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Sociologist at @ucl.ac.uk Cancelled Futures (PUP): press.princeton.edu/books/paperback… Pubs for the People (MUP): www.waterstones.com/book/pubs-for-t…

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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Come and join us @sriucl.bsky.social We’re looking for an Assistant Professor in Quantitative Social Science with a research agenda on the environment and/or climate change, and expertise in causal inference. See full details and apply 👉🏼 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL Social Research Institute recruitment poster for an Assistant Professor in Quantitative Social Science at the Centre for Quantitative Social Science. Applications close 30 October 2026.
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 09/09/2026
We are hiring! Start at a #MaxPlanckInstitute with your own independent Max Planck Research Group. This position is equivalent to a W2 Professorship at a German university, or Associate Professor internationally. 🔗Apply until October 14th! www.mpg.de/career/max-p... #ScienceCareer #MPRG #TenureTrack
Call for independent Max Planck Research Groups
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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
"Amit Singh and Sivamohan Valluvan... [wage] battle against those who see the pub only as a poignant symbol of a bygone England... [taking] on private equity, yuppie gentrifiers and culture-war blowhards who use the pub as a prop for their rage-baiting patriotism."
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Pubs for the people by Sivamohan Valluvan, Amit Singh | Waterstones
Buy Pubs for the people by Sivamohan Valluvan, Amit Singh from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
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Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Pubs for the People book events @manchesterup.bsky.social 📍London, Glasgow, Nottingham, Manchester and Brighton (more to come in 2027) Come one, come all manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@amit-singh.bsky.social is on a new episode of the American Campus Podcast, hosted by @llassabe.bsky.social, to discuss his new book Cancelled Futures: buff.ly/NOpk9Wj
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Is a degree worth its cost in the postindustrial UK? with Amit Singh - American Campus Podcast
References and suggested readings:Amit Singh. 2026. Cancelled Futures: Class, Race, and Place in Post-Industrial Britain. Princeton University Press. Paul Willis. Learning to Labor: How Working-Class…
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Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Good to chat to @llassabe.bsky.social on @americancampus.bsky.social about Cancelled Futures (@princetonupress.bsky.social) 'Is a degree worth its cost in the postindustrial UK? with Amit Singh' americancampuspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2396665/epis...
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Is a degree worth its cost in the postindustrial UK? with Amit Singh - American Campus Podcast
References and suggested readings:Amit Singh. 2026. Cancelled Futures: Class, Race, and Place in Post-Industrial Britain. Princeton University Press. Paul Willis. Learning to Labor: How Working-C...
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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It's time. Time to write about this style of writing. Which I've done here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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What is LinkedIn?
The rise of mindful slop
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 18/09/2026
We’re pleased to spotlight an event from a friend of the Foundation. Join @amit-singh.bsky.social & Sivamohan Valluvan at Waterstones, Trafalgar Square on 22 October for the launch of Pubs for the People, a passionate defence of the English pub. Tickets: buff.ly/8vmF7Wy
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Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thanks to everyone who came down to the launch of Cancelled Futures on Wednesday evening organised by @sprc-ucl.bsky.social & @uclsociology.bsky.social Especially @alexkelbert.bsky.social for introducing and @lukedenoronha.bsky.social for the chat. press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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Rebecca Brennan @rebeccabrennan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Book launch tomorrow! Come down and hear @amit-singh.bsky.social discuss his new @princetonupress.bsky.social book Cancelled Futures at UCL. Discounted copies may be available for purchase, if you are quick... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cancelled-...
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Cancelled Futures: Class, Race & Place in Post-Industrial Britain
Join us in person to discuss the launch of Amit Singh's new book, Cancelled Futures: Class, Race & Place in Post-Industrial Britain.
