Lead author Dharmi Kapadia is giving a plenary on this topic at the BSA Medical Sociology Group conference 8-10 Sept: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

✨ ARTICLE: 'Racism, mortification & carcerality: 3 concepts needed to understand the experiences of racially minoritised people diagnosed with severe mental illness' By D Kapadia, M Haarmans, J Grant-Rowles, C Maxwell, Z Motala, J Nazroo, S Osahan, J Rhodes www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Remi Joseph Salisbury on how we can make policing more equitable for all communities - new article for @lbc.co.uk @uomsociology.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social www.lbc.co.uk/article/two-...

Two-tier policing is a reality distortion that distracts from real problems with law enforcement | LBC

The two-tier policing narrative depends not just on ignoring evidence but on actively constructing an alternative reality, writes sociology expert Remi Joseph-Salisbury

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🎙️@identitiesjournal.bsky.social Podcast - Ep 10: The Asian Gang Revisited Exploring issues around changing Muslim masculinities, inspired by Claire Alexander's 'The Asian Gang Revisited'⁠. With Marcus Anthony Hunter, Shamim Miah, Sadiya Akram, Nick Beech soundcloud.com/theidentitie...

Episode 10 - The Asian Gang Revisited

This conversation is based on a panel event exploring⁠ The Asian Gang Revisited: Changing Muslim Masculinities⁠ by Professor Claire Alexander, recently featured in an Identities ⁠special symposium⁠. B

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Come and work with us as our new Lecturer in Sociology (race, ethnicity and intersecting inequalities). 4 year post from 1 Oct 👇

University of Manchester Sociology Department@uomsociology.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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...

Sacha Hilhorst argues that many Reform voters in post-industrial northern England are not instinctively right wing on every issue, but could be won over by addressing economic frustration, place and identity more credibly. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @uomsoss.bsky.social

I've interviewed Reform UK voters – and they're much more progressive than you might think | Sacha Hilhorst

I’ve interviewed at length people in former mining towns. What they are crying out for is more progressive radicalism – not less, says senior research fellow Sacha Hilhorst

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🗣️‘The Big Payback: Reparations and how money shapes our morality and views on racial justice’ - Marcus Ryder in conversation with Gary Younge 📅3pm–4.45pm Wed 6 May 2026 (Manchester, in person only) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-big-pa...

The Big Payback: Reparations

Marcus Ryder in conversation with Gary Younge, on reparations and how money shapes our morality and our views on racial justice

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The first event of our 2026 programme welcomes Fred Moten to Conway Hall as keynote speaker of the 9th Annual Stuart Hall Public Conversation on Saturday 23rd May. In-person tickets are sold out. Book now for the online livestream: www.stuarthallfoundation.org/events/9th-a...

James Nazroo & Laia Becares recently presented evidence on ethnic & racial inequalities during the pandemic to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, showing how historical & ongoing racism creates ethnic inequalities @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/e...

Evidence on racism and ethnic inequalities in the pandemic presented to the Covid-19 public inquiry

Professor James Nazroo and Professor Laia Becares recently presented evidence on ethnic and racial inequalities during the pandemic to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.Their testimony draws on their expert rep...

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Ahead of 'Advancing Racial Justice: Convention on the State of Data 2026' this blog from Nissa Finney makes the case for community involvement and co-production as a tool for reducing racialised inequalities. @uomsociology.bsky.social raceequalityfoundation.org.uk/blog/communi...

Community co-production for more racially inclusive survey data - Race Equality Foundation

Nissa Finney, founding member of the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity, explores the importance of community involvement and co-production in creating racially inclusive datasets.

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WORKSHOP: Reimagining Racial Justice 📅 Wed 6 May 2026, 11.15–2.30pm 📍 University of Manchester A creative, reflective workshop for early career researchers on the emotional labour of researching racial injustice with space to imagine positive futures together. www.eventbrite.com/e/reimaginin...

Reimagining Racial Justice Research

Connect with other early career scholars to explore creative ways of reimagining your research. Followed by networking lunch.

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EVENT: @profdanhicks.bsky.social: Monuments Will Fall 📅 6-8pm Weds 6 May 2026 📍 Manchester Museum The event invites us to explore what is kept, and who is remembered, from the past - & argues for the right of any society/community to reshape its memory culture www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dan-hicks-...

Dan Hicks: Monuments Will Fall

Dan Hicks in conversation with Sadia Habib, marking the release of the paperback edition of 'Monuments Will Fall'

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Ahead of our Advancing Racial Justice convention, Jabeer Butt makes the case for how collecting accurate ethnicity data can reduce racialised inequalities in healthcare and other public services raceequalityfoundation.org.uk/blog/why-we-... @uomhums.bsky.social @jrf-uk.bsky.social

Why do ONS figures suggest high life expectancy for some minoritised ethnic groups, despite long‑standing evidence of poorer health? New blog shows how missing data & assumptions distort findings with real risks for policy & funding. raceequalityfoundation.org.uk/blog/limitat...

Limitations of ONS Life Expectancy Estimates for minoritised ethnic groups in the UK - Race Equality Foundation

Dharmi Kapadia, Director at the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity, presents research on the limitations of ONS life expectancy estimates.

