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Marie Curie Associate Professor Sociologist of dying, palliative and end-of-life care, and bereavement. profiles.warwick.ac.uk/u1772723-joh…

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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The @radhumslab.bsky.social are pleased to announce 'Against Automation: Resisting AI Futures in Teaching and Research,' November 20th, @ucc.ie. With Dan McQuillan, Patrick Brodie, Masoumeh Mansouri, and Jennie Stephens. Tickets at: www.eventbrite.com/e/against-au...
 A poster announcing Against Automation: Resisting AI Futures in Teaching and Research, November 20th, @ucc.ie. With Dan McQuillan, Patrick Brodie, Masoumeh Mansouri, and Jennie Stephens. Cacsss seminar room, 10am - 3pm
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John MacArtney @johnmacartney.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
For those in the Australia and NZ: Come join me today as I share the findings and reflections from two projects on the benefits of Men's Sheds in hospice and palliative care! www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-role-o...
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The Role of Men’s Sheds in Supporting Men Through End-of-Life Experiences
Seminar hosted by The Good Death Impact Network and The Care Lab at UNSW.
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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Nearly 5000 researchers applied for an ERC starting grand in the last round. Just over 400 (less than 9%) were successful. Many people applying are spending up to 12 months working seriously on their application. This is absolutely crazy. erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
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ERC Starting Grants: €705 million to back Europe's next generation of researchers
The European Research Council (ERC) has today announced the winners of its latest Starting Grant competition. The funding, worth €705 million in total, will go to 421 early-career researchers across E...
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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Some thoughts on the discourse (with nods to @stephenkb.bsky.social @provokedeconomy.bsky.social @annakornbluh.bsky.social and various others)https://substack.com/home/post/p-211963353
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On Left paranoia
sociology or barbarism
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Angela Marques Filipe @angelaofthenorth.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Some aspects of ADHD and neurodivergence are social problems; that doesn’t make them more socially constructed or medically less real than any other multifactorial condition. False binaries and unsubstantiated scripts are being played out w/o much regard to the research and scientific evidence.
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Angela Marques Filipe @angelaofthenorth.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I’ve recently published an article reviewing 30y+ of social research on ADHD that outgrew the fallacy of real x social construct debate. As a sociologist of science, medicine and diagnosis, and AuDHD myself, I’m perplexed by the Channel 4 doc and its timing during a govt inquiry on the diagnosis/MH
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Prof Erica Borgstrom @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
ICYMI: recent article out with colleagues from the DAPPLE study. Title - Palliative and end-of-life care in people with and without intellectual disabilities in primary care: identification, survival time, and healthcare utilization. academic.oup.com/fampra/artic...
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Palliative and end-of-life care in people with and without intellectual disabilities in primary care: identification, survival time, and healthcare utilization
AbstractBackground. Evidence on end-of-life care (EOLC) provision for people with intellectual disabilities in primary care is limited.Methods. A retrospec
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John MacArtney @johnmacartney.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Closes tonight!
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MarieCurieEOLC @mariecurieeolc.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
🚨Calling researchers - Submissions for abstracts and spotlight sessions for the Marie Curie Research into Practice Conference 2027 are now open! More details and how to submit can be found on our website 👉 www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...
A yellow and blue banner with the text "The Marie Curie Research into Practice conference 2027. Week Commencing 22 February" and a Yellow daffodil as the Marie Curie logo.
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MarieCurieEOLC @mariecurieeolc.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Multiple conditions, complex treatments and unpredictable disease means it is often not possible to know the expected course of a patient's illness. This is prognostic uncertainty. New Marie Curie funded paper on improving communication of prognostic uncertainty 👉 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/7...
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Improving communication of prognostic uncertainty in advanced illness: a realist review
Objectives Prognostic uncertainty is common in advanced illness, driven by multimorbidity, treatment complexities and unpredictable disease trajectories. When inadequately acknowledged or discussed, i...
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John MacArtney @johnmacartney.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Still time to apply for this opportunity to work with me on a new research study exploring discharge hospital palliative care! Links below...
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John MacArtney @johnmacartney.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
*Job alert* Part-time Research Assistant role on a palliative care study: warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre... Please re-post and share widely! #PEOLC
Screenshot of part of the job advert:

"About the study:

People with life‑limiting illnesses may be discharged from hospital, and it happens more often than many assume. Over one‑third return to community settings such as home when their needs or preferences change. Clear, accurate discharge communication with the patient and their wider care team is essential. When this communication works well, a person’s end‑of‑life wishes can be respected; when communication is poor, preventable problems can occur, including emergency readmission. Our research aims to identify barriers to discharge and develop principles for improving hospital discharge from specialist palliative care to community settings.

