NEW PAPER: 'Institutionalising Non-religion? Locating Non/Religion in a Welsh Primary School', lead authored by @joannamalone.bsky.social, with @annastrhan.bsky.social, myself & Sarah Neal, in Sociological Research Online, funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk: doi.org/10.1177/1360...

Institutionalising Non-religion? Locating Non/Religion in a Welsh Primary School - Joanna Malone, Anna Strhan, Peter Hemming, Sarah Neal, 2026

This article explores institutional manifestations of non/religion in a primary school in South Wales. According to the 2021 Census, South Wales has some of the...

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Dear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post. Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree. Now is the time to fix our democracy. Sign the open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/an...

Dear Andy Burnham: it's time for a fair voting system

Dear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post. Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree. Now is the time to fix our demo...

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The primary requisite skill of academics now is administration.

Delighted that our Special Issue of British Journal of Sociology of Education on 'Diversity of Religion and Belief in Education: Inequality, Citizenship & Belonging' has been published today in vol 47, issue 3, with 11 fantastic articles + editorial. Available at: www.tandfonline.com/toc/cbse20/4...

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Diversity of Religion and Belief in Education: Inequality, Citizenship and Belonging. Volume 47, Issue 3 of British Journal of Sociology of Education

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Thanks to colleagues at the Universities of Brighton and Surrey for curating this Race, Ethnicity and Antiracism Learning (REAL) resource bank for the social sciences in higher education: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/realresource...

New Year, New HE Teaching Resource Site! Check out the REAL Resource Bank: Race, Ethnicity and Antiracism Learning for the Social Sciences in Higher Education blogs.brighton.ac.uk/realresource...

Our article in The Sociological Review on 'Schooling Citizenship in a Therapeutic Society' has now been published open access! @annastrhan.bsky.social @joannamalone.bsky.social @Sarah Neal

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How does the therapeutic ethos manifest itself in Britain’s primary schools? @drpeterjhemming.bsky.social and co-authors take a closer look at the post-COVID mental health crisis, religion and unrecognised complexities. #OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com @leverhulme.ac.uk buff.ly/gIv2osH

18 months of hard work but I'm absolutely over the moon today, as we receive official confirmation our article has been accepted for publication in The Sociological Review: Hemming, P.J., Strhan, A., Malone, J. & Neal, S. (in press) 'Schooling Citizenship and Character in a Therapeutic Society'!

We're currently advertising for a 3+ year post-doc position @education.ox.ac.uk working on the ESRC-funded @studentspolitics.bsky.social project with @rilleraaper.bsky.social, Tom Fryer & me - to start ASAP Deadline: 9 June Please repost- thanks! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Invitation for applications to join the editorial board of the British Journal of Sociology of Education - expertise in quantitative methods and/or digital technologies - deadline Friday 13 June 2025 - see attached image for full details!

📣 Call for Papers for #SRHE2025 now open! We welcome submissions for research papers, symposia, and posters from postgraduate students, researchers, and practitioners in HE research. Visit bit.ly/3CFqrHz to find out more. Closing date 15 May 2025. #HigherEducation #Research #Conference #CFP

Just booked 4 nights in Mykonos for end of April/start of May! Hopefully the anticipation will help get me through the remaining 4 weeks of term…🏖️

"this is a very welcome and common sense move from the Government to give opportunities back to young Brits while helping businesses across the UK struggling with labour shortages... it really is a win-win for both the UK and EU.” @pimlicat.bsky.social www.bestforbritain.org/_government_...

Campaign Success: Government to offer Youth Mobility Scheme to EU

A reciprocal EU-UK Youth Mobility Scheme was first proposed by the cross-party UK trade and Business Commission in May 2023 with Best for Britain campaigning for the proposal ever since.

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Scholarship available for our new MSc Social Research at University of Surrey for students from a low-income or less advantaged background: www.surrey.ac.uk/news/new-sch...

New paper in @bjse.bsky.social exploring children's emotional engagements with aspects of religion they encounter in school - from interest via boredom to feelings of injustice, emerging from @leverhulme.bsky.social project with @joannamalone.bsky.social @drpeterjhemming.bsky.social and Sarah Neal

Affective engagements with religion and citizenship in English primary schools

This article draws on qualitative data from the ‘Becoming Citizens of “Post-secular” Britain’ study to examine different ways in which religion becomes interwoven in affective citizenship in school...

