Morgan Centre
Researching everyday lives using creative qualitative methods. Based at @UoMSociology.bluesky.social
- Reposted by Morgan CentreUniversity 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 Morgan CentreUniversity of Manchester Sociology Annual Lecture 2026: ‘Beyond Borders: Rethinking Migration and Citizenship’ Prof Bridget Anderson (University of Bristol) 📅 3.30–5pm, Thurs 12 Feb 2026 @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/university...
- 🎁New article by @sophierwoodward.bsky.social on the sociology of unwanted gifts: Dormant Gifts: Animating the Imagined and Narrated Pasts and Futures of Gifts @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social @uomsociology.bsky.social doi.org/10.3167/ee.2...
- Reposted by Morgan CentreDelighted that our work on #datingapps and viral risk during #COVID is now out in Social Science&Medicine. Did dating apps help or hinder safety during COVID among LGBT and heterosexual people? Check it out: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
- Reposted by Morgan CentreExcited to see this article published in Sociology about Fieldwork Fables, a series of research films, using actors, that myself and Profs Les Back and Michaela Benson made. Used in over 100 universities for methods teaching! shorturl.at/a3WDC @morgancentre.bsky.social @uomsociology.bsky.social
- Reposted by Morgan CentreThis week is #GriefAwarenessWeek, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow @ltowers728.bsky.social @uomsociology.bsky.social seeks to learn how through narration, siblings bereaved by suicide come to make sense of their loss and grief over time. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/ltow...
- SEMINAR: Student Voices in the Archives 🗓️ 1-2pm, Thurs 11 Dec(Online) 🗣️Sue Heath & Grant Collier Explore student life through UoM archives Part of the @thejohnrylands.bsky.social lunchtime seminar series @uomsociology.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/student-vo...
- 📖New book: Gender Studies: An interdisciplinary approach By @sophierwoodward.bsky.social & @kath070.bsky.social & published by @elgarpublishing.bsky.social www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/gen...
- Reposted by Morgan CentreEXHIBITION: Hulme Nannas' exhibition of (in)visibility, community and urban change 6-8pm Weds 5 Nov 2025, Manchester Museum 🎨Art 🗣️short talks 🍰food 🎵music! #McrESRCFest #ESRCFestival @uomsoss.bsky.social @muarg.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hulme-nann...
- Reposted by Morgan CentreSpare hour over half-term? Join Chata the golden retriever on Thurs 30th October for a family-friendly foray into what ‘work’ looks like from a dog’s perspective at the PMH in Manchester, part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences @morgancentre.bsky.social @uomsociology.bsky.social @ukri.org
- INAUGURAL LECTURE: 🗣️ Start or end of life? Advancing the Sociology of Life, Death & Bereavement - Kate Reed 📅4-5pm Tues 29 Oct 2025 📌In person (University of Manchester) or online 🎟️Free, register via Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/start-or-e...
- Reposted by Morgan CentreFABER LECTURE: 🗣️Pigeonholed: Creative freedom as an act of resistance - Gary Younge 📅 7pm Thurs 16 Oct 2025 (doors 6.30pm) 📍Friends’ Meeting House, Manchester 🎫Tickets & more info on Faber website faber.co.uk/product/uom-...
- 📺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! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
- Reposted by Morgan Centre📝'Theorising Ageing in Place During Urban Regeneration: A Spatial Approach' New article by Pippa Winship, @tinebuffel.bsky.social & Vanessa May @muarg.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- 📝Capital of Life in Death: How Bereaved Individuals Mobilise Cultural and Social Capital in UK Death Administration @ltowers728.bsky.social & Kate Reed in @bjsociology.bsky.social on the sociology of bereavement admin @uomsoss.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- New article: ✨Relational dynamite: Engagements with kinship at the interface of donor conception & DNA testing Petra Nordqvist, Leah Gilman, Caroline Redhead, Marie Fox, Nicky Hudson @fimaccallum.bsky.social @lucyfrith.bsky.social from #ConnecteDNA www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- We really enjoyed teaching our 'Creative Approaches to Qualitative Research' course at the @methodsmcr.bsky.social summer school - thanks to our great students! www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/r...
- If you didn't get a place this year you can fill in this form to get a message when the 2026 summer school opens for registration forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
- ✨Resilience and viral safety among LGBQ+ and heterosexual people using dating apps in the COVID-19 era: Data snapshot Brian Heaphy, @jgarciaiglesias.bsky.social & Qian Xiong figshare.com/articles/pre...
- Reposted by Morgan CentreCheck out the work of #Austerity and Altered Life Courses project here: www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/morgan-centr... @uomsoss.bsky.social @morgancentre.bsky.social @uomseed.bsky.social
- Reposted by Morgan CentreLast week we had our Anti-Poverty Chats for Change, a lunch event bringing together community, policy+uni folk in Manchester. Together we explored how to galvanise A-P change, working collectively+creatively. Here's our winning create plate by Terri Lucas! If you want to know more, get in touch! 🍽🖍
- Reposted by Morgan CentreAre you curious about expanding your social research practice to include nonhuman species, but don’t know where to start? Come and join this immersive three-day workshop at the University of Manchester, with a mix of indoor seminars and outdoor fieldwork: store.southampton.ac.uk/short-course...
