Conference programme for Broken Bonds: New Perspectives on Marital Breakdown in the English Common Law World 1801–1969. One-day hybrid academic conference, in person and online, at Northumbria University, Monday 20 April 2026. Registration link provided. The programme runs from 8.45am to 5.45pm and includes: an opening overview by Dr Jennifer Aston (Northumbria University); Session One with papers by Prof. Danaya Wright (University of Florida) and Chloe Challender (Warwick University); Session Two with papers by Penelope Russell (University of Sheffield), Dr Stephanie Brown (University of Hull), and Dr Sophie Michell (Open University); a keynote address by Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE on the role of conduct in matrimonial law; Session Three with papers by Dr Rosemary Elliot (University of Glasgow) and Prof. Rebecca Probert (University of Exeter); and Session Four with papers by Dr Naomi Cousins (Leeds Beckett University), Dr Ellen Durban (Independent Scholar), and Ruth Tweedale (University of Westminster). A drinks reception follows closing remarks. Logos for the ESRC, New Histories of Divorce, and Northumbria University Newcastle appear at the foot of the page.

Only 5 weeks until the *free* Broken Bonds: The History of Divorce and Marital Breakdown conference at Northumbria University! Thanks to the ESRC, travel bursaries are available. Details in replies 👇
#LegalHistory #DivorceHistory #FamilyLaw #SocioLegalStudies #WomensHistory #ESRC #ECRHistory

The final report from the Sustainable School Leadership project is out! A 3-year study across England, Northern Ireland & Scotland, funded by #esrc #educationresearchprogramme

Available here: www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/gro...

@patthomson.bsky.social @twperry1.bsky.social @samfr.bsky.social

Image shows front cover of Population, Space and Place journal article with text: The Changing Geographies of Ageing and Age Mixing Across Urban–Rural Areas in Scotland, 2011–2022 Rachel Z. Wilkie, Nissa Finney, Alice Butler-Warke, Qiong He, Elspeth Graham, Jo Mhairi Hale ABSTRACT Like other high-income countries, Scotland is experiencing rapid population ageing, with evidence of spatial polarisation of age groups. This study uses the Scottish Censuses of 2011 and 2022 to understand patterns and trends in the geographies of ageing and age mixing. With attention to urban-rural differences, we examined, at the Data Zone (neighbourhood) level, spatial age segregation and age mixing using the Dissimilarity Index, cumulative proportion calculations, Simpson's Diversity Index and Global and Local Moran's I. This paper contributes new findings on the spatial and temporal patterns of ageing and age mixing in Scotland, with relevance for broader debates on health and social care provision, housing accessibility and equity, and population sustainability. First, it illustrates the stark sub-national variation in geographies of age segregation; second, it demonstrates the value of an analytical and interpretive framework using concepts of urban hierarchy; third, it causes us to rethink typical understandings of ageing and the urban hierarchy. In particular, the analyses reveal high age segregation and low age diversity in urban areas together with the potential polarisation of older- and younger-age areas in some parts of cities; stable age mixing in rural areas (but with decreasing age diversity); and accessible (town and rural) neighbourhoods exhibiting both increasing age segregation and diversity and acting as the lynchpin for understanding the local dynamics of age mixing over the last decade. Attention to spatial nuance also reveals that change in age diversity is spatially clustered. The paper raises questions about the demographic dynamics and social meaning implied by …

The #ESRC -funded Connecting Generations 'Community resilience and social coherence' project team used the 2011 and 2022 #Scottish #Censuses to understand patterns in #ageing and age mixing #geographies.

@ukri.org @bspsuk.bsky.social @popgeog-rgsibg.bsky.social @rgs.org @phrg-standrews.bsky.social

Reposting this for the evening crowd #phdopportunity #esrc #digitalfuturesatwork 👇

Equalise speaker presenting in front of a screen.

Equalise colleagues sitting at a table and talking, adding post-it notes to a big piece of paper.

Equalise Co-Directors Yvonne Kelly and Anne McMunn presenting in front of a screen.

We had a wonderful and productive day today at our #Equalise Centre Day! Thank you to all the colleagues, partners and speakers for sharing knowledge, updates and vision, as we continue our journey towards health equity.

