Phil Crockett Thomas

Between the bars: theatrical gig about life after prison reveals hard truths of homecoming A Giant on the Bridge, performed by a ‘Scottish indie folk supergroup’, draws on dozens of interviews about the confines former prisoners experience on the outside

Really good to chat about our show A Giant on the Bridge and Scottish justice issues with Arusa Qureshi and (some of) the team for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/j... touring Scotland from Feb

2026 AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award- Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) PhD Studentship at University of Stirling on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - 2026 AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award- Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) PhD Studentship at University of Stirling, listed on FindAPhD.com

✨️🎓 Funded PhD opportunity:

Our colleague Dr @philcrockettthomas.bsky.social is part of the #PhD supervisor team for this AHRC doctoral #studentship on heritage, buildings, and #ClimateChange action.

Applications close 23rd January
#Scholarship #Heritage #Humanities
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

2026 AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award- Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) PhD Studentship at University of Stirling on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - 2026 AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award- Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) PhD Studentship at University of Stirling, listed on FindAPhD.com

Come and do a funded PhD with Vanicka Arora, Kim McKee & me on thermal comfort in Stirling's historic tenements! Would suit someone with experience in creative & collaborative or activist methods, &/or background in housing, heritage, planning or climate change: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Congratulations to brilliant editors Lucy Cathcart Frödén, @kateherrity.bsky.social & Áine Mangaoang on this huge achievement!!

Vibes-based methods - Ash Watson, 2025 Vibes are having a moment and academics seem increasingly serious about understanding whatever the vibe is. Many qualitative methodological approaches are alrea...

Hi Lizzie, this is a nice idea! I think you might be interested in this article by @awtsn.bsky.social on vibes-based methods: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

A Celebration of Ursula K. Le Guin | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about A Celebration of Ursula K. Le Guin today.

Excited to be participating in this Glasgow Ursula Le Guin love fest on 4/11 with @suchmayer.bsky.social, @taylorwdriggers.bsky.social, @mjrsangster.bsky.social

We're celebrating @silver-press.bsky.social gorgeous new book The Word for World which centres on Le Guin's imaginative maps. Come!

Out today, on what would’ve been Ursula K. Le Guin’s 96th birthday, The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin edited by Sarah Shin and @suchmayer.bsky.social.

With thanks to Theo Downes-Le Guin and the Ursula K Le Guin Foundation @ursulakleguin.com 💙

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Glasgow, we're bringing the forest to you! 🍃

4 Nov: celebrate @silver-press.bsky.social Ursula K. Le Guin titles THE WORD FOR WORLD & SPACE CRONE w @taylorwdriggers.bsky.social, Phil Crockett-Thomas (Abolition Science Fiction!), Matthew Sangster & me in convo.

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We are delighted that Dr Martha O'Carroll is joining us at the University of Stirling to do an SGSSS ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship #research project on 'Activating Anti-Carceral Archives in Scotland', supported by mentor Dr Phil Crockett Thomas @philcrockettthomas.bsky.social #Criminology #Abolition

New article on utopia, abolition and science fiction published open access @thesociologicalreview.org! If you want to read the creative writing by the project's (brilliant) participants which I discuss in the paper, the eBook is free to download at abolitionscifi.org