Hosting the International Conference on Social Media & Society @socialmediaandsociety.org at Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk 300 attendees, 6 continents, 190+ papers, 40+ posters, 10+ workshops/panels. See some of the interdisciplinary world-changing research on social media, platforms, AI at #SMSociety ⬇️

International Conference on Social Media & Society@socialmediaandsociety.org · 4w ago

We caught up with a few of our poster presenters last night. Watch to hear more about their research! 👩‍🏫 Did you have a favourite? #SMSociety #SocialMediaResearch

👏 Proud of our own Jing Yao for delivering a keynote at the AGI (Association for Geographic Information) Northern Ireland Annual Conference 2026! 👀 The keynote explored the evolution of Geospatial AI, its expanding role & the importance of responsible approaches to using & researching it.

#SMSociety 2026 at @glasgow.ac.uk next week! Full press release: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin... “a different path must be possible and fairness and public concerns should at the heart of its development. We as a society must demand better, fairer, and more ethical ways of developing technology.”

UofG hosts International Conference on Social Media & Society

An international conference that puts the spotlight on social media and society will be hosted by the University of Glasgow.

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University of Glasgow@glasgow.ac.uk · last mo.

An international conference that puts the spotlight on social media & society will take place at UofG. @socialmediaandsociety.org is one of the first conferences on social media in the world, with a reputation for shaping the future of social media research. More: gla.ac/4eT3l0B #SMSociety

@changingrealities.bsky.social at a select committee in Westminster this morning:

Changing Realities@changingrealities.bsky.social · last mo.

Tune in now for our take over of the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk Work & Pensions & Education Select Committee. Seven parents sharing experiences & expertise about what needs to change if we are to make a real dent in child poverty [ w/ @cpaguk.bsky.social ] www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

Proud moment 🌟 Our own @profsharonwright.bsky.social & @annagawlewicz.bsky.social have helped develop this new eLearning course & we're delighted to see it launch. Take a look & let us know what you think! This is linked to Sharon & Anna's work on EU migrant workers: migrantessentialworkers.com/en/

Home - Migrant Essential Workers

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Child Poverty Action Group@cpaguk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Take a look at this new eLearning course which will help you identify which EU citizens in the UK might be entitled to which benefits. Access the free eLearning course: tinyurl.com/4k8hk947

Fantastic to see our own @moragtreanor.bsky.social & @uofgpolicy.bsky.social & @glasgow.ac.uk colleagues playing a key role in the launch of the 2026 Festival of Politics 💪 🤓 This year's Festival runs 27-28 Aug. Details 👉 www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

📣📰Today we're launching the final report and policy briefing from the Family Finance project - a comparative mixed-methods study examining the difference that Scottish Child Payment makes to families receiving Universal Credit 🧵

Inspiring to be at @uofgussp.bsky.social participatory methods workshop today, share learnings and chat about funding landscapes - pic of just some of the work being showcased!

Great to see the @changingrealities.bsky.social project, led by USSP's Professor @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social publish their Mental Health Policy Briefing. Read the full doc and share with your networks 👇

Changing Realities@changingrealities.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We have published our policy briefing 'The mental costs of living on a low income: financial insecurity and the mental health of families'. The policy recommendations - co-produced with participants - look to areas such as housing, employment and social security. changingrealities.org/writings

Last Friday, USSP colleagues brought together 40+ participants from academia, planning, civil society and community organisations for Reimagining the City: How can people really make Glasgow? 🏙️ The workshop explored democratic, community-led approaches to shaping Glasgow's future!

📣 Article alert! New, excellent piece by our own @uiscejordan.bsky.social & a colleague Marian Peacock uses psycho-social methods to highlight the central role of women, particularly mothers & partners, in the lives of men experiencing mental illness. Read it here: doi.org/10.1332/1478...

Legitimate dependency in austerity Britain: women supporting men experiencing mental illness

This article presents a psychosocial study of men unable to work due to mental illness and their encounters with the UK’s social security system, using the Free Association Narrative Interview (FANI) ...

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📣 Hot off the press! New article on housing experiences among the 🇬🇧-based 🇵🇱 migrant essential workers during Brexit & Covid-19 🤗 It reveals *housing precarity* as the missing link in understanding systemic resilience during times of polycrisis. Read #OpenAccess 👇 doi.org/10.1080/1949...

Is migrant essential worker housing the key to systemic resilience during ongoing polycrisis? Learning from the variegated housing experiences and precarities of UK-based EU migrants during Covid-19 and Brexit

Health and socio-political crises combined during the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit (the UK’s exit from the European Union) impacting the housing experiences of migrant essential workers. Major new ...

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📣NEW BLOG: What do Home Office asylum & refugee reforms mean for children growing up in poverty? Sarah, a parent from our Family Finances study, shares how these reforms are already having an impact on her family @uofgussp.bsky.social @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

What do Home Office reforms mean for refugee children growing up in poverty? | LSE British Politics

The reforms to asylum and refugee policy anounced by the Home Office are already having a negative impact on assylum seekrs and their children.

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📣 Abstract submissions for the @housingevidence.bsky.social conference are *closing* this Fri, 5 Jun! 🏘️ Housing scholars, policymakers & practitioners are invited to submit abstracts (250 words) ℹ️ For info on how to submit & the themes abstracts may address: housingevidence.ac.uk/call-for-sub...

Call for submissions now open for Housing Matters: How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going? - UK Collaborative Centre For Housing Evidence

This conference aims to bring together housing researchers, policymakers and practitioners to consider the current state of play in housing studies, policy and practice in 2026.