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New article in the BJSE with @annastrhan.bsky.social @drpeterjhemming.bsky.social and Sarah Neal from our 'Becoming Citizens of 'Post-Secular Britain: Religion in Primary School Life' project Education:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01425692.2025.2462954

Affective engagements with religion and citizenship in English primary schools

This article draws on qualitative data from the ‘Becoming Citizens of “Post-secular” Britain’ study to examine different ways in which religion becomes interwoven in affective citizenship in school...

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Article published in REtoday magazine talking about citizenship and RE in primary schools from our 'Becoming Citizens of 'Post-Secular Britain: Religion in Primary School Life' project @annastrhan.bsky.social @drpeterjhemming.bsky.social and Sarah Neal. reteachingresources.co.uk/product/reto...

REtoday Magazine - Beyond Human » RE Teaching Resources

Is RE too human-centric? This edition explores RE beyond the human realm; from the divine, super-human, non-human, to the ever-evolving world of AI.

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FIRE ON ICE: These bare branches breaking through a frozen section of Loch Arklet caught my eye with the surrounding sunlit hills reflected on the ice. #Sharemondays2025 #fsprintmonday #landscapephotography #fujifilm #scotland

I'm currently writing up research commissioned by Welsh Gov on the way schools are enacting CfW to support equity & inclusion. This qualitative research has provided valuable insights into how schools are curriculum making & perceive their role in tackling inequalities in education.

Short animated video clip presenting findings from our recent research project!

Joanna Malone@joannamalone.bsky.social · 2y ago

A short video detailing some of our key findings from the 'Becoming Citizens of 'Post-Secular Britain: Religion in Primary School Life' project with @annastrhan.bsky.social @drpeterjhemming.bsky.social and Sarah Neal. youtu.be/YYO31AZiN3A?...

Delighted that our special issue on 'International student mobility within Europe: responding to contemporary challenges' has just been published! Pleasure to guest-edit this w/ @sazanajayadeva.bsky.social Daniel Faas, Aline Courtois & Suzanne Beech Our editorial: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

International student mobility within Europe: responding to contemporary challenges - Higher Education

In this article, we provide an introduction to the special issue on ‘Challenges to International Student Mobility within Europe’. We first discuss the current context of such mobility and justify our ...

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Can't beat a good STV election to (a) remind us what real democracy looks like, and (b) take up the entire weekend #Irishelection

Recent articles: Arat, A. & Hemming, P.J. (2024) ‘Secular, religious or spiritual? A sociological portrait of UK mindfulness teachers’ Religion - doi.org/10.1080/0048...

Secular, religious or spiritual? A sociological portrait of UK mindfulness teachers

Mindfulness is commonly defined in the public and professional realms as a secular therapeutic technique, but less attention has been paid to the practitioners at the vanguard of the contemporary U...

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Recent articles: Hemming, P.J. & Hailwood, E. (2024) 'Mindfulness in schools: issues of equality and diversity' in British Journal of Sociology of Education - doi.org/10.1080/0142...

Mindfulness in schools: issues of equality and diversity

Mindfulness is increasingly offered in schools around the UK, as well as internationally. Previous research has focused on the efficacy, the implementation, and the wider meaning of mindfulness in ...

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New paper in Social & Cultural Geography journal written with Alison Allam, Ana Bê, Catherine Hale, Morag Rose & Anna Ruddock. Informed by the conceptual work from my ISRF fellowship, reflecting on our experiences of working in/with academia with energy limiting conditions doi.org/10.1080/1464...

Being left behind beyond recovery: ‘crip time’ and chronic illness in neoliberal academia

In this paper, we use crip time to reflect on being left behind in relation to normative temporalities, based on our experiences of living with Energy Limiting Conditions (ELC) while at different c...

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New to this place. New textbook coming out next month on completing a social science research project aimed at undergraduate students #socialscience #sociology #criminology #education #psychology

Our article 'Becoming Humanist: Worldview Formation and the Emergence of Atheist Britain' was just assigned an issue. Sharing again for anyone who missed it! academic.oup.com/socrel/artic...

Becoming Humanist: Worldview Formation and the Emergence of Atheist Britain

Abstract. It is widely accepted that the growth of “non-religious” identification and “non-belief” in God(s) in many societies is linked to changing religi

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