Prof Martin Hyde

@profmhyde.bsky.social

Professor at the University of Leicester. Researching work, retirement & health in a global context. Editorial lead for Journal of Global Ageing.

Panel survey data measuring attitudes towards climate change, security and defence, and mental health is available to download. Wave 6 of our self-completion panel survey (ESS-CRONOS-3) was fielded in late 2025 in 11 countries as part of SoGreen project, funded by @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu 🇪🇺.

New panel survey data on climate change now available | European Social Survey

The latest wave of data collected via a panel survey administered by the European Social Survey (ESS) is now available.

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"Bluesky shows higher level of content originality in scholarly discourse, perhaps due to a higher proportion of academic users. X tends to favor simple retweets. This positions Bluesky as a richer environment for substantive science communication."🧪 True for our study www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Conrad Hackett@conradhackett.bsky.social · 12mo ago

NEW STUDY: Types of science🧪 articles shared on Bluesky: Health 29% Social 25% Physical 23% Life 23% arxiv.org/pdf/2507.18840 Worth reading--lots of other insights! Lately, I've been sharing our new article on global religious decline www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Bar chart showing the distribution of Bluesky posts referencing scholarly articles across different domains from January 2023 to July 2025.

Can social movements still transform the world in an era of rising authoritarianism? Join us for a timely and powerful conversation exploring how #CollectiveAction, coalition-building and critical innovation can address today’s most urgent challenges.

Can social movements still transform the world in an era of rising authoritarianism?

Join us for a timely and powerful conversation exploring how collective action, coalition-building and critical innovation can address today’s most urgent so...

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The job market is changing and employers are facing huge challenges. There are skills and labour shortages with vacancy rates at record highs. Workers in their 50s and 60s are key to filling these gaps. Yet employers are missing out on all that older workers can offer.

Infographic reading: The older workforce is the future. Join the Pledge and show your support today.

View or download #data from the first two waves of our web-first panel #survey (CRONOS-3), collected via the Infra4NextGen project. The waves were fielded via online and postal questionnaires with a nationally representative sample in 11 countries from September-December 2024.

New panel survey data now available | European Social Survey

Data from the first two waves of the web-first panel survey (CRONOS-3) – implemented as part of the Infra4NextGen project – is now available.

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🚨Call for a PhD🚨 Deadline: 23 June 2025 Alexander Peine and Susan van Hees is looking for a PhD researcher with a background in the social sciences or humanities and an interest in ageing and health innovations at Open Universiteit - Cultuurwetenschappen. www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3524...

PhD researcher QoLEAD

The Faculty of Humanities at the Open Universiteit is looking for an excellent, motivated and team-oriented PhD researcher for 36 months with a background in the social sciences or humanities (ideally...

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Celebrating 25 years of Palgrave Macmillan! 2️⃣5️⃣🩷 In recognition of Palgrave Macmillan’s silver anniversary, the Social Theory & Health Editors have curated a selection of their most influential articles for you to read. Read more here: bit.ly/4jk2oOo.

Celebrating 25 years of Palgrave Macmillan

In recognition of Palgrave Macmillan’s silver anniversary, the Editors of Social Theory & Health have selected some of the journal’s most influential ...

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We need a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing in England to act as an independent champion for older people and ensure that policymaking across government considers the long-term needs of our ageing population. Find out more: buff.ly/wuW5VO1 #AgeingInEngland #Ageism #OlderPeople

Commissioner for Older People and Ageing

We’re calling for an independent commissioner to champion the rights of older people and ensure policymaking considers the needs of England's ageing population.

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To what extent can tech workers mobilize as part of the broader working class? This is the question I take up in my new paper "Solidarity across the platform: mobilizing high-wage and low-wage workers in the tech sector" -- just out in Work in the Global Economy 1/n

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