You can find out more about the study here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkSsnymB7uk

About You:
You will support the research team and a research fellow who will be using ethnographic research methods (observations and rapid interviews) of specialist palliative care discharge from hospitals in the West Midlands to home.

Experience of working on qualitative projects is essential. Previous experience of working in multidisciplinary research teams and with participants in potentially sensitive topics is desirable. We welcome applications from any related discipline, including social sciences, humanities, health sciences, public health, psychology etc.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
'the Humanities and Social Sciences....disciplines ask not just “what works?” but “for whom?”, “at what cost?”, “under what assumptions?” and “towards what kind of society?” They are central to good policy, democratic accountability and social mobility.' Essential reading. Read it. 3/3
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John MacArtney @johnmacartney.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
We know, "How long do I have?" is a big question often asked when someone has a terminal illness. Yet doctors often struggle to answer it, as the answer is rarely clear. But they also find it hard to explain their uncertainty. Our review of over *200 papers* identified...
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Objectives: Prognostic uncertainty is common in advanced illness, driven by multimorbidity, treatment complexities and unpredictable disease trajectories. When inadequately acknowledged or discussed, it can lead to patient and family distress and inhibit decision-making.

We aimed to build a programme theory of how, why and for whom communication of prognostic uncertainty ‘works’ (or not) in advanced illness and palliative care contexts.

Design Realist systematic review, reported according to RAMESES criteria.

Results From 4634 search results, we included 205 studies with 46 579 participants across 11 countries. The final programme theory identified contexts of communication: socio-cultural norms and values, patient and family preferences, communication models and interventions, clinician uncertainty tolerance, training and experience. Mechanisms of communication were mediated by the care relationship, the timing and initiation of discussion, the content of communication and explicit versus implicit communication. Relevant outcomes were emotions, hope, distress, decision making and care planning. There was no single model of effective communication as this varied based on individual characteristics and preferences, but openness was usually viewed positively.

Conclusion This programme theory provides a new understanding of the contexts and mechanisms, such as explicitness of discussion, that support effective communication of prognostic uncertainty across advanced illness contexts to reduce distress and aid decision making. Sociocultural factors are important, but they have the most limited supporting evidence, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The model presented here may support professionals in individualised and compassionate communication of prognostic uncertainty
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
🚨1 in 3 people are Clinically Vulnerable. Five years after Freedom Day, the right to take part in public life safely has not been protected. Have concerns about wearing a mask Attending a protest? Accessing public spaces? Tell us in our new IMPORTANT survey ⬇️
5 YEARS SINCE FREEDOM DAY

CLINICALLY VULNERABLE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC RIGHTS IN LAW.

In pandemics, extreme temperatures and civil emergencies these people are particularly at risk - but even generally they are more at risk.

THE RIGHT TO WEAR A MASK MUST BE PROTECTED.

1 IN 3

PEOPLE ARE CLINICALLY VULNERABLE.

THE RIGHT TO CLEAN AIR MUST BE PROTECTED.

It benefits everyone.

WHEN IT IS SAFE ENOOLGH FOR THE MOST VULNERABLLE IT IS SAFE ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE.

