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Daily Bread: Women’s Self-Help Microfinance and the Social Meanings of Money (2022)
Journal Article
Bott, E., Ojha, S., Mini, S., Smyth, A. R., Kamal Kumar, R., Choudhary, S., & Yaron, G. (2023). Daily Bread: Women’s Self-Help Microfinance and the Social Meanings of Money. Sociological Research Online, 28(2), 442-461. https://doi.org/10.1177/13607804211058745

In this article, we explore the impacts and implications of ‘Rojiroti’, a women’s self-help group (SHG) microfinance scheme operating in poor communities in Bihar, India. We focus particularly on how improvements found in women’s circumstances and in... Read More about Daily Bread: Women’s Self-Help Microfinance and the Social Meanings of Money.

After the applause: understanding public management and public service ethos in the fight against Covid - 19 (2022)
Journal Article
Shand, R., Parker, S., Liddle, J., Spolander, G., Warwick, L., & Ainsworth, S. (2023). After the applause: understanding public management and public service ethos in the fight against Covid - 19. Public Management Review, 25(8), 1475-1497. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2022.2026690

Covid-19 has led to renewed public support for public services. Frontline workers symbolize a renewed ideal of public service ethos (PSE), though little attention has been paid to how the public managers delivering vital services interpret and mobili... Read More about After the applause: understanding public management and public service ethos in the fight against Covid - 19.

“How you keep going”: Voluntary sector practitioners' story-lines as emotion work (2022)
Journal Article
Quinn, K., Tomczak, P., & Buck, G. (2022). “How you keep going”: Voluntary sector practitioners' story-lines as emotion work. British Journal of Sociology, 73(2), 370-386. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12914

The voluntary sector acts as the last line of defense for some of the most marginalized people in societies around the world, yet its capacities are significantly reduced by chronic resource shortages and dynamic political obstacles. Existing researc... Read More about “How you keep going”: Voluntary sector practitioners' story-lines as emotion work.

Critiquing imaginaries of ‘the public’ in UK dialogue around animal research: Insights from the Mass Observation Project (2022)
Journal Article
McGlacken, R., & Hobson-West, P. (2022). Critiquing imaginaries of ‘the public’ in UK dialogue around animal research: Insights from the Mass Observation Project. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 91, 280-287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2021.12.009

With an established history of controversy in the UK, the use of animals in science continues to generate significant socio-ethical discussion. Here, the figure of ‘the public’ plays a key role. However, dominant imaginaries of ‘the public’ have sign... Read More about Critiquing imaginaries of ‘the public’ in UK dialogue around animal research: Insights from the Mass Observation Project.

Studying the Emotional Costs of Integration at Times of Change: The Case of EU Migrants in Brexit Britain (2022)
Journal Article
Zontini, E., & Genova, E. (2022). Studying the Emotional Costs of Integration at Times of Change: The Case of EU Migrants in Brexit Britain. Sociology, 56(4), 638-654. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380385211063355

Events such as Brexit have drawn attention to the precarity of contemporary migrants’ settlement rights and reopened the debate on the nature of integration and assimilation processes. Drawing on participant observation and interviews with Italian an... Read More about Studying the Emotional Costs of Integration at Times of Change: The Case of EU Migrants in Brexit Britain.

Numeracy and Financial Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Journal Article
Wikoff, N. (2022). Numeracy and Financial Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Numeracy, 15(1), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.5038/1936-4660.15.1.1399

This paper examines the role of numeracy in smoothing financial difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results show that numeracy was associated with a 30% reduction in late or non-payment of bills and a 20% reduction in the odds of feeling f... Read More about Numeracy and Financial Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Religion and intimate life: Marriage, family, sexuality (2021)
Book Chapter
Page, S. (2022). Religion and intimate life: Marriage, family, sexuality. In C. Starkey, & E. Tomalin (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Gender and Society (234-248). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429466953-18

This chapter considers religion in relation to intimate life. The relationship between religion and intimate life in the UK has undergone significant change in recent years. It has focused on the relationship between religion and intimate life in the... Read More about Religion and intimate life: Marriage, family, sexuality.

Navigating Youth Transitions as a Buddhist: Privilege, reflexivity and sexuality (2021)
Journal Article
Page, S.-J., & Yip, A. K. T. (2021). Navigating Youth Transitions as a Buddhist: Privilege, reflexivity and sexuality. Journal of Global Buddhism, 22(2), 380-398. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4727652

This article focuses on how young Buddhists (aged between 18 and 25, living in the UK, who typically had not been raised Buddhist) utilised reflexivity as a strategy to navigate youth transitions. Participants’ decision-making was premised on Buddhis... Read More about Navigating Youth Transitions as a Buddhist: Privilege, reflexivity and sexuality.

‘I feel like I can’t do a lot’: Affectivity, reflection and action in ‘Transformative’ genocide education (2021)
Journal Article
Sadique, K., & Tangen, J. (2022). ‘I feel like I can’t do a lot’: Affectivity, reflection and action in ‘Transformative’ genocide education. Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 28(2), 522-539. https://doi.org/10.1177/14779714211061590

Guided tours of memorial museums have sought to have an impact on visitors through an affective learning environment and critical reflection leading to ‘action’. However, there is limited work investigating the pedagogical underpinnings of such guide... Read More about ‘I feel like I can’t do a lot’: Affectivity, reflection and action in ‘Transformative’ genocide education.