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📢 Advancing Racial Justice: Convention on the State of Data 2026 📅 Thurs 16 April, London How can we use data to reduce racial injustice? Free conference from @ethnicityuk.bsky.social Race Equality Fdn & @jrf-uk.bsky.social raceequalityfoundation.org.uk/advancing-ra...

This new book features: @meghanetinsley.bsky.social on decolonialisation; @bridgetbyrne8.bsky.social & Siobhan O'Neill on racialised injustice & @bcernusa.bsky.social & Bhallamudi on technology & work. All welcome at the book launch on 8 April!

University of Manchester Sociology Department@uomsociology.bsky.social · 5mo 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...

🏋🏾Bridging the gap between sociology and the squat rack! Dharmi Kapadia guests on the #LiftTheBar personal training podcast all about the systemic, social, & env. barriers that PT qualifications often overlook @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social liftthebarpodcast.libsyn.com/podcast/442-...

LTB Podcast: #442: Dr Dharmi Kapadia: Beyond Willpower: Racism, Stress and Health

Why do some clients struggle to achieve results despite having the 'perfect' plan? In this episode, we step outside the gym bubble to talk with Dr. Dharmi Kapadia from the University of Mancheste...

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Pubs for the People by me & Vallu is out with @manchesterup.bsky.social in October. On how the pub can be salvaged as a space for the Good Life that goes beyond boring ideas of White England. A bargain at £18.99 in hardback (cant even get 3 pints for that!) www.waterstones.com/book/pubs-fo...

Surplus Lives: Out on the 28 April manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526181855/ The book builds an argument that the introduction of capitalism in the 1990s Czechia overlapped with the rise of racialised disposability of Roma workers. @manchesterup.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social

Manchester University Press - Surplus lives under racial capitalism

Surplus lives under racial capitalism - Browse and buy the eBook edition of Surplus lives under racial capitalism by Barbora Cernusáková

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Sunday 15 March is the UN International Day to Combat #Islamophobia. We wrote a very short piece for our University EDI blog. Please read and share. blogs.manchester.ac.uk/edi/2026/03/... #racism #resistance

🎥FILM SCREENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION: KHARTOUM 📅6-8pm Weds 25 Mar 2026 📌 Manchester Museum 🎟️Register for free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/khartoum-t...

SEMINAR: 🗣️'Sexual Violence in Racial Capitalism' - Alison Phipps 📅1-2.30pm, 23 April 2026 📌Hybrid (Manchester and online) events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5d5908...

'The problems are real – but the solutions Reform offered were not. Its politics relies on fear and scapegoating, and the racism feels barely disguised' Remi Joseph-Salisbury comments on the Gorton & Denton by-election @uomhums.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

What does the Greens’ victory in Gorton and Denton mean for the future of British politics? Our panel responds

Greens first, Reform second, Labour trailing – and the Tories losing their deposit. This felt like a rejection of the status quo

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SEMINAR: Denaturalisation & Modernity: Drugs & Racial Capitalism Anne Pollock (KCL) 📅1-2.30pm Thurs 19 Feb 📌Manchester/online All welcome @uomsociology.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social events.teams.microsoft.com/event/940a34...

The new issue of SAQ is out, featuring my article on Roma workers and the disciplining of labour under Czech racial capitalism: read.dukeupress.edu/south-atlant...

Roma Workers and the Disciplining of Labor Under Czech Racial Capitalism

This article theorizes the racialization of Roma within the first three decades of capitalism in East Central Europe. Its findings echo the studies of racial capitalism in other geographies where raci...

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Duke University Press@dukepress.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We celebrate the publication of issue one of the 125th volume of SAQ! "Theorizing Racial Capitalism in (Post)Imperial Europe," edited by Sarah Bufkin and Ida Danewid, is now available. View the TOC: buff.ly/x1m3Ejx

Join us on the 26th March!

BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association)@bsatheory.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Racial Capitalism in Post(Imperial) Europe: A Roundtable A BSA Theory Study Group Event 26 March 2026 (5.00-6.30pm GMT) Contributors to SAQ issue 125.1 will join the editors to share their research & to reflect on how racial capitalism functions as an analytic lens within contemporary social theory

Applications for our trustees vacancies close at 11.59pm on Sunday 15th February.

Stuart Hall Foundation@stuarthallfdn.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We are looking to appoint two new Trustees with experience of organisational leadership in the UK charity sector, with oversight of operations, finance, HR, and strategic development. Learn more about the opportunity and how to apply via our website: www.stuarthallfoundation.org/opportunitie...

‘Knowing Yesterday, Shaping Tomorrow: The Lou Kushnick Memorial Lecture’ 🗣️Professor Abdul Alkalimat 📅4–7pm, Thursday 12 March 2026 📌Manchester Central Library Organised by @aiucentre.bsky.social in partnership with The University of Manchester www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/knowing-ye...

Knowing Yesterday, Shaping Tomorrow: The Lou Kushnick Memorial Lecture

Professor Alkalimat inaugurates the new annual lecture series commemorating our founder Professor Lou Kushnick.

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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...

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...