The University of Manchester School of Social Sciences

💜Making a Difference in the Heart of Moss Side🤝 Politics students from The University of Manchester are helping local refugees at the Chrysalis Family Centre in Moss Side by building language skills and fostering community! 🌍 Since 2014, the amazing collaboration has offered so much more than just English lessons - it’s created a space for connection, learning and growth 💜 Click on the link to learn more about the amazing work students are doing at the centre: https://lnkd.in/eWK9a_jj #communitysupport #makingadifference

We are deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of Clarissa Street, a valued member of the The University of Manchester Sociology Department💜 Clarissa was a talented and dedicated student whose incredible work earned her the Dean’s Award for her dissertation Fetishizing Poverty: An exploration into the appropriation of working-class culture in the music industry.’ She graduated with honours in 2021 with a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Sociology. Clarissa’s passion for sociology and her academic excellence left a lasting impact on everyone she met. We will always remember her for her brilliance, kindness, and warm spirit. Our thoughts are with her family and friends during this difficult time. Clarissa will be deeply missed. 💔 A friend of Clarissa’s has created a GoFundMe to support her family with funeral expenses. If you’d like to contribute, you can find the link here: https://lnkd.in/e5yaynhX

🎧 Listen to the new edition of the Manchester Innocence Project podcast with Kylie Pentelow! The former banker, Tom Hayes, was sentenced to 11 years for fixing key interest rates during the #Libor Scandal. Tom claims he was a “scapegoat” - a target for the anger at bankers in the financial crisis and says says he'll never stop fighting to clear his name. He has now been granted permission to appeal against his criminal conviction at the UK’s top court. Hear his journey from riches to relentless legal battles: https://innocence.fm

How do law, religion, and the supernatural intersect in the modern world? Professor Javier García Oliva and Professor Helen Hall explore these connections in their thought-provoking research. From religious freedoms to the legal treatment of witchcraft and supernatural beliefs, this work sheds light on how societies navigate these complex issues. Their findings highlight the need for legal systems to address spiritual beliefs with sensitivity and fairness—particularly as supernatural practices continue to influence contemporary culture. For anyone interested in the intersection of law, religion, and society, this is an insightful listen: https://lnkd.in/dVxEbTMx #Law #Religion #Supernatural #LegalStudies #CulturalStudies #Witchcraft

You’re coming to Manchester💜 Congratulations to all those who will be joining us at the School of Social Sciences in September! Leave us a comment if you’re joining us and what you’re most looking forward to🎉 We can’t wait to see you all on campus soon💜 Don’t forget to follow our social media channels on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn to see all of our amazing content📸 #hellouom #uniofmanchester #welcometomanchester

🌍Exploring the Harsh Realities of Destitution Through the Lens of International Human Rights Law📚 Destitution is a global issue that affects millions, stripping away not just basic needs but also human dignity. Join Luke Graham in delving into this critical subject by examining it through the perspective of international human rights law, with a particular focus on economic, social, and cultural rights. 👉 https://lnkd.in/ejhTVA6J #HumanRights #Destitution

Thrilled to see Lucy Frith interviewed in The Guardian discussing sperm donation. Prof Frith from The University of Manchester highlights that while connecting with biological half-siblings is usually positive, too many siblings can feel overwhelming Read the article: https://lnkd.in/eFY2cJsP

🏆 Celebrating our Achievements: SoSS Recap We're proud to highlight the outstanding accomplishments of our faculty, students, and researchers at the University of Manchester's School of Social Sciences: ▪️Professor Rob Ford named Researcher of the Year, recognised as one of the best-known Politics Professors in the country, with multiple awards to his name and an exceptional record of high-quality publications including the 2020 volume 'Brexitland'. ▪️Philosophy PhD researcher Patrick Effiong Ben awarded a full scholarship to the prestigious European Forum Alpbach 2024, bringing Global South perspectives to climate action discussions. ▪️Joint winners in the Sociology Public Engagement Prize, including Penny Tinkler with her Teenage Kicks exhibition showcasing the stories of 8 women who were teenagers in the 1960s and Helen Holmes and Torik Holmes who won for sharing their plastic recycling research with policymakers and consumers, known as the 'One Bin' project. ▪️Multiple winners in the University's Making a Difference Awards 2024, including Tess Hartland's "Echoes of Displacement" and Helen Holmes' innovative recycling project "One Bin to Rule Them All." ▪️Recognition as an Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research by EPSRC and NCSC. The Centre will be led by the Centre of Digital Trust & Society which is directed by Professor Nicholas Lord of the Criminology department. We're excited to continue pushing boundaries and making a difference in 2024 and beyond. #SocialSciences #AchievementsRecap #AcademicAchievements #UniversityOfManchester

Congratulations Tiba Bonyad, PhD, joint winner of the BRISMES 2024 Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize. The citation in full: 'Overall, the thesis is a great contribution to Feminist Technoscience studies of egg donation. Tiba Bonyad’s thesis offers an exceptional contribution to Feminist Technoscience, through its deeply rich, ethnographic investigation into the everyday practices of egg donation within the Iranian context. Its originality and innovation are conceptual, methodological and contextual: It provides rigorous and multi-layered qualitative data about a contested practice in a context that is highly difficult to carry on ethnographic research, especially on core issues such as reproduction, gender, and religion. Researching egg donation in Iran from a gender perspective, the thesis brings back questions that may easily be dismissed in the Global North as “outdated” and not “relevant enough” such as reproductive stigma, sexualization of egg donation, and agency over one’s body and revitalize them as important political and ethical feminist issues. Theoretically, the thesis is innovative and engages a diverse range of theoretical concepts and entry points, including an exceptional overview and response to the wider field. I believe the thesis is an extremely valuable contribution that needs to be celebrated.' The University of Manchester School of Social Sciences Leah Gilman Petra Nordqvist

Very proud of our new book, 'Friendless or Forsaken? Child emigration from Britain 🇬🇧 to Canada 🇨🇦, 1860-1935 - with Eloise Moss and Charlotte Wildman, published by MQUP. Explores the ongoing history of child migration within the British empire, its legal regulation and impact on children and our perceptions of child protection. The University of Manchester Soss External