- Reposted by Morgan CentreJoin us online or in person for our next seminar: The making of pragmatist feminism in Arab American women cultural productions - @roaa-ali.bsky.social 1-2.30pm Thur 19 June 2025 (Manchester/online) @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
- Creative Approaches to Qualitative Research (Morgan Centre summer school @methodsmcr.bsky.social ) 30 Jun-2 Jul (Manchester) For qualitative researchers who want to explore more creative/curious ways of researching - see link for taster session & more info new.express.adobe.com/webpage/p2Uw...
- Reposted by Morgan CentreNew from @ashleycollar.bsky.social on the changing symbolism of the Manchester bee in the 8 years since the bombing of Manchester arena. @uomsoss.bsky.social theconversation.com/eight-years-...
- WORKSHOP: Working with Qualitative Interview Data: Themes & Beyond 2-5pm, Thur 29 May 2025 This @methodsmcr.bsky.social workshop explores ways of analysing qualitative data in creative, curious ways. @uomsociology.bsky.social @ncrm.ac.uk new.express.adobe.com/webpage/qt8E...
- Reposted by Morgan CentreSEMINAR. Please join us online or in person (Manchester) 📌Bartered Bridegrooms: Transacting Muslim masculinities as colonial legacy 🗣 @drsuriyah.bsky.social Cardiff University 📆 4.30-6pm Mon 19 May events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:... @manchesterup.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
- Reposted by Morgan Centre🖋Fiction and Research 📆2.30-4pm Weds 14 May (online) Register for free ticket. @uomsociology.bsky.social @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social @methodsmcr.bsky.social @morgancentre.bsky.social @ncrm.ac.uk @uomsoss.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fiction-an...
- Reposted by Morgan CentreThis arrived the other day! Paperback! Available from 20th of this month and much more affordable at £28.99. 30 brilliant chapters on contemporary economic geographies, and all written by female and non-binary authors.
- Reposted by Morgan Centre80% of Northern Irish women first endured sexist behaviour as children - New research from Kim McFalone finds routine sexism and sexual harassment directed at girls. Presented at #britsoc25 @britsoci.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social @morgancentre.bsky.social www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/n...
- Reposted by Morgan CentreWe are looking forward to reading your submissions!
- Reposted by Morgan CentreAs an international project, we also welcome blogs that focus on various geographical locations. We encourage submissions from people at different career stages, and from academic, community, and policy backgrounds.
- Reposted by Morgan CentreWe approach disability inclusively and broadly, welcoming reflections on and about experiences of physical impairment, chronic illness, mental illness, body size, neurodivergence and learning disabilities, in relation to austerity.
- Reposted by Morgan CentreIf this date is not accessible for you, but you would still like to submit a summary, please let us know. If you have any questions, please get in contact using the email address above and one of our team will be able to help.
- Reposted by Morgan CentreIf you are interested in contributing to our blog series on the topic of austerity and disability, send us a short summary of your blog (200 words max) to austerityalters@manchester.ac.uk by Friday 30th May, with the subject line as ‘Disability and Austerity Blog’.
- Reposted by Morgan CentreDo you conduct work on disability + austerity? Do you have lived/research/policy experience of how austerity alters disabled people’s lives? We are curating a blog series focusing on ways austerity shapes + changes disabled people’s lives + futures, and we want to hear from you!
- Reposted by Morgan Centre📢✏️As well as publishing the final blog of series two (socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/morgan-centr...) we can now share an exciting update about series THREE, which explores 'How austerity alters disabled people’s lives + futures: intersectional understandings in research, policy, + practice'
- ✍🏿Austere life-courses and foreclosed futures: A relational geographical approach to work, housing & family across austerity Europe New article from the @austerityalters.bsky.social team in @dialogueshg.bsky.social @uomsociology.bsky.social @uomsalc.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Morgan Centre🎉Congratulations to @sophierwoodward.bsky.social - newly minted @britishacademy.bsky.social Fellow for her research on material culture, consumption & everyday life. @morgancentre.bsky.social www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/f...
- Free resources from the #DatingAppConnections team: 📌Why use dating apps? 📌Thinking about using dating apps? 📌How are dating apps changing our worlds? 📌Do’s and Don’ts on dating apps @nyodovich.bsky.social @jgarciaiglesias.bsky.social www.socialresponsibility.manchester.ac.uk/all-news/mak...
- One week left to apply for this Lecturer in Sociology post 👇🏾
- 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...
- Reposted by Morgan CentreHow does it feel to navigate bureaucracy in times of bereavement? What impact does this have on our processes of grieving? Kate Reed and Anna Balazs on the violence of bureaucracy and death administration. #OpenAccess buff.ly/3OAZXtq
- 📚🎉BOOK LAUNCH: 'Families' by Vanessa May 4.30-7.30pm, Thurs 3 April 2025, Manchester Vanessa May in conversation with Jennifer Mason, followed by refreshments. Register by 26/03, or reply below if form doesn't work! @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
- 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...
