Prof. Bethan Evans
Professor of Human Geography at Uni of Liverpool, research on chronic illness, energy limiting conditions, fat embodiment. Feminist, Fat Activist, Spoonie, PwME, Friend, Sister, Daughter, Person. Hobbies: SF, cats, knitting/crochet. she/her or they/their 🏳️⚧️
- Reposted by Prof. Bethan EvansPlease join us at SOAS and online for HOW WE APPEAR AND HOW WE ARE FELT: A Conversation w Dr Khairani Barokka about ANNAH, INFINITE. Can’t wait to be in convo w Dr Anandi Rao and with all of you via Q and A. JAN 29, 5-7PM BST, Register via QR code www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
- Reposted by Prof. Bethan EvansToday we launch States of Precarity in UK HE Geography. Thank you to the 364 colleagues whose experiences shaped this work. Download the report, share widely, and join us in advocating for change. Launch event (1:00-2:30GMT): www.rgs.org/events/upcom... Read report: www.rgs.org/research/hig...
- Reposted by Prof. Bethan Evans2025 has been a rotten year for most early career postdoctoral researchers, especially in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. For a better 2026, check out (or repost) this short thread on a free resource for UK-based SHAPE PhDs within 10 years (excluding career breaks) of the doctorate. 1/3
- My top 2025 fiction read: ‘When There are Wolves Again’ by EJ Swift. Beautifully written exploration of ways of living with more-than-human others in the context of climate change. I highly recommend for geographers & env sci/humanities folk as well as SF fans. It deserves to win all the awards.
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- Reposted by Prof. Bethan EvansNew paper outlining a spatial account of #FND and proposing an approach to the co-production of functional symptoms. It draws on my longstanding work on geographies of health knowledges, my recent health experiences, and emerging interdisciplinary conversations www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Thanks to @elainagmamaril.bsky.social for inviting @alisonallam.bsky.social @thelrm.bsky.social @equihealthfutures.bsky.social Ana Bê Periera and I to discuss creating inclusive research cultures for people with energy limiting conditions as part of this brilliant podcast series
- A brand new episode of #CrippingResearchCulture, a Wellcome Anti-Ableist Research Culture podcast, is out now! Listen to “Disabled-led Research with Bethan Evans et al” wherever podcasts are found. lnkd.in/e-dgr7Md
- Reposted by Prof. Bethan EvansIn this episode, we discuss: - The management labour needed to create a disability-inclusive workplace - Access intimacy - How disabled-led research informs collaborative and co-production relationships
- Reposted by Prof. Bethan EvansDisabled researchers are here now. Bethan Evans, Anna Ruddock, Alison Allam, and Morag Rose have developed inclusive methods for researchers and participants with energy limiting conditions and illnesses, showcasing what research led by disabled scholars can look like.
- Reposted by Prof. Bethan EvansA brand new episode of #CrippingResearchCulture, a Wellcome Anti-Ableist Research Culture podcast, is out now! Listen to “Disabled-led Research with Bethan Evans et al” wherever podcasts are found. lnkd.in/e-dgr7Md
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- Reposted by Prof. Bethan EvansWhen will this crisis get any attention whatsoever!? A THOUSAND ACADEMIC STAFF AT ONE INSTITUTION SERVED REDUNDANCY RISK NOTICES! And that's not counting what's surely being visited on professional services staff too. This is an economic catastrophe, to say nothing of the intellectual catastrophe!
- Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252: Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email. Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
- What’s happened to Research Rabbit? It’s gone from one of my most frequently recommended tools to utterly unusable 😩
- Even in the rain Glow at Bridgewater gardens is beautiful. Well worth a visit, and all bar a tiny bit wheelchair accessible
- Reposted by Prof. Bethan EvansThis article suggests the possibility of training AI on pre-existing proposals and their review reports, scores and related decisions. I.e. training them on a system which is known to preferentially award larger amounts of money to white men. What could possibly go wrong?
- UKRI exploring use of AI in grant review - this will prompt debate but interested to know if people think it’d encourage novelty or the opposite? www.chemistryworld.com/news/ukri-op...
- If anyone missed the launch event last week for our guidance on more inclusive workplaces for academics with ELC, the recording is now available on our website (along with the guidance) exhaustioneconomy.uk/guidance/ @alisonallam.bsky.social @catherinehale.bsky.social @equihealthfutures.bsky.social
- Join us 24th Nov 2-3pm for a webinar on creating inclusive workplaces for academics with Energy Limiting Conditions. Register: AcademicsWithELC.eventbrite.co.uk For academics with ELC, line managers, HR, funders, publishers, union & EDI reps & conference organisers @isrfoundation.bsky.social
- Reposted by Prof. Bethan EvansThis event was really important and informative. If you have not done so, please check out the 'creating more inclusive workplaces for academics with energy limiting conditions' guidance. The webinar was recorded and will be posted on the project website soon exhaustioneconomy.uk/guidance/
- Join us 24th Nov 2-3pm for a webinar on creating inclusive workplaces for academics with Energy Limiting Conditions. Register: AcademicsWithELC.eventbrite.co.uk For academics with ELC, line managers, HR, funders, publishers, union & EDI reps & conference organisers @isrfoundation.bsky.social
- This is on Monday. Do join us if you can and are interested in more inclusive academic workplaces
- Join us 24th Nov 2-3pm for a webinar on creating inclusive workplaces for academics with Energy Limiting Conditions. Register: AcademicsWithELC.eventbrite.co.uk For academics with ELC, line managers, HR, funders, publishers, union & EDI reps & conference organisers @isrfoundation.bsky.social
- Reposted by Prof. Bethan EvansStates of Precarity in UK HE Geography: A new report on the long and short term effects of precarity across career stages, with a series of best practice resources to support more equitable working cultures. www.rgs.org/research/hig... @rgsibg.bsky.social @antipodeonline.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Prof. Bethan Evans🧵 Rest in power, Alice Wong. @sfdirewolf.bsky.social A trailblazer, a fierce advocate, and a relentless voice for disability rights. Her work changed the landscape for so many. /1
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- Reposted by Prof. Bethan EvansHuman 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!
