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British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA)

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Association for academics, research students and practitioners interested in industrial and labour relations, and the politics of work. RTs not endorsements. www.buira.net

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British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA) @buiraonline.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thirsty Scholars Writing History, directed by @blandinee.bsky.social and Catherine Lemercier: BUIRA legacy film launch at Westminster University. Book your tickets now: www.buira.net/events/buira...
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BUIRA film launch and panel discussion: "Thirsty Scholars Writing History" - Buira
14 Oct @ 5:15 pm - 7:30 pm - London BUIRA and ProBE event Wednesday 14 October 2026, 17.15-19.30 Room L195, University of Westminster Marylebone Branch 35 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5LS (opposite Mad...
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British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA) @buiraonline.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Please add your name to this Public Statement in support of the Management and Marketing Group facing compulsory redundancies at Essex Business School, Essex University sites.google.com/view/mmpubli...
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MM Public Statement
For release on 13 MAY 2026 at 09:00 A Public Statement in Support of the Management and Marketing Group Facing Compulsory Redundancies Essex Business School University of Essex
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Employment Research Unit @erucardiffu.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
ERU and @wiserd-research.bsky.social will be hosting the launch of the Handbook on the Sociology of Work, 13:00 on 15 April 2026, in Cardiff University. Details and registration here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
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Book launch: Handbook on the Sociology of Work
You are warmly invited to join us for the launch of this Handbook. Please confirm your attendance for catering purposes.
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British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA) @buiraonline.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Deadline fast approaching! Submit now to BUIRA annual conference. Please share widely!
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British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA) @buiraonline.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
BUIRA 2026 *** submissions deadline extended to 27th March *** due to many requests. Details below. Please share: www.buira.net/2026/01/22/c...
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Call for Papers: BUIRA Conference 2026 - Buira
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British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA) @buiraonline.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Deadline very close! Submit to BUIRA 2026 before 8th March! 🎉🎉🎉 Details below
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British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA) @buiraonline.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
*** deadline extended to 8 March *** Submit your abstracts to BUIRA annual conference - details below 🎉🎉🎉
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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
🔶New issue of Futures of Work. This issue explores how borders shape workers’ lives, treating them not as neutral lines but as contested and ideological forces. The articles show how bordering practices structure labour mobility and inequality. futuresofwork.co.uk
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Futures of Work
A space for radical critiques of the changing world of work
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Jonathan Preminger @jonathanpreminger.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
My contribution to this great new issue of Futures of Work: "The constitutive and discursive role of borders in neoliberal settler-colonialism" - futuresofwork.co.uk/2026/01/27/t...
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The constitutive and discursive role of borders in neoliberal settler-colonialism
The article argues that in Israel–Palestine borders function less as markers of sovereignty than as tools that manage, depoliticise and exploit Palestinian labour while sustaining the fiction of a …
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British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA) @buiraonline.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
BUIRA Annual Conference 2026: Regulation in a Time of Disruption, 23-25 June, Essex University. Call for papers now open: www.buira.net/2026/01/22/c...
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Ralph Darlington @ralphdarlington.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Superb new book on the 1926 General Strike in this 100th anniversary year @sslh.bsky.social @strikemap.org @redhen90.bsky.social @keithbeard.bsky.social @buiraonline.bsky.social @wcmlibrary.bsky.social @iassc.bsky.social bookmarksbookshop.co.uk/product/revi...
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Jonathan Preminger @jonathanpreminger.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Our Handbook on the Sociology of Work is out! With Chris Rees, @odulbozkurt.bsky.social and Stephanie Limoncelli, and many truly wonderful chapter authors: www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 10/11/2025
Anyone interested in attending the LERA May 2026 conference in Minneapolis & doing work on homecare? I'm maybe putting together a panel proposal. www.leraweb.org/call-2026-minn
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British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA) @buiraonline.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
BUIRA History of IR study group seminar: The Marriage Bar in the UK - Case Studies from the BBC and Teaching. 2 Dec 17:30-19:15 with Kate Murphy and Harriet Samuels www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-marria...
