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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

BSA Theory Study Group has launched a new Online Seminar Series 'Social Theory and Artificial Intelligence: Challenges, Opportunities and Futures' 🥳🥳 Please submit your proposal here: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...

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Ioana Cerasella Chis @cerasellachis.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Today marks the end of my co-convenor role in the BSA Theory Study Group, after 4 years of involvement. Keep an eye on this page for future events & initiatives of the current committee: www.britsoc.co.uk/groups/study... To contact BSA Theory, email bsatheory@gmail.com or individual convenors

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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Call for Papers by 10 June for ‘Theorising from Lived Experience: An Interdisciplinary Workshop for Early Career Researchers’, a @bsatheory.bsky.social event, 24 September at the University of Birmingham. This event supports ECRs' theorisation, argumentation and thesis writing tinyurl.com/bd82ph58

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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

🪧Call for Papers for ECR Workshop: Theorising from Lived Experience @bsaecf.bsky.social 24 September 2026, University of Birmingham Deadlines: Abstract submission: 10 June 2026 Decisions go out: 17 June 2026 Full working papers (5-8k words): 1 September 2026 Submission guidelines: tiny.cc/p803101

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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

There's still time to register to our Roundtable on Activist Scholarship with Akwugo Emejulu, Panos Theodoropoulos and AK Thompson. 12 May 2026, 4:00-5:30 pm (BST) To register: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Theorizing from Lived Experience: A Roundtable on Activist Scholarship 12 May 2026 (4.00-5.30pm BST) Online Speakers: Akwugo Emejulu (Sheffield) Panos Theodoropoulos (KCL) AK Thompson (Movement-based scholar and organizer) Register: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

Theorizing from Lived Experience: A Roundtable on Activist Scholarship

A joint event from the BSA Theory and Activism, Social Movements and Revolutions Study Groups

12 May 2026 (4.00-5.30pm BST)
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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

BSA Theory's next three events are free and open for registration: 26 March 5pm GMT Racial Capitalism in Post(Imperial) Europe 21 April 2:30pm BST Theorizing from Lived Experience: Feminist & Queer Theory 12 May 4pmBST Theorizing from Lived Experience: Activist Scholarship #Sociology #Theory

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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

21 April 14:30 BST Online Theorizing from Lived Experience: Feminist and Queer Theory A roundtable with: Jo Littler (Goldsmiths) @jolittler.bsky.social Billy Holzberg (KCL) Nicola Smith (Birmingham) Lois McNay (Oxford) Free and open to all. To register, follow the link tinyurl.com/4dw285x6

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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Racial Capitalism in Post(Imperial) Europe: A Roundtable A BSA Theory Study Group Event 26 March 2026 (5.00-6.30pm GMT) Contributors to SAQ issue 125.1 will join the editors to share their research & to reflect on how racial capitalism functions as an analytic lens within contemporary social theory

Racial Capitalism in Post(Imperial) Europe: A Roundtable

A BSA Theory Study Group Event

26 March 2026 (5.00-6.30pm GMT)
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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Missed our co-organised event on 'Hope and refusal in an era of criminalized care: Responses to Pirate Care'? The video recording of the event is now available online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSyF... #PirateCare #SocialMovements #Resistance @plutopress.bsky.social

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Hope and refusal in an era of criminalized care: Responses to Pirate Care

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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Many thanks to everyone who attended the Pirate Care event today! The video recording will be shared soon. Make sure to register for our next event which is due to take place on the 26th March from 5pm GMT - Racial Capitalism in Post(Imperial) Europe: A Roundtable www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

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Racial Capitalism in Post(Imperial) Europe: A Roundtable

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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

This event will be taking place tomorrow from 7pm GMT! It will continue conversations started in this recently published book review symposium: link.springer.com/article/10.1... More details & registration link here: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b... #Theory #Sociology #PirateCare

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Book Review Symposium for Valeria Graziano, Marcell Mars, and Tomislav Medak (2025). Pirate Care: Acts Against the Criminalization of Solidarity - Postdigital Science and Education

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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Excellent Thinking Allowed episode with @bsaecf.bsky.social President Les Back & BSA Vice-President Imogen Taylor, talking about the impotance of social theory for analysing phenomena in the contemporary world. The episode can be accessed here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #Sociology #SocialTheory

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BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, The demise of Grand Theory?

Laurie Taylor charts changes in current sociological study with Les Back and Imogen Tyler.

