University of Sussex Faculty of Social Sciences

Towards an orderly and just exit from fossil fuels How can the competing goals and diverse interests involved in a just and multilateral transition away from fossil fuels be reconciled? This article explore

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My latest article in @iajournal.bsky.social
@suspol.bsky.social @sussexsrp.bsky.social @sussexfss.bsky.social @fossilexit.bsky.social @fossiltreaty.bsky.social

🏆 The Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) invites submissions for the 2026 Sussex International Theory Prize. @sussexfss.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk

Further information below 👇 Please circulate widely!

Join me in conversation with @carolinelucas.bsky.social @andrewsimms.bsky.social & Jean McLean to discuss hope & despair in building progressive futures together.
February 18th 5.30pm at the @attenboroughac.bsky.social Sussex University. Register here:
www.attenboroughcentre.com/events/5651/...

Stories - The Bennett Institute Announcing the Bennett Institute's 2026 Symposium, register now

The 2026 Bennett Institute Annual Symposium will be held on 19 February at Bramber House.

Staff and students are welcome, and the event is free!

Learn more and Register here: https://bit.ly/4qEZrv8

#BennettSymposium #NetZero #EnergyPolicy #SussexResearch

Austerity as reproductive injustice: did local government spending cuts unequally impact births? Abstract. Large local government spending cuts in England, spanning over a decade of austerity policies, have severely restricted the universal services an

Our new paper: Austerity as reproductive injustice: did local government spending cuts unequally impact births? led by Laura Sochas is out now OA in @sfjournal.bsky.social

"Our findings support the claim that local government austerity cuts unequally restricted the right to have children amongst the most disadvantaged." This study highlights the negative impacts found for poorer households only and the disproportionate allocation of cuts to racially minoritized women.

✨ Ever thought about #teaching as a career? Find out about the various routes to Qualified Teacher Status and a #pgce with @sussex.ac.uk.
❓ Ask qs & get information about applications and interviews.
🎧 Join us live online on Weds 10 December, 5.30-6.30pm.
👉Book at www.sussex.ac.uk/study/visit-...

🏆 Congrats to Orla Le Brasse, winner of the best dissertation award on the #LLM in #internationallaw sponsored by @legalactionww.bsky.social for her work on #modernslavery in the UK.
Orla, we are all so proud of you. Much deserved plus such an important subject 👏
#courseaward #bestdissertation

💡 Train to teach & earn while you learn
👨‍🏫The fully-funded teacher apprenticeship at
@sussex.ac.uk allows anyone with a degree to study for a year whilst training
🎧Book your place for 9 Dec & start your teaching journey with us: www.sussex.ac.uk/study/visit-...
💌More info C.L.Stenning@sussex.ac.uk

Sussex social work academic edits international volume on social work responses to war and conflict A new volume co-edited by Dr Reima Ana Maglajlic is an important development of works from those who have experienced political conflict.

📝📖Dr Reima Ana Maglajlic is the initiator & co-editor of an important volume of works by social work academics & practitioners affected by war & conflict in their countries of origin.

👉Available for free download: www.sussex.ac.uk/schools/educ...

#warandconflict #socialwork

📹The recording from the @thesociologicalreview.org's panel event on 'Immigration, Policy and Protest' featuring our own @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social is now live ...

@aaronwinter.bsky.social @michaelacbenson.bsky.social @migrantsrights.bsky.social

🎉📃👑Yay & huge congrats to Susie Scott, Prof of Sociology at @sussex.ac.uk, named an SRO Sage Prize winner with co-author Nina Lockwood for 'Nested Narratives: Biographical Accounts of Unlived Experience Across Three Narrative Orders' said to be "remarkable for its intellectual innovation"....

🎤Join @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social at "Rethinking Europe" hosted by @crasshlive.bsky.social this Friday at which she'll be giving a sneak peak into the monograph she is currently working on.

👉Register at www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/48642/

@universitypress.cambridge.org #Europe #panelevent

📰 Dr Matt Evans, Assoc Prof in Law at
@sussex.ac.uk is co-author of a new article with Eric Hoddy from @yorkuniversity.bsky.social. A Framework for Practice Research on "Transformative Justice" is published by the @oxfordacademic.bsky.social journal 'Global Studies Quarterly': bit.ly/47AJwHA

Yay and congratulations, @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social 👏📖

Our own @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social is on @thesociologicalreview.org's prestigious panel event today discussing 'Immigration, Policy & Protest' with @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & Fizza Qureshi @migrantsrights.bsky.social & @aaronwinter.bsky.social.

