Good to see this published with my colleagues

Lever, J., Miele, M., Dastgir, S., & Fuseini, A. (2025). Niche market making in the UK sheep sector: performing the halal market in uncertain times. Journal of Rural Studies, vol. 119, 2025, 103728,
ISSN 0743-0167,
doi.org/10.1016/j.jr....

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Cover of Eating the Ocean by Elspeth Probyn. Cover image is a blue-toned photo of large fish swimming underwater.

We are sorry to learn of the death of Elspeth Probyn, Professor of Gender & Cultural Studies at @sydney.edu.au and author of "Eating the Ocean" (2016). Our thoughts are with her family, friends, colleagues and students.

REF change ‘could let universities benefit from work of sacked staff’ - Research Professional News Breaking link between staff and outputs could impact arts and humanities, REF leader warned

The ‪@englishassociation.bsky.social, @ies-sas.bsky.social
and @univeng.bsky.social have warned that decoupling researchers from outputs in REF 2029 could see universities benefitting from the work of staff who have been sacked.

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A critique of Cardiff University's plans. Redacted, revised and abridged.

Important comment on Cardiff University restructuring proposal

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The pace of pastoral mobility: Exploring adaptations to climate and socio-economic change in Western India - Natasha Maru, 2025 Mobility is acknowledged as a key practice through which pastoralists adapt to climatic and socio-economic stressors. Yet, ‘how’ it is enacted and experienced i...

OnlineFirst - "The pace of pastoral mobility: Exploring adaptations to climate and socio-economic change in Western India" by Natasha Maru:

@ids.ac.uk

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Great talk today by Prof Michele Lamont in Glamorgan Building, Cardiff Social Science, about her book Seeing Others, How to redefine worth in a divided world.

Wrong answers 60% of the time 🤦🏻‍♀️ (Can’t we already be done with AI…)

Oral history interview with Sandra Harding Sandra Harding was born in San Francisco, California, the first of five children born to Lloyd and Constance Harding. Her father's struggle to find work during the Great Depression led the family to L...

A dear feminist science studies mentor passed on March 5. Have a good journey Sandra Harding. ❤️

Harding was UCLA Distinguished Professor Emerita of Education and Gender Studies, former Director of the Center for the Study of Women.

Link is an oral history interview with Sandra on her career.

Registration is open for our final 'Rethinking Fables' conference (May 22-24, 2025: University of Kent, Canterbury UK & online) with Profs Vinciane Despret and Susan McHugh as our keynote speakers. Please spread the word – and we'd be delighted if you can join us. research.kent.ac.uk/rethinking-f...

Sycophancy and toadying are de rigueur in Trump’s court of self-aggrandizement | Sidney Blumenthal Gestures of servility from administration members and world leaders alike are sickeningly common in the mad king’s court

Great article on the Guardian on Sunday 9th March

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On the responsibilities of intellectuals and the rise of bullshit jobs in universities You may never have considered yourself to be one. Why would you? But if you’re reading this, there is more than a likelihood that you are one. If you’re a

From a colleague of mine at Cardiff University....a

chink of light in dark times.

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How to trash a University's reputation And demoralise the people you need to help you succeed.

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Slippery substances: Accreting alternative chemical knowledges in a heavy industry port - Amelia Hine, 2025 How might chemicals slip unnoticed across boundaries and through bodies in a range of material and bureaucratic registers? This article responds by extending em...

OnlineFirst - "Slippery substances: Accreting alternative chemical knowledges in a heavy industry port" by @ameliahine.bsky.social

@hifmb.de @awi.de #chemicalgeographies #chemicalstudies #sediments #seabed #chemical #port #decarbonisation #hifmb 

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Compounded extraction: An examination of early agro-extractivism in the US Heartland - Silvia Secchi, 2025 The concept of agro-extractivism was developed by scholars of Latin America to characterize socio-ecological processes of dispossession and the commodification ...

OnlineFirst - "Compounded extraction: An examination of early agro-extractivism in the US Heartland" by @profsecchi.bsky.social

#agroextractivism #settlercolonialism #landgrabs #environmentalhistory

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Are health professionals ‘equipped’ to support vegan mothers in the UK? This article investigates the extent to which health professionals are equipped to support vegan mothers in the UK and how stigma plays a part in this issue. Veganism has grown in popularity in the UK...

Really happy to see published this paper: Francis, B. and Miele, M. (2025) ‘Are health professionals ‘equipped’ to support vegan mothers in the UK’, first online, Consumption and Society, 1-18;
doi.org/10.1332/2752...