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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Join us today at 3:30pm GMT for the first roundtable of our roundtable series, Theorising from Lived Experience. Our speakers - Alexis Gros, Lucy Osler, and Sebastian Raza - will talk about Phenomenological Approaches.

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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

‘We witness, around the world, people rising up to defend one another from fascism, austerity and the cruel politics of disposability’. Book now for a free online event, ‘Hope and Refusal in an Era of Criminalised Care’, supported by @bsatheory.bsky.social 3 March tinyurl.com/ee8eskjw

Poster for free online event, ‘Hope and Refusal in an Era of Criminalised Care’

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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Book now for 'Racial Capitalism in Post(Imperial) Europe: A Roundtable', a free online @bsatheory.bsky.social event, 26 March tinyurl.com/4fkrea9z #sociology

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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

If you've tried to register but the link did not work/indicated that the event is fully booked, we're pleased to announce that the portal should be working once again! Please visit this page to register for our Theorising from Lived Experience event: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

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Theorizing from Lived Experience: A Roundtable on Phenomenological Approaches

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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

This event will take place on Friday next week - grab your tickets!

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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Explore the methodological advantages and limits of working from lived experience – book now for ‘Theorizing from Lived Experience: A Roundtable on Phenomenological Approaches’, a free online @bsatheory.bsky.social event, 27 February 2026 tinyurl.com/mu3jrv5a

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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Hope & Refusal in an Era of Criminalised Care: Responses to Pirate Care 3 March '26, 7pm GMT Online Join BSA Theory, the Pirate Care authors & reviewers, and other collectives for an online discussion, post-book review symposium publication! www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b... @plutopress.bsky.social

Poster for the event. On the left half, a tarot-like imagery is featured, in black and white, of pirate carers by the sea. On the right side, it reads 'please join us on March 3rd, 2026 at 7pm (UTC+0) online for a discussion of the book Pirate Care: Acts Against the Criminalisation of Solidarity with the authors and with contributors to a new critical forum on the book that appears in the Postdigital Science and Education Journal. To register, visit vagabonds.xyz

Around the poster are also the logos of the organisations supporting it - bsa, mdn, cas, rival, alternatives to capitalism research network, and the vagabonds book series of Pluto Press

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ASA Theory Section @asatheory.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Call for submissions! 🔔 2026 The Theory Prize! ⏱️ Submit by March 2, 2026 🔗 Full call and other awards: asatheory.com/theory-award...

The Theory Prize is given to recognize outstanding work in theory. In even-numbered years, it is given to a book, and in odd-numbered years, to a paper; in both cases, eligible items are those published in the preceding four calendar years. The deadline for submissions is March 2, 2026. Self-nominations are welcome. The book should be sent to all five members of the committee either in electronic or paper format. No paper can win more than one section award

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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Image text relates to a free online event, ‘Hope and Refusal in an Era of Criminalised Care’, supported by @bsatheory.bsky.social 3 March https://tinyurl.com/ee8eskjw

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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Theorizing from Lived Experience: A Roundtable on Phenomenological Approaches with Alexis Gros, Lucy Osler, Sebastian Raza A BSA Theory Study Group Event 27 Feb 2026 (3.30-5.00pm GMT) Online, free - registration required: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b... #Sociology #AcademicChatter #BSATheory

Theorizing from Lived Experience: A Roundtable on Phenomenological Approaches

A BSA Theory Study Group Event

27 February 2026 (3.30-5.00pm GMT)
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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

The BSA Theory Study Group has 3 exciting events scheduled for the coming weeks! 27 February (3.30pm GMT) Theorizing from Lived Experience 3 March (7pm GMT) Hope and Refusal in an Era of Criminalised Care 26 March (5pm GMT) Racial Capitalism in Post(Imperial) Europe #Sociology #Theory #BSATheory

Forthcoming Events
27 February 2026 (3.30-5.00pm GMT)
Theorizing from Lived Experience: A Roundtable on Phenomenological Approaches
Online

3 March 2026 (7-8pm GMT)
Hope and Refusal in an Era of Criminalised Care: Responses to Pirate Care
Online

26 March 2026 (5.00-6.30pm GMT)
Racial Capitalism in Post(Imperial) Europe: A Roundtable
Online

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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Confirmed speakers include Sita Balani (QMUL), Piro Rexhepi (LSE) and Kristina Millona (Independent Researcher), Barbora Černušáková (Manchester), Amani Hassani (Brunel), and Sabrina Axster (Johns Hopkins). The issue editors, Sarah Bufkin (Birmingham) and Ida Danewid (Sussex), will chair the event.

