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Continue reading →: How is public sociology?
I have been teaching my third year undergraduate module, Communicating Sociology. This aims to develop a critical awareness of the significance of the dynamic nature of sociological practice in the social world by examining how sociological knowledge can be communicated to diverse audiences. I am really enjoying it. The students are…
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Continue reading →: Hong Kong
I am very concerned about the situation in Hong Kong. I have a number of friends and colleagues there and wish to send them my warm wishes and thoughts. I was sent this link by one of them and thought I would share it here, because it is both poignant…
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Continue reading →: Head of Department
I became Head of Department of Social Sciences on 1st August 2014 and now find writing a blog has bumped down my list of priorities! It’s fun and exhausting being HoD. This week we have been discussing National Student Survey results – we did pretty well, but want to do…
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Continue reading →: A bit of shameless self promotion
Karen O’Reilly wins Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award for International Migration and Social Theory. Outstanding Academic Titles are selected by the editorial staff of Choice (American Library Association), a critical reviews resource relied on by academic librarians for collection decisions. Appearing annually in Choice‘s January issue this prestigious list of publications…
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Continue reading →: Lifestyle Migration in East Asia
We have finished all data collection for the Lifestyle Migration in East Asia project. You can read all updates on that blog, here
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Continue reading →: Hong Kong
In June, I visited City University Hong Kong, Department of Applied Social Sciences. I was very impressed with the ways in which they relate sociological theory to real world setting and problems. Their students really understand the applied nature of social science. I came back with some exciting ideas of…
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Continue reading →: Precarious working tourists.
Friday May 9th, I was opponent in the public examination of the doctoral dissertation of Christopher Brennan, at the University of Tampere, Finland.The thesis was about working holiday-makers (not backpackers!) in Australia. It took a critical perspective, investigating the experiences and the exploitation of these workers and their contribution to…
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Continue reading →: Inaugural Lecture
Last week I gave my Inaugural lecture at Loughborough University (two years late). I think it went well and, despite the nerves, I quite enjoyed it. I tried to cover the history of my career while highlighting key contributions but it is not easy to do that in under an…
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Continue reading →: Listen to Karen O’Reilly talking about Bourdieu, lifestyle migration and practice stories
Originally posted on The Lifestyle Migration Hub Blog: By Michaela Benson Last week, Karen and I attended that British Sociological Association’s Bourdieu study group event, ‘Bourdieu in migration, ‘race’ and ethnicity studies’. Karen gave one of the keynotes, drawing on her co-authored (with Caroline Oliver) article, A Bourdieusian analysis of class…
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I’m Karen
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