Morgan Centre
@morgancentre.bsky.social
Researching everyday lives using creative qualitative methods. Based at @UoMSociology.bluesky.social
Did you know the average funeral in the UK is £4K? But that’s not the only cost of bereavement. Join researchers from @uomsociology.bsky.social for The Costs of Dying, an interactive event exploring the financial, emotional, physical and practical costs of bereavement. 📅 3 Nov, 10am-12pm 📍 HOME
The Hidden Costs of Dying
The average funeral in the UK costs around £4,000, but what about the other costs that can occur when someone dies?
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SEMINAR: ✨The ageing of family change 🎤Torbjörn Bildtgård ✨A new gift for the barren ones: Examining the introduction of egg donation in Norway 🎤Ingvill Stuvøy 📅Wed 18 Nov 2026 at 3-5pm 📌Room 2.79, Williamson Building, University of Manchester www.linkedin.com/posts/morgan...
Please join us for a seminar featuring two visiting researchers: ✨The ageing of family change 🎤Torbjörn Bildtgård (Stockholm University, Sweden) ✨A new gift for the barren ones: Examining the… | M...
Please join us for a seminar featuring two visiting researchers: ✨The ageing of family change 🎤Torbjörn Bildtgård (Stockholm University, Sweden) ✨A new gift for the barren ones: Examining the intr...
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Living and Dying: The Morgan Centre In Conversation Series 1.30-3pm, Tues 10 Nov (online) Michael Brennan, Laura Towers, Kate Reed and Kylie Baldwin will discuss Living and Dying, one of the Morgan Centre’s new research themes. All welcome! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/living-and...
Living and Dying: The Morgan Centre In Conversation Series
Michael Brennan, Laura Towers, Kate Reed and Kylie Baldwin will discuss Living and Dying, one of the Morgan Centre’s new research themes.
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I’m very pleased to share the publication of a new book that Tingting Hu and I have co-authored, The Danmei Culture in Chinese Media and Society: Male-Male Romance, Resistance and Representation, published by Routledge! 🎉🎉🎉
Fan Studies Network@fanstudies.bsky.social · 2mo agoNew book ⬇️⬇️⬇️ The Danmei Culture in Chinese Media and Society: Male-Male Romance, Resistance and Representation By Tingting Hu & Liang Ge #FanStudies www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...
🎧Why does building a future feel so out of reach even when we're doing everything we're told to? @smhall.bsky.social talks to Jeoffrey Sarpong about how the economic policies impact the everyday lives of Gen Z @uomhums.bsky.social @austerityalters.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgsN...
Jeoffrey Sarpong Podcast | Professor Sarah Marie Hall - EP.108
YouTube video by Jeoffrey Sarpong
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'[Y]oung people feel guilty, they feel responsible that they have not met these particular milestones. But actually, it's ...a societal issue.' @smhall.bsky.social of @austerityalters.bsky.social interviewed by BBC on the unique challenges faced by Gen Z www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AY3...
BBC News - Professor Sarah Marie Hall on the lives of young people
YouTube video by University of Manchester Media Relations
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📝New article on financial capacity assessment in older adults 'Counting the pennies: financial capacity assessment, law, & policy' Authors: Nicola Glover-Thomas, Alex Hall & @gerontologyuk.bsky.social @morgancentre.bsky.social @muarg.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Counting the pennies: financial capacity assessment, law, and policy
The capacity to manage personal finances is fundamental to the autonomy and well-being of older adults, yet cognitive decline increasingly threatens this independence. This paper examines the chall...
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Great to see the 20th anniversary @morgancentre.bsky.social exhibition up in Sam Alex glass corridor, hosted with @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social
New article from Tetyana Solovey on how repairs and upcycling can change our relationship with our clothes as well as making the industry more sustainable
University of Manchester School of Social Sciences@uomsoss.bsky.social · 4mo agoHow do our relationships with clothes shape consumption? @uomsociology.bsky.social PhD researcher Tetyana Solovey explores why clothes matter beyond what they symbolise, and how repair + upcycling can challenge overconsumption. 🔗Read the full blog here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-v...
VACANCY: Lecturer in Sociology (focus on race, ethnicity, intersecting inequalities) @uomsociology.bsky.social 4 years from 1 Oct 2026, £42,254 p.a., full time Closing date: Weds 17 June 2026 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Lecturer in Sociology:Oxford Road
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New article: 📝The Limits of Signposting: Financial Capacity and Responsibility in Later Life Social Care Hall, @gerontologyuk.bsky.social Straub & Glover-Thomas How “signposting” can deflect responsibility for financial wellbeing in later life social care. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Limits of Signposting: Financial Capacity and Responsibility in Later Life Social Care
The ability to manage money is crucial for independent living in later life, yet financial capacity often declines with age and cognitive impairment. This study explored how social care practitione...