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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Have you read Sociology’s latest special issue? Sociology under Attack looks at the ideological battle about the role of universities and of social sciences. Find articles on authoritarianism, neoliberalism and sociology's role in current political climates. journals.sagepub.com/toc/SOC/59/6

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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

We are delighted to welcome Professor Les Back as BSA President, stepping up from Vice President. Les is Head of Sociology in the School of Social & Political Sciences @uofgsociology.bsky.social. Thanks to Rachel Brooks as she completes her term as President es.britsoc.co.uk/professor-le...

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Jana Bacevic 🌲🌳✊🏴 @unsocialtheory.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

In September last year (2024, you read that right) I gave the @bsatheory.bsky.social lecture on Academic freedom and the politics of free speech, with reflections on performativity, ontology of social institutions, and - of course - Palestine. It's finally up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH5S...

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Academic Freedom and the Politics of Free Speech with Jana Bacevic

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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

'Sociology under Attack', the new Sociology journal special issue, is now live! Articles in this special issue demonstrate that the value of Sociology is not restricted to what it does, but how it does it. Read now below. doi.org/10.1177/0038...

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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

The book launch was co-organised with The Bauman Institute (baumaninstitute.leeds.ac.uk) based University of Leeds. The presenters were Tom Campbell, Katarzyna Bartoszyńska, Elena Álvarez Álvarez, Martin Aidnik, and Jack Palmer. #Theory #Sociology #BSATheory

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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Theory and Society: Zygmunt Bauman Book Launch If you missed our event (www.britsoc.co.uk/media/26928/...), we are pleased to share that the video recording of the talks is now available on the BSA YouTube channel: youtu.be/jzPNl3O5Up0?... #Sociology #SocialTheory #Bauman #BSATheory

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Theory and Society: Zygmunt Bauman Book Launch

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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Academic Freedom and the Politics of Free Speech with Jana Bacevic If you missed our event (www.britsoc.co.uk/media/26750/...), we are pleased to share that the video recording of Jana's talk is now available on the BSA YouTube channel: youtu.be/jH5SIWescAU?... #Sociology #SocialTheory #BSATheory

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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

The BSA is seeking nominations for the post of Vice President of the British Sociological Association. The new Vice President will then step into the role of President in January 2027. Deadline for notations is 10 December. tinyurl.com/bdfb5xvy #sociology

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BSA Vice President – Call for Nominations - Everyday Society - The British Sociological Association

The BSA is seeking nominations for a Vice President of the British Sociological Association. Our current Vice President, Les Back, will become President in January 2026, serving until December 2026......

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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Many thanks to everyone who attended our first event of the 2025/2026 academic year, yesterday! For future events and announcements, keep an eye on our webpage: www.britsoc.co.uk/groups/study... #Theory #Sociology

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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

21 Nov, 2pm This seminar will launch the new edited volume, 'Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century', edited by D Brzeziński, K Filipek, K Piwowar, M Winiarska-Brodowska. Book your free ticket! The event is open to members & non-members.

ook Launch: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century (Routledge 2025)

A BSA Theory Study Group Event

21 November 2025 (14:00-15:30 GMT)
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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

The event will be attended by the editors of the book, authors of selected chapters, as well as prominent researchers of contemporary algorithmisation as commentators: Dariusz Brzeziński Małgorzata Winiarska-Brodowska Robert Seyfert Nicolas Chartier-Edwards Noortje Marres David Beer #Theory

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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Book Launch: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century (Routledge 2025) A BSA Theory Study Group Event 21 November 2025 (14:00-15:30 GMT) Online Free to attend, registration required www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b... #SocialTheory

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Book Launch: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century (Routledge 2025)

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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Would you like to contribute to Sociology or Work, Employment and Society? Be sure to submit your application to join the Editorial Boards by 11 November 2025. Details on how to apply or nominate a colleague can be found below. www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc

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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

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Book Launch: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century (Routledge 2025)

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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

How will AI affect society? Find out by booking on 'Book Launch: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century' a free online @bsatheory.bsky.social event on 21 November tinyurl.com/4bspp3pr

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British Sociological Association (BSA) - Early Career Forum @bsaecf.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Join us on 30 Jan 2026 (2–3 pm GMT) for the BSA webinar on applying for postdoctoral research funding with Dr Fei Huang (Leverhulme Early Career Fellow) & Prof Katherine Twamley (Professor of Sociology). Get tips on proposals, applications, mentors & more! Book now: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

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Applying for Postdoctoral Research Funding as an Early Career Scholar

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