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Prof Martin Hyde

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Professor at the University of Leicester. Researching work, retirement & health in a global context. Editorial lead for Journal of Global Ageing.

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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Panel survey data measuring attitudes towards climate change, security and defence, and mental health is available to download. Wave 6 of our self-completion panel survey (ESS-CRONOS-3) was fielded in late 2025 in 11 countries as part of SoGreen project, funded by @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu 🇪🇺.
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New panel survey data on climate change now available | European Social Survey
The latest wave of data collected via a panel survey administered by the European Social Survey (ESS) is now available.
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Gateway to Global Aging Data @g2aging.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Join us at #AAIC26! Dr. Jinkook Lee will be a moderator at the International Harmonized Assessment of Dementia: Leveraging HRS-INS Around the World session. @alzassociation.bsky.social 📍 George V 1/2 Room 🗓️ July 12 | 9:00–10:30 AM BST (GMT+1)
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Prof Martin Hyde @profmhyde.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The latest issue of the Journal of Global Ageing is now available. This issue brings together new research and debate on care, place, health, migration, gender and the global processes shaping ageing and later life. Read the issue: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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Policy Press @policypress.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
We offer a growing collection of open access books and journal articles in ageing and gerontology. #IAGG2026 📖 Explore: ow.ly/Vu9450Zhuyz 📚 If your institution doesn’t have access to our Ageing & Gerontology programme, we encourage you to recommend it to your librarian.
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Prof Martin Hyde @profmhyde.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
JoGA is proud to amplify the work of the global ageing research community by publishing the IAGG Conference abstracts. This reflects our commitment to supporting international, interdisciplinary and globally engaged ageing scholarship. Read more: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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British Society of Gerontology @britishgerontology.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
@profmhyde.bsky.social announces the #JoGA poster prize winner Mengxing Joshi 👏🏆 #BSG2026
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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
"Bluesky shows higher level of content originality in scholarly discourse, perhaps due to a higher proportion of academic users. X tends to favor simple retweets. This positions Bluesky as a richer environment for substantive science communication."🧪 True for our study www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Ryan A. Miller (he/him) @drryanmiller.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Sharing my new article w/@crystalegarcia.bsky.social & @drantonioduran.bsky.social in the Journal of Higher Education (50 free at link). We conducted a critical discourse analysis of the arguments used in several states for/against anti-DEI legislation in '23-24. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/XRP9D...
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“Copy and Paste” Practices: A Multi-Site Critical Discourse Analysis of Arguments About Anti-DEI Legislation
This manuscript presents the results of a critical discourse analysis designed to investigate how legislators and other actors leverage discursive strategies to frame the need for/impacts of state-...
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Prof Martin Hyde @profmhyde.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
New survey by M&G find 'OAP, senior citizen and pensioner are seen as negative terms' www.moneymarketing.co.uk/news/oap-sen...
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British Society of Gerontology @britishgerontology.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
The President's Welcome from our new BSG president, Prof Martin Hyde! 👋 @profmhyde.bsky.social #BSG2025
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British Society of Gerontology @britishgerontology.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Well done to our Stirling Prize Winners! Please do check out the posters during the conference! 1st place - Esther Ng'ambi 2nd place - Gabriella Ramos Bonilla 👏👏👏👏👏 #BSG2025
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BSGAgeismSIG @bsgageismsig.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
It’s great to be at #BSG2025 and we’re delighted that the President @profmhyde.bsky.social has signed up to be a member of the Ageism SIG! #TogetherAgainstAgeism
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UK Data Service @ukdataservice.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
⏰ There are just two weeks left to enter the 2025 UK Data Service Dissertation Award! Each winning entry will receive a £300 award and publicity via our website, blog and newsletter. Full details at our website: ukdataservice.ac.uk/learning-hub...
UK Data Service Dissertation Award - 2 weeks to go!
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Policy Press @policypress.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Can social movements still transform the world in an era of rising authoritarianism? Join us for a timely and powerful conversation exploring how #CollectiveAction, coalition-building and critical innovation can address today’s most urgent challenges.
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Can social movements still transform the world in an era of rising authoritarianism?