#ClinicallyVulnerableAwareness

Clinically Vulnerable Families
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Hi! For reporting I'm doing at @motherjones.com, I'm looking to connect with people on how workplace accommodations has helped their mental health when it comes to changing in function due to Long Covid. Please reach out at jmetraux@motherjones.com. Reposts appreciated.
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John MacArtney @johnmacartney.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Really pleased to share that I am co-leading one of these newly funded studies with the fantastic Dr Katharine Weetman: "Identifying core components of care transitions from specialist palliative care to primary care". Find out more here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkSs... It builds on...
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Identifying core components of care transitions from specialist palliative care to primary care
YouTube video by Marie Curie
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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
A few weeks ago, @wellcometrust.bsky.social announced that scholars in the republic of Ireland would no longer be eligible to lead bids to the flagship discovery research scheme. We think this decision is badly flawed, and are asking them to rethink: www.irishhumanities.ie/assets/PDFs/...
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John MacArtney @johnmacartney.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
It was not lost on me that I was wearing a mask and talking about the "dark side" of academia (😆) Research cultures that perpetuate negative and pernicious experiences of "failure". This including sharing our "safe to fail" interactive resource: warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/...
Man wearing a mask speaking next to a lectern in front of a projection of a slide from the presentation.Panel of six people sat in a row. The first person in the row holds a microphone and the others are looking at her.
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John MacArtney @johnmacartney.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Fascinating time to be in South Africa to hear about the dangers of xenophobia and afrophobia to research excellence. Powerful question from @jonathanjansen.bsky.social that echoes for UK: “How can we talk about research culture without talking about the dangerous moment in history that we are in?”
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John MacArtney @johnmacartney.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Very fortunate to have been invited to speak at the International Consortium for Research Culture symposium in Stellenbosch (nr Cape Town) @suhealthsci.bsky.social. Will be talking tomorrow about academic "failure", until then I will be enjoying the wonderful hospitality, scenery and talks!
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The Safer Air Project @saferairproject.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
What is the impact of safer air? We spend around 90% of our time indoors. That means the air we breathe in our homes, workplaces, schools, healthcare settings and community spaces like restaurants, has a real impact on our health, wellbeing and ability to participate. bit.ly/sap-eofy26
Poor indoor air can impact whether my family can safely be there at all.

Philip
Severely immunocompromised
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Dr Hannah J. Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I am looking for someone fab to join me at Strathclyde on a funded PhD studentship on the history of unorthodox health activism. If you are that person, or know someone who is, there's a month left to apply! #HistMed www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...
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Eduwis Preschool: We're Hiring
ALT: Eduwis Preschool: We're Hiring
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Bijan Parsia @bparsia.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Hey #UCU, I just released v1 of another @ucucommons.org project: JNCHES vs Inflation. Site: jnchesvinflation.streamlit.app Blog post: ucucommons.org/project-jnches-vs-inflation/ It's depressing but may be helpful!
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Project: JNCHES vs Inflation
We're happy to announce a new UCU Commons Project: JNCHES vs. Inflation. We've extracted pay spine point data going back to 2005 and plotted it in a number of ways against several inflation measures.
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Simon Etkind @simonnoahetkind.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Ok folks, last chance to complete the CURVE study and help us understand more about communicating uncertain recovery in acute care. We now have over 300 responses from across the UK, can you help us get to 350 before the end of the week? cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Communicating Uncertain RecoVEry in acute care: a survey of physicians’ views. (The CURVE Study)
Communicating Uncertain RecoVEry in acute care: a survey of physicians’ views. (The CURVE Study)
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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
This is about as comprehensive as things get. Would love to know what - if any - pushback it could receive from those representatives of the system itself. But maybe there aren’t any left. Even VCs would agree with much of it www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Stefan Collini · Squadrons of Pigs: Bonfire of the Universities
The problems with Britain’s universities are systemic and deep-rooted, not just local or contingent. Yet political and...
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John MacArtney @johnmacartney.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
"grief machine" indeed... We did not have *all this* quite at the forefront of our minds when writing our paper on grieving "loss" in HE, but sadly I think it still resonates, FWIW... journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social @emmawatsonkirby.bsky.social @drkrawz.bsky.social
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Grieving academic grant rejections: Examining funding failure and experiences of loss - Erica Borgstrom, Annelieke Driessen, Marian Krawczyk, Emma Kirby, John MacArtney, Kathryn Almack, 2024
Bidding for research funding has increasingly become a main feature of academic work from the doctoral level and beyond. Individually and collectively, the proc...
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Professor Ruth Penfold-Mounce @deathandculture.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
In recognition for my efforts and commitment to Higher Education I got to attend a Royal Garden Party Buckingham Palace. Much more than I expected! Great that my work on death and pedagogy especially learning on the move is being recognised. @uoy-sociology.bsky.social @asdsdeath.bsky.social
Ruth Penfold-Mounce sitting on a stone bench in Buckingham Palace gardens. She is wearing a long blue patterned dress with bare arms and a navy blue fascinator in her hairRuth Penfold-Mounce in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace. She is weating navy blue fascinator and turquoise coat
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Angela Marques Filipe @angelaofthenorth.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
New OA article: "Mapping the social studies of ADHD: From medicalization theory to neurodiversity in the digital age, and future directions". Reviewing 30y of scholarship, its shifts (global, decolonial, digital) and futures, entering the 'social studies of ADHD' journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Diana Teggi @dianateggi.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
I can’t wait to hear Natashe Lemos Dekker on what a “good #death” means in #dementia, and how people navigate #loss while holding on to connection and a sense of the #future. Join me for a great talk on Weds 6th 6-7pm! Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beatrice-g... @cendeathsociety.bsky.social
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Beatrice Godwin's Memorial Lecture
Join us in our series on remembering Beatrice Godwin and her work.
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Dr Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Hey #UCU! The Anticasualisation Committee is hosting a webinar with our member @highamian.bsky.social talking about open-ended 'subject-to-funding' contracts. 13 May, 12-1pm. More info and registration link: www.ucu.org.uk/ACC
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Anti-casualisation committee
Representing all casually employed staff and fighting the exploitation of casual contracts throughout FE, HE, ACE and prisons.
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 28/04/2026
Struggling with the "Publish or Perish" grind? Join Prof. Karen O’Reilly for a deep dive into communicating sociology. From ethnographic methods to engaging the BBC, learn how to make your research matter beyond the journal. 🗓️ June 17, 2026 | 09:30 BST Register here: buff.ly/XcE1kX8 #Sociology
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Peter Forman @pjforman.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
📯Call for help from our Warwick colleagues researching #academicfailure @johnmacartney.bsky.social wants to speak with UK based academics (any career stage, contract, or department) about their experiences of "failure" or non-success in research. Most of us have experienced this, so please help!
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States of Precarity @statesofprecarity.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
📯Call for help from our Warwick colleagues researching #academicfailure @johnmacartney.bsky.social wants to speak with UK based academics (any career stage, contract, or department) about their experiences of "failure" or non-success in research. Most of us have experienced this, so please help!
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Dr Matilda Fitzmaurice @matildaf.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
This feels relevant today. This research finds that at least in UK HE Geography, precarity is now a generalised condition. As a highly casualised geographer, I believe this is the basis on which we must build solidarity across the sector (and between sectors). However...1/2.
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Dr Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Calling all casualised members in #UCU! We on the anticasualisation committee are looking to coopt members from underrepresented backgrounds (ARPS, PGRs, Prison Ed). Details: www.ucu.org.uk/ACC
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Anti-casualisation committee
Representing all casually employed staff and fighting the exploitation of casual contracts throughout FE, HE, ACE and prisons.
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Simon Etkind @simonnoahetkind.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Calling all UK based doctors! Take part in our survey to improve Communication of Uncertain RecoVEry in acute care. Follow this link to take part and please share widely with colleagues. cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... @rcphysicians.bsky.social @acutemedicine.bsky.social
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Communicating Uncertain RecoVEry in acute care: a survey of physicians’ views. (The CURVE Study)
Communicating Uncertain RecoVEry in acute care: a survey of physicians’ views. (The CURVE Study)
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John MacArtney @johnmacartney.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
We're still recruiting! If you are an academic in the UK, please consider getting in touch. Thank you!
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John MacArtney @johnmacartney.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
If you are an academic, could you please help? We would like to speak with UK based academics about their experiences of "failure" or non-success in research. We want to speak with people at ALL stages of their career, on ANY contract, in ANY department. 1/2
Study poster saying:

