Thanks sustainability@leave (CA21150) for supporting the attendance through a dissemination grant. The mc raised awareness of the COST action and helped to build a consortium for European Social Survey

🆕#postdoc position at TCD Sociology to work with me on a #horizoneurope project - Longitudinal Educational Achievements: Reducing iNequalities (LEARN) 😀 Deadline: July 22 Duration: 30 months Start date: negotiable Skills: quantitative Share/Apply👇 tcd.ie/sociology/vaca…

Keynote kickoff #spaconf2024 on Fair Work and Employment Futures Social Policy Assoc University of Strathclyde

Shout out to all authors who consider a submission to SPR37 Social Policy Assoc #spaconf2024. I'm still around at the lunch break, wearing a mustard shirt, to discuss abstract submissions (22 Jul): forms.gle/aGMLqqzgPm92AY… Policy Press Bozena Sojka Andrea Parma

I BIKE Dublin will be joining this protest on Monday and you should too if you don't want the car-dominated status quo to continue at the behest of vested interests. Implement the Dublin City Centre Transport Plan in full without delay! x.com/DublinCommuter…

This is a joke right? They warn of wheat in couscous, which it is made of. Do we have to warn that wheat is in flour? Conor Pope

Things will only get worse: our report as new stats show the two-child limit affects 1 IN 9 children. Read the devastating consequences of this policy: cpag.org.uk/news/things-wi…

We learned today that 1 in 9 children live in households affected by the two-child limit. It is a cruel cap on vital, means-tested support. It can and must be removed.

Franklin D. Roosevelt on this day 89 years ago. blog.ssa.gov/social-securit…

Looking forward to present an early paper on partisan preferences, housing wealth and long-care funding. 16.15 European Consortium for Political Research ECPR Standing Group on Public Policy #ecprgc24

Huge obstacle to expanding active travel is ongoing apparent refusal of Gardai to enforce the law. This places vulnerable road users at risk as offending motorists enjoy virtual impunity. irishtimes.com/transport/2024…

1,320 migrants have drowned or are missing in the Mediterranean so far this year. Unlike billionaire super yachts, they have not received blanket media coverage despite the horror of the situation facilitated by western border policies Missing Migrants Project

This is the brutal reality of phone usage while driving

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Well acuracy helps for a more meaningful policy discussions. The figure is 55% of chidren get by car to primary school. The 90% not moving could be accurate though 🚘. And I agree 🚲🛴🛹🚶 need more support. cso.ie/en/releasesand…

The Economist just published a deeply-researched story about car bloat, and it's very, very damning: "For every life that the heaviest 1% of SUVs and trucks save, there are more than a dozen lives lost in other vehicles." Well worth your time: economist.com/interactive/un…

It is always a pleasure to see real social impact of colleagues when their work is cited in newspapers. Today Prof. Michelle Norris, UCDSocialPolWorkJust & director UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy Michelle Norris

Every single driver parked on this cycle lane knew, deep down, that they were making other people’s journeys more perilous. And they did it anyway.

We are reviewing cover designs for the Social Policy Review 37. Since there is no exact science behind it, which colour scheme is more pleasing among social policy scholars? Social Policy Assoc @bozena_sojka Andrea Parma Yellow or blue? #SPR37

We are accepting submissions on large families for the ISA Forum of Sociology 2025: Bringing Back Large Families isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/forum2… #largefam ISA Family Research, ISA #RC19. Megan Curran We welcome a wide breadth of scholarly contributions on large families!