Dr Ryan Scoats
@ryanscoatsphd.bsky.social
Lecturer in Sociology at BCU. Research and writing around threesomes, consensual non-monogamy, gender, and board games. Read my work at ryanscoatsphd.com
Beyond Monogamy: What Sociology Reveals About How We Really Relate by @ryanscoatsphd.bsky.social. www.bcu.ac.uk/research/blo...
Expert Blog - Beyond Monogamy: What Sociology Reveals About How We Really Relate
When many people think about relationships, they often imagine a straightforward path: meet someone, fall in love, commit exclusively to that one person, get married. Various Western sociologists have...
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The work of our @ryanscoatsphd.bsky.social features in "Drei ist nicht immer einer zu viel". The BlueSky post about this feature has an age filter on it. That might make it more intriguing...
Spektrum der Wissenschaft@spektrum.de · 11mo agoWas zeichnet Personen aus, die »immun« gegen #Sucht sind und wie kann dieses Wissen bei der Vorbeugung und Behandlung helfen? Außerdem: »Drei ist nicht immer einer zu viel« – was versprechen sich Menschen von #Sex zu dritt? Jetzt in »Die Woche« #repost
Delighted to announce our newest paper on women's experiences with sexism, misogyny, and being treated differently within hobby board game cultures. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
‘Oh you’re really good for a girl’: Sexism, Stereotypes and Subcultural Capital in Board Gaming - Ryan Scoats, Marcus Maloney, 2025
This study explores gender dynamics in hobby board gaming culture through 43 semi-structured interviews with women who play these games. While recent scholarshi...
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Publication acceptance! As a follow up and complimenting our work on women in board game culture (journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....), this next article will explore how women navigate and understand sexist encounters.
Like it or not AI is here and will change academia for both better and worse. I've found it to be a hugely useful tool, but see so many academic dismiss it outright (often on moral grounds). I wonder how long it's really practical to resist these changes www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/lets-...
Let’s look at AI as a reasoning partner, not a shortcut
The latest reasoning AI models, such as DeepSeek, offer an opportunity for universities to strengthen critical thinking in the next generation of workers
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Ever get that feeling someone is watching? Judging your every move…
This was an interesting read. My understanding of relationship terminology used with young people appears to be woefully out of date www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
From ‘couple goals’ to ‘beige flags’, here’s why you shouldn’t take relationship advice from TikTok | Lisa Portolan
People increasingly see relationships as stories in which they must be the protagonist – and TikTok provides the perfect digital stage
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When I worked in UK academia I recall hearing of a Japanese man who was baffled at how Britain had decided to run its universities like firms. “Why? Your universities are excellent and your firms are terrible.”
Chris Brooke@chrisbrooke.bsky.social · last yr.To repeat: "A country so stupid it actively trashes one of things it's good at and famous for."
Googling an academic to request a chapter they’d written and it turns out they’ve gone to prison for murder! Not what I was expecting. Wild
Had a medical emergency with a student today (they where ok in the end). Scary as hell. Make sure you know what you’d do if something bad happens because any mandated training you might have had will go straight out your head/not have covered it!
Sending book pitches to agents is eerily similar to applying for academic jobs. They all want virtually the same information but in ever so slightly different formats. Oh and there are no academic jobs, maybe book publishing is doing better 😂 🙃
You know twitter is dying when all of the pornbots and only fans accounts have come here. Good luck to them I say!
You know what they say, the best alarm clock for getting you right out of bed is the sound of your dog being sick…
It’s Christmas Eve and time to shut the laptop on this horrific collection of open tabs!
Lovely write up of our board game work. It’s such a boost to find out someone’s read something you’ve written! www.tuni.fi/playlab/boar...
Board game culture is changing…
A recent research article from the UK highlights the difficulties women face in board game spaces. But, there is hope because things are changing. #BoardGames #gender #culture #GeekMasculinity
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Just recorded a podcast where I was asked, ‘as your research stemmed from a personal experience, what did you learn about yourself through doing it?’ Such a great question and not one I’d ever really thought about!
I'm not really sure how it happened but one of my paywalled articles around CNM healthcare has turned to open access!? Take home messages: a lot can be learned by looking at how healthcare is provided to other marginalised groups (e.g. LGBT) & give people options! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Understanding service preferences among consensually non-monogamous individuals seeking sexual healthcare
Despite consensually non-monogamous people being a minority population with specific healthcare needs, research on this group is minimal, especially in relation to sexual healthcare. This study exp...
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What's your favourite example of a basic science discovery yielding practical results later on — but that one didn't know it would be used for at the time?
I'm giving a talk about some of the initial findings of my women and board games study on the 11th of December 5-6pm (UK time). It's online (Teams) so all are welcome! www.bcu.ac.uk/research/law... @bcusociology.bsky.social #gamesresearch #tabletopgames #boardgames
Women and Board Game Culture by Dr Ryan Scoats
This seminar is hosted by the College of Law, Social & Criminal Justice Research Seminar Series. Our series offers exciting insights into ongoing research projects within the law school and conducted ...
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Okay, I'm working on it. Bare with. go.bsky.app/6UjkfWP
Grant rejection today but last teaching planning for the term done and it’s giving me a rush of energy to do some writing! Hopefully this will last long enough for words to make it onto the page 🤗🫠
A really interesting documentary (& nostaligia trip for me). Taps into the circular nature of western masculinity (I.e. it’s regularly seen as in crisis but how that’s understood&responded to varies), whats slips into fill the gap, & the role of 💰 in influencing culture www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Loaded: Lads, Mags and Mayhem
Launched 30 years ago, Loaded magazine epitomised the 90s in its irreverence and appetite for hedonism. But how did it stand up to pressure to put more 'sexy babes' on the cover?
bbc.co.uk
Just a tiny starter pack at the moment but hoping it can grow. If you’d like to be added, please let me know! go.bsky.app/Uaecu5f
Something I wrote on consensual non-monogamy and sexual healthcare earlier this year highlighting some of our research and the barriers CNM folk face. Still not quite enough of us here for a CNM research starter pack, but it’ll come…😉 theconversation.com/it-made-me-f...
‘It made me feel judged’: why it’s harder to get sexual healthcare if you practice consensual non-monogamy
Our research has revealed that many consensually non-monogamous people face stigma when seeking out sexual healthcare.
theconversation.com
I co-organise @clsrleeds.bsky.social If you’re interested in the philosophy of love, intimacy, and relationships in the broadest sense then check us out.
Gotta repost this now there’s more people to enjoy it!
Dr Ryan Scoats@ryanscoatsphd.bsky.social · 3y agoAmazingly combining 2 of my research interest areas, sex & boardgames, Consenticle is a semi-cooperative game where players are having to navigate a sexual encounter where they can’t talk (they’re not the same species). Not played it but love the art. There really is a board game with every theme
I’d love to rebuild our gender research-focused network. Let me know if you want to be included on the list! go.bsky.app/NNpy1BW