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- The research on which this guidance is based was funded by @isrfoundation.bsky.social guided by an advisory board with members from @ucu.org.uk @nadsn.bsky.social @longcovidsupport.bsky.social & chronic illness inclusion. Collaborative with @equihealthfutures.bsky.social & @alisonallam.bsky.social
- Join us 24th Nov 2-3pm for a webinar on creating inclusive workplaces for academics with Energy Limiting Conditions. Register: AcademicsWithELC.eventbrite.co.uk For academics with ELC, line managers, HR, funders, publishers, union & EDI reps & conference organisers @isrfoundation.bsky.social
- Join us 24th Nov 2-3pm for a webinar on creating inclusive workplaces for academics with Energy Limiting Conditions. Register: AcademicsWithELC.eventbrite.co.uk For academics with ELC, line managers, HR, funders, publishers, union & EDI reps & conference organisers @isrfoundation.bsky.social
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- Beautiful sky in Liverpool tonight
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- Brilliant post by @kacheston.bsky.social
- This is dreadful news
- Simon Wessely — the controversial psychiatrist once dubbed “Britain’s most hated doctor” has been appointed vice chair of Labour’s review into overdiagnosis of mental health and neurodivergence. www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/controv...
- So excited to read this! @thelrm.bsky.social
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- These animations are lovely
- Hurrah! We can finally share the animations I have been working on with @thrivingautistic.bsky.social First short film is: Discovering You're Autistic Please do let us know what you think and share if you find valuable! youtu.be/-eDv2omDMko?...
- A plea to academic publishers: please stop publishing articles formatted in columns. It’s a pain for people using screen readers and is generally more difficult to read on a screen, which is likely how the majority of articles are read these days.
- Reposted by Prof. Bethan EvansThis is, I believe, the first official word from the Government on what happened yesterday in London. Not only inaction in the face of violence and hate, but a celebration of it. I passed through London twice yesterday with my two kids & what Labour seem to be missing is that people aren't just...
- Brilliant, informative & funny talk by @hanachronism.bsky.social on the Voyager probe at @britsciassoc.bsky.social festival. And fantastic accompanying online exhibition on SF & alien language curated by @jonathanthornton.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social digitalheritagelab.liverpool.ac.uk/voyager
- So looking forward to this, and honoured that @thelrm.bsky.social has asked me to discuss their excellent new book!
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- Reposted by Prof. Bethan EvansImportant reminder for UK peeps today! The alert test is at 3pm so if you’re someone with a secret phone, switch off your phone or put it in airplane mode to avoid it making noise.
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- Our school is looking for a new Head of Department for Geography and Planning. Details below. @livunigeog.bsky.social @livuniplanning.bsky.social @livunisoes.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ551/h...
- Reposted by Prof. Bethan Evans🎸 Eric's, Planet X, The Royal Court? Liverpool music lovers assemble and help map the city's musical heritage hotspots at this event organised by our Music Dept and the British Science Festival. 12 Sept in the Kaz. Were you there? britishsciencefestival.org/event/i-was-... #BSF25
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- Reposted by Prof. Bethan EvansChatGPT 5 boasts it can function at PhD level, “ask me anything”. Spouse inputs the title of his own PhD, says please write me a PhD on this topic. ChatGPT5 immediately crashes. Recovers, then produces a page of articulate garbage citing plausible-sounding but incorrect sources.
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- Reposted by Prof. Bethan EvansScientists find link between genes and ME/chronic fatigue syndrome
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- Reposted by Prof. Bethan EvansOver 1000 signatories in 36 hours! Let's make it 2000 by the weekend 👇 Please sign 👇 Please circulate 👇
- - 400 jobs to go at Lancaster University - 1 in 4 people will be made redundant But where's the financial evidence for this extreme action? Please read 👇 Sign the petition 👇 chng.it/7F52bThYqn
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- Reposted by Prof. Bethan EvansIf you met an alien, what would you say? And how would you say it? Celebrate 50 years of Voyager with @hanachronism.bsky.social at the British Science Festival, 13 Sept, and brush up on your intergalactic etiquette britishscienceassociation-tickets.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... #BSF25
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- Reposted by Prof. Bethan EvansAs someone actually trained in behavioural psychology—unlike most MPs—I can tell you: financial precarity doesn’t “incentivise” sick people to work. It breaks them. Stress worsens health. Fear doesn’t create productivity. It creates collapse. #TakingThePIP
- DWP boss just said Universal Credit gives disabled people 'perverse incentives' not to work Liz Kendall's shocking comments came just as a new report slams the DWP for failing vulnerable claimants. So which is it??? www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
