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Researching the researcher: producing emotionally-sensed knowledge in migration research (2023)
Journal Article
Genova, E., & Zontini, E. (2023). Researching the researcher: producing emotionally-sensed knowledge in migration research. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2023.2263084

Reflexivity has been central to recent debates in migration studies, focusing on how migration scholarship can become more equitable, inclusive, and attuned to the power dynamics inherent in research processes. In this article, we advance these debat... Read More about Researching the researcher: producing emotionally-sensed knowledge in migration research.

Building a Panopticon Through Nodal Governance: Mass Surveillance and Plural Policing in China’s COVID-19 Lockdown (2023)
Journal Article
Chen, Q. (2023). Building a Panopticon Through Nodal Governance: Mass Surveillance and Plural Policing in China’s COVID-19 Lockdown. International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy,

At one time monitoring over 900 million people, China’s health code system is arguably the most controversial invention of the pandemic. This study explores how the system emerged and its implications for security governance in urban communities. By... Read More about Building a Panopticon Through Nodal Governance: Mass Surveillance and Plural Policing in China’s COVID-19 Lockdown.

Learning from pandemic precarity: The future of early career researchers in qualitative health research (2023)
Journal Article
Tremblett, M., Douglass, T., Joyce, J., Anderson, A., Flint, N., & Spratt, T. (2023). Learning from pandemic precarity: The future of early career researchers in qualitative health research. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 4, Article 100335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100335

This commentary is a critical reflection by early career researchers (ECRs) working in qualitative health research (QHR) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The consequences of the pandemic have been acutely felt by ECRs working in QHR. Many studies stoppe... Read More about Learning from pandemic precarity: The future of early career researchers in qualitative health research.

Recruiting a hard-to-reach, hidden and vulnerable population: the methodological and practical pitfalls of researching vaccine-hesitant parents (2023)
Journal Article
Hilário, A., Scavarda, A., Numerato, D., Mendonça, J., Cardano, M., Marhankova, J., …Rudek, T. (2023). Recruiting a hard-to-reach, hidden and vulnerable population: the methodological and practical pitfalls of researching vaccine-hesitant parents. Qualitative Health Research, 33(13), 1189-1202. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323231196439

While recruitment is an essential aspect of any research project, its challenges are rarely acknowledged. We intend to address this gap by discussing the challenges to the participation of vaccine-hesitant parents defined here as a hard-to-reach, hid... Read More about Recruiting a hard-to-reach, hidden and vulnerable population: the methodological and practical pitfalls of researching vaccine-hesitant parents.

Gender, Sexuality and Islam in Contemporary Indonesia: Queer Muslims and their Allies (2023)
Book
Garcia Rodriguez, D. (2023). Gender, Sexuality and Islam in Contemporary Indonesia: Queer Muslims and their Allies. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003302490

Gender, Sexuality and Islam in Contemporary Indonesia explores gender, sexuality and religion in contemporary Indonesia. It is the first book-length analysis of the experiences of queer Muslims in Indonesia, the largest Muslim country and the world’s... Read More about Gender, Sexuality and Islam in Contemporary Indonesia: Queer Muslims and their Allies.

Using a time conditions framework to explore the impact of government policies on the commodification of public goods and women’s defamilization risks (2023)
Journal Article
Chau, R. C. M., & Yu, S. W. K. (2024). Using a time conditions framework to explore the impact of government policies on the commodification of public goods and women’s defamilization risks. Public Money and Management, 44(4), 317-325. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2023.2246756

This article makes contributions to the field of defamilization, discretionary time and the commodification of goods. It introduces the ‘time conditions framework’ to examine the impact of the government’s responses to the commodification of public g... Read More about Using a time conditions framework to explore the impact of government policies on the commodification of public goods and women’s defamilization risks.

Raising ‘True Believers’: Anti-Abortion ‘Education’ for Primary Children in the UK (2023)
Journal Article
Lowe, P., & Page, S. (2023). Raising ‘True Believers’: Anti-Abortion ‘Education’ for Primary Children in the UK. Sociological Research Online, https://doi.org/10.1177/13607804231175012

In the UK, the vast majority of people accept abortion, whether or not they are religious. Holding an absolutist anti-abortion view is out of line with the general population. The overwhelming majority of anti-abortion activists are motivated by cons... Read More about Raising ‘True Believers’: Anti-Abortion ‘Education’ for Primary Children in the UK.

Conversation Analysis Based Simulation (CABS): A method for improving communication skills training for healthcare practitioners (2023)
Journal Article
Pilnick, A., O'Brien, R., Beeke, S., Goldberg, S., Murray, M., & Harwood, R. H. (2023). Conversation Analysis Based Simulation (CABS): A method for improving communication skills training for healthcare practitioners. Health Expectations, 26(6), 2461-2474. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13834

Background: Actors portraying simulated patients are widely used in communication skills training in healthcare, but debates persist over the authenticity of these interactions. However, healthcare professionals value simulation‐based training becaus... Read More about Conversation Analysis Based Simulation (CABS): A method for improving communication skills training for healthcare practitioners.

