Some news related to my research (2023-2025)
April 2025:
- Delivered a presentation at the Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual 2025 Conference as part of a panel on Capitalism, Workers, and Theorising Disability (of the Disability, Law, and Social Justice Stream) – held at the University of Liverpool and online (15-17 April);
- Delivered a presentation at the Pacific Rim International Annual Conference on Disability and Diversity (hosted by the University of Hawai’i’s Center on Disability Studies, face-to-face and online) as part of the Health Justice stream (15-16 April);
- Delivered a presentation at The American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting (conference) – as part of a ‘Perspectives on the Political Economy of Work’ panel (10-11 April);
- Delivered a presentation at The Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Conference – as part of a Disability Policy panel of the Health, Education, and Social Policy section (3-6 April);
March 2025:
- A written piece was published on RS21, where I was interviewed by Robert Chapman on topics related to Autonomist Marxism, precarity, and disability politics (31 March)
January 2025:
- Delivered a presentation at The British International Studies Association’s (BISA) Virtual Conference entitled ‘Global political imaginations: towards a more inclusive world’ – as part of a panel on titled ‘Global Structures of Precarity and Vulnerability’ (13-15 January);
- The video recording of my MDN talk was made available on the Network’s YouTube playlist (8 January).
December 2024:
- Delivered a presentation as part of the Marxism and Disability Network’s monthly seminar series (3 December);
November 2024:
- Delivered a presentation at The Australian Sociological Association’s (TASA) Annual Conference, as part of a panel of the Sociology of Work, Labour, and Employment Stream (25-29 November);
- Delivered a presentation at the Association for Applied & Clinical Social Research (AACS) Annual Conference, as part of a panel titled ‘Health and Wellness in an Inclusive Society’ (1-2 November);
October 2024:
- Delivered a presentation at the Mid-South Sociological Association (MSSA) Annual Conference, as part of a panel titled ‘Sociology of the Profession’ – held in Nashville, TN and online (16-19 October).
September 2024:
- New article published in the International Journal of Disability and Social Justice – Theorising Disablement through the Collective-Materialist Approach to Disabling Capitalism
- Delivered a presentation at The British Sociological Association Medical Sociology (Annual) Conference, as part of its Theory Stream (11-13 September) – held at The University of Warwick;
- A blog post about political studies and disability titled ‘Engaging with the Politics of Structural Disablement through Political Studies’ was published on the Political Studies Association’s website (9 September);
- Delivered a presentation as part of University of Leeds Centre for Disability Studies’ biennial Conference (3-5 September);
August 2024:
- Delivered a presentation at the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)’s General Annual Conference, as part of a panel titled ‘Gender Stereotypes and Discrimination’ of the ‘Intersectional Critical Lenses on Current Disputes’ Conference Section – held at University College Dublin and online (12-15 August);
- Early August – thesis abstract published on the University of Birmingham’s e-theses website;
July 2024:
- Late July – Viva passed;
- Delivered a presentation at the Political Studies Association’s ECN Conference (‘Politics Today’), as part of a panel titled ‘Law and Social Justice’ (15-19 July);
- Delivered a presentation at the Leisure Studies Association’s Annual Conference (‘(Re)Claiming Leisure: Rights, Responsibilities, and Resistance’), as part of a panel titled ‘Work and Volunteering’ – hosted by the University of the West of Scotland (10-12 July);
- Delivered a presentation at the Association for Heterodox Economics’ 26th Annual Conference (‘Heterodox Alternatives for a World of Multiple Crises’), as part of a panel titled ‘Labour Precarity and Gender’ – held online and face-to-face and hosted by the University of the West of England Bristol (10-12 July);
June 2024:
- Delivered a presentation at the University of Birmingham’s School of Government Annual PGR Conference, as part of a panel titled ‘The Politics of Exclusion’ (28 June);
- Delivered a presentation as part of the MGS (Midlands Graduate School) & ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) Annual Conference ‘Change and Social Impact’ hosted by the University of Leicester (27 June);
- Received the 2024/2025 University of Birmingham Graduate School’s ‘The Michael K. O’Rourke Best Publication Award’ for the GPE publication (19 June);
- Discussed papers and had my paper discussed (alongside nine other papers) as part of the University of Birmingham School of Government’s Political Economy Research Group’s Annual Work-in-Progress workshop (13-14 June);
- Research Article published in the International Journal of Care and Caring – ‘Contesting the service model of ‘care’ in disabling capitalism: a Disability Politics perspective’;
- Delivered a presentation as part of the Radical Disability Politics Conference based at the Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics, and Ethics (CAPPE), University of Brighton – on a panel titled Theoretical Framings: Marxism(s) and Disability (7 June);
May 2024:
- Delivered a presentation at the Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change’s Conference ‘Globalisation and the Future of Work’, on the ‘Employee Voice and Workplace Democracy’ panel – hosted by the University of Leeds (20 May);
- Delivered a presentation of overall insights from the Politics of Disablement and Precarious Work research project as a guest of the seminar series organised by the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King’s College London (15 May);
- A paper has been accepted for publication in an academic journal that focuses on care – publication date TBA.
April 2024:
- Delivered a presentation at the British Sociological Association’s Annual Conference ‘Crisis, Continuity, and Change’ (3-5 April) – on a Medical Sociology Stream panel organised by the Medicine, Health, and Illness Study Group;
- Delivered a presentation at the Midwest Political Science Association’s 81st 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 that focuses on disability – 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’ (20 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 (8 June) in Naples, Italy – discussed and had my paper discussed by the attendees, 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’, 29th March [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), 8th February: ‘Subjects of Disablement: Exploring Identity-Related Divergences in Relation to Disability in the UK‘.
Jan 2023: