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Dedicated to the promotion of interdisciplinary research in the social sciences. Likes/RTs not necessarily endorsements. Also at https://t.co/Gxq7XeFcaQ
Joined September 2011
Apply Now! Our 11th Independent Scholar competition aims to support #IndependentScholars to explore and present original research ideas which take new approaches, and suggest new solutions, to real world social problems. More info: https://t.co/JX7AoSuXHf
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For more information on competition terms & conditions, and eligibility, please visit https://t.co/JX7AoSuXHf
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Projects ranging across the breadth of the social scientific disciplines and interdisciplinary research fields are welcome, and relevant applications from scholars working within the arts and humanities are also encouraged.
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Of this sum, no more than €33,250 (or £28,750) may be allocated to the cost-of-living stipend. Up to €7,250 (or £6,250) may be requested to cover reasonable research expenses. Reasonable childcare or other domestic costs may be considered.
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Awards are intended to provide a stipend to support academic research and provide relief from non-academic work (including domestic care) for a period of up to one year. The ISRF expects applications for grants up to a maximum of €40,500 (or £35,000 for UK-based applicants).
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Newly qualified post-docs, as-yet unemployed in academia, are not considered Independent Scholars for the purpose of this competition; nor are scholars who are actively seeking further academic employment; nor retired scholars whose careers were spent working within academia.
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For the ISRF, an #IndependentScholar is understood as someone, whether or not currently in employment, who is engaged in intellectual work outside of academic employment of a nature and standard comparable to that of a professional academic scholar.
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#IndependentScholars from within #Europe are eligible to apply. This category of Fellowship is intended for scholars who have not pursued - or have been obstructed from pursuing - a traditional academic career path.
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New: ‘Reproductive subsumption: Notes on the making of reproductive labour in capitalism’ Elena Baglioni (@QMUL) explores how workers are differently formed in capitalism & how capitalism changes the relation between production and social reproduction. https://t.co/G77HUuUiCO
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From the ISRF Blog: From oil to cod – ISRF event explores what yesterday’s empires reveal about today’s wars An ISRF-hosted series of lectures on #Decolonisation sheds new light on contemporary conflicts. https://t.co/rHefc5tHkG
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An ISRF-hosted series of lectures on decolonisation sheds new light on contemporary conflicts.
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From the ISRF Blog: #StrategicCorruption - A Useful Concept or a Catch-All? Drawing on insights from a recent ISRF-funded workshop, @tenaprelec reflects on the affordances and limits of the concept of 'strategic corruption'. https://t.co/zwI3MQhKFo
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Drawing on insights from a recent ISRF-funded workshop, Tena Prelec reflects on the affordances and limits of the concept of ‘strategic corruption’.
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From the ISRF Blog: Can #HigherEducation be a neurodivergent-affirming space without funding? @DrHelenKara argues that better understandings and practices can emerge through supporting the work of #Neurodivergent researchers themselves. https://t.co/a5HFUSJo6v
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How can academia and other sectors create enabling environments for neurodivergent people? Discussing the concept of neurodivergent-affirming spaces, Helen Kara argues that better understandings and...
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Join us on 9th December at @ucl, or watch online - registration at https://t.co/wD7AxKqVSl This book launch event is co-hosted with the UCL Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism and Racialisation. @UCL_SPRC
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Lars will be joined by @Gargi_at_home, Director of @UCL_SPRC at @UCL_IAS; Siddhant Issar, Asst Professor of Political Science at the @uofl; & @MelaynaKay, Lecturer in Criminology at the @UniversityofLaw, London. @cnewf hosts.
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...#Fascist #RaceTheory, the #BritishColonialOffice, and the transnational #Eugenics movement, each of which markedly impacted neoliberalism’s trajectory. Pre-order a copy of the book at
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Lars Cornelissen argues that the category of race constitutes an organizing principle of neoliberal ideology. Using the methods of intellectual history and drawing on insights from critical race...
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'Neoliberalism and Race' (@stanfordpress) uses historical methods to reconstruct #Neoliberal ideas of #Race and position them within the broader field of racist #Ideology. Using archival sources, @LSCornelissen identifies relationships between the neoliberal tradition and...
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Book Launch: 'Neoliberalism and Race', by @LSCornelissen Tuesday 9th December 2025, 6:00pm-7:30pm (GMT). In person & online. https://t.co/JFmVAfU3up
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Join us on 20th November at a TBC venue in Leeds, or watch online - registration at
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An in-person & online book launch and conversation with Dr Lisa Taylor, author of 'Threads of Labour'.
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Lisa will be joined by Mike Makin-Waite, Independent Scholar & author of 'On Burnley Road'; and Tim Strangleman, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent & author of 'Voices of Guinness: An Oral History of the Park Royal Brewery'. Hosted by @LSCornelissen
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...company's archives, the book mines the history of #FirthsCarpetsLimited, a firm that carpeted interiors across the globe from the mid-1800s. Buy a copy of the book at
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Threads of labour - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Threads of labour by Lisa Taylor.
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