Join us for a timely and powerful conversation exploring how collective action, coalition-building and critical innovation can address today’s most urgent so...
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Centre for Ageing Better @ageingbetter.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Find out more and register your interest here: buff.ly/M5LSu3G #OlderEmployers #OlderEmployees #OlderWorkers #Ageing #Ageism
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Age-friendly Employer Pledge
Sign up to the Age-friendly Employer Pledge and show you recognise the value of older workers
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Centre for Ageing Better @ageingbetter.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
The job market is changing and employers are facing huge challenges. There are skills and labour shortages with vacancy rates at record highs. Workers in their 50s and 60s are key to filling these gaps. Yet employers are missing out on all that older workers can offer.
Infographic reading: The older workforce is the future. Join the Pledge and show your support today.
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UK Data Service @ukdataservice.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
There are just two weeks to go until our Labour Force and Annual Population Surveys User Conference 2025! The event is free to attend, but please book your place via the link below. 🗓️ 19 June 📍 UCL, London 🔗 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/labou...
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National Centre for Research Methods @ncrm.ac.uk · 05/06/2025
NCRM has opened applications to participate in the Research Methods Rendezvous! This free event will explore the process of turning early-stage ideas into #research projects. #RMR2025 takes place online on 10 September and 29 October 2025. Apply: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/RMR...
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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
View or download #data from the first two waves of our web-first panel #survey (CRONOS-3), collected via the Infra4NextGen project. The waves were fielded via online and postal questionnaires with a nationally representative sample in 11 countries from September-December 2024.
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New panel survey data now available | European Social Survey
Data from the first two waves of the web-first panel survey (CRONOS-3) – implemented as part of the Infra4NextGen project – is now available.
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sociogerontechnet.bsky.social @sociogerontechnet.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
🚨Call for a PhD🚨 Deadline: 23 June 2025 Alexander Peine and Susan van Hees is looking for a PhD researcher with a background in the social sciences or humanities and an interest in ageing and health innovations at Open Universiteit - Cultuurwetenschappen. www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3524...
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PhD researcher QoLEAD
The Faculty of Humanities at the Open Universiteit is looking for an excellent, motivated and team-oriented PhD researcher for 36 months with a background in the social sciences or humanities (ideally...
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
On Saturday 21 June I’ll be chairing a fantastic panel on the topic of how population change will transform our world. Featuring @rebeccasear.bsky.social, Emily Jackson and @jburnmurdoch.ft.com www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/summe...
Ask the experts: how will population change transform our o world?
Birth rates are falling in the UK and globally, creating new challenges for governments and economies. But what's driving these changes - and what does it mean for our future?
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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 06/06/2025
Now officially out with nice formatting and all 🥳 "Thinking clearly about age, period, and cohort effects" -- a gentle introduction to the age-period-cohort problem and how to "solve" it through various types of assumptions. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Bristol University Press Journals @bupjournals.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
🙌 We’re thrilled to showcase our newest journals at #BritSoc25, including: • Journal of Creative Research Methods • Gender and Justice • Journal of Global Ageing • Journal of Disappearance Studies 📚 Discover more: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/page/journals
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Bristol University Press Journals @bupjournals.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
These 3 articles selected by our Journal of Global Ageing editors are now free to access until 31st July!🔥 @britishgerontology.bsky.social @profmhyde.bsky.social Editor’s choice collection – read here:
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Editors' Choice Collection Journal of Global Ageing
Editors' Choice Collection Journal of Global Ageing
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Prof Martin Hyde @profmhyde.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Celebrating 25 years of Palgrave Macmillan! 2️⃣5️⃣🩷 In recognition of Palgrave Macmillan’s silver anniversary, the Social Theory & Health Editors have curated a selection of their most influential articles for you to read. Read more here: bit.ly/4jk2oOo.
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Celebrating 25 years of Palgrave Macmillan
In recognition of Palgrave Macmillan’s silver anniversary, the Editors of Social Theory & Health have selected some of the journal’s most influential ...
