NEW PAPER: 'Institutionalising Non-religion? Locating Non/Religion in a Welsh Primary School', with @annastrhan.bsky.social, @drpeterjhemming.bsky.social & Sarah Neal, in Sociological Research Online, funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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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Happy to share a new article published in Anthropology and Education Quarterly exploring emotions in past fieldwork in primary schools in England. anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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This article explores mundane emotion-work in ethnographic research and its impact on researcher positionality. I show how the strained institutional context of a school can have emotional impacts on....

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My colleagues and I are excited to shere our Special Issue of British Journal of Sociology of Education on 'Diversity of Religion and Belief in Education: Inequality, Citizenship & Belonging' there are with 11 articles + editorial. Available at:

Peter Hemming@drpeterjhemming.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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...

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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In January, my @erc.europa.eu funded project ‘The Ethics of Synthetic Data in the Age of Machine Learning and AI’ started, and I am very excited to say that we are now hiring a fully funded PhD studentship for 2026/27 entry 🚨🚨 www.york.ac.uk/sociology/st...

New paper lead by @drpeterjhemming.bsky.social on our previous research in primary schools. @annastrhan.bsky.social and 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

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

After a successful in-person event, I'm excited to announce the launch of the online version of the Parental Leave Quiz. Are you an HR professional? Line manager? A nerd for parenting leave policies? Complete the quiz! (parentalleavequiz.net) (Thank you to the ESRC for funds) #HR #sociology

The Religion & Spirituality in Society & Culture Lab explores religion, spirituality, and secularity in society and culture, across spaces and scales, as well as how these intersect. Want to know more? buff.ly/uZxFfR3 @annastrhan.bsky.social @adagiomminor.bsky.social @joannamalone.bsky.social

Dr @joannamalone.bsky.social's project investigates how changing religious landscapes impact the spiritual, emotional and pastoral needs of older adults who are non-religious and how ideas around flourishing and living and dying ‘well’ are shifting. www.flipsnack.com/leverhulmetr... @york.ac.uk

Very happy to see my Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (alongside many other great projects!) featured in @leverhulme.ac.uk 2024 Annual Review. Read about it here: www.flipsnack.com/leverhulmetr...

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Flipsnack is a digital catalog maker that makes it easy to create, publish and share html5 flipbooks. Upload a PDF or design from scratch flyers, magazines, books and more.

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First funded by the Trust 2012, @annastrhan.bsky.social’s current interdisciplinary research project @york.ac.uk investigates the role of religion in the work that primary schools do to foster notions of citizenship and national identity in children. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/school... #IWD2025

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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Check out this video with key findings from the 'Becoming Citizens of Post-Secular Britain: Religion in Primary School Life' research project. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYO3... #UoY #Sociology @annastrhan.bsky.social @joannamalone.bsky.social @drpeterjhemming.bsky.social @leverhulme.bsky.social

How do schools shape good citizens in contexts of religious change?

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WHAT IF WE ACTUALLY FUNDED RESEARCH ABOUT THE BODIES OF HALF THE HUMAN POPULATION

Happy New Year! In 2025, I'm running a research project on blackness and ARTs. I'd like to talk to: 1) black egg/sperm donors, 2) black surrogates, 3) black parents who plan to or have used IVF, IUI etc 4) clinicians & managers who've worked with black families #fertility #sociology Repost at will!

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?...

How do schools shape good citizens in contexts of religious change?

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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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Interesting and important article by Lucy Potter theconversation.com/many-asylum-...

Many asylum seekers are persecuted for what they believe in – but what about those who don’t believe?

The asylum system is stacked against asylum seekers who have fled persecution for non-religious beliefs.

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Only 2 weeks left to submit an abstract for our British Journal of Sociology of Education special issue on 'Diversity of Religion and Belief in Education', guest edited by Peter Hemming, Lin Ma, @joannamalone.bsky.social, Sarah Neal, and me.

'Diversity of Religion and Belief in Education: Inequality, Citizenship and Belonging' - call for abstracts for a British Journal of Sociology of Education special issue I'm co-editing together with Peter Hemming, Lin Ma, @joannamalone.bsky.social and Sarah Neal. Deadline: 12 February