#HealthEquity #ESRC

I am delighted to announce that we have been awarded funding by the ESRC: Economic and Social Research Council for a substantial new research project titled: ‘From Housing Beneficiaries to Urban… | Pa... I am delighted to announce that we have been awarded funding by the ESRC: Economic and Social Research Council for a substantial new research project titled: ‘From Housing Beneficiaries to Urban Citiz...

Massive congrats to our very own @paulameth.bsky.social & colleagues for winning a hugely competetive #ESRC grant to study state-supported housing in 🇨🇳 🇮🇳 & 🇿🇦

Brilliant achievement 💪 We're very proud to host the project 🤓

For more details: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

We welcome prospective researchers with a passion for population change, social statistics, and advancing methods and data for impactful research.

#PhDOpportunity #ESRC #SocialStatistics #Demography #PopulationHealth #PopulationStudies #SurveyMethods #ResearchFunding

Right #highereducation colleagues and students! 🤩 If you are interested in #playfullearning come connect to RE:PLAY. It’s a wildly collaborative doing-and-learning #ESRC funded UK study on playful learning in HE. research.northumbria.ac.uk/replay/
@re--play.bsky.social

Metascience research grants round 2 Apply for funding to undertake cutting-edge Metascience research into more effective ways of conducting and supporting research and development (R&D), including the impact of AI and the challenges of measuring research excellence. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.ESRC NERC BBSRC AHRC STFC EPSRC MRC

ICYMI: Metascience research grants round 2 #ESRC #ResearchFunding

Metascience research grants round 2 Apply for funding to undertake cutting-edge Metascience research into more effective ways of conducting and supporting research and development (R&D), including the impact of AI and the challenges of measuring research excellence. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.ESRC NERC BBSRC AHRC STFC EPSRC MRC

Metascience research grants round 2 #ESRC #ResearchFunding

#biodiversity #ClimateChange #GreenSpaces #CornwallCouncil #Cornwall #ESRC #ERDF

@cornwallcouncil.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @cornwall.exeter.ac.uk @uniexecec.bsky.social
@hass-cornwall.bsky.social @uofebusiness.bsky.social
@bbka.org.uk @doctoralexeter.bsky.social

Anne McMunn and Yvonne Kelly standing in a conference room and presenting at the Equalise Centre Day.

We had a wonderful and productive day yesterday at our Equalise inaugural Centre Day! 🎉 Thank you to all the colleagues and partners who got involved, shared their work, and continue supporting our vision towards health equity.
@yvonne-kelly.bsky.social @anne-mcmunn.bsky.social
#HealthEquity #ESRC

Me presenting a talk in a village hall

Presenting "Language in the Sky" as part of the #ESRC #FestivalofSocialScience in the darkest depths of Herts.

ESRC postdoctoral fellowships Apply for a postdoctoral fellowship to develop your career by consolidating your PhD through developing publications, your networks and your research and professional skills. Fellowships must be held at a research organisation that is part of a Doctoral Training Partnership.ESRC

ICYMI: ESRC postdoctoral fellowships #ESRC #ResearchFunding

A collage of images featuring members of the SPIN Dementia Network Plus at various events.

🚀 SPIN-D Network+ launched one year ago on 4th November 2024! We have shared some of our highlights from the past year in our November network newsletter: spindementianet.org/newsletters/. We look forward to building on this work in the year to come @nihr.bsky.social @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social #ESRC

ESRC postdoctoral fellowships Apply for a postdoctoral fellowship to develop your career by consolidating your PhD through developing publications, your networks and your research and professional skills. Fellowships must be held at a research organisation that is part of a Doctoral Training Partnership.ESRC

ESRC postdoctoral fellowships #ESRC #ResearchFunding

BSA RESG Starter Pack 🦋 Join Our Starter Pack on Bluesky Please complete this form if you would like to be added to our Starter Pack on Bluesky. To be included, you must be a member of our Race and Ethnicity Study Group (mem...

We would like to start our own Starter Pack 🦋, please join it by completing this form:

forms.gle/VbexCrzBbgvR...