Join our study!

Are you a research academic based in higher education? 

If so, we would like to talk to you about your experiences of academic failure and what accommodations you think could be made to support researchers navigate non-success in higher education.

What is the research about?

“Failure” in academic research can include things such as research grant or paper rejections, non-promotion, or supervisor feedback. But despite it being a predominant feature of academia, it has often been treated as an individual problem or side issue.

Recently, there has been an increase of initiatives to address experiences of non-success in higher education, from supporting individual academic’s wellbeing to seeking changes to wider research culture.

This study is interested in hearing about academic researcher’s experiences of “failure”. 

We would like to talk to academics at any stage of their career – however you identify it, with any form of employment contract, in any department.

What will I have to do?
We would like to invite you to participate in an in-depth interview remotely over Microsoft Teams where you will discuss your experiences of non-success in academic research culture. 

You will be asked about: 
- Personal experiences and understandings of academic “failure”;
- Experiences of coping with non-success, including what, if any, support has been useful, and; 
- Thoughts on what can be done to support academics experiencing “failure” in research.

The interview will take approximately 60 minutes, and you will receive an e-voucher as a thank you for your time.  

For further information, please use your institutional email address to contact us (Dr Celia Bernstein, Dinesh Passi) via researchculturestudy@warwick.ac.uk
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John MacArtney @johnmacartney.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
If you are an academic, could you please help? We would like to speak with UK based academics about their experiences of "failure" or non-success in research. We want to speak with people at ALL stages of their career, on ANY contract, in ANY department. 1/2
Study poster saying:

Join our study!

