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Sam Whewall

@drsamwhewall.bsky.social
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Research Fellow, UCL @UCLGlobalYouth.bsky.social 🌏 | youth studies, sociology, geography | Coastal youth life chances: tinyurl.com/mucsrx5 | Runner 🏃🏻‍♂️ & baker 🥐

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UCL Discovery @ucldiscovery.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Open Access UCL Research: ‘Nothing to do and nowhere to go’: leisure, social infrastructure and the erosion of youth belonging on the East of England coast discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
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‘Nothing to do and nowhere to go’: leisure, social infrastructure and the erosion of youth belonging on the East of England coast - UCL Discovery
UCL Discovery is UCL's open access repository, showcasing and providing access to UCL research outputs from all UCL disciplines.
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Sam Whewall @drsamwhewall.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
We first submitted this article to a journal in Spring 2023 - thanks to Prof. Sarah Holloway's and @helenapw.bsky.social's determination and hard work, it's finally published! 🙌 doi.org/10.1002/berj...
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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
🖋️"The cost of doing nothing – for coastal towns and the young people who live there – are severe." Prof Avril Keating, @drsamwhewall.bsky.social and Emily Clark @uclglobalyouth.bsky.social explore how to better support young people growing up in coastal towns. theconversation.com/young-people...
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Young people in coastal towns are getting left behind – here’s what could help
For young people living in seaside towns year-round, there’s little to do – and youth services are crumbling.
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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
“These oversized vehicles are not just swallowing our public space, they’re also far more dangerous, especially for children.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn
Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space
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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
A chance to share dilemmas that researching with young people can bring up – book now for ‘Methodological and ethical dilemmas in research with young people’, a BSA Youth Study Group free event, 16 September, Manchester Metropolitan University tinyurl.com/4ey5y483
A chance to share dilemmas that researching with young people can bring up – book now for ‘Methodological and ethical dilemmas in research with young people’, a BSA Youth Study Group free event, 16 September 2025, Manchester Metropolitan University  tinyurl.com/4ey5y483
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Sam Whewall @drsamwhewall.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
✏️New piece in @theconversation.com. We spoke with 50 policymakers and youth practitioners about the issues facing young people growing up in English coastal communities. theconversation.com/young-people...
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Young people in coastal towns are getting left behind – here’s what could help
For young people living in seaside towns year-round, there’s little to do – and youth services are crumbling.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Last month, Anas al-Sharif sounded the alarm on starvation in Gaza. Israel accused him of terrorism. "We warned this felt like a precursor to justify assassination," said Jodie Ginsberg of the Committee to Protect Journalists. Today he was killed in a targeted strike on a tent housing reporters.
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Israel murders five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif
Al-Sharif was killed along with Mohammed Qreiqeh two cameramen and an assistant in an Israeli attack on Gaza City.
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Sol Gamsu @solgamsu.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Job in the Sociology Department here at Durham. Opportunity to work on a really important project looking at the history of a classic study in British sociology and how it ignored/obscured issues of race and gender. durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Race, Gender and class in foundational studies in British Sociology
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
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Lisa Bachelor @lisabachelor.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
And here is a wider feature on the issue. We begun reporting months back and will spend the next year continuing this work. I would like to mention the wonderful Polly Braden whose documentary photography helped inspire the series and who we will be working with www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘We’re told we won’t amount to anything’: is it possible to change the fortunes of young people living in England’s coastal towns?
Young people living by the sea are often in some of the most deprived areas of the country, but they say they want the chance to thrive. The Guardian is embarking on a year-long series to tell their s...
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Sam Whewall @drsamwhewall.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Excited to share a new report (discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...) from the UCL Coastal Youth Life Chances project (featured in two pieces by @theguardian.com this morning!) @uclglobalyouth.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
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Young people & coastal communities: Local policymaker and practitioner perspectives: Interim report from the UCL Coastal Youth Life Chances project - UCL Discovery
UCL Discovery is UCL's open access repository, showcasing and providing access to UCL research outputs from all UCL disciplines.
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Sam Whewall @drsamwhewall.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Fieldwork season is kicking off again this week for @uclglobalyouth.bsky.social and the Coastal Youth Life Chances study 🦀
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Sam Whewall @drsamwhewall.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Part of Spud's morning routine: crying in the shower at 7am until I switch it on so that she can drink cos her actual water bowl isn't good enough.
A Bengal cat with a red collar drinking from small pools of water in a black shower tray.
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Sam Whewall @drsamwhewall.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
About to embark on yet another (third? fourth?) round of applying for jobs as I near the 'one year to go' point in my current postdoc.
