Picturing surrogacy: gift-giving, exploitation, “babysitting” – how do women who carry babies for others see their choice?

Olga Doletskaya on Elly Teman & Zsuzsa Berend’s illustrated tale of assisted reproduction in the US & Israel. @psupress.bsky.social

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“The patterns showed something none of us had predicted: a sudden acceleration in global temperatures. Our models were wrong, and had not been useful. We had not prepared for this.”

Dan Lockton’s short story portrays a researcher contemplating terrifying new climate data.

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#CliFi

📚 This Thursday! Join the editors and authors of Reimagining Menopause for a conversation exploring menopause through research, artivism and performance.

📅 15 October, 5–6.30pm UK | Online

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Between the lines: Recently appointed Journal editors Sören Carlson and Vik Loveday discuss the pleasures and pressures of their roles, share advice and tips for authors, and reflect on what makes the Journal such a special publication.

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🌍 We have just published our Annual Report for 2025, reflecting on the progress the Foundation has made in promoting accessible sociological knowledge to drive action towards addressing inequalities.

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#Sociology #PublicSociology

“The sky around here is so heavy, you eventually get tired of looking up.” Michael, nine years old.

What is a child’s lived reality of ‘safety’? Janine Ewen presents criminological research on the streets, using urban art to prompt dialogue with young people.

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#Criminology

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Get updates on our events, podcasts, magazine, book reviews, fiction and visual sociology, plus the latest research, open-access articles and opportunities from the journal.

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Listen and learn: Season 5 of our Uncommon Sense #Podcast brings fresh thinking on issues as diverse as how psychoanalysis shapes listening in Buenos Aires, the reality of family life in China, and the power play of declaring an “ending”.

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How do working class students experience social mobility without betraying their origins?

Fiorenzo Parziale on autoethnography, heretical identities and the work of Pierre Bourdieu and Stuart Hall.

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Book launch: Reimagining Menopause.

Join the editors and authors of The Sociological Review Monograph Reimagining Menopause, a bold collection that moves beyond narrow debates.

📅 Thursday 15 October 2026
🕑 5pm – 6.30pm (UK)
📍 Online webinar

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“It’s like living in the middle stairwell – not reaching the next floor but not remaining on the one below.” Arab migrant women in Istanbul are no longer the people they were back home, yet not fully recognised in their new community, says Neveen Aboueldahab.

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#Migration #Sociology

The drastic decline in local government spending from 2010 was associated with a 9% lower probability of giving birth among the poorest third of women in England.

Laura Sochas and Jenny Chanfreau write about #reproductivejustice and #austerity in The Sociological Review magazine.

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FINAL CALL: The Sociological Review journal is recruiting 12 new Editorial Board members who will take up post in January 2027.

Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the richness and diversity of the sociological community.

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@joannechocolat.bsky.social Hot flush lit!

“Novels and poems present #Menopause as a lived experience, not something to be treated by doctors.”

In her poem, Jennifer Takhar @univcotedazur.bsky.social explores how “hot-flush lit” celebrates menopausal bodies and pushes for recognition rather than #Stigma.

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#FeministLit

Climbing the ladder in #HigherEducation in the UK is harder if you’re “non-White”. Moé Suzuki, part of that group, sees “insider-outsider” status as a research benefit.

In our September magazine, she describes how boosting interviews with drawing elicited in-depth responses.

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#UKEd

Powerpose? Leanin? Or bare your vulnerability? @lsemedia.bsky.social #feminist Shani Orgad discusses the imperatives to be #confident and #vulnerable - their costs, stakes, and unequal distribution.

#Tunein for more, including on #Foucault #Precarity and TV’s #TheBear

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“Public sociology can redistribute expertise, create dialogue and change the very institutions it studies.” The winners of the Sociological Review Foundation’s 2026 Public Sociology Awards explain what inspires their work and why sociology belongs in the wider world.

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“I tried giving up football and finding a pursuit that made me less miserable.”

In The Sociological Review magazine, academic and lifelong Sheffield Wednesday supporter Michael Brennan makes the case for protecting the social and civic function of football clubs.

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