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UCL Thomas Coram Research Unit @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Out now from TCRU’s @amit-singh.bsky.social Cancelled Futures explores how race, class, gender and place shape young working-class people’s routes from education to work. @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
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Sol Gamsu @solgamsu.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
What effect do private schools have on school segregation by social class in the UK? Our paper in @edreview.bsky.social answers this. Segregation fell by about 20% in England, Scotland and Wales when we removed private schools from our calculations. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The secret garden of school segregation in the UK: private schools, social class and geography
Socio-economic segregation in UK schools has primarily been explored through analysing Free School Meals (FSM) as a marker of deprivation. By incorporating data on social class and private schools,...
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In Cancelled Futures, @amit-singh.bsky.social examines how race, class, gender, and place shape the ways working-class young people in Britain envision their transition from education to work. Out now! Learn more: buff.ly/OQDddw2
Cancelled Futures: Class, Race, and Place in Post-Industrial Britain by Amit Singh
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Manuela Latchoumaya @m-latchoumaya.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
New paper out! doi.org/10.1111/1468... It sets the scene for my upcoming research fellowship at @uomsociology.bsky.social @ethnicityuk.bsky.social, which will explore the race+class legacies of Indian indenture across former French/British colonies/issues w the concepts of "free" migration+labour.
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Theorising Indo‐Caribbean Identities Beyond the Homeland/Hostland Binary: Indo‐Guadeloupeans’ ‘Archipelagic Brown Consciousness’
Indo-Caribbean groups, who settled in the Caribbean via the colonial system of Indian indentured labour, have long been marginal in discussions of diaspora and Caribbeanness. This paper explores how ...
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Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Cancelled Futures is officially out today w/ @princetonupress.bsky.social Launch next Wednesday hosted by @sprc-ucl.bsky.social & @uclsociology.bsky.social at UCL I'll be chatting to @lukedenoronha.bsky.social and @alexkelbert.bsky.social about the book Tix: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cancelled-...
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Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Pubs for the People book launch 📆 22nd October 📍Waterstones, Trafalgar Square In conversation with @petebrownbeer.bsky.social Come one, come all to discuss nationalism, pubs, the good life and more 🍻📚 www.waterstones.com/events/pubs-...
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Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Climate Crisis & Democratic Disaster 📆 30th October, 10.45am - 3.30pm 📍Balham On climate crisis, eco-fascism, the far-right and cars, AI + more @bekadiski.bsky.social @zetkincollective.bsky.social @pulltheplug-ai.bsky.social @sprc-ucl.bsky.social Free tix ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-cr...
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Jas Nijjar @jasnijjar.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Cancelled Futures: Class, Race & Place in Post-Industrial Britain, book launch with Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social UCL Main Campus London, England Wednesday 16 September, 5:30-7:30pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cancelled-...
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Cancelled Futures: Class, Race & Place in Post-Industrial Britain
Join us in person to discuss the launch of Amit Singh's new book, Cancelled Futures: Class, Race & Place in Post-Industrial Britain.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
it’s weirdly fortuitous that the FT Magazine just happened to run a brilliant deep dive into James Orr yesterday morning, hours before the scandal broke: www.ft.com/content/c2d0...
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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I will be discussing Hyperpolitics with Anton Jager at the @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk on 14th Oct www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anton-jage...
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Anton Jäger & William Davies: Hyperpolitics
Anton Jäger & William Davies: Hyperpolitics
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The theatre of Morecambe Winter Gardens, closed for 4 decades, has reopened. "We have around 50 volunteers who are all local, and locals make up for 50% of our visitors, which is amazing."
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Sol Gamsu @solgamsu.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Simple narratives around race/class (e.g. "white working class" low attainment in education) obscure far more than they reveal and play into the racist narratives of the right. Looking @amit-singh.bsky.social's forthcoming book particularly important for unpacking this further.
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Sol Gamsu @solgamsu.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
...and the North-East does substantially better. The actual dynamics around the intersection of region with race, class, gender and disability would need detailed qualitative/ethnographic work in schools. The social conditions for education have to be understood geographically and historically.
