm.ac.uk
Over the past five years, NCRM has trained thousands of researchers across many sectors, with 20 per cent of course participants working outside the social sciences.

To find out how NCRM is building the UK's #research capability, read our impact report: buff.ly/RisFFv4
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Reposted by Sophie Woodward

crmethodsjnl.bsky.social
📣 Coming soon: The Journal of Creative Research Methods📣
We’re a home for researchers who are thinking, questioning, or approaching research in a creative way 💡
Learn more bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/jou...
#RGS2025 #RGS25
Journal of Creative Research Methods. We accept submissions of: Creative, qualitative, quantitative, or multi-modal research; Creative arts-based research; Creative digital research; Creative research using transformative research frameworks; Creative adaptations of existing methods.
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Reposted by Sophie Woodward, Les Back, Ian Cummins

thesociologicalreview.org
How do mothers who have experienced child removal use tattooing to cope with their pain?

@lisamorriss.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social and Siobhan Beckwith @huddersfielduni.bsky.social on Sara Ahmed, maternal connections and grief.

#OnlineFirst @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/QrP2lD2
Lisa Morriss and Siobhan Beckwith Marking motherhood: Tattooing and willfulness as a response to and a way to survive child removal https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00380261251359845 The Sociological Review journal #OnlineFirst
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Reposted by Sophie Woodward

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Upcoming FREE @ncrm.ac.uk 2 day in-person innovation forum: Improvising Methods: Experiencing Collaborative, Inventive, Apposite &Original Methods! on 15-16 October at Uni Manchester. Explores what happens when skilled researchers & practitioners are methodologically responsive to their field sites
NCRM Engagement | Innovation Fora | Improvising Methods
NCRM delivers research methods training, produces learning resources, conducts research and supports methodological innovation
www.ncrm.ac.uk
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Reposted by Sophie Woodward

thesociologicalreview.org
“Attentiveness is a way to retrain the ‘sociological gaze’ away from the unusual to the unnoticed elements of everyday lives and objects.”

@sophierwoodward.bsky.social‬ reflects in a new Special Section on the legacy of Live Methods by ‪@academicdiary.bsky.social‬ & Nirmal Puwar.

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by Sophie Woodward

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Deadline to register your participation in the Research Methods Rendezvous is weds 2nd of July.
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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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by Sophie Woodward

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Looking forward to this!
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MGS Conference 2025 @mgsconf.bsky.social · Jun 11
We're pleased to have @sophierwoodward.bsky.social present her keynote: Cultivating attentiveness: re-enchanting ordinary and unnoticed material culture.

Look at our programme to find out more! bit.ly/mgsconf25-pr...
Keynote Speaker Professor Sophie Woodward
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We're pleased to have @sophierwoodward.bsky.social present her keynote: Cultivating attentiveness: re-enchanting ordinary and unnoticed material culture.

Look at our programme to find out more! bit.ly/mgsconf25-pr...
Keynote Speaker Professor Sophie Woodward
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by Sophie Woodward

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Curious about how ideas become doable research projects? Register to participate now!
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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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Reposted by Sophie Woodward, Martin Hyde, Martin Kreidl , and 1 more

ncrm.ac.uk
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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by Sophie Woodward

sophierwoodward.bsky.social
Delighted to have an article included in the special issue on ‘attentiveness’ and why this matters in developing a vital sociology
thesociologicalreview.org
The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · May 27
OUT NOW #OnlineFirst: Live Methods Revisited

Eight new papers focus on @academicdiary.bsky.social‬ and Nirmal Puwar’s Live Methods and its clarion call for more “artful and crafty” sociological methodologies. Edited by @emmakjackson.bsky.social‬ ‪& @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social‬

buff.ly/sM4Uta3
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Reposted by Sophie Woodward, Rachel Brooks, Les Back , and 6 more

thesociologicalreview.org
OUT NOW #OnlineFirst: Live Methods Revisited

Eight new papers focus on @academicdiary.bsky.social‬ and Nirmal Puwar’s Live Methods and its clarion call for more “artful and crafty” sociological methodologies. Edited by @emmakjackson.bsky.social‬ ‪& @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social‬

buff.ly/sM4Uta3
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by Sophie Woodward

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Well this is exciting. Delighted to be made a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
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Faculty of Humanities @uomhums.bsky.social · Apr 1
Well done to @sophierwoodward.bsky.social!

A distinguished sociologist, Sophie has authored of several books including Why Women Wear What They Wear (2007) as well as co-directs the Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives.

Read more: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/f...

