A recent BSPS initiative is a critical demography strand, which thinks about how demography could be even better. This panel organised by Laura Sochas & Ben Wilson w/ Wendy Sigle, @signesvallfors.bsky.social & @honoratabogusz.bsky.social had great ideas about applying critical thinking in demography
September 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
A recent BSPS initiative is a critical demography strand, which thinks about how demography could be even better. This panel organised by Laura Sochas & Ben Wilson w/ Wendy Sigle, @signesvallfors.bsky.social & @honoratabogusz.bsky.social had great ideas about applying critical thinking in demography
New & Notable: Lithe and lovely piano compositions from Tom Sochas that explores the sonic possibilities of spending time in the mountains.
Facing North, by Tom Sochas
10 track album
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April 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
New & Notable: Lithe and lovely piano compositions from Tom Sochas that explores the sonic possibilities of spending time in the mountains.
Our first Special Issue is out now! It's on Reproductive Vulnerabilities: A Critical Perspective - Guest editors: Laura Sochas, Kaveri Qureshi, and Philip Kreager
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Vol. 2 No. 3 (2025)
| Journal of Critical Public Health
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November 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Our first Special Issue is out now! It's on Reproductive Vulnerabilities: A Critical Perspective - Guest editors: Laura Sochas, Kaveri Qureshi, and Philip Kreager
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Our new paper: Austerity as reproductive injustice: did local government spending cuts unequally impact births? led by Laura Sochas is out now OA in @sfjournal.bsky.social
Austerity as reproductive injustice: did local government spending cuts unequally impact births?
Abstract. Large local government spending cuts in England, spanning over a decade of austerity policies, have severely restricted the universal services an
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December 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Our new paper: Austerity as reproductive injustice: did local government spending cuts unequally impact births? led by Laura Sochas is out now OA in @sfjournal.bsky.social
Had the *best* time running the Critical #Demography workshop last week. So many ideas and so much energy to push our field forward. Thank you @bspsuk.bsky.social for the amazing sponsorship.
Stay tuned for the next steps 😊
Stay tuned for the next steps 😊
June 1, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Had the *best* time running the Critical #Demography workshop last week. So many ideas and so much energy to push our field forward. Thank you @bspsuk.bsky.social for the amazing sponsorship.
Stay tuned for the next steps 😊
Stay tuned for the next steps 😊
📣 Upcoming III seminar:
Laura Sochas explores how social policies such as austerity, migration policy and family policy shape reproductive inequalities and health inequalities among parents in the UK and Europe.
Register in-person: buff.ly/yDExgHn
Register online: buff.ly/mzKXPGt
Laura Sochas explores how social policies such as austerity, migration policy and family policy shape reproductive inequalities and health inequalities among parents in the UK and Europe.
Register in-person: buff.ly/yDExgHn
Register online: buff.ly/mzKXPGt
October 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
📣 Upcoming III seminar:
Laura Sochas explores how social policies such as austerity, migration policy and family policy shape reproductive inequalities and health inequalities among parents in the UK and Europe.
Register in-person: buff.ly/yDExgHn
Register online: buff.ly/mzKXPGt
Laura Sochas explores how social policies such as austerity, migration policy and family policy shape reproductive inequalities and health inequalities among parents in the UK and Europe.
Register in-person: buff.ly/yDExgHn
Register online: buff.ly/mzKXPGt
Thank you to all who joined us for Dr. Sochas' talk "A Quantitative Approach to Critical Population Studies" today, & much gratitude to Dr. Sochas for such a wonderful presentation! #UWDemSem @cdhauw.bsky.social
September 17, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Thank you to all who joined us for Dr. Sochas' talk "A Quantitative Approach to Critical Population Studies" today, & much gratitude to Dr. Sochas for such a wonderful presentation! #UWDemSem @cdhauw.bsky.social
Our full paper is now online in Journal of Critical Public Health (forthcoming in the Special Issue on Reproductive Vulnerabilities, edited by Laura Sochas, Kaveri Qureshi, and Philip Kreager).
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Anti-abortion politics and changes in abortion, miscarriage, and stillbirth across time and social strata in Turkey
| Journal of Critical Public Health
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October 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Our full paper is now online in Journal of Critical Public Health (forthcoming in the Special Issue on Reproductive Vulnerabilities, edited by Laura Sochas, Kaveri Qureshi, and Philip Kreager).
journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...
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Catch up on last week's III seminar with Dr Laura Sochas 💻
She explores how social policies such as austerity, migration policy and family policy shape reproductive inequalities and health inequalities in the UK and Europe.
Watch it now ⬇️
She explores how social policies such as austerity, migration policy and family policy shape reproductive inequalities and health inequalities in the UK and Europe.
Watch it now ⬇️
LSE III Event | How do social policies unequally restrict reproduction among specific populations?