#AcademicSky #Sociology #BSA #ESRC #StarterPack

Having an absolute blast sharing our research at the Centre for Life with interested kids and parents alike! We’re here until Friday if you want to come check it out. #foss #esrc #ai

Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership (GU DTP) – Excellence in Interdisciplinary Research and Doctoral Education - Opportunities for Youth In the rapidly evolving landscape of global research, doctoral education has become a cornerstone for producing thought leaders, innovators, and

🚨 Apply for the Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership (GU DTP) — ESRC-funded PhD training across OU, Oxford & Brunel. Fully funded. wp.me/p23f03-h4g
📩 Deadline (OU stage): 7 Jan 2026
#PhD #Funding #ESRC #DoctoralTraining #Oxford #OpenUniversity #Brunel

UKRI seeks your views in 2025 stakeholder survey In our third annual survey, we are asking for feedback on what we do, how well we do it and what our stakeholders think about UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). AHRC BBSRC EPSRC ESRC Innovate UK MRC NERC Research England STFC UKRI

ICYMI: UKRI seeks your views in 2025 stakeholder survey #ESRC #AcademicSky

What happens after gestational diabetes? Join us at Phoenix Leicester to explore its long-term impact on women’s health & work. Hear lived experiences, shape better care & policy. In-person event chaired by Dr Elpida Vounzoulaki. @uniofleicester.bsky.social #ESRC @ukri.org

THIS WEDNESDAY! calling all parents, teachers/lecturers of young people in #greatermanchester this event, part of #ESRC #FESTIVALOFSOCIALSCIENCES offers a great route into thinking about rights at work & combining work &education. Places limited, so please register! Weather looks better too on weds!

UKRI seeks your views in 2025 stakeholder survey In our third annual survey, we are asking for feedback on what we do, how well we do it and what our stakeholders think about UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). AHRC BBSRC EPSRC ESRC Innovate UK MRC NERC Research England STFC UKRI

ICYMI: UKRI seeks your views in 2025 stakeholder survey #ESRC #AcademicSky

UKRI seeks your views in 2025 stakeholder survey In our third annual survey, we are asking for feedback on what we do, how well we do it and what our stakeholders think about UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). AHRC BBSRC EPSRC ESRC Innovate UK MRC NERC Research England STFC UKRI

UKRI seeks your views in 2025 stakeholder survey #ESRC #AcademicSky

Next week!

Join us in Swansea for our Festival of Social Science event where we'll explore how parents & caregivers can confidently support children's online safety.

👉 Register: tinyurl.com/3avpdvm3

#DRAGON #FestivalofSocialScience #ESRC #onlinesafety #childsafeguarding #onlinegroomingprevention

@mannymadriaga.bsky.social is leading a #ESRC funded project drawing on Black, mad and disability studies to explore and enhance the mental health of Black students in four English universities.

Project details: bit.ly/3KZOBk4

A photo showing Beverley McCormick and Adrian Boyd outside St Mary’s Primary School, Rathlin Island. Beverley and Adrian are standing either side of the school logo.

Great to see colleagues Beverley McCormick & Dr Adrian Boyd @ulsteruni.bsky.social bring their STEM lego workshops to #Rathlin today to work with the School and run an intergenerational session with the island’s seniors group & primary pupils as part of the #ESRC Festival. #LearningWithLego

The logo for The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness.

Text reading: ' A collaborative centre of researchers, academics, practitioners, policy makers, funders and community residents working together to support better connected communities across the UK'

Welcome to The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness! 🎉👋

As we give our socials a fresh look, we wanted to share a little bit more about ourselves and the work that we do. 👀🌟

#c4community #c4research #centreforcollaborationincommunityconnectedness #ukri #esrc #communityconnectedness

Delighted that our @herts.ac.uk #ESRC @arceastofengland.bsky.social @birthcompanions.bsky.social @lostmothers.bsky.social Lost Mothers Project has been shortlisted for the 2025 Criminal Justice Alliance Award 4 Research Excellence ❤️🎉 recognising our work on separation of mothers & babies in prison

International fellowships to explore AI’s impact on science New £4 million programme funds early career researchers in the UK, US and Canada to investigate how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming science.

ICYMI: International fellowships to explore AI’s impact on science #ESRC #AcademicSky