@CaseiLancaster

Centre for Alternatives to Social and Economic Inequalities (CASEI) @SociologyLancs. Thinking globally and acting locally on #inequalities.

 Lancaster University
wp.lancs.ac.uk/casei/
Joined April 2020
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CASEI Lancaster retweeted
Nigel Clark@InhumanNigel3 Sep 2022
political ecologists - we are looking for an exceptional, talented and dedicated person to join our picket line hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.…

Jobs at Lancaster University

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CASEI Lancaster retweeted
Yang Hu@prof_yanghu16 Aug 2022
Good to see with sufficient infrastructure, equitable access and support, digitalisation can benefit older people➡️my commentary and research with @yueqian_soc quoted🙌Online cultural events can benefit lonely older people, study shows theguardian.com/society/2022… @SociologyLancs

Online cultural events can benefit lonely older people, study shows

Virtual trips to museums found to foster social inclusion and improve physical and mental wellbeing

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It's #NEWEPISODE day! Join @alasirriyeh @michaelacbenson in conversation with @ZrileB CEO @migrantsorg as they go #BeyondtheHeadlines about 10years of the #HostileEnvironment whodowethinkweare.org/beyond…
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The battle for reproductive rights is far from over, and it is inextricably linked to #FoodInsecurity. Our own Dr @JFledderjohann1 highlights the links in this talk at this year's #ReproFest Watch here(☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞ youtu.be/KqRm0HyUKvs Image credit: @RepealHydeArtPr
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Forced adoptions: Call for government apology to mothers | @BBCDkennedy for @BBCNews Coverage of the published report of the @HumanRightsCtte. Government offer their 'sympathies' but no apology. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62172101

Forced adoptions: Call for government apology to mothers

More than 180,000 women in the 1950s, 60s and 70s were "shamed" into giving up babies, report says.

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Did you know that not all passports are created equal? What a passport does, which doors it opens is part of a global citizenship regime that is highly stratified and unequal. Take a listen to our latest episode with @ManuelaBoatca to find out more! whodowethinkweare.org/what-d…
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CASEI Lancaster retweeted
rachelle_earwaker@r_earwaker29 Jun 2022
New @jrf report out today on the cost of living for low income families. It's terrifying - here's the arrears and debt story in May/June 22 💷4.3m in arrears with at least 1 bill 💷 Arrears bill is £7.3b 💷 Average arrears £1600 💳 1.3m taken on debt to pay bills like rent (1/13)
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A thread introducing some of our newly appointed colleagues @SociologyLancs who will be joining us all in Lancaster in the Autumn (there are some more to come so do watch this thread..)
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CASEI Lancaster retweeted
Policy Press@policypress27 May 2022
“Acknowledging care inequalities and understanding the challenges of the experience of care of older people are essential if we are to ‘build back’ with care after COVID-19.” @MariaCAllen76 and @gideoncalder on family carers and the pandemic. transformingsociety.co.uk/20…

The risks of care: Justice, family carers and the pandemic - Transforming Society

Maria Cheshire-Allen and Gideon Calder look at the effects of COVID-19 on family carers of older people and their lack of recognition as a group entitled to protection.Based on their International...

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CASEI Lancaster retweeted
Joanna Young@joannamyoung24 May 2022
New research out today from @NorthLancsCAB about benefits and the cost of living crisis. Universal Credit is not enough to live off and gvt must act! northlancashirecab.org.uk/as…
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***RESEARCHING INEQUALITIES*** The final instalment, for now, in a series where @GrandCamouflage and/or @bevskeggs interview our Centre members to understand how their research explores contemporary inequalities. 1/3
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Here is @fcoin in conversation with @GrandCamouflage exploring her work on labour, capital, race and globalisation as compounding forms of inequality. Featuring her work for @Internazionale and @JacobinItalia. 2/3 youtube.com/watch?v=yC2Ud2_a…
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This will be the final instalment before both @GrandCamouflage and @fcoin leave to take up other roles. But their research on inequalities continues. 3/3 @FassResearch_LU @LancasterFASS @LancasterPress @lancasteruni @LancasterUniRES @ProfImogenTyler
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Michael Lambert (@GrandCamouflage) has written us a powerful blog, calling for historians of social welfare to listen for silences and speaks with those who suffered trauma and injustice. socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exc…

Victims of the diswelfare state: listening for pertinent silences

Dr Michael Lambert, Lancaster University [email protected] @GrandCamouflage The current erosion of welfare state institutions – the National Health Service (NHS), social services, and scho…

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CASEI Lancaster retweeted
Ben Phillips@benphillips7616 Apr 2022
Q. Why do policies which worsen inequality persist when it’s clear that that’s their impact?
Ben Phillips@benphillips7615 Apr 2022
Replying to @benphillips76
While the world’s ten richest men doubled their fortunes during the pandemic, 99% of humanity are worse off. So what can done to fight global inequality? Nabil Ahmed Oxfam Amanda Janoo Wellbeing Economy Ben Phillips Author of 'How to Fight Inequality' youtu.be/QWxCqI0UTmg
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"Who cares where the #doctors are? The expectation of #mobility and its effect on #health outcomes" #openaccess paper from @LizBrewster, @GrandCamoflauge @DrCliffShelton @LancasterMedSch @CaseiLancaster onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Who cares where the doctors are? The expectation of mobility and its effect on health outcomes

Doctors are typically portrayed as active agents in their work lives. However, this paper argues that this construction of agency ignores the effects of the healthcare structures that constrain...

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Spent 2 hours interrogating fellow @CaseiLancaster member @_daisymaybarker with @ProfImogenTyler today about crisis, social reproduction and ethnographic research for her PhD. It's good. Very good. If you want a flavour, watch this: youtube.com/watch?v=eQygk2DF…
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Throughout the pandemic, nurses have been forced to witness endless death and despair – and have done it all without adequate workplace protections. When they shout that we need universal healthcare, we should listen. Our @bdevaan @inequalityorg: inequality.org/great-divide/…
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