Part of the Inequalities Seminar Series
Tuesday 28 October, 12.30 - 1.30pm. In-person and online seminar. MAR 2.09.
Speaker: Dr Laura Sochas, Chancellor's Fellow and Leverhulme Early Career Research…
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November 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Catch up on last week's III seminar with Dr Laura Sochas 💻
She explores how social policies such as austerity, migration policy and family policy shape reproductive inequalities and health inequalities in the UK and Europe.
Watch it now ⬇️
She explores how social policies such as austerity, migration policy and family policy shape reproductive inequalities and health inequalities in the UK and Europe.
Watch it now ⬇️
These little kitties work up so quickly! I love testing new color combinations with them 🧶
Available now at Vintage & Vines Mercantile: 609 D Street, South Charleston WV, 25303
#crochet #cat #cats #vintageandvinesmercantile #vintageandvines #sochas #southcharleston #smallbiz #smallbusiness
Available now at Vintage & Vines Mercantile: 609 D Street, South Charleston WV, 25303
#crochet #cat #cats #vintageandvinesmercantile #vintageandvines #sochas #southcharleston #smallbiz #smallbusiness
January 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
These little kitties work up so quickly! I love testing new color combinations with them 🧶
Available now at Vintage & Vines Mercantile: 609 D Street, South Charleston WV, 25303
#crochet #cat #cats #vintageandvinesmercantile #vintageandvines #sochas #southcharleston #smallbiz #smallbusiness
Available now at Vintage & Vines Mercantile: 609 D Street, South Charleston WV, 25303
#crochet #cat #cats #vintageandvinesmercantile #vintageandvines #sochas #southcharleston #smallbiz #smallbusiness
The special issue on Global Reproductive Justice concludes with a dialogue: Wendy Sigle, Débora Nunes, Laura Sochas, @jenchanfreau.bsky.social Siri Suh & @kalpana-w.bsky.social discuss what it means to adopt and commit to the RJ framework in feminist research.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/ya6w93nu
🔗https://tinyurl.com/ya6w93nu
What Reproductive Justice Brings to and Requires of The Feminist Economics Project
Despite evidence of a growing interest in reproductive justice (RJ) among feminist economists, this interest is nascent. To avoid RJ becoming a buzzword and losing its political and critical edge, ...
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August 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The special issue on Global Reproductive Justice concludes with a dialogue: Wendy Sigle, Débora Nunes, Laura Sochas, @jenchanfreau.bsky.social Siri Suh & @kalpana-w.bsky.social discuss what it means to adopt and commit to the RJ framework in feminist research.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/ya6w93nu
🔗https://tinyurl.com/ya6w93nu
⭐️Join us next Tuesday, September 17th, from 12:15-1:30 pm for DemSem "A Quantitative Approach to Critical Population Studies" with Laura Sochas
➡️Learn more: cde.wisc.edu/event/demsem...
➡️Learn more: cde.wisc.edu/event/demsem...
September 11, 2024 at 1:22 PM
⭐️Join us next Tuesday, September 17th, from 12:15-1:30 pm for DemSem "A Quantitative Approach to Critical Population Studies" with Laura Sochas
➡️Learn more: cde.wisc.edu/event/demsem...
➡️Learn more: cde.wisc.edu/event/demsem...
In our star-studded 'Dialogue' section, contributors Sigle, Nunes, Sochas, @jenchanfreau.bsky.social, Suh, & @kalpana-w.bsky.social offer much-needed critical pieces on "What Reproductive Justice Brings to and Requires of The Feminist Economics Project" doi.org/10.1080/1354... 4/
What Reproductive Justice Brings to and Requires of The Feminist Economics Project
Despite evidence of a growing interest in reproductive justice (RJ) among feminist economists, this interest is nascent. To avoid RJ becoming a buzzword and losing its political and critical edge, ...
doi.org
March 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
In our star-studded 'Dialogue' section, contributors Sigle, Nunes, Sochas, @jenchanfreau.bsky.social, Suh, & @kalpana-w.bsky.social offer much-needed critical pieces on "What Reproductive Justice Brings to and Requires of The Feminist Economics Project" doi.org/10.1080/1354... 4/
Mi apoyo y respaldo para ustedes madres guerreras madres de sochas y de todas Colombia
November 19, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Mi apoyo y respaldo para ustedes madres guerreras madres de sochas y de todas Colombia
Seven years of litigation leading to a $287,000 settlement with no criminal prosecution of the perpetrators hardly seems like justice.
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Joliet Pays $287,000 To Settle Revenge Porn Suit Involving Police Dept
Joliet Pays $287,000 To Settle Revenge Porn... - Joliet, IL - While Brian Benton was police chief, Officer Cassie Sochas phone was seized by her fellow officers and they disseminated her nude videos.
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March 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Seven years of litigation leading to a $287,000 settlement with no criminal prosecution of the perpetrators hardly seems like justice.