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Five Manchester experts become Academy of Social Sciences Fellows
An unprecedented five academics from The University of Manchester have been recognised as leading experts in their fields by being named as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences. New Fellows are n...
www.manchester.ac.uk
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Reposted by Sophie Woodward

uomhums.bsky.social
Well done to @sophierwoodward.bsky.social!

A distinguished sociologist, Sophie has authored of several books including Why Women Wear What They Wear (2007) as well as co-directs the Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives.

Read more: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/f...

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Five Manchester experts become Academy of Social Sciences Fellows
An unprecedented five academics from The University of Manchester have been recognised as leading experts in their fields by being named as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences. New Fellows are n...
www.manchester.ac.uk
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by Sophie Woodward — Reposted by Janet Boddy, Dan Woodman

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Permanent teaching and research lectureship in sociology at the university of Manchester. Linked to the Morgan centre. For researchers in areas of everyday lives, personal life and relationships. Please share! Deadline April 7th
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Morgan Centre @morgancentre.bsky.social · Mar 20
JOB: Lecturer in Sociology @morgancentre.bsky.social

Looking for a new colleague with research expertise in personal life, relationships & everyday lives. Pls share! 🙏🏾 Closing date: 7 Apr
@britsoci.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Lecturer in Sociology:Oxford Road
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
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Reposted by Sophie Woodward, Rachel Brooks, Janet Boddy , and 1 more

morgancentre.bsky.social
JOB: Lecturer in Sociology @morgancentre.bsky.social

Looking for a new colleague with research expertise in personal life, relationships & everyday lives. Pls share! 🙏🏾 Closing date: 7 Apr
@britsoci.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Lecturer in Sociology:Oxford Road
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
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by Sophie Woodward — Reposted by Janet Boddy

sophierwoodward.bsky.social
The Journal of #CreativeResearchMethods is live! Looking for submissions that centre creativity at all stages of the research: questions you ask, methods you use, how you analyse or how you write. Curious and playful thinkers welcome! Check out the website
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Bristol University Press Journals @bupjournals.bsky.social · Mar 18
We’re delighted to introduce you to our latest journal!
The Journal of #CreativeResearchMethods
Edited by @sumingkhoo.bsky.social, Harriet Shortt, @sophierwoodward.bsky.social and consulting editor @drhelenkara.bsky.social bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/jou...
#ResearchMethods #Creativity
Journal Of Creative Research Methods
The Journal of Creative Research Methods is a space for the creative research methods community; it publishes critical and engaged work on creative research methods and welcomes contributions from aut...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
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Reposted by Sophie Woodward, Janet Boddy

bupjournals.bsky.social
We’re delighted to introduce you to our latest journal!
The Journal of #CreativeResearchMethods
Edited by @sumingkhoo.bsky.social, Harriet Shortt, @sophierwoodward.bsky.social and consulting editor @drhelenkara.bsky.social bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/jou...
#ResearchMethods #Creativity
Journal Of Creative Research Methods
The Journal of Creative Research Methods is a space for the creative research methods community; it publishes critical and engaged work on creative research methods and welcomes contributions from aut...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
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Reposted by Sophie Woodward

morgancentre.bsky.social
Interested in our @methodsmcr.bsky.social Creative Qualitative Methods summer school course?

Join our free online taster session to hear from the course leaders about creative ways to design, carry out & share your research

12.30-1.30pm Weds 19 Mar 2025
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-a...
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by Sophie Woodward

sophierwoodward.bsky.social
Does it matter if we use the term artefacts or belongings? Can belongings be more inclusive of the multiple investments people have in things? Discussed in this article I coauthored with wonderful archaeologists (Bonnie Pitblado, Suzie Thomas and Anna Wessman) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Retheorizing Archaeological “Artefacts” as “Belongings” - Archaeologies
In this article, we suggest that archaeologists should recognise the limitations of the term “artefact”, because it does not capture the many ways that diverse groups think about and interact with suc...
link.springer.com
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Reposted by Sophie Woodward

methodsmcr.bsky.social
Join the @morgancentre.bsky.social's upcoming summer school taster session on 19 March, where you'll learn more about their upcoming two-day summer school course on creative approaches to qualitative research
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by Sophie Woodward

sophierwoodward.bsky.social
Only one more week to get your ‘I wonder’ in. Get involved in this fab event on research ideation and turning ideas into projects.
ncrm.ac.uk
National Centre for Research Methods @ncrm.ac.uk · Feb 3
NCRM is inviting researchers to contribute to its unique new event, the Research Methods Rendezvous!

The two-day, online event will provide attendees with the opportunity to present research ideas and develop them with other researchers.

Read the call: https://buff.ly/3EnkrUs
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