Are you a research academic based in higher education? 

If so, we would like to talk to you about your experiences of academic failure and what accommodations you think could be made to support researchers navigate non-success in higher education.

What is the research about?

“Failure” in academic research can include things such as research grant or paper rejections, non-promotion, or supervisor feedback. But despite it being a predominant feature of academia, it has often been treated as an individual problem or side issue.

Recently, there has been an increase of initiatives to address experiences of non-success in higher education, from supporting individual academic’s wellbeing to seeking changes to wider research culture.

This study is interested in hearing about academic researcher’s experiences of “failure”. 

We would like to talk to academics at any stage of their career – however you identify it, with any form of employment contract, in any department.

What will I have to do?
We would like to invite you to participate in an in-depth interview remotely over Microsoft Teams where you will discuss your experiences of non-success in academic research culture. 

You will be asked about: 
- Personal experiences and understandings of academic “failure”;
- Experiences of coping with non-success, including what, if any, support has been useful, and; 
- Thoughts on what can be done to support academics experiencing “failure” in research.

The interview will take approximately 60 minutes, and you will receive an e-voucher as a thank you for your time.  

For further information, please use your institutional email address to contact us (Dr Celia Bernstein, Dinesh Passi) via researchculturestudy@warwick.ac.uk
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Prof Erica Borgstrom @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
🎉New paper out - Processes and partitions: Two logics of end-of-life care. In Anthropology Today, co-authored with Simon Cohn and Annelieke Driessen. rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Processes and partitions: Two logics of end‐of‐life care
This article draws on ethnographic fieldwork with palliative care teams in the UK to contrast two logics of end-of-life medical care: one oriented towards intervention, the other towards acceptance a...
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Angela Marques Filipe @angelaofthenorth.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
#britsoc26 Special Event tomorrow! 🌆 Climate Affects and Liveable Futures in an Age of Planetary Crisis 🗓️ 10 April 2026 🕒 15:15 - 16:45 📍 University Place, R4.213 📘 Panel + SI/Ed. Vol. Workshop Join us in-person or virtually, if you must head home early! www.britsoc.co.uk/media/27155/...
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Stimpunks Foundation @stimpunks.org · 07/04/2026
Infrastructure is load-bearing. It holds the weight of life over time. Infrastructure enables dignity across natural human variations and lifespans. Infrastructure is care. Make it accessible. Here’s how. stimpunks.org/access/
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Enable Dignity: Everywhere Should Be Accessible
Enable dignity. Everywhere should be accessible. The accommodations for natural human variation should be mutual. Accessibility is a collective process.
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Prof Erica Borgstrom @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Whoop Whoop! @remembermyhat.bsky.social and I are giving our inaugural lectures on June 3rd. More details in her post below, including how to register to attend.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 18/03/2026
As I write in my book Air-Borne, the word "airborne" has had a long history of having different meanings to different experts. Making things worse, some diseases can be both airborne and spread by other means. WHO is trying to clear things up, but it won't be easy: www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/h...
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W.H.O. Broadens Definition of Airborne Diseases (Published 2024)
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Prof Erica Borgstrom @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
New edited available for pre-order! Doing Death Research: Interviews and Career Reflections with Death Studies Scholars www.routledge.com/Doing-Death-...
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Doing Death Research: Interviews and Career Reflections with Death Studies Scholars
This book brings together illuminating interviews with the most influential scholars who have shaped the interdisciplinary field of death studies. From sociological explorations to psychological frame...
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Angela Marques Filipe @angelaofthenorth.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
This Thursday (05.03) at noon, we will be chairing a guest seminar by @johnmacartney.bsky.social (Warwick), in our Durham Health & Social Theory* research group lunchtime series. He will talk on end-of-life research and “On permeant ethnography: Reflections of a sociologist in a medical school”.
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UK National Covid Memorial Wall @covidmemorialwall.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
If your loved one died from covid-19 in the UK and you would like their photo included in our display on the Wall on Sunday March 29th (5th anniversary of the Wall), please send it to us by this Friday February 27th. We automatically display photos sent previously; no need to resubmit. ❤️
A group of volunteers walk along the wall on which are displayed photos of lost loved ones.
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John MacArtney @johnmacartney.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Still time to sign up to this FREE online event (recordings will be available) to hear from people who use Men's Sheds explain why they are important for supporting their wellbeing in end-of-life care contexts. Oh and I may be saying a few words also... But don't let that put you off 😊
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