Alexandrina Vanke

I wrote ‘The urban life of workers in post-Soviet Russia: Engaging in everyday struggle’. It tells the story of working-class communities in post-industrial cities explaining the challenges they face and showing how they struggle with them. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526167637/

New episode of Ethnographic Writing & Concepts is out! I discuss how I moved from ethnography to theory through the example of the concept of everyday struggle. I talk about the approaches to working with concepts in sociology and anthropology. Enjoy watching 👉🏾 youtu.be/kHX3JmhTO1I

📚 New book: Futures in the History of Deindustrialisation, eds. L. Azara, E. Betti, S. Moitra, F. Sanna & C. Wicke (Bologna University Press, 2026) — with @DePOT contributions from Gilda Zazzara, Helen Wagner & Stefan Moitra, supported by DePOT's RVR Publication Fund.

The paperback edition of ‘The urban life of workers in post-Soviet Russia’ is now available for £12.50 at checkout from Manchester University Press. For those who’re interested in social class, everyday life, inequality, struggle & deindustrialization 👉🏾 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526195746/

Sad news that Carlo Ginsburg, an important figure in microhistory research, has passed: lavocedinewyork.com/en/people/20...

Does social engagement in childhood or adolescence affect the disposition to participate in #protest later in life? Do members of #informal #collectives protest more or less than people who belong to #NGOs and other associations? For answers, join us today at 13h at @uomsoss.bsky.social #AFPP2026

‘Working-class boys from Bradford didn’t go to art school. It just wasn’t the done thing. That was for other people. But Hockney was born to subvert expectations.’

Yorkshire, indeed the world, has lost some of its colour today. Garrowby Hill, a Yorkshire landscape by David Hockney, 1998. So long, David.

Always loved these early Hockney paintings of Bradford

Earth's climate more unbalanced than ever, WMO warns The world's oceans have broken heat records for nine straight years, glaciers are retreating and extreme weather is killing thousands. The only way to avoid the worst is to urgently ditch fossil fuels www.dw.com/en/earths-cl...

What an artist. There can be few comics creators who have had a greater impact than Marjane Satrapi has.

Nice of Greg to review me in the latest LRB:

My book review of Tim Butcher’s ‘Creative work beyond precarity’ is now out in WES. Welcome to read it if you’re interested in how creativity helps to rethink precarity through colaborative work and learning 👉🏾 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Please help spread the news far and wide! We have a new, full-time, permanent Lecturer in Global History of Science job @stsucl.bsky.social Don't be fooled by the application of deadline of only 9 June 2026. This is an open search #histsci #skystorians www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

🌿 A new video abstract explains the key ideas from my recent article on theorisation of everyday struggle through the environmental initiatives of urban gardening and waste sorting. Here I experiment with combining the talking-head format with ethnographic documentary footage 👉🏽 youtu.be/Ds0eOFoRvCQ

We've published a new piece in 'Global Environment', in which Valerio Caruso interviews Steven High on 'Environmental History and Deindustrialisation Studies'; #openaccess here: doi.org/10.3828/whpg.... #envhist #deindustrialisation

NEW BLOG! Read Steven High's latest blog on the Tricofil experience in Saint-Jérôme: a significant attempt at worker self-management in the 1970s, between dreams of national liberation and economic realities.

🌹♻️ My new article in Current Sociology theorises everyday struggle in relation to environmentalism. I argue that caring for the environment is part of everyday struggle, which is not only about resistance but also about the co-creation of alternatives. Read here: doi.org/10.1177/0011...

В нем вы найдете интервью с Абди Каземипуром наряду с богатым и своевременным набором статей о социологии в Иране. Также читайте тексты о политической и социальной экономии миграции и анализ того, как война в Газе тесно связана с накоплением капитала.

🗞️ RC44 Labour Movements www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge... 🗞️ RC57 Visual Sociology www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge... 🗞️ TG03 Human Rights and Global Justice www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge...

From the Archive: Valerie Walkerdine, 'Communal Beingness and Affect: An Exploration of Trauma in an Ex-industrial Community' - explores the place of affect in community relations with respect to trauma following the closure of a steelworks. (2010) journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

"Everyday politics is a way of really grounding the term by interacting, listening, talking to people; you tease out what the content of everyday life is, that is still political." transcript of an interview I did for the podcast The Eurasian Knot. postsocialism.org/2026/04/08/w...

Join the Conversation 💡 The Bauman Institute is pleased to invite you to Displaced Ecologies - the opening event in the Bauman Memorial Conversations Series: Thinking Displacement. Wednesday 25th March 4:00pm-5:30pm Via Zoom (online only) Sign up: https://ow.ly/axG250YvgfO

Welcome to join the DéPOT workshop of the Deindustrialization and the Environment theme, dedicated to Gentrification and Greening

Closing tomorrow! Apply to join the SRO or Cultural Sociology Journal Editorial Boards by Thursday, 26 February, 17:00 GMT! Gain insight on the publication process and contribute to journal discussions, by applying now. Details can be found below. www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc

BSA journals SRO and Cultural Sociology are now accepting Editorial Board applications! Deadline for applications is 26 February 2026, 17:00 GMT. Details on how to apply below. www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc

ROUNDTABLE - February 6th: Join DePOT's Deindustrialization and the Environment roundtable to discuss ongoing research!

🏆 JOURNAL ARTICLE OF THE YEAR🏆 Our jury recognised two articles published in The Sociological Review journal in 2024 as Highly Commended. Scholars @alevan.bsky.social, and Rachel Thomson, Alex Peverett & Janet Holland, were acknowledged for their papers. ➡️ More on the awards: buff.ly/ioq5Tlv

Delighted to share 4’2025 issue of journal INTER, which I edited. It covers the current debates on ethnographic methods, grassroots eco-mobilisation after the fuel oil spill in the Black Sea, and green professions in Russia. Merry Christmas to those who celebrate! www.inter-fnisc.ru/index.php/in...

Clothilde Dozier a réalisé une série formidable : "On va pas s'mentir" sur la lutte en cours des salariés d'Arcelor-Mittal pour le journal Fakir L'ensemble des épisodes est visible ici : fakirpresse.info/on-va-pas-sm... Très vive recommandation sur l'actualité de la désindustrialisation

Sociology is excited to offer authors the chance to make a video abstract to promote your work! This can help make anarticle accessible to a wider audience. See the first video abstract, by Dr Alexandrina Vanke, the winner of 2025's Sage Prize for Innovation/Excellence doi.org/10.1177/0038...

🏆 JOURNAL ARTICLE OF THE YEAR🏆 Our jury recognised two articles published in The Sociological Review journal in 2024 as Highly Commended. Scholars @alevan.bsky.social, and Rachel Thomson, Alex Peverett & Janet Holland, were acknowledged for their papers. ➡️ More on the awards: buff.ly/ioq5Tlv