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📝 New article from Petra Nordqvist and @lucyfrith.bsky.social on how legislation on egg & sperm donation should adapt to the changing donation landscape created by at-home DNA testing. @uomlaw.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2026/0...
Especially lovely to see our @liangge11.bsky.social & Pippa Winship winning prizes for their research engagement! 😍 @muarg.bsky.social
University of Manchester School of Social Sciences@uomsoss.bsky.social · 6mo agoCongratulations to the winners of the 2026 Sociology Impact and Engagement Prize, recognising outstanding work that shares sociological research far beyond academia. www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/w... @uomsociology.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk
Legal Frameworks and Personal Experiences: Egg Donation in Japan and Taiwan - HYBRID Prof Chiaki Shirai (Shizuoka Uni, Japan) 📅 4-5.30pm (BST) Wed 24 June 2026 📍Arthur Lewis Building, G.019 (tea/coffee from 3.30pm) 🌐Teams Meeting ID:358 860 694 729 220; Passcode:RF6pM7Ch @uomsociology.bsky.social
📢Major new UKRI-funded research project: 'Air Spaces: Getting the Measure of Air' involves researchers from across UoM & community partners to explore air pollution inequalities Builds on a great pilot project. So excited to see where this research takes us! www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/m...
Manchester researchers launch major UKRI funded project to understand “air inequalities”
A team of researchers at The University of Manchester has been awarded UKRI funding for a pioneering interdisciplinary project examining how communities experience and understand air pollution in ever...
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Nominee for the Sociology Sage Prize 2026 In ‘Siblings and the Bereaved Self’, Laura Towers questions how the death and subsequent loss of a brother or sister affects the way that surviving siblings (continue to) construct their sense of self. Read the full article below. doi.org/10.1177/0038...
SEMINAR: Relational understandings of life, relationships and moments that matter (Kaisa Kuurne & @saraelden.bsky.social) 📅1-3pm 21 April 2026 📌Room 5.205 Uni Place ☕Tea/coffee from 1pm Special double seminar from two visiting researchers - all welcome! events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
This new book features writing from @helenholmes.bsky.social on the waste crisis; @briony.bsky.social on gender; & Vanessa May on migration (& editing duties!). All welcome to the book launch!
University of Manchester Sociology Department@uomsociology.bsky.social · 8mo ago📘 Book launch: Interrogating the Global Social Challenges 📅 Wed 8 April 2026 6.45pm Come along for a sociological perspective on challenges inc global waste, racial injustice, gender, work, climate, pandemics, radicalisation, ageing, inequality & migration www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
📺WATCH - new videos added to our 20th anniversary key concepts series: 🐶Animals & Social Life 👥 Sibling relationships 👩🏽👧🏽👦🏽Family practices ♻️Consumption & everyday life 🦉What is ageing? Thanks to everybody who helped make these, and we hope you enjoy them! youtube.com/playlist?lis...
The Morgan Centre: Key concepts in creative methods and everyday lives research - YouTube
To mark 20 years of the Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives at the University of Manchester, we are pleased to present a new series of videos in w...
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VACANCY (1 of 2...) Lecturer in Sociology @uomsociology.bsky.social with a qualitative or theoretical research expertise in the fields of political sociology of class and economy or cultural interpretations of class. Please share - thanks! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Lecturer in Sociology:Oxford Road
The Department of Sociology is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Sociology (Teaching & Research) with qualitative or theoretical research expertise in the fields of political sociology of class and economy or cultural interpretations of class.
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VACANCY (2 of 2...) Lecturer in Sociology @uomsociology.bsky.social with research expertise in the field(s) of racial inequalities, anti-racism and theoretical debates in ‘race’. Please share - thanks! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Lecturer in Sociology:Oxford Road
The Department of Sociology is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Sociology (Teaching & Research) with qualitative or theoretical research expertise in the fields of political sociology of class and economy or cultural interpretations of class.
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University 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...
Beyond Borders: Rethinking Migration and Citizenship - Bridget Anderson
Please join us for the University of Manchester Sociology Annual Lecture 2026, followed by a drinks reception.
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University 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...
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Delighted 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...
Excited 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
The Unloved Curriculum: Teaching Research Methods and ‘Demonstrably Alive’ Sociology - Les Back, Michaela Benson, Maisie Tomlinson, 2025
This article reflects our experiences of developing a more sociable approach to teaching qualitative methods. Through a set of examples drawn from our teaching ...
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This 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...
Storying the unspeakable: narrating the experiences of suicide-bereaved siblings
Using creative elicitation interviews, Laura Towers seeks to learn more about how, through narration, siblings bereaved by suicide come to make sense of their loss and grief over time
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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...
Student voices in the archives
The online Rylands Lunchtime Seminar Series.
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📖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...
Gender Studies
‘This ambitious book offers the reader the opportunity to think about gender in a multidisciplinary way. Written in a clear and accessible style, the authors provide interesting case study examples to...
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