📰🥳Out now! CIE Annual Report 2024/25!

We are so pleased to share our latest report, which showcases the fantastic work of our CIE researchers over the past year.

Want to get involved? 📩cie@sussex.ac.uk

sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

@sussexfss.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk

Are you a young working professional with migrant parents?

This Leverhulme-funded project @sussexfss.bsky.social explores how young professionals of European and non-European backgrounds experience inclusion, worth and belonging in their UK workplace. Interested? Contact: s.sivis@sussex.ac.uk

🥳Huge congrats to Social Work BA graduate, Rhiannon Williams, who won the 'Newly qualified adult social worker of the year' silver award at the Social Worker of the Year Awards 2025. Rhiannon currently works for Brighton & Hove City Council.
👉See details at www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/10/20/s...

🏆Dr Perpetua Kirby has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar
to tackle global challenges through virtual international exchange following announcement of the 2025/26 Global Challenges Teaching Awards by the US-UK Fulbright Commission and the @aacu.org
👉Full details at bit.ly/4pUpRJI
#climateaction

A picture of a slightly smiling Hayley-Preston-Smith who has blue eyes and auburn hair and wears a subtle gold necklace. She is in front of a plain pale grey background.

Warmest ESW congratulations to @hayleyp-s.bsky.social on passing her PhD #vivavoce examination for her study on 'Early childhood practitioners' experiences pre and post-pandemic in SE England'. Hayley was commended for her contribution to the field of early childhood education.
#phd #earlyyears

🥳Congrats to @janetboddy.bsky.social who has been appointed the new Head of the School of Education & Social Work within @sussexfss.bsky.social. Janet has built up significant leadership experience as Deputy Head, as well as through her various other leadership roles for the School over the years.

Jo Tregenza appointed President of the UK Literacy Association Education Reader, Jo Tregenza, is the new President of the UKLA, a prestigious role that recognises her outstanding contribution to literacy education

🥳Congratulations to @jotregenza.bsky.social who has been appointed President of the UK Literacy Association, a prestigious role that recognises her outstanding contribution to literacy education in the UK and beyond.

👉 Read more: sussex.ac.uk/schools/educ...

#literacymatters #ukliteracy #UKLA

Professor Janet Boddy elected as Trustee of the Council of Academy of Social Sciences Professor Janet Boddy from the School of Education and Social Work has been elected as a Trustee of the Council of Academy of Social Sciences

🤩 Huge congrats to Janet Boddy, Prof of Child, Youth & Family Studies, who has been elected as a new Trustee of the Council of the @acadsocsciences.bsky.social - a significant endorsement of the esteem to which Janet is held amongst fellow social scientists:
👉 bit.ly/40itk9U
#academicsuccess

Are you a research member of staff at Sussex interested in mentoring? Join us 22 May for the in-person Research Community Mentoring & Networking Workshop. Learn about the staff programme, connect with fellow researchers and more: www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...

#SussexUni #Research #Mentoring

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Do you want to know more about the UK-EU reset and how the UK might achieve ‘good growth’?
Join our VC, trade policy experts and colleagues to explore key issues and opportunities next Thursday in London.
For event details and registration 👉 lnkd.in/ecwbdkGv

🤩 We're very proud to announce that Prof Máiréad Dunne has been elected a Fellow of the @acadsocsciences.bsky.social in recognition of her important contribution to some of the major challenges facing communities and societies around the world.

More at bit.ly/3XIiJUy

#fellowoftheacademy

We're v excited to announce aridge.bsky.social successfully passed her viva voce exam for 'Disrupting neoliberalist and anthropocentric constructions of nature in primary & early educational spaces'. Anna thanks her supervisors for "unwavering support and belief in me".
@liamberriman.bsky.social

Every year students on our BA Childhood & Youth @sussexfss.bsky.social use #lego to explore key concepts in the #Reggio approach to early years theory & practice. I love the representation of #Malaguzzi meeting local women washing bricks - connection with community at the heart of the approach.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑🤝 Listen up, social care professionals. This one's for you:

📅 Join this FREE open webinar this Thursday 27 March at which discussants argue that it's time for a re-set in how policymakers and services respond to young people at risk of extra-familial harm...