Evaluating commodification and commodifying evaluation (2023)
Journal Article
Stafford, B., Roberts, S., & Jas, P. (2024). Evaluating commodification and commodifying evaluation. Public Money and Management, 44(4), 326-334. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2023.2240640

The article considers the evaluation of commodified services and the commodification of evaluations. The former distinguishes between evaluating a decision on whether to commodify a service and evaluations of commodified services. The latter explores... Read More about Evaluating commodification and commodifying evaluation.

What Do Scientists Mean When They Talk About Research Animals “Volunteering”? (2023)
Journal Article
Palmer, A., Greenhough, B., Hobson-West, P., Davies, G., & Message, R. (2023). What Do Scientists Mean When They Talk About Research Animals “Volunteering”?. Society and Animals, https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-bja10139

This paper examines discourses around “volunteering” in animal research. Through a qualitative textual analysis of the scientific literature using animals in behavioral and psychological research, we demonstrate that “voluntary” and related terms are... Read More about What Do Scientists Mean When They Talk About Research Animals “Volunteering”?.

Regional and neighbourhood-based variation in three types of vaccine attitude in Britain (2023)
Journal Article
Anderson, A. (2023). Regional and neighbourhood-based variation in three types of vaccine attitude in Britain. Health and Place, 83, Article 103098. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103098

This study investigates the geographic patterning of attitudes towards vaccination in Britain (England, Wales, and Scotland). Using survey data from the 2018 Wellcome Monitor linked to lower super output areas and NUTS2 regions, this study provides e... Read More about Regional and neighbourhood-based variation in three types of vaccine attitude in Britain.

Storytelling and affiliation between healthcare staff in Schwartz Round interactions: A conversation analytic study (2023)
Journal Article
Atkins, S., Pilnick, A., Maben, J., & Thompson, L. (2023). Storytelling and affiliation between healthcare staff in Schwartz Round interactions: A conversation analytic study. Social Science and Medicine, 333, Article 116111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116111

It is well known that the demands of working in healthcare can take a psychological toll on staff. Schwartz Centre Rounds are an intervention aimed at supporting staff wellbeing through providing a forum to talk about the emotional, social and ethica... Read More about Storytelling and affiliation between healthcare staff in Schwartz Round interactions: A conversation analytic study.

Global Tourism (2023)
Book Chapter
Bott, E. (2023). Global Tourism. In Research Handbook on the Sociology of Globalization (108-116). Edward Elgar Publishing

Reconsidering patient‐centred care: Authority, expertise and abandonment (2023)
Journal Article
Pilnick, A. (2023). Reconsidering patient‐centred care: Authority, expertise and abandonment. Health Expectations, 26(5), 1785-1788. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13815

Patient-centred care is commonly framed as a means to guard against the problem of medical paternalism, exemplified in historical attitudes of ‘doctor knows best’. In this sense, patient-centred care (PCC) is often regarded as a moral imperative. Rev... Read More about Reconsidering patient‐centred care: Authority, expertise and abandonment.

The Current and Future State of Social Policy Teaching in UK Higher Education Institutions - 2023 Report (2023)
Report
Chau, R., D'Angelo, A., Steel, L., Alabbas, N., Bunce, C., Cameron, E., & Strange, G. (2023). The Current and Future State of Social Policy Teaching in UK Higher Education Institutions - 2023 Report. Social Policy Association

Building on the previous two reports in 2011 and 2016, this offers a timely opportunity for Social Policy academics to raise concerns and share insights amid a global crisis and during challenging times for the higher education sector. The current... Read More about The Current and Future State of Social Policy Teaching in UK Higher Education Institutions - 2023 Report.

Covid-19 and the Jury Trial (2023)
Book Chapter
Millar, M., Aliu, L., Helm, R. K., & Chen, Q. (2023). Covid-19 and the Jury Trial. In E. Johnson (Ed.), Covid-19 and Criminal Justice Impact and Legacy in England and Wales. Routledge

A Child's Journey Through Police Custody And Their Legal Rights (2023)
Book Chapter
Kemp, V., & Carr, N. (2023). A Child's Journey Through Police Custody And Their Legal Rights. In E. Johnston (Ed.), Covid-19 and Criminal Justice: Impact and Legacy in England and Wales (62-89). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003281481-5

In this chapter we explore a child’s journey through police custody and while the intention was to explore the impact of Covid-19 on children’s experiences, we found little differences in practice at the time the fieldwork was conducted. However, thi... Read More about A Child's Journey Through Police Custody And Their Legal Rights.