We should have never let them host

Could agentic AI topple grant-funding systems? New article in @nature.com by @profgeraintrees.bsky.social & me, with data from 12 funders showing a 57% increase in grant applications since 2022 (& the launch of LLMs) rdcu.be/ffApn @rorinstitute.bsky.social @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social

My four-year-old said he wants to make YouTube videos about cutting open squishy toys when he grows up. Honestly, it seems like a more secure choice than pursuing a career in academia!

None believes in me the way LinkedIn does!

The @washingtonpost.com describes the deaths of an estimated 750,000 people to date as "messy"

Someone sent me this.

Talking to people about their use of AI makes one reflect on how disruptive and soul-crushing technology can be. And that technology is *e-mail*.

a man is sitting at a desk in front of a computer with a fire coming out of the screen .

ALT: a man is sitting at a desk in front of a computer with a fire coming out of the screen .

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The #BigTech is becoming ever more powerful in modern societies & the policy implications of its rise remain underexplored @rosalingrad.bsky.social, Hongzhou Zhang & @arazth.bsky.social develop an idealized theoretical construct of the #SuperPolicyEntrepreneur 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

New paper out in Research Evaluation! I ask why universities that position themselves as civic institutions still undervalue local impact in the REF. The short answer: because they operate across different valuation regimes, and the "global" one comes with prestige. academic.oup.com/rev/article/...

new publication alert: a little commentary I wrote about 🔎 clues 🔎 and the detection of AI-generated material is out in American Ethnologist (paywalled at the moment, but hit me up if you can't access it): doi.org/10.1111/amet...

Conducting interviews with the same organisations after 6/7 years really made me realise the scale of the AI disruption. What used to be a cohesive organisational epistemology is now a set of tensions, conflicts or avoidance tactics.

Male loneliness epidemic!

Who gets to be the “loser” in policy stories? Narrative approaches in public policy often feel surprisingly (theoretically) thin on characters, so great to see this new paper by Rachel McGovern, Hilda Broqvist & Crystal Soderman in @psjeditor.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

"One in five (22%) also supported it for non-white citizens whose parents were born in the UK" - this is shocking. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Most Reform members believe non-white UK citizens born abroad should be forced or encouraged to leave, poll finds

Nigel Farage’s recent efforts to woo centre-ground voters may cause tension in party’s right flank, says Hope Not Hate

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10/10 title! (And a really interesting paper as well!)

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🤗 Keep your principals close, but your stakeholders closer: 🗨️ Rik Joosen, Koen Verhoest, @bastiaanredert.bsky.social & Peter Bursens examine effects of EU agency stakeholder involvement 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📣 Call for #ecprgc26 Papers ⚖️ The Politics and Practice of Truth: Critical and Interpretive Perspectives on the Relationship Between Evidence and Policy in Post-Truth Times 🪑 Lars Dorren & @justynabandola.bsky.social ⌛ Deadline: 5 Jan buff.ly/Kr4XaUA

The Politics and Practice of Truth: Critical and Interpretive Perspectives on the Relationship Between Evidence and Policy in Post-Truth Times

General Conference 2026, 8 – 11 September, Jagiellonian University

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I am delighted to share that I have been awarded a UKRI AI Metascience Fellowship. 🌐 My project, Transforming Evidence Synthesis: AI and the (R)evolution of the Evidence Ecosystem, will investigate the implications of AI on the practice of evidence synthesis and the broader research ecosystem.

a group of people are dancing in a doorway

ALT: a group of people are dancing in a doorway

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STS to International Relations concept pipeline takes 15 years. I do not have hard evidence, but I just know it's true. I even have a theory why this is happening.

✨ Due to popular demand, we are organizing our #AI politics panel at the @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference for the 6th year in a row Topic this year 'Demystifying power in/ of Artificial Intelligence' Looking forward to seeing many of you at #ecprgc25 ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Knowledge Politics and Policies

European Consortium for Political Research

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@ingaulnicane.bsky.social and I are planning a workshop on the role and uses of AI in evidence-based policymaking in spring 2025. Get in touch if you’re interested in joining us!

Why do advisory organisations approach evidence differently? My new @policysociety.bsky.social paper explores the concept of evidence culture and how it shapes organisations' evidentiary standards (what evidence is seen as legitimate, valuable and actionable). academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

Knowing (in) organizations: calculative cultures and paradigmatic learning in the case of the World Bank

Abstract. This paper explores the evidence culture in one of the key global knowledge institutions—the World Bank. Framing itself as a “Knowledge Ban,” the

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Now we need a starter pack with funny people and sh*tposters!

And here is another start pack, for all those interested in the politics of knowledge and expertise ! go.bsky.app/2A9TA3t

Competition in academia not only allocates resources but also socializes participants. We have studied how multiple competitions pile up, compete, or contradict each other in the postdoc stage, and how postdocs cope with these multiple sources of socialization. #IchbinHanna doi.org/10.1007/s107...

Good job here: This programme seeks to explore the meaning of social justice in an age of datafication and artificial intelligence (AI). jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/post...

Great position for philosophers of biology! #philsky #philbio #philsci

David Ludwig@davidludwig.bsky.social · 3y ago

Join us in Wageningen for this great tenure-track position as Assistant Professor in Philosophy & Ethics (specialization: Philosophy of Science in the Life Sciences)!

This morning I’m presenting the findings from my study on narrative CV at the SRHE conference. Hope to see some of you there!

Come be a sociology professor in a picture-postcard city! www.unilu.ch/en/universit...

Full professor of sociology with a focus on “micro-organizational sociology" (100%) - Vacancies - ...

Assistant or doctoral positions, employment or internship: Looking for a job at the University of Lucerne? Find our listed open positions and apprenticeships here.

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New article out with Marta Wroblewska and the late Paul Benneworth about what the impact agenda means for ECRs negotiating an academic career. academic.oup.com/rev/advance-...

The conflict of impact for early career researchers planning for a future in the academy

Abstract. It has been argued that due to the growing importance attributed to research impact and forms of its evaluation, an academic ‘culture of impact’ is em

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This hits close to home: Research on grieving unsuccessful grants in @sociologicalreview.bsky.social. What does it mean to perform as a good loser? What is actually lost with a grant rejection? doi.org/10.1177/0038...