Katherine Twamley
@KTwamley
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#Xdissenter Prof of Sociology @UCL Chair @UCLSociology Areas of expertise: Love, intimacy, gender, families, parental leave
London, UK
Joined May 2011
Just 5% of eligible parents take shared parental leave in the UK: @Ktwamley explains why reform is 'sorely needed', and how to achieve it https://t.co/mLBarvFrJa
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Wonderful to see this book in print!
🆕Families with Children in a Turbulent Era, edited by @katjare, @tammelin_mia and @EerolaPetteri FREE chapter: https://t.co/Yzfm4PrjY7 More info: https://t.co/9cI50mf8ML Endorsement by @KTwamley
#Education #SocialPolicy #Parents #Children #COVID
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IJIS open Call for Papers; we are open for submissions! @ACIS46th
Open Call for Papers for the International Journal of Iberian Studies! For submission guidelines and more details, please refer to the link: https://t.co/A9zmWaVecy
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Looking forward to this!
**Book now for ‘Caring is Sharing? Couples navigating parental leave at the transition to parenthood’, a free online @BSA_FARGroup Group webinar, THIS FRIDAY 10th January https://t.co/ZdCge5nnT4
#sociology #parentaleave @KTwamley @UCLSocRes
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Really pleased to see this article out from Dr Hu! Xuerui was a top PhD student and I am excited to see her work coming out into the world.
Why do lesbians in China choose reciprocal IVF? A paper from recent USN PhD @xueruihu reveals decisions are shaped by hukou system, patrilineal traditions, family bio-normativity, and surrogacy narratives, via a deeply relational process. https://t.co/bFBqMvdHj0 🌈👶#IVF #LGBTQ
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Such excellent advice for #PhD scholars about publishing a book from your research by @KTwamley Louise Ryan @CarolineJOliver in @britsoc Network
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Diary filling up for 2025?? Add this BSA book talk before it's too late! https://t.co/IdIo2zJk8u
@UCLpress @UCLSociology @LeaveNetwork #parentalleave #SPL
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New Paper! CISG Leads Christian Klesse and @Jennyhvh challenge conventional notions of transparency and deceit, to explore the crucial role of secrecy in both creating and disrupting intimacy.
journals.sagepub.com
This article foregrounds the role of secrets in creating, maintaining and disrupting intimacy. We extend sociological theorising on secrecy by demonstrating the...
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Similar gender conforming behaviours and lavish spending can be seen at weddings too - both signal 'romance' which is wrapped in ideas of tradition (see work of @juliajcarter here).
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Why are these popular? I can think of many more reasons, including that the elite like to make spaces where they can hang out with their own and 'marry in'. That's a key motivation for private schools too
theguardian.com
Opulent celebrations of well-born women became déclassé under Elizabeth II, but the tradition is making a comeback
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So excited to see this - we have an incredibly dynamic PhD group @UCLSociology who have taken it upon themselves to seek funding and organise the below event. I know it will be *fantastic*. @ucl
Call for abstracts: Inaugural UCL Network Sociology PhD Student Conference. Don’t miss this chance to submit an abstract, contribute to the conversation and connect with your fellow PhD students!
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Call for abstracts: Inaugural UCL Network Sociology PhD Student Conference. Don’t miss this chance to submit an abstract, contribute to the conversation and connect with your fellow PhD students!
ucl.ac.uk
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Looking forward to submitting evidence to this...
committees.parliament.uk
The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) is today (Friday, 6 December) launching a call for written evidence on statutory paternity and shared parental leave to examine options for reform.
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After long peer-reviewing, our CrystaLLM paper is now out @NatureComms. CrystaLLM is a large language model for generating plausible crystal structures from composition. Kudos to newly-minted PhD @_lantunes (@UniRdg_Chem) and our collaborator @keeeto2000. #compchem
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Book now for ‘Caring is Sharing? Couples navigating parental leave at the transition to parenthood’, a free online @BSA_FARGroup Group webinar, 10 January https://t.co/hjnqngMNxs
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Launching our Special Issue on Global South Perspectives on Youth Masculinities with a panel discussion with our authors. Register here: https://t.co/zMS1qJOV7V Read the free intro to our Special Issue: https://t.co/kIz2HEyvT6
@VeenaVimalaMani @BoyhoodStudies @berghahnbooks
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