@RosEdwards2

Prof of Sociology/Uni of Southampton. I have both Red Queen & White Queen tendencies. My views are mine. I’m a Na’amodnik. (Available on Bluesky too)

Joined December 2013
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Q: Whose shoulders are today’s sociologists standing upon? 📚 🪜 A: Some of them are sociologists’ wives👩🏻‍💼✍️ 👇🏼 tidsskrift.dk/Serendipities/…
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Read this #poverty #emotion journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…

The absence of anger: ‘Lived experience’, emotions, and framing techniques in UK anti-poverty work...

The concept of ‘lived experience’ has become increasingly important in activities such as campaigning, research, and policy design. Concurrently, and in slight ...

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Katharine Buildings@Katharine1885Oct 14
🎤🎤 Upcoming talk at the @ihr_history Migration and Mobility Seminar. Tuesday 20th October 2026, 5.30-7.30pm. Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU and online. Register for free: tinyurl.com/53xv6j6c
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Katharine Buildings@Katharine188521h
Katharine Buildings was a long brick rectangle five storeys high. 50-60 individual rooms occupied each floor, clustered into groups of four or five and opening onto communal landings. 1/
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I’m now into my second week of an Archives By-Fellowship at @chuarchives.bsky.social Lucky me! What am I doing? ⤵️ … #ThanksForTyping chu.cam.ac.uk/fellows/profes…

Professor Rosalind Edwards - Churchill College

Rosalind Edwards is a visiting Churchill College Archives By-Fellow for Michaelmas term 2026.  She is Professor of Sociology at the University of Southampton, UK, a Fellow of the Academy of […]

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… Here’s Phyllis, reflecting back on her involvement in the Institute of Community Studies. She was more than the ’Hand Maiden’ she characterises herself in this letter - though that is how she was positioned as a helpful wife …
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Nonetheless, Phyllis made significant contributions to ICS studies whether acknowledged through authorship or not. Shortly after she wrote her ‘hand maiden’ letter, Phyllis coauthored 2 substantial occasional papers from ICS research, and published a volume of her autobiography
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Many of the women in the Buildings were cleaners, both in the late 1880s and mid C20th. 🧹🧽🧼 #historians - any pointers to where I can find out more about the history of charwomen? 🙏🏼
Katharine Buildings@Katharine1885Oct 7
Replying to @Katharine1885
Built near the docks in 1885, Katharine Buildings was a philanthropic experiment in housing the poorest east Londoners. Residents rented basic, unfurnished rooms, overseen by ‘lady rent collectors’ who sought to encourage ‘respectable’ habits and good morals.
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Ros Edwards 🕯🌱@RosEdwards2Oct 7
Replying to @Katharine1885 @LeverhulmeTrust @LBTHArchives @UniWestminster @robertdeakin1
Historians out there - is there any info on women cleaners in London’s East End?
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Ros Edwards 🕯🌱@RosEdwards2Oct 7
We’re now on 1001 downloads (free access) since this piece was published. Thanks for your interest in #decolonising #research #partnership nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol25/…

Supporting Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Research Partnerships

This commentary discusses the framing of the production of a series of online text-based and visual resources aimed at researchers embarking on Indigenous and non-Indigenous research partnerships,...

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We’re now on 1001 downloads (free access) since this piece was published. Thanks for your interest in #decolonising #research #partnership nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol25/…

Supporting Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Research Partnerships

This commentary discusses the framing of the production of a series of online text-based and visual resources aimed at researchers embarking on Indigenous and non-Indigenous research partnerships,...

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Katharine Buildings@Katharine1885Oct 7
Katharine Buildings offers a window into the problems and possibilities of London’s diverse working class. ☝ Follow us as we explore life on the estate across these two periods. #LondonHistory #EastLondon #SocialHousing #MigrationHistories #ResearchProject #LondonLife
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Katharine Buildings@Katharine1885Oct 7
👋 Introducing Revisiting Katharine Buildings! - a historical research project exploring migration, difference and inequality at a Victorian housing estate in east London.
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I have just committed the 18 verses of Lewis Carroll’s Walrus and Carpenter to memory. But I can’t remember why I went upstairs.
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When life gives you lemons … Not Subject to Appeal: A Poetic Exploration of Defunded Research - Lori E. Koelsch, Misook Heo, Rachael Miller Neilan, 2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs…

Not Subject to Appeal: A Poetic Exploration of Defunded Research - Lori E. Koelsch, Misook Heo,...

We are recipients of a National Science Foundation (NSF) ADVANCE grant, which was awarded to support our work on faculty service. In early May 2025, we received...

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Heading into the highlands
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Women's Support Net@WSN_NISep 1
Universal Credit doesn't know the price of a pint of milk or a box of strawberries....it's never been set based on the cost of essentials. The basic rate for a single adult over 25 is just £98/week Send a response to the APPG Call for Evidence here: trussell.org.uk/our-work/cha…
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✨This is a bit of academic luxury✨ - 2.5 days thinking time 💭, part of an invited group of interesting colleagues 🎓 exploring and exchanging perspectives on whatever it is that is neoliberal authoritarianism 🏫 sola.kau.se/ppg/
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The village pond
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