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📢 We’re Hiring: Lecturer in Public Policy, Data & AI Full-time (Fixed-term, 3 years) | £41,064–£46,049 (Grade 7) Come join us to deliver cutting-edge teaching at the intersection of public policy, data, and artificial intelligence. www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

One of our projects, @changingrealities.bsky.social is hosting an online event on Thurs 4 June to celebrate the launch of their Zine, highlighting the importance of creative methods in amplifying the lived experience of participants. Book your place 👉 tinyurl.com/379573fa

📢USSP Seminar📢 Professor Claire Colomb from Cambridge will present on "Social conflicts in the ‘short-term city’. Platform capitalism and the contentious politics of short-term rental housing regulation." 📆Wednesday 20 May 🕰️3.30-5.00pm 📍Room 210 (Planning Studio) 42 Bute Gdns All welcome!

We’re incredibly proud that our very own @shwardle.bsky.social is leading this important new initiative in collaboration with universities in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 The Centre will unite researchers & partners to advance evidence-based research into gambling harms. A landmark achievement for the field 🌟

University of Glasgow@glasgow.ac.uk · 3mo ago

The Universities of Glasgow, Sheffield, Swansea and King’s College London will lead the UK’s largest independent gambling harms research centre, a @ukri.org investment funded through the government's Gambling Levy. Read more: gla.ac/3RFKblq

Members from the Safety Nets project, led by @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social will present highlights from new research on social security across the four nations. Join in-person or online next Thursday 21 May with @resolutionfoundation.org. Find out more: www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/the-w...

The welfare of nations • Resolution Foundation

Social security has been undergoing a quiet revolution across the UK. While attention has focused on the roll-out of Universal Credit, many other aspects of the benefits system are devolved, allowing ...

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📣 @ilonapin.bsky.social recently gave evidence on the impacts of recent immigration and asylum rule changes on poverty and highlighted that proposed reforms risk increasing hardship for children and families and undermine wider child poverty goals. Respond to the inquiry here: tinyurl.com/y23m5y2w

Call for Evidence: Impact of Recent Immigration and Asylum Rule Changes on Poverty - All-Party Parliamentary Group on Migration

The All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPG) on Migration and on Poverty and Inequality are inviting submissions of new evidence on the potential impact of recent changes to UK immigration and asylum rul...

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Can the next Scottish government revive the economy? Enjoyed recording this @uofgpolicy.bsky.social podcast with @graemeroy.bsky.social @davidwaite.bsky.social @kezdugdale.bsky.social and Prof Sara Carter open.spotify.com/episode/4iec...

💡🗣️Great to have the opportunity to give oral evidence to the APPGs inquiry into the Impact of Recent Immigration and Asylum Rule Changes on Poverty yesterday. 🧵 @uofgussp.bsky.social @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social

📣 PhD opportunity 💡 Explore the relationship between disability & school-to-work transitions 💰 Fully funded 🤓 Open to home & international students 🚀 Work with @serena-pattaro.bsky.social @moragtreanor.bsky.social & @charlp.bsky.social ⏰ Info & apply by 30 April: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/soc...

📣 Article alert! New excellent piece on predictors of school absence among secondary school pupils in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 from our very own @silviab.bsky.social, @moragtreanor.bsky.social & colleagues 💪 Read #OpenAccess in British Educational Research Journal: bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

<em>British Educational Research Journal</em> | BERA Journal | Wiley Online Library

This article examines the factors associated with persistent absenteeism (an absence rate of 10% or higher) and authorised and unauthorised absence among secondary school pupils in Scotland. Using li...

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Glasgow’s traffic congestion is costing bus users an estimated £24m a year, finds new research by @ubdc.bsky.social commissioned by First Bus. The study was led by @drdpmcarthur.bsky.social Dr Fiona Crawford and Dr Jose Rafael Verduzco-Torres @uofgussp.bsky.social www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

Glasgow bus delays cost passengers 1.2 million hours per year

Glasgow’s traffic congestion is costing local bus users an estimated £24 million a year and wasting 1.2 million hours of passengers’ time annually, according to new research by the Urban Big Data Cent...

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👏Congratulations to USSP's Mark Stephens and colleagues on the launch of the UK Housing Review 2026, a long-standing collaboration between @cihhousing.bsky.social and @glasgow.ac.uk. Explore and download the review 👉 www.ukhousingreview.org.uk/ukhr26/index...

Join USSP's @profellenstu.bsky.social and experts on 15 April as they reflect on four‑nations health policy, sharing insights on how the NHS in Scotland fits into wider UK health policy debates.

Academy of Social Sciences@acadsocsciences.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Are you interested in how the 4 UK nations are approaching health policy? There’s only a week to go until our webinar, in association with @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social, where our expert panel will share their reflections on just that. Don’t miss out, register now➡️ acss.civiplus.net/civicrm/even...

...🏷️ @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgussp.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

📣 PhD opportunities! 🤓 Paid supervisor-led PhD projects 🎓 Brand-new PhD in Social & Public Policy: www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate... The PhD projects span a range of disciplinary areas, supervisory teams & T&Cs - with different closing dates, so make sure to check each project carefully. 👇 Info 👇

📢 📢 📢 We are in the Division of Urban Studies and Social Policy and are recruiting for a research assistant (Glasgow University G7) to join us in our research using administrative data on inequalities in children and young people's education. Please do share this fantastic opportunity widely!

Urban Studies & Social Policy@uofgussp.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📣 Join us! Contribute to cutting-edge, policy-focused research at @scadrdata.bsky.social using linked administrative datasets related to education 🎓 🤓 Full time, up to 30mts 🗓️ Closing 13 Apr 2026 Contact @moragtreanor.bsky.social for enquiries about the role www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQX709/r...