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Centre for Ageing Better @ageingbetter.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Our State of Ageing 2025 report has found that where you are born in England determines how long you can expect to live. Learn more about Health and Wellbeing in older age in our State of Ageing chapter, available in full here: buff.ly/U8s2Zy1 #AgeingInEngland #Ageism #Health
Graph showing: 5.01a Life expectancy for men and women at birth, by region, England, 2021/23 and 5.01b Life expectancy for men and women at birth, by local authority, England, 2021/23 for womenGraph showing: 5.01a Life expectancy for men and women at birth, by region, England, 2021/23 and 5.01b Life expectancy for men and women at birth, by local authority, England, 2021/23 for men
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Centre for Ageing Better @ageingbetter.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
We need a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing in England to act as an independent champion for older people and ensure that policymaking across government considers the long-term needs of our ageing population. Find out more: buff.ly/wuW5VO1 #AgeingInEngland #Ageism #OlderPeople
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Commissioner for Older People and Ageing
We’re calling for an independent commissioner to champion the rights of older people and ensure policymaking considers the needs of England's ageing population.
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Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol @mireiafa.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Happy to share this interesting paper "Making sense of older adults’ everyday smartphone use for social connectedness" (my first one on #BlueSky!)
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Zeitschrift für Soziologie @zfs.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
We have just published a CfP (German/English) for a Special Issue on the topic ‘Sociology of German Colonialism’. It will be edited by Matthias Leanza (Basel) and Léa Renard (Heidelberg). Submission are possible until 10 June 2025. All relevant information can be found here: tinyurl.com/yc84hu5p
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Sidney Rothstein @sidneyrothstein.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
To what extent can tech workers mobilize as part of the broader working class? This is the question I take up in my new paper "Solidarity across the platform: mobilizing high-wage and low-wage workers in the tech sector" -- just out in Work in the Global Economy 1/n
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UK Data Service @ukdataservice.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
🔔 There's still time to register for our free Labour Force and Annual Population Surveys User Conference 2025 on 19 June. Book your place at the following link: ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/labou... #LFSAPS25
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Labour Force and Annual Population Surveys User Conference 2025 — UK Data Service
A comprehensive resource funded by the ESRC to support researchers, teachers and policymakers who depend on high-quality social and economic data.
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Centre for Ageing Better @ageingbetter.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
The Age-friendly Employer Pledge is a nationwide programme for UK employers who recognise the importance and value of older workers. Interested in signing up? Find out more here: buff.ly/NLE6QKr #OlderWorkers #OlderEmployers #OlderEmployees #Ageing #OlderAge
An older woman sits in an office smiling. She has short hair and glasses and is wearing a floral top.
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Bristol University Press Journals @bupjournals.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
🔎 What role do smartphones play for people in later life? New research investigates in our Journal of Global Ageing #ageing #wellbeing @profmhyde.bsky.social 📖 Read the article here:
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Making sense of older adults’ everyday smartphone use for social connectedness
One main purpose of smartphone use is to be socially connected, and in this sense, older people’s use of this device is no different from that of any other group. Smartphone use among this group is…
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Merryn Thomas @merrynthomas.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
An OPTIC project update from Carol - we're very excited to launch the Climate Comic Activity Pack at Senedd Cymru | Welsh Parliament on 2nd April with @delythjewell.bsky.social www.climatecomic.co.uk/post/optic-u...
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OPTIC update: Embracing Intergenerational Collaboration for Climate Action
By Dr. Carol Maddock for the March CADR newsletter. Climate change represents a significant challenge to both human and planetary health. The OPTIC project has demonstrated that intergenerational col...
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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
🗓️ Diaries at the ready - next week @cdudel.bsky.social is presenting our #CPCCGwebinar. Hear about findings from an analysis of the causal impact of #smoking on healthy working #lifeexpectancy at age 50 using US Health & Retirement Study data. @mpidr.bsky.social ▶️ www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/f...
Image shows woman wearing headphones and making notes at an office desk while watching a webinar on a laptop screen. The text advertises the next CPC-CG webinar: Thursday 27 March at 13:00 UK Time. Dr Christian Dudel, Deputy Director of the Max Planck-University of Helsinki Centre for Social Inequalities in Population Health will be delivering a presentation, entitled "Smoking and the length of working life". Full info an registration at: https://www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/full_events_calendar/892/CPC_CG_Webinar__Christian_Dudel
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Centre for Ageing Better @ageingbetter.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Do you want to be working in older age? Sadly 1 million people aged 50-64 would like to be in work but aren't. It's time we made a change.