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The Marriage Bar in the UK: Case Studies from the BBC and Teaching
BUIRA History of Industrial Relations Study Group in association with ProBE Centre for the Study of the Production of the Built Environment
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Employment Research Unit @erucardiffu.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
ERU is delighted to start the year with a panel on Digital Work, in collaboration with @cusocsci.bsky.social, featuring Agnieszka Rydik @agnirydzik.bsky.social and Mattia Dessi @mattiadessifrau.bsky.social, Nov 12 at 12:00, @cu-cardiffbusiness.bsky.social
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
“More than half of the work done by women in the period between the 16th and 18th centuries took place outside of the home, and around half of all housework and three-quarters of care work was conducted professionally for other households” [England] phys.org/news/2025-10...
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A woman's place was not in the home: Challenging the assumptions about women's work in early modern history
New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England's national economy before 1700.
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British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA) @buiraonline.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Save the date!! BUIRA 2026 conference will be held on 23-25 June in the Wivenhoe campus of Essex University
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British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA) @buiraonline.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Prof Peter Turnbull gives the presidential address at BUIRA 2025, held at the University of Exeter, Cornwall campus - What's the Place of IR Academics and their Association(s)? www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP9p...
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BUIRA 2025 Presidential Address - What's the Place of IR Academics and their Association(s)
YouTube video by BUIRA Online
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British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA) @buiraonline.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
⏰ Deadline for abstract submission extended until 28 February ⏰ Submit your 500 word abstract via the BUIRA website: www.buira.net/conferences/...
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BUIRA Annual Conference 2025: Putting Industrial Relations in their Place - The Geographies of Good Work - Buira
June 25-27 2025  |  Pre-conference PhD Day: June 24 University of Exeter in Cornwall, Penryn Campus, Cornwall Submit your abstracts […]
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
@buiraonline.bsky.social Assessing ‘Fair Work' Scotland’: Scot Gov declared in 2016 Scotland would be ‘fair work’ nation by 2025. This event looks at what has/hasn’t been achieved & why, does Employment Rights Bill change situ & do we still need devolved employment law? www.buira.net/2025/02/05/e...
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Event: Assessing Scotland as a ‘Fair Work Nation’ - Buira
The SNP Scottish Government declared in 2016 that Scotland would become a ‘fair work’ nation by 2025. This one-day event, […]
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
@buiraonline.bsky.social December 2024 UK strike statistics out this morning: 52,000 days not worked in 64 strikes involving 6,000 workers. Well down on the beginning of 2024 and about the same since August 2024 onwards. What will 2025 bring as stagflation is in prospect?
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
@buiraonline.bsky.social 1 May 2025 event: Assessing Scotland as a ‘Fair Work Nation’, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow - see range of speakers and other details www.tickettailor.com/events/briti...
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British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA) @buiraonline.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Our latest keynote speaker is @kenanmalik.bsky.social Kenan Malik is a writer, lecturer and broadcaster, and a columnist for the Observer. His latest book Not So Black and White challenges much of our understanding of race by retelling the history of the concept. www.buira.net/conferences/...
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BUIRA Annual Conference 2025: Putting Industrial Relations in their Place - The Geographies of Good Work - Buira
June 25-27 2025  |  Pre-conference PhD Day: June 24 University of Exeter in Cornwall, Penryn Campus, Cornwall Submit your abstracts […]
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British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA) @buiraonline.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
BUIRA Annual Conference 2025: Putting Industrial Relations in their Place – The Geographies of Good Work Call for papers! June 25-27 2025 | PhD Day: June 24 University of Exeter in Cornwall, Penryn Campus, Cornwall www.buira.net/conferences/...
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BUIRA Annual Conference 2025: Putting Industrial Relations in their Place - The Geographies of Good Work - Buira
June 25-27 2025  |  Pre-conference PhD Day: June 24 University of Exeter in Cornwall, Penryn Campus, Cornwall Submit your abstracts […]
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