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“A society making swingeing spending cuts is no place to raise a family”
The drastic cuts to local government as part of the austerity agenda were associated with lower fertility among poorer women in the UK
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The drastic cuts to local government as part of the austerity agenda were associated with lower fertility among poorer women in the UK
thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/sep...
Not suitable for children: A society making swingeing spending cuts is no place to raise a family
Austerity reduces fertility. Laura Sochas and Jenny Chanfreau found UK spending cuts led to reproductive injustice for the poorest women in society.
thesociologicalreview.org
September 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
“A society making swingeing spending cuts is no place to raise a family”
The drastic cuts to local government as part of the austerity agenda were associated with lower fertility among poorer women in the UK
thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/sep...
The drastic cuts to local government as part of the austerity agenda were associated with lower fertility among poorer women in the UK
thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/sep...
#Griechenland
Feuer in #Taygetos
Ein wütendes Feuer, das heute Morgen in der Gegend von Taygetos, Kalivia Sochas, Gemeinde Sparta, ausbrach.
Feuer in #Taygetos
Ein wütendes Feuer, das heute Morgen in der Gegend von Taygetos, Kalivia Sochas, Gemeinde Sparta, ausbrach.
EKTAKTO - Τεpάστια φωτιά στην Ελλάδα - Καίγεται παpθένο δάσος και ζώα - Τα κανάλια δεν λένε τίποτα - Συναγερμός στην Πυροσβεστική
Μαίνεταιη πυρκαγιά που ξέσπασε σήμερα το πρωί στην περιοχή του Ταϋγέτου Καλύβια Σοχάς Δήμου Σπάρτης.
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August 27, 2024 at 12:57 PM
#Griechenland
Feuer in #Taygetos
Ein wütendes Feuer, das heute Morgen in der Gegend von Taygetos, Kalivia Sochas, Gemeinde Sparta, ausbrach.
Feuer in #Taygetos
Ein wütendes Feuer, das heute Morgen in der Gegend von Taygetos, Kalivia Sochas, Gemeinde Sparta, ausbrach.
Matt Carmichael/ Gary Brunton / Adam Fairhall & Johnny Hunter / Billy Marrows + Grande Família / Stefano Bollani & Iiro Rantala / Możdżer-Danielsson-Fresco / Tom Sochas / Emma Rawicz & Gwilym Simcock / Jordi Cassagne Barbastelle / Anders Filipsen Trio / OZMA / Ramzi Hammad / Claire Cope Ensemble C
April 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Matt Carmichael/ Gary Brunton / Adam Fairhall & Johnny Hunter / Billy Marrows + Grande Família / Stefano Bollani & Iiro Rantala / Możdżer-Danielsson-Fresco / Tom Sochas / Emma Rawicz & Gwilym Simcock / Jordi Cassagne Barbastelle / Anders Filipsen Trio / OZMA / Ramzi Hammad / Claire Cope Ensemble C
Occupational health inequalities and collective bargaining: a cross-national examination of the gap between migrants and citizens: Sochas, Laura
NEP/RePEc link
to paper
d.repec.org
September 22, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Occupational health inequalities and collective bargaining: a cross-national examination of the gap between migrants and citizens: Sochas, Laura
“Fleinvaer” by Tom Sochas, Thodoris Ziarkas & Filippo Galli #nowplaying #radio3
September 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
“Fleinvaer” by Tom Sochas, Thodoris Ziarkas & Filippo Galli #nowplaying #radio3
“We are much more likely to avoid the worst climate outcomes if we mandate governments to drastically reduce emissions than if we concentrate on changing our own behaviours" regarding reproduction
great public messaging by Laura Sochas on climate + reproductive justice
great public messaging by Laura Sochas on climate + reproductive justice
Climate crisis: what to consider if you're questioning whether to have children
Is the disastrous impact we’re having on the planet affecting our decision about having children of our own?
theconversation.com
November 25, 2023 at 4:40 PM
“We are much more likely to avoid the worst climate outcomes if we mandate governments to drastically reduce emissions than if we concentrate on changing our own behaviours" regarding reproduction
great public messaging by Laura Sochas on climate + reproductive justice
great public messaging by Laura Sochas on climate + reproductive justice
What reproductive justice brings to and requires of the feminist economics project: Sigle-Rushton, Wendy; Nunes, Débora M.; Sochas, Laura; Chanfreau, Jenny; Suh, Siri; Wilson, Kalpana
NEP/RePEc link
to paper
d.repec.org
April 28, 2025 at 2:45 AM
What reproductive justice brings to and requires of the feminist economics project: Sigle-Rushton, Wendy; Nunes, Débora M.; Sochas, Laura; Chanfreau, Jenny; Suh, Siri; Wilson, Kalpana
😄 I have two: Janice Sochas
May 8, 2026 at 12:10 PM
😄 I have two: Janice Sochas