Latest article by TASA member Jack Barbalet:
A sociology of envy: distinguishing the emotion from its consequences
Pride is about community, visibility and knowledge. This month, we're spotlighting research that amplifies LGBTQ+ voices and contributes to a more inclusive future. 🌈 #PrideMonth #LGBTQIA #Pride2026
Discover the full LGBTQIA+ Rights collection here! bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/collection/L...
What does a hospital sound like through #autistic ears?
In Vol.2 of the @crmethodsjnl.bsky.social by @bupjournals.bsky.social this article explores autistic auditory experience through a Transdisciplinary #artsbasedresearch approach. #music #creativeresearchmethods
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📣 Article alert!
New, excellent piece by our own @uiscejordan.bsky.social & a colleague Marian Peacock uses psycho-social methods to highlight the central role of women, particularly mothers & partners, in the lives of men experiencing mental illness.
Read it here: doi.org/10.1332/1478...
Can the charge of corporate manslaughter stick in the context of Grenfell?
This blog from @stevetombs.bsky.social looks at the failure corporate manslaughter legislation in the UK
@europeangroup.bsky.social #Grenfell
Bristol University Press Journals
There is a clear gap in the literature: politics is either not explicitly addressed or under-integrated in policy process studies. If politics is missing, then so is power.
This Special Issue aims to address the gap.
Submit your abstract by 1 Sept
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The Australian Sociological Association (TASA)
🔔‼️New publication: I am thrilled to announce this co-authored paper with Laura Gutiérrez and Fran Ferraioli on the political dynamics of Gender-based violence. Available Open Access
doi.org/10.1332/2515...
GOT A NEW BIG GAY PAPER OUT FOR #PrideMonth ! It's queer AND Scottish: 'Progressive for all? The experience of LGBTQ+ people in the Scottish social security system'. Big shout-out to co-author @academiclee.bsky.social who led the writing on this one:
doi.org/10.1332/1759...
This article presents a psychosocial study of men unable to work due to mental illness and their encounters with the UK’s social security system, using the Free Association Narrative Interview (FANI) ...
We will fail the Paris Agreement climate targets in wealthy countries and demographics without the recomposition of consumption.
This only applies to us, half the world at least will benefit from the technology evolution through markets and tiny policy nudges. Let's own our failure.
This article analyses the politicization of gender-based violence (GBV) in Spain over two decades. By analysing party manifestos, legislative voting and parliamentary debates, we trace a shift from co...
Since devolution in 1999 the Scottish government has worked to advance a more progressive (compared to the UK government) policy agenda across a wide range of policy areas. This included reforms to th...
📆 Join us on 9 June for the launch of Detention & Deportation in Europe. Spanning carceral border regimes & interspersed with poetic reflections, the book is a radical critique of detention and deportation systems. @drtdegenhardt.bsky.social @bupjournals.bsky.social
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Bristol University Press Journals
Policy & Politics
Marga León
Professor Peter Matthews
Grateful to have 'Hospital Noises' on #autistic auditory perception, featured by the editors @crmethodsjnl.bsky.social (@brisunipress.bsky.social / @policypress.bsky.social)
It is open access until 31 Aug 2026 for anyone interested in hospital soundscapes!
#AuralDiversity #CreativeResearchMethods
Ahead of the ninth anniversary of #Grenfell, Steve Tombs examines how the Grenfell disaster will test whether UK corporate manslaughter law can finally hold large organisations accountable for avoidable deaths.
https://ow.ly/jho650Zb3J9
Border Criminologies
Aarne Granlund
Xsara Helmi
Ahead of the ninth anniversary of Grenfell, Steve Tombs examines how the Grenfell disaster will test whether UK corporate manslaughter law can finally hold large organisations accountable for avoidable deaths, despite a long history of limited prosecutions and systemic barriers to corporate criminal liability.
"The findings show that sufficiency has not yet gained ground in Finnish climate policy. The sufficiency politics and policies found in the plans were not well-articulated and relied mostly on voluntary change."
They cannot get to it.
#Sufficiency
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Bristol University Press
🔍 Explore the latest collection of papers, handpicked by the editors for the Editors' Choice Collection. Read the papers for free until 31 August. Congrats to all featured authors! 👏
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