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Prof. Sarah Mills @sarah-mills.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Come and work @lborouniversity.bsky.social from 1st September: 12-month full time and fixed term UT in Human Geography, following my BA fellowship news - it's a great department! Closing date 22/06 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNH236/u...
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University Teacher in Human Geography at Loughborough University
An academic position as a University Teacher in Human Geography is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.
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Sam Whewall @drsamwhewall.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
It must be soul-destroying walking out of work at SHU, knowing your job is at risk, and passing £150M of shiny new buildings. Unbelievable this is happening again.
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Rachel Brooks @rachelbrooks.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
We're currently advertising for a 3+ year post-doc position @education.ox.ac.uk working on the ESRC-funded @studentspolitics.bsky.social project with @rilleraaper.bsky.social, Tom Fryer & me - to start ASAP Deadline: 9 June Please repost- thanks! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 15/05/2025
“These are the actions of the worst type of rogue employer.” @drjogrady.bsky.social The University of Greenwich wants to axe up to 319 staff, a quarter of its workforce. Students lose. Staff lose. Only the VC wins (pay up from £299k → £374k). #UCU #Stopthecuts www.ucu.org.uk/article/1401...
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'Rogue employer' University of Greenwich could axe over 300 staff
The University of Greenwich intends to axe up to 319 staff, around a quarter of its total workforce (319/1245), in a bid to slash payroll, announced the University and College Union (UCU) today
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Sam Whewall @drsamwhewall.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
My feet are devastated, but excellent romp in the Dales this weekend 🙌 #YorkshireThreePeaks
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Sam Whewall @drsamwhewall.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Enough marking for one week. Off to climb some reyt big hills. #YorkshireThreePeaks
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Jay Todd 🏳️‍⚧️ @jaytoddgla.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
This morning, 533 academic geographers have written to @rgsibg.bsky.social calling for them to respond to UK Supreme Court and EHRC events, and take action to protect trans and gender diverse members of the geographical community and people across the UK. Please share docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Open letter to RGS on Supreme Court and EHRC events April 2025
Dear Professor Dame Jane Francis and Professor Joe Smith, Re: The response of the Royal Geographical Society to the April 2025 Supreme Court ruling and EHRC interim update We are currently witnessing ...
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Sam Whewall @drsamwhewall.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Spud's all about the sunshine 🙌☀️
Small Bengal cat lying in the sun with her limbs crossed over and eyes almost closed.
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Emily St. John Mandel @emilymandel.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?” - A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
NYT headline: “Kennedy Advises New Parents to ‘Do Your Own Research’ on Vaccines” 
Subheader:
“In an interview with Dr. Phil, the health secretary offered false information about vaccine oversight and revealed a lack of basic understanding of new drug approvals.”
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Sam Whewall @drsamwhewall.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Brain is buzzing with ideas from the last few days at @britsoci.bsky.social #britsoc25 Barely took any photos, but great to hear @emiliapn.bsky.social talking mobility/belonging/social infrastructure in rural Scotland, and to cross paths with fellow coastal researcher @jamespattison79.bsky.social
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Sam Whewall @drsamwhewall.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Found a very lonely OHP at #britsoc25 conference 😭 @britsoci.bsky.social
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Sam Whewall @drsamwhewall.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Just been writing about youth leisure space in coastal towns is under threat, but less so in cities 🤦
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Sam Whewall @drsamwhewall.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
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Sam Whewall @drsamwhewall.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
I wouldn't recommend Sheffield Half Marathon to anyone - and I actually train on these hills! 🥵 Anyway, top Sunday morning regardless 😊 Here's me and my friend Jess ready to stuff our faces by 11.30 this morning #SheffieldHalf @runforall.bsky.social
My friend Jess and me sat in a cafe, smiling, holding our medals up to the camera.
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Sarah Marie Hall @smhall.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
While I process the announcement today by UK Labour Govt r.e. cuts to disability payments, I want to be clear on a few things. 1. Disabled people live with a payment penalty: being disabled costs more. These proposed changes will entrench this inequality further. [1/3]
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Sam Whewall @drsamwhewall.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Excellent Friday afternoon mapping with seminar students, exploring the role London (and place in general) plays/will play in first-year students' journeys towards adulthood 🗺️📍
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Sam Whewall @drsamwhewall.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Lecturing on one of my favourite topics this morning! 🌎😊
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Sheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
We're almost two years into Prince William's five-year fight to end homelessness in Sheffield. In today's edition, we ask what the city has to show for it so far. 🧵
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Sam Whewall @drsamwhewall.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Being on Twitter scared me off social media for a while, but hoping to be more present here, where hopefully there are fewer Nazis and just generally constant horrific content. Anyway, here's Spud and Señor Fish to brighten up your Tuesday 🐱
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