Last week, the SPERI Doctoral Researcher Network welcomed women and non-binary scholars to a one-day workshop 💫

Participants explored their experiences of, and contributions of feminist approaches to, the field of political economy

Read more here ⬇️
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Congrats to our alumnus Gianni Romano, entrepreneur, who is now a member of Forbes '30 Under 30' list for manufacturing & industry sustainability! #sumsinspire sheffield.ac.uk/management/new…

My paper funded by Nuffield Foundation at the Scottish Economic Society #SES2024 conference is coming up now, explaining how the disability employment gap varies across Great Britain.

Dr Kristin Hildenbrand (Kristin) wins CIPD's Professor Mick Marchington Grant for Research on Workload and Wellbeing, providing funding for an upcoming research project, in collaboration with Dr Nina Junker (@ninamjunker1), University of Oslo.

There's a buzz in the Sheffield office today!

We have Tiina Sihto visiting from Faculty of Social Sciences, HelsinkiUni to present work to the team and Obert Tawodzera from IMPACT Uni of Birmingham has just finished a great Tech & Care session!

Lovely to have you both here!
Social Sciences | The University of Sheffield Economic and Social Research Council

This event has been rescheduled and will now take place on Tuesday 14th May at 12pm. You can still sign up below! Dr Punita Chowbey Social Sciences | The University of Sheffield

The inaugural Perraton Lecture is coming up at the end of the month! Sign up here: sheffield.ac.uk/economics/even…

NEW BLOG: The politics of embedding a new economic consensus

Tony Payne, SPERI's founding Co-Director, asks how Labour can build consensus around new economic ideas. History suggests there are 'three essential prerequisites to success'

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There's still time to register for our online Expert-led Technology and Care session, tomorrow with Obert Tawodzera, follow this link and please share with your networks:
centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2024/0…

Colleagues from Sheffield, you are invited this Wednesday 17Apr to join us to the 2nd workshop #Design & #Care in the series #Design Tools for #SocialScience by #Design Lab SSoA_research Sheffield School of Architecture
in collaboration with few other Social Sciences | The University of Sheffield departments at The University of Sheffield

Our next webinar, Older adult mistreatment: A focus on help-seeking behaviours and access to support with Dr Silvia Fraga Dominguez. Thursday 23rd May at 1pm. Sign up here! ⁦SocStudiesShef⁩ ⁦Social Sciences | The University of Sheffield⁩ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Should we be going for growth?

Professor Michael Jacobs explains what economic growth is and how it became so central to our understanding of the economy, in New Economics Podcast from NEF.

🎧: soundcloud.com/weeklyeconomic…

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Workshop for women and people with hormonal cycles in academia to encourage working with, rather than against our bodies.

This is coming up next week - be sure to sign up!

“A benefit which so many people fall foul of is basically telling you its badly designed'

Professor Sue Yeandle comments on the need for an overhaul of carer's allowance for The The Guardian

theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

Some great events are coming up as part of Pint of Science UK, featuring academics from Education@Sheffield, School of Law, Sheffield, Information School and more.

Explore the lineup here: pintofscience.co.uk/events/sheffie…

'No time for that! Practicing relational care in the UK homecare sector'

In this new commentary, Nick writes about his current research and the obstacle of time to practicing relational care in the context of homecare:
centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/202…
#socialcare #homecare

'Finding out that you owe money when you are already on a low income and you are struggling financially will be absolutely devastating for carers...'

Centre Director Prof Sue Yeandle is quoted in this The Guardian article today:
theguardian.com/society/2024/a…
#unpaidcarers #socialcare

If you are a caregiver, or have been in the past, share your experiences in this survey and help research being carried out within Sheffield Methods Institute - University of Sheff.

Find out more below 👇

Festival of Debate starts next week! Festival of Debate 📚

Who are you most excited to see? ✨

Register for tickets here: festivalofdebate.com/2024