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Changing support practises for adults with experience of childhood trauma

*Trigger warning: this article includes content relating to childhood sexual abuse*
Dr Jessica Langston

Dr Jessica Langston named a 2023 Reform Scholar

Reform, Britain's leading public services think tank has named their first cohort of Reform Scholars and we're pleased to announce Dr Jessica Langston is one of them.
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New £4 million Digital Good Network aims to ensure technologies are beneficial for societies

A new ‘Digital Good Network’ will explore how digital technologies can be used in ways that benefit people, society and the economy.
Front cover of the Living With Data report.

Majority of public don’t want use of their personal data to result in harm or corporate profit

Clear communication about how people’s data is used won’t necessarily alleviate their concerns about it, new research from the University of Sheffield has found.
PhD Student Kim Netiparatanakul holding flowers

Pornthip (Kim) Netiparatanakul: A Tribute

The Department of Sociological Studies would like to pay tribute to Pornthip (Kim) Netiparatanakul.
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The ESRC Post-Doctoral Fellowship 2023 Competition is now open!

The ESRC Post-Doctoral Fellowship 2023 Competition is now open. The deadline for submitting your expression of interest form for internal review is 6 December 2022.
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AOIR Conference - "Decolonising the Internet"

Colleagues and PhD students in Digital Media and Society have been invited to attend the Association of Internet Researchers (AOIR) conference in Dublin, Ireland this month.
Aarhus, Denmark

Digital Media and Society Team well represented at ECREA

Colleagues and a PhD student in Digital Media and Society are attending the European Communications Research and Education Association conference this month in Denmark, giving a range of talks under the theme “Rethink Impact.”
A group of politics students walking in front of the Elmfield building at the University of Sheffield.

Department Invites Applications for Leverhulme Trust’s Early Career Fellowship Scheme

The Department is now inviting applications for scholars wishing to be supported to make an application to the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Scheme.