Infographic reading: 1 million people aged 50-64 would like to be in work but aren't.
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UK Data Service @ukdataservice.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Only one week to go until our Mapping crime data in R: Hands-on coding workshop! For more information and to book a place, use the following link: ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/mappi...
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Mapping crime data in R: Hands-on coding — UK Data Service
A comprehensive resource funded by the ESRC to support researchers, teachers and policymakers who depend on high-quality social and economic data.
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Population Europe @populationeu.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Employment tends to promote #resilience, but the relationship is complex and influenced by various factors. Anita Abramowska-Kmon (@sghwarsaweu.bsky.social) presents new research using SHARE data: 🗓️Thu, March 13, 11:00-12:00 CET Register here: forms.office.com/e/JN2dujsj7J @mpidr.bsky.social
SHARE International Seminar Series 
Join us for this month’s seminar on: 

Working Life Patterns and Resilient Adult  
Life Courses in Selected European Countries 
Anita Abramowska-Kmon (SGH Warsaw School of Economics)
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muarg.bsky.social @muarg.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Lunch, tea, and coffee will be provided. Open to everyone interested in ageing, both academics and the public. 🔗 Register now to join us for the MUARG Conversation Series! www.eventbrite.com/e/back-to-th... #MUARG #EnvironmentalGerontology #AgeingResearch #UniversityOfManchester
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Back to the Future: Reconceptualising Environments of Ageing
This event examines ageing environments in the UK, highlighting challenges like “left behind” spaces and climate change.
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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Find out how the Office for National Statistics 🇬🇧 adapted data collection procedures for the Transformed Labour Force Survey by watching a recent webinar recording. Michalina Siemiatkowska and Steven Gilliland discussed targeting field interviewers at non-responding households.
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Doorstep interactions to drive data
Implementing Knock-to-Nudge (KtN) alongside an Adaptive Survey Design (ASD) for the Transformed Labour Force Survey (TLFS)
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Centre for Ageing Better @ageingbetter.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Sadly our research has found that as the pandemic progressed, #OlderMen became more isolated in terms of having someone to rely on. Want to find out more? Check out our State of Ageing 2023-24 report online in full now, the latest chapter is all about Society: buff.ly/4jSQJXG
Graph showing: 7.10 Percentage of men and women who definitely agree that 'if I needed help there are people who would be there for me', by age group, England, 2021/22
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Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies (SLLS) @sllshome.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS APPROACHING! ⭐ Call for Abstracts: SLLS Conference 2025 ⭐ Life Course Transitions and Patterns: Stronger Evidence for Better Policies University of Fribourg, Switzerland / 8-10 September Submission Deadline: 14th March 2025 www.sllsconference.com/callforabstr...
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Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) @share-eric.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
📢 We are hiring! SHARE is looking for a Research Associate (pre- or post-doc) to support our Research Data Center & Communication Team. Deadline: 24.03.2025 Check our website for details: share-eric.eu/news-events/... #Joboffer #Berlin #SHAREdata
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Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies (SLLS) @sllshome.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: LLCS Journal Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, published by Bristol University Press, invites applications for the role of Associate Editor (Statistical Sciences and Methodology). For full details: www.slls.org.uk/pages/journal Closing date for applications: 31 March 2025
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Prof Martin Hyde @profmhyde.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
🏡 Moving into a care home can disrupt long-held social bonds. But new research highlights how social relationships help older adults navigate uncertainty, adapt and thrive in institutional life. 📖 Read more: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... #Ageing #CareHomes #SocialSupport
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Prof Martin Hyde @profmhyde.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
New research on multimorbidity patterns & cognitive function in Mexico shows that diabetes & depressive symptoms are linked to lower cognitive function: Managing diabetes early may protect cognitive health later in life 📖 Read more: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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Prof Martin Hyde @profmhyde.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
New open access paper at Journal of Global Ageing on what intervention types and features support the informal caregivers of people living with dementia throughout the MENA region. Read more: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... #Dementia #Caregiving #MENA #HealthResearch
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