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Sol Gamsu @solgamsu.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Whenever there's a post on regional inequalities in results, I always think of Leckie's paper (bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....) adjusting progress 8 results for pupils' backgrounds (ethnicity, gender, FSM...). Do that & London's advantage shrinks. news.sky.com/story/gcse-r...
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GCSE results day 2026 - as it happened: Record improvement in key subject hailed by PM - but regional divide widens
Andy Burnham has hailed what the government says is a record improvement in a key subject on GCSE results day - but London has pulled ahead of other regions when it comes to top grades, highlighting r...
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Toby Seddon @tobyseddon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This paper aims to set out a new interdisciplinary research agenda, connecting a major social problem with the existential threat of the climate crisis. Look out for a podcast episode in September, exploring the background to the paper and its core argument!
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The Zetkin Collective @zetkincollective.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Today is PUBLICATION DAY! You can now get your copy of *The Great Driving Right Show* Special thanks to everyone who accompanied us on this journey. And to @triofrancos.bsky.social @leninology.bsky.social and @alfatau.bsky.social for their kind blurbs!
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Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Cancelled Futures: Class, Race & Place in Post-Industrial Britain 16th September at UCL I'll be talking race, class & place with @alexkelbert.bsky.social & @lukedenoronha.bsky.social Hosted by @uclsociology.bsky.social & @sprc-ucl.bsky.social Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cancelled-...
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UCL Thomas Coram Research Unit @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This connects with a question running through a lot of TCRU’s work: what shapes young people’s futures when opportunity is uneven? @amit-singh.bsky.social new book, Cancelled Futures, looks at how class, race and place affect what young working-class people feel is possible. @sriucl.bsky.social
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Interdisciplinary PhD workshop on (un)employment at IAB in Nürnberg in January 2027. Submissions by 31 August. iab.de/en/iab-veran...
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18th interdisciplinary PhD-Workshop – Perspectives On (Un-)Employment - IAB - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung
This event brings together research from the disciplines of economics, sociology as well as statistics and data science.
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Rebecca Brennan @rebeccabrennan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Excited for the launch of @amit-singh.bsky.social's wonderful new book @princetonupress.bsky.social Cancelled Futures in September. More info on the book here: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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Cancelled Futures
How race, class, gender, and place shape the ways working-class young people in Britain envision their transition from education to work
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Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Cancelled Futures: Class, Race & Place in Post-Industrial Britain 16th September at UCL I'll be talking race, class & place with @alexkelbert.bsky.social & @lukedenoronha.bsky.social Hosted by @uclsociology.bsky.social & @sprc-ucl.bsky.social Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cancelled-...
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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
New post: those wanting Jason Arday to face 'justice' of some kind are not going to get what they want willd10.substack.com/p/how-the-ja...
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How the Jason Arday affair will fizzle out
Truth is a social system. Sorry.
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
We're looking for a temporary lecturer in economics of education, labour economics, applied econometrics, for 1 year to cover for parental leave. Apply by August 4: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Big thanks to everyone who came down to the summer school over the last couple of days, and to @thesociologicalreview.org for their support.... not to mention all the speakers who donated their time for free! See you all next year (or a bit sooner).
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bekadiski.bsky.social @bekadiski.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I've seen some early extracts and this is going to be excellent. Anyone interested in English nationalism and the place of pubs in convivial culture should buy! Discount finishes today.
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Sol Gamsu @solgamsu.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
On the class dynamics of education policy, the preservation of elite education & Labour's inability to articulate class struggle thru education. "Unless Burnham offers a substantial change there is little reason for anyone involved in education to vote Labour at all." lwbooks.co.uk/why-does-edu...
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Why does education stay the same? - Lawrence Wishart
Class inequality endures throughout England’s education system, argues Sol Gamsu, in part because of the shared educational background of those who have wielded power. Will Andy Burnham break with the...
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Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Pubs for the People (@manchesterup.bsky.social)is part of Waterstone's 25% off summer sale... Pre-order using code SUMMER26 to get it for a bargain £14.24! Buy one, buy two, buy ten! www.waterstones.com/book/pubs-fo...
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Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This is next week, come if you're in London and fancy a free lunch + great talks! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-sch...
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Summer School: Class, Culture & Discontents
Summer School on class, culture and discontents.
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Jas Nijjar @jasnijjar.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Summer School on class, culture & discontents. 23-24 July at Chestnut Grove Academy, Balham Workshops on topics ranging from emergent fascistic cultures, class struggle, football fan cultures, education provision, meritocracy, social infrastructure & more www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-sch...
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Summer School: Class, Culture & Discontents
Summer School on class, culture and discontents.
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 15/07/2026
We're happy to support Summer School: Class, Culture & Discontents, organised by @amit-singh.bsky.social (UCL). A free two-day summer school exploring class, culture & today's social challenges through workshops and discussion. Find out more and register: buff.ly/MSeyFEG #Sociology #SummerSchool
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Alexandra Wanjiku Kelbert @alexkelbert.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
This is happening next week in London. Free tickets still available www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-sch...
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Summer School: Class, Culture & Discontents
Summer School on class, culture and discontents.
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Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Pubs for the people: The fight for the pint and the nation @manchesterup.bsky.social event 📍Brighton at the Caroline of Brunswick pub 📆 Thursday November 5th Join me, Vallu, Malcolm James & @philmellows.bsky.social to discuss the book Come one, come all. www.eventbrite.com/e/pubs-for-t...
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kojokoram.bsky.social @kojokoram.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Check out my downstream podcast episode on my new book w/ @novaramedia.com m.youtube.com/watch?v=lo_b...
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Who REALLY Won the War on Drugs? | Ash Sarkar Meets Kojo Koram
YouTube video by Novara Media
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Filter | harm reduction journalism @filtermag.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
As we enter "a world in which criminalization and commercialization are happening simultaneously," @kojokoram.bsky.social examines glaring injustices—and our chance to "put policies in place that genuinely benefit those on the ground." Interview by @sarahlsinclair.bsky.social:
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Who Will Profit Most When the Drug War Ends?
In a world where "commercialization and criminalization are happening simultaneously," Prof. Kojo Koram explores the alternatives.
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Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Nigel Farage a fraud who doesn't even like beer, yet weaponises the pint in his political drag. Me and Vallu wrote this for @renewaljournal.bsky.social last year; renewal.org.uk/articles/the...
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The man doesn’t actually like beer
A quarterly journal of politics and ideas, committed to exploring and expanding the radical potential of social democracy.
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Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Just over two weeks to the summer school in South London Feat some amazing speakers and free lunch! Supported by @thesociologicalreview.org www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-sch...
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Summer School: Class, Culture & Discontents
Summer School on class, culture and discontents.
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Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Three weeks until the summer school, come one, come all www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-sch...
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Summer School: Class, Culture & Discontents
Summer School on class, culture and discontents.
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Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Three weeks until the summer school, come one, come all www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-sch...
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Summer School: Class, Culture & Discontents
Summer School on class, culture and discontents.
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Luke de Noronha @lukedenoronha.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Some tribute to ones mother. Richard Sennett on putting the social back in socialism. www.theideasletter.org/essay/a-good...
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A Good Life in Bad Times - The Ideas Letter
Sennett probes how individuals can live decently under persecution, weaving the story of his own family’s experience under McCarthyism into a broader meditation on resistance, power, and survival. Com...
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Luke de Noronha @lukedenoronha.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
My new paper on digital identification in Jamaica. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Digital national identification in Jamaica: Public distrust and popular refusal
This paper analyses public distrust and popular refusal surrounding Jamaica’s proposed biometric, digital, national identification system (NIDS). While such responses have been interpreted in relat...
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