Some news related to the research project (2024 & 2023)
April 2024:
- Delivered a presentation at the British Sociological Association’s Annual Conference ‘Crisis, Continuity, and Change’ (3-5 April) – on a panel organised by the Medicine, Health, and Illness Study Group;
- Delivered a presentation at the Midwest Political Science Association’s Annual Conference (4-7 April) – as part of a session titled ‘Rights and Human Nature’ organised for the Institutions and Theory Section/Subfield.
- A paper has been accepted for publication in an academic journal – publication date TBA.
March 2024:
- Delivered a presentation related to theoretical insights on disablement and capitalism at the Political Studies Association’s Annual Conference ‘After (Neo-)Liberalism’ (25-27 March) – as part of a panel titled ‘New Thinking in the Politics of Identity’ organised by the Race, Migration, and Intersectionality Specialist Group.
February 2024:
- Delivered a presentation with insights related to participants’ visions for a post-capitalist future at the American Political Science Association’s ‘Challenges in Political Science’ Virtual Research Meeting (8-9 February) – as part of a panel titled ‘Disability Policy in a Comparative Perspective’.
December 2023:
- Presented and discussed research findings in relation to research participants’ journeys into the gig economy and matters related to reasonable adjustments in the context of precarity, at a Disabled People’s Organisations’ coalition meeting.
November 2023:
- Organised, presented at, and hosted the ‘Rest, Work, and Activism through the Lens of Disability Politics: Relationships and Contradictions’ Symposium, funded through the British Sociological Association’s PGR Regional Fund.
September 2023:
- Presented a paper at the University of Birmingham’s Business School’s Conference ‘Amplifying Under-represented Voices’ (20th September);
- Abstract published on the Approaching Rest, Work, and Activism through the Lens of Disability Politics: Relationships and Contradictions website. The title of the abstract is ‘Moving Beyond the Rest-Work Dichotomy Through the Lens of Disability Politics: Rest As a Collective Necessity’;
- Historical Materialism Journal & Marxism and Disability Network‘s event to mark the launch of the HM Youtube channel – I presented the Global Political Economy article, how I used some of the arguments from the article in the wider research project I am focusing on, and then addressed questions from attendees and the host (3rd September).
July 2023:
- The video recording of the presentation ‘Identity and The Centrality of Disablement to the Reproduction of Disabling Capitalism’ is now available on my Youtube Channel.
- Research Article published as Open Access in the Global Political Economy Journal, titled ‘The centrality of disablement subjectivation to the reproduction of capitalist social relations: considerations for Critical and Global Political Economy’.
- Guest speaker about this doctoral research project on the Critical Accounting Podcast.
- Presentation delivered at the European Group for Organizational Studies annual conference/colloquium (6th July) in Cagliari, Italy – as part of the Ethics and Futures of Care stream. The title of the presentation is ‘Social reproduction, the politics of disablement, and the work transfer thesis’.
June 2023:
- A paper has been accepted for publication in an academic journal – publication date TBA.
- Attended CPERN’s ECR writing workshop (8th June) in Naples, Italy. My draft paper was discussed by a discussant and various other participants offered comments. The draft was explored alongside eight other papers.
- Presentation at CPERN’s mid-term Workshop (the Workshop was called ‘The Costs of Capitalism‘) in Naples, Italy, on 10th June – ‘The Centrality of Disablement Subjectivation to the Reproduction of Capitalist Social Relations: Considerations for Critical and Global Political Economy‘.
April 2023:
- Call for Abstracts for an event that will take place on the 1st of November, online via the University of Birmingham and supported by the British Sociological Association’s funds.
March 2023:
- Presentation as part of the University of Brighton’s Interventions in Disability Politics Seminar Series (hosted by CAPPE) – ‘Identity, Work, and The Centrality of Disablement to the Reproduction of Capitalist Social Relations’ [link to the abstract and presentation slides].
- Great reflections by Shauna Highcroft in relation to the @DisPrecWork report: ‘These findings, although disheartening, are crucial for identifying the issues so they can be resolved. Change was never achieved by dusting hard truths under rugs’ – published in Ciadish Magazine, no.3.
Feb 2023:
- Event funding for Autumn 2023 approved – organised with BSA’s support.
- Published a blog post on NSUN’s website.
- Presentation as part of The School of Government’s POLSISTalks Seminar Series (University of Birmingham): ‘Subjects of Disablement: Exploring Identity-Related Divergences in Relation to Disability in the UK‘.
Jan 2023: