Researching everyday lives using creative qualitative methods. Based at @UoMSociology.bluesky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/morgancentre.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/morgancentre.bsky.social/post/3mssrygx2uk25🎧Why does building a future feel so out of reach even when we're doing everything we're told to? @smhall.bsky.social talks to Jeoffrey Sarpong about how the economic policies impact the everyday lives of Gen Z @uomhums.bsky.social @austerityalters.bsky.social https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgsNy8TquUQ11 Aug 2026 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:fbba4426ym6oolflevn5653q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssrygx2uk25https://bsky.app/profile/morgancentre.bsky.social/post/3msdec3qf322y'[Y]oung people feel guilty, they feel responsible that they have not met these particular milestones. But actually, it's ...a societal issue.' @smhall.bsky.social of @austerityalters.bsky.social interviewed by BBC on the unique challenges faced by Gen Z https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AY3r9hnS7E05 Aug 2026 10:52 +0000at://did:plc:fbba4426ym6oolflevn5653q/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdec3qf322yhttps://bsky.app/profile/morgancentre.bsky.social/post/3mpl6yg35uc2pNew article from Tetyana Solovey on how repairs and upcycling can change our relationship with our clothes as well as making the industry more sustainable [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jul 2026 09:22 +0000at://did:plc:fbba4426ym6oolflevn5653q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpl6yg35uc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/morgancentre.bsky.social/post/3mmbpttdrvs2s📝 New article from Petra Nordqvist and @lucyfrith.bsky.social on how legislation on egg & sperm donation should adapt to the changing donation landscape created by at-home DNA testing. @uomlaw.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social https://blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2026/04/what-the-evidence-tells-us-research-insights-for-reform-in-egg-and-sperm-donation/20 May 2026 10:42 +0000at://did:plc:fbba4426ym6oolflevn5653q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbpttdrvs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/morgancentre.bsky.social/post/3mm77lkkkbk2hEspecially lovely to see our @liangge11.bsky.social & Pippa Winship winning prizes for their research engagement! 😍 @muarg.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 May 2026 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:fbba4426ym6oolflevn5653q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm77lkkkbk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/morgancentre.bsky.social/post/3mm4vy2s3322vLegal Frameworks and Personal Experiences: Egg Donation in Japan and Taiwan - HYBRID Prof Chiaki Shirai (Shizuoka Uni, Japan) 📅 4-5.30pm (BST) Wed 24 June 2026 📍Arthur Lewis Building, G.019 (tea/coffee from 3.30pm) 🌐Teams Meeting ID:358 860 694 729 220; Passcode:RF6pM7Ch @uomsociology.bsky.social18 May 2026 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:fbba4426ym6oolflevn5653q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4vy2s3322vhttps://bsky.app/profile/morgancentre.bsky.social/post/3mhzyjf6a6s2z📢Major new UKRI-funded research project: 'Air Spaces: Getting the Measure of Air' involves researchers from across UoM & community partners to explore air pollution inequalities Builds on a great pilot project. So excited to see where this research takes us! https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/manchester-researchers-launch-major-ukri-funded-project-to-understand-air-inequalities/27 Mar 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:fbba4426ym6oolflevn5653q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhzyjf6a6s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/morgancentre.bsky.social/post/3mht23nerjs2gSEMINAR: Relational understandings of life, relationships and moments that matter (Kaisa Kuurne & @saraelden.bsky.social) 📅1-3pm 21 April 2026 📌Room 5.205 Uni Place ☕Tea/coffee from 1pm Special double seminar from two visiting researchers - all welcome! https://events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:x1v2-mmz4bo3f-y8hzok24 Mar 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:fbba4426ym6oolflevn5653q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mht23nerjs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/morgancentre.bsky.social/post/3mhddzrb4kc27This new book features writing from @helenholmes.bsky.social on the waste crisis; @briony.bsky.social on gender; & Vanessa May on migration (& editing duties!). All welcome to the book launch! [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Mar 2026 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:fbba4426ym6oolflevn5653q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhddzrb4kc27https://bsky.app/profile/morgancentre.bsky.social/post/3mg36zuelyc2o📺WATCH - new videos added to our 20th anniversary key concepts series: 🐶Animals & Social Life 👥 Sibling relationships 👩🏽‍👧🏽‍👦🏽Family practices ♻️Consumption & everyday life 🦉What is ageing? Thanks to everybody who helped make these, and we hope you enjoy them! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvRUyisSeWeCIGcEQPxLCfGBaK6Z3_PAn&si=ZG6tb5DaPn9eIwi202 Mar 2026 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:fbba4426ym6oolflevn5653q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg36zuelyc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/morgancentre.bsky.social/post/3madkwibifs2o🎁New article by @sophierwoodward.bsky.social on the sociology of unwanted gifts: Dormant Gifts: Animating the Imagined and Narrated Pasts and Futures of Gifts @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social @uomsociology.bsky.social https://doi.org/10.3167/ee.2025.550205 https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/ethnologia-europaea/55/2/ee550205.xml?ArticleBodyColorStyles=pdf-427819 Dec 2025 11:17 +0000at://did:plc:fbba4426ym6oolflevn5653q/app.bsky.feed.post/3madkwibifs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/morgancentre.bsky.social/post/3m5enxuas3k2xSEMINAR: Student Voices in the Archives 🗓️ 1-2pm, Thurs 11 Dec(Online) 🗣️Sue Heath & Grant Collier Explore student life through UoM archives Part of the @thejohnrylands.bsky.social lunchtime seminar series @uomsociology.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/student-voices-in-the-archives-tickets-192165905696911 Nov 2025 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:fbba4426ym6oolflevn5653q/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5enxuas3k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/morgancentre.bsky.social/post/3m525zrhsgk2f📖New book: Gender Studies: An interdisciplinary approach By @sophierwoodward.bsky.social & @kath070.bsky.social & published by @elgarpublishing.bsky.social https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/gender-studies-9781800373945.html07 Nov 2025 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:fbba4426ym6oolflevn5653q/app.bsky.feed.post/3m525zrhsgk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/morgancentre.bsky.social/post/3m24ndhdkek2tINAUGURAL LECTURE: 🗣️ Start or end of life? Advancing the Sociology of Life, Death & Bereavement - Kate Reed 📅4-5pm Tues 29 Oct 2025 📌In person (University of Manchester) or online 🎟️Free, register via Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/start-or-end-of-life-advancing-the-sociology-of-life-death-bereavement-tickets-1650593883739?aff=oddtdtcreator01 Oct 2025 08:40 +0000at://did:plc:fbba4426ym6oolflevn5653q/app.bsky.feed.post/3m24ndhdkek2thttps://bsky.app/profile/morgancentre.bsky.social/post/3lzjeigclwc2r📺Watch our new video series introducing key concepts in the sociology of families & personal life. Please share if you know anybody teaching or studying these topics! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvRUyisSeWeCIGcEQPxLCfGBaK6Z3_PAn23 Sep 2025 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:fbba4426ym6oolflevn5653q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzjeigclwc2r