Professor of Sociology , The Open University
Joined December 2011
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Umut Erel retweeted
18 Sep 2023
Ethnic and Racial Studies is seeking Editorial Board Members
Deadline: 30th November 2023
Think this could be you? Read more and apply today:
think.taylorandfrancis.com/e…
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Umut Erel retweeted
21 Sep 2023
Updating our safeguarding training. Striking that - given the definition of child neglect - when is it perpetrated by a parent it is acted upon - but when it is caused by the housing crisis or the hostile environment we find it impossible to get children the help they need.
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🗓️GCSJ seminar: 14 July, 12-1pm
Alex Barber will consider Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein as a political allegory...The prompt for doing so is a recently rediscovered novella written in revolutionary Paris three decades earlier.
fass.open.ac.uk/events/gcsj-…
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Umut Erel retweeted
22 Jun 2023
Chuffed
22 Jun 2023
The Orwell Prize for Journalism 2023 is awarded to Gary Younge (@garyyounge) for an entry including essays and a podcast on race, inequality and the history and legacy of slavery in Britain.
Congratulations, Gary!
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Prof @garyyounge is discussing #BlackLivesMatter as Movement or Moment? Symbol or Substance? Join this important keynote.
❗️21 June 1-2pm
Online and on campus at OU #MiltonKeynes
register 👉eventbrite.com/e/64619176596…
@Usherwood @ourmiltonkeynes @OU_FASS @GaskarthJamie @OUstudents
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Umut Erel retweeted
Our #SSAHE webinar on #IdentityPolitics is just kicking off...
Less than a week until next #SSAHE webinar 5pm 19 June "Identity politics and the Hostile Environment", with @RimaSaini3105. @bengidley & Nira Yuval-Davis.
Details: ssahe.info/2023/04/28/june-w…
Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/ssahe-jun…
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🔑The key to successful grant applications...? Simon @Usherwood and Suzanne Duncanson-Hunter will share best practices, funding opps, and support available
🚨 Today (Mon) 12-1.30pm
Free event🔗eventbrite.com/e/64814457687…
@OpenUniversity @OU_FASS @WELSPGResearch @GaskarthJamie @UErel
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❗️Starting shortly at 12 noon
The #globalcommons roundtable 🌐with leading experts @DerekMatravers @dantaylor42 @MohanGiles
Free event🔗eventbrite.co.uk/e/648134466…
@gerrymooney60 @OU_CSGD @globalcommonshq @MCC_Berlin #Space #climate #rights @UErel @DrAlmarino
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Umut Erel retweeted
Ecological grief as #climate interrogation - In Every Bite of the Emperor...keynote by artist/human geographer Youngsook Choi will take place on
🗓️21 June 2.15-3.15
🔗eventbrite.co.uk/e/646199469…
#ClimateEmergency #environment #Artists
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The GCSJ research festival has kicked off today and continues until 21 June, featuring the latest OU research on #global challenges and #socialjustice
🌐 All events 👉
fass.open.ac.uk/events/resea…
@gerrymooney60 @HPMurphy @OU_CSGD @OUFreeLearning @UErel @GaskarthJamie @shonilbhagwat
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Learn more about the multiscalar narratives of Chinese infrastructure investment in Europe, with @MohanGiles Ran Hu & @WeiweiChen16
❗️Tomorrow 15 June 1-2pm
Free event 👉eventbrite.co.uk/e/651274087…
@ERedefine @OUGradSch @IntDev_OU
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Umut Erel retweeted
11 Jun 2023
If you’re in Milton Keynes come along.
Prof @garyyounge is coming to #MiltonKeynes discussing #BlackLivesMatter as Movement or Moment? Symbol or Substance? Join the important discussion
❗️21 June 1-2pm
Limited seats at The Open University 👉eventbrite.com/e/64619176596…
@Usherwood @ourmiltonkeynes @IFMKfest @mk_citizen
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Searching for funding? Packed with hands-on info, Sophie Watson and Simon @Usherwood who successfully received #research funding will share their best practices with S Duncanson-Hunter
Online🗓️19 June 12-1.30pm
eventbrite.com/e/64814457687…
@OU_FASS @OU_Library @OUPolitics @OUResEnt
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Umut Erel retweeted
Who owns the #globalcommons and what's so common(s) about Outer Space? Join our free online roundtable on 🗓️Fri 16 June 12-1.30pm
🔗eventbrite.com/e/64813446663…
@globalcommonshq @MCC_Berlin @ProGloCommons @UNOOSA @Space4WomenOOSA
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How did the #UnitedNations system survive during COVID-19 crisis? Learn about fascinating research on #UNWomen and virtual offices.
👉 free online event
🚨16 June 1.30-2.15pm with @1GeorginaHolmes, @FilippoBoni1 eventbrite.com/e/64814163808…
@UN_Women @UNWomenWatch @cov19chronicles
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Prof @garyyounge is coming to #MiltonKeynes discussing #BlackLivesMatter as Movement or Moment? Symbol or Substance? Join the important discussion
❗️21 June 1-2pm
Limited seats at The Open University 👉eventbrite.com/e/64619176596…
@Usherwood @ourmiltonkeynes @IFMKfest @mk_citizen
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Did you know...the high seas, the deep-sea bed, Antarctica, the atmosphere, and outer space are all defined as “global commons”? So... #rights for none and all? Learn more on
Fri 16 June 12-1.30pm 🔗eventbrite.com/e/64813446663…
@DerekMatravers @dantaylor42 @nat_geo_theory @OUstudents
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Umut Erel retweeted
10 Jun 2023
Please share widely~ a great post in an excellent teaching, learning & research environment @Soc_Assoc_Ire @britsoci @AcadSocSciences @SocialPolicyUK @ESA_Sociology @TracyShildrick @ProfImogenTyler @UErel @drtraceyjpotts @GillianWylie7 @MorrissLisa @TAReynolds12 @LisaMor71178061
10 Jun 2023
UCC wishes to appoint an experienced academic to the role of Lecturer in Social Policy (Youth & Community Work).
This position is being filled as part of UCC Futures - Collective Social Futures.
ucc.ie/en/futures/collective…
@UCCAppSoc | @CACSSS1 | @maggieoneill9
#UCCFutures
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Umut Erel retweeted
8 Jun 2023
STORIES [that] MATTER: read the blog @LadanRahbari & I wrote, introducing our book on #migrant #academics published #OpenAccess with @OpenBookPublish. @CEE_Feminisms @UvA_AISSR @ECPR_Gender @ECPR_Migration @AMIINetwork blogs.openbookpublishers.com…
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Umut Erel retweeted
8 Jun 2023
Please do cascade this to all your networks people! We are really at a stage where we need someone amazing and experienced to be our backstop, our cheerleader, our rudder, our safe pair of hands.
8 Jun 2023
The Magpie Project provides a safe & fun place for mums & pre-school children suffering in temporary or insecure accommodation. They seek a Chair to support the board to make strategic decisions for the benefit of the families they serve: buff.ly/3CeRjdC @magpieprojectuk
ALT the magpie project
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