Amit Singh
Sociologist based at UCL
- Reposted by Amit SinghHello, I have a new book out in the spring with Picador and I would love it if you could help me spread the word. IF WE TOLERATE THIS draws on years of work, to help readers understand why British politics is hurtling rightwards and what to do about it. Pre-orders: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/if-w...
- Reposted by Amit SinghJOB! I'm hiring a postdoc for 2 years on my ERC MaMo project. Looking for someone with strong quant methods, ongoing work close to the project's aims, and a desire to publish in sociology. Start flexible in the next 12 months. Formal call out shortly, but contact me first.
- Doing this talk at the University of Bath next Monday on my upcoming book Cancelled Futures, based on my @leverhulme.ac.uk project exploring working-class transitions to work in London, Morecambe & Rochdale. It's also online for anyone interested... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cancelled-...
- Reposted by Amit SinghUniversity of Manchester Sociology Annual Lecture 2026: ‘Beyond Borders: Rethinking Migration & Citizenship’ Prof Bridget Anderson (University of Bristol) 📅 3.30–5pm, Thurs 12 Feb 2026 (followed by drinks reception) All welcome! @britsoci.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-bor...
- Reposted by Amit SinghNew job: I’ve just started as a Senior Researcher at the @mpimmg.bsky.social (new name and focus on politics & society coming). I will lead a research area on “Social and Political Conflicts”, looking at the social bases of political divides, class politics, climate and more. Get in touch if...
- Excellent piece from Luke de Noronha for @ersjournal.com An experiment in cutting race down to analytical size 'The challenge, as ever, is to get on top of the contemporary and make arguments rather than assume them.' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Brilliant open-access collection of essays on 'The Cultural Location of Fascism' here including by @gavant.bsky.social @charlottefraser.bsky.social + many more I couldn't find on here! reframe.sussex.ac.uk/statesofcult...
- Any London-based academics keen to deliver one-off sociology-adjacent interactive lectures/seminars to sixth-formers in South London on Wednesday afternoons (3.15-4.15 pm) as part of a "Race, Class & Society" enrichment curriculum from early Jan - mid-Feb?
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Amit SinghHope is here. Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
- The racial politics of police warfare by Jas Nijjar for @manchesterup.bsky.social with a foreword from David Theo Goldberg will be must read/must teach for anyone interested in race, racism and/or policing! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526174420/
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Amit SinghOut today (ebook version)! jameskneale.com/2025/11/13/t...
- Reposted by Amit SinghThis looks brilliant. I've been lucky enough to see see @jameskneale.bsky.social present on this research and its just fascinating. Can't wait to see the whole thing. Recommend wholeheartedly to @drinkingstudies.bsky.social and Victorianists among others....
- If you want a sneak peek at my forthcoming book, Temperance Lives: Life Assurance, Drink and Medicine in Britain, 1840-1918, you can read part of the introduction and check out the contents and indexes with this widget bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/690c7... @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social
- Reposted by Amit SinghHuman Geography at Leicester is facing closure. Staff contracts are to end in June 2026; students are to be relocated to other universities, or taught out by a maximum of two (!) teaching-only staff. Other departments and subjects are facing closure, too. Please join the demo!
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Amit SinghIf you want a sneak peek at my forthcoming book, Temperance Lives: Life Assurance, Drink and Medicine in Britain, 1840-1918, you can read part of the introduction and check out the contents and indexes with this widget bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/690c7... @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Amit SinghJoin us for an exciting panel event - Visualising Migration: Art, Resistance & Wellbeing 📅 Tuesday 11th November, 4.30–6.30pm 📍 Leolin Price Lecture Theatre, 30 Guilford Street, UCL GOSICH Book your spot now: 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/visualisin... @tcru-ucl.bsky.social @uclhealthpublic.bsky.social
- Reposted by Amit SinghLooking to build back up my group of PhD students. Primarily interested in supervising in the area of drug policy but open to other areas, too. Drop me an email if you have an idea. For more information about me and my work, take a look here: tobyseddon.com
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- New open-access paper for @youthstudies.bsky.social from my @leverhulme.ac.uk lme.ac.uk project It explores how place influences working-class young people's transitions out of education in London, Rochdale & Morecambe www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @tcru-ucl.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social
- Hurricane Melissa by Luke de Noronha for @lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...
- Some old photos of Glassy Junction from the 1990s, including a snap featuring Saeed Jaffrey pouring a pint
- This by @sachahilhorst.bsky.social on the need for "places to come together" for those interested in progressive politics is really great www.ippr.org/articles/pla...
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Amit SinghTODAY: Immigration, Policy & Protest – a sociological look at the UK’s politics of #immigration. 🎙️ Speakers: Fizza Qureshi @migrantsrights.bsky.social, @michaelacbenson.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social 📅 Today from 18.30 to 20.00 BST ➡️ Tickets buff.ly/DGBy564
- Reposted by Amit Singh💥 Apps open for 2026/27 entry @sriucl.bsky.social! 📌Sociology MSc www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-... 📌Sociology & Data Science MSc www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-... 📌Sociology & Social Inequalities MSc www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-... 📌Sociology of Childhood & Children’s Rights MA www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
- Reposted by Amit SinghSubmit an abstract for the BJS Conference - April 23 and 24 2026 at LSE. Deadline this Monday! www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Amit SinghScholarship opportunities for studying MSc/MA Sociology (shorturl.at/RiL2P) @sriucl.bsky.social: 📌Master's Bursary: shorturl.at/gKkvx 📌Global Master's Scholarship: shorturl.at/sift7 📌Humanitarian Scholarship: shorturl.at/y9qsL 📌Chevening: www.chevening.org Applications open from October 13!
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Amit SinghSo much talk about Reform voters, but I'm yet to read much about their lives beyond tropes and excuses ('legitimate concerns'). I've been back in the midlands to interview people and learn more. Here's my piece on them and Reform's attempts to present itself as a community-minded, pro-worker party:
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Short essay for @renewaljournal.bsky.social me and Vallu wrote on Farage, politics and pubs... a bit of a preview to the book we're working on about pubs, race and the nation to be published with @manchesterup.bsky.social in September 2026 renewal.org.uk/articles/the...
- Reposted by Amit SinghNEW ISSUE: Renewal Vol. 33 No. 2 Published amidst far-right mobilisation and a Reform surge, the new issue of Renewal (guest co-edited by @sachahilhorst.bsky.social) features activists, journalists, and academics analysing the radical right threat and debating how social democrats can respond
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Amit Singh📣 The Call for Papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference is open! The conference will showcase cutting-edge research from across the discipline of sociology, bringing together over 200 academics to advance their research. Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Amit SinghOK, a🧵: Our new paper studies workers' political consciousness in times of class demobilization. We show there's more to workers' politics than right-wing resentment. Listening to workers, we reconstruct their moral critiques of money, power & recognition. Link journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- Proper thread after the summer break– but if you were looking for a beach read about political reasoning in today's working class, look no further: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Amit SinghThrilled to have started a new chapter in my career at @sriucl.bsky.social & Quantitative Social Science (QSS) centre @ucl.ac.uk this week. Absolutely love my supportive colleagues & the inspiring environment ❤️ We're hiring 2 new lecturers in QSS – come and join us ➡ www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Amit Singh[Not loaded yet]