- 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...
- 📹Collyhurst Voices: Community perspectives on urban regeneration 📆6-7:30pm Weds 19 Mar 2025 Free screening of community-produced film about regeneration plans in N Manchester. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/collyhurst...
- New article: 📝“A Daily Jolt into Another World”: Gendered Risk and Cultural Difference in Student Lodgings at the Victoria University of Manchester - Sue Heath and Grant Collier on student 'digs' @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomsociology.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0046...
- Reposted by Morgan CentreFILM SCREENING 📽 Collyhurst Voices: Community perspectives on urban regeneration 📆 6pm Weds 19 Mar 2025 Free screening of community-produced film @muarg.bsky.social @tinebuffel.bsky.social @pattydoran.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/collyhurst...
- Reposted by Morgan CentreCreative Approaches to Qualitative Research (30 June - 2 July) This in-person course provides a hands-on introduction to creative approaches to doing qualitative research, led by academics from @morgancentre.bsky.social. new.express.adobe.com/webpage/p2Uw...
- Reposted by Morgan CentreThis past year, we've been working closely with 3 ace community partners to co-create anti-poverty strategies in Manchester. Our framework for how to work together & toolkit for policy-makers are now on our website: www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/morgan-centr... Please use and share widely!
- Reposted by Morgan CentreWe've a new paper out today on Austere Life-Courses and Foreclosed Futures in @dialogueshg.bsky.social. Read for free here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- Reposted by Morgan CentreLooking forward to the @morgancentre.bsky.social taster session on #creative #qualitative #methods. Also check out their @methodsmcr.bsky.social summer school course here: www.methods.manchester.ac.uk/events/metho...
- 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
- Reposted by Morgan CentreYou can find out more about this session led by @uomsociology.bsky.social's Morgan Centre academics, including how to register, below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-a...
- "Taking care of the grandchildren? No, thanks: 'I love my obligation-free life'" Adrienne Matei in The Guardian with comment from Vanessa May on the convenient cultural norm of grandparents ready to fill childcare gaps. @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
- 📌Third party assisted reproduction: Making connections across borders 📆 12-5pm Mon 28 April 2025 (Manchester) Discussion of global debates around assisted reproduction, the multi£££ fertility industry & DNA testing. @uomsoss.bsky.social @lucyfrith.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/third-part...
- Brian Heaphy comments on the changing nature of online relationships as people seek more authentic online connections #DatingAppConnections @jgarciaiglesias.bsky.social @nyodovich.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- The #DatingAppConnections project explores the use of dating apps for all kinds of connections, from friendship, romance, sex or just to pass the time @uomsoss.bsky.social sites.manchester.ac.uk/dating-app-c...
- Reposted by Morgan CentreSave £50 on registration for the BSA’s Annual Conference in April! Book before midnight on Sunday 23 February and get an early bird discount tinyurl.com/aby3f6k2 #Sociology
- Reposted by Morgan Centre“The child must have choices as they get older, this is not something to be forced.” – Emily, parent via donor conception Leah Gilman, Petra Nordqvist, Nicky Hudson & Lucy Frith on genetic testing, children's rights and “ontologies of childhood”. #OpenAccess in the journal buff.ly/4hkvoV5
- Reposted by Morgan CentreHappy to have this short piece published in So-Fi-Zine, on the politics of treading the line between fact and fiction in "What a Mouse Knows", a play based on my research with lab mouse welfare scientists sofizine.com/extra-conten... @uomsociology.bsky.social @morgancentre.bsky.social
- ✂🎨ZINE-MAKING WORKSHOP 3-4pm, Weds 4 Dec We're holding a zine-making workshop with #CreativeManchester. For ppl who like making zines or complete newbies interested in zines for research or fun. Linked to our #TeenageKicks project @uomsociology.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/teenage-ki...
- EVENT: 📌Research cafe: sketching & illustration as research tools 📆4-6pm Weds 4th Dec We're sharing our Air Space & Teenage Kicks projects in this event (inc private view of #TeenageKicks exhib). @uomsociology.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-c...
- Reposted by Morgan CentreA second piece out today in The Big Issue by @hannahjtw.bsky.social ft yours truly, continuing to push the government & DWP about austerity + winter fuel cuts. ✊️ @austerityalters.bsky.social www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
- Proud to join other voices pushing for an overhaul of yet more divisive spending cuts amidst everyday austerity. Thanks @hannahjtw.bsky.social @ The Big Issue for your work on this: www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
- Reposted by Morgan CentreLast week, @helenholmes.bsky.social gave the biennial Jack Jeffery lecture on #Sustainability at @newcastleuni.bsky.social The lecture was titled 'What a load of rubbish! Bins, Behaviours and the Circular Economy' ♻️ You can watch the recording online - visit: www.ncl.ac.uk/events/publi...
