I'm organising a seminar at Bristol Digital Futures Institute hosting our wonderful placement PhD researcher, Zia Saylor! If you're interested in sociotechnical approaches to digital twin research, come join us on the 31st March at 3pm UK time, whether in person or online.

That's right, we're not only writing a whole goddamn book but also making sure it will be beautiful 😍 Email us if you'd like to be a part of it!

@hypestudies.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We promised more news about the upcoming Hype Studies Glossary so let's start with page 1! 🥦 Recruitment call: book cover illustrator/designer 🧀 Whoever came up with the saying "don't judge a book by its cover" must be a audible user. We're definitely in the "picture is worth a 1000 words" camp!

New article out! 😍 “Testing and Errors: Aligning Cybersecurity Expertise in Contemporary UK Energy Infrastructures” is available to read in Science, Technology and Human Values!. I explore tensions between the two groups who are at the forefront of energy digitalisation: maintainers and innovators.

Very exciting news indeed! Keep your eyes peeled for more news from Hype Studies crew @danishanley.bsky.social @velocitygravity.bsky.social @imaginaries.bsky.social , @wenzelmehnert.bsky.social Pierre Depaz, Jascha Bareis

@hypestudies.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We're waking up from the winter slumber to share some very exciting news! We've signed a book contract! "Hype Studies: A Glossary" is coming to your shelves in 2027. We are delighted to share we've signed a book contract with open access publisher, transcript Verlag.

New article out! 😍 “Testing and Errors: Aligning Cybersecurity Expertise in Contemporary UK Energy Infrastructures” is available to read in Science, Technology and Human Values!. I explore tensions between the two groups who are at the forefront of energy digitalisation: maintainers and innovators.

I'm giving a hybrid seminar on ‘Cyber security as a priority in the Industrial Strategy: Understanding security expertise cultures for maintenance and innovation' on 17th Feb 1pm UK time. Feel free to drop me a message if you'd like a link to the cal!

I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures". Open panel submissions portal is open! ls! Deadline: 2nd February 2026 www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...

Check out the call for applications for the 2026 STHV STS School in Seoul!! Wish this existed when I was a graduate student/early career researcher!! #STS www.sthvschool.org

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Absolute must read on the AI bailout-in-progress: apparently it's not enough that lifetimes of human ingenuity and creativity have been stolen and enclosed to create generative AI and balloon billionaire wealth - much more public looting is in store...

Sarah Myers West@smw.bsky.social · 9mo ago

This week Open AI walked back a call for the govt to backstop financing for its trillion dollar investments in data centers. This was only the tip of the iceberg; a slow bailout for AI firms is already underway. Read more from @ambakak.bsky.social and I in @wsj.com: www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...

We're hiring!👀👀 The Society for Social Studies of Science is hiring a Website Coordinator (10h per week / 1 year contract) More here: 4sonline.org/news_manager... Deadline: Nov 16, 2025 Interviewing: Nov 18–20, 2025 Appoint: from Dec 1, 2025 onwards.

Open Science Workshop - detecting errors and misconduct in science Dates: 20-22 October Location: Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Registration link: tinyurl.com/3xkd8twf ONLY PHYSICAL ATTENDENCE POSSIBLE! NO ONLINE POSSIBILITIES.

CfP: “The Ecological Bootprint: Apprehending the Military-Environmental Nexus” (conference) 📆17–19 March 2026 ✍️Submission Deadline: 15 November 2025 This #conference seeks to critically examine the entanglements between the #military and the #environment.

Today’s digital ID announcement yet another example of how X being the main platform for political discourse will inevitably throw the MSM’s coverage off course, because online right opinion is fevered/way off the beat with the public. Guess who need digital/reliable ID most? Those in poverty.

🚨New job: Journals Coordinator. This role supports the day-to-day activities involved in publishing our journals and is the main publisher contact for many journals on the list. #PublishingJobs #AcademicPublishing 🌟Deadline: 5 October 2025:

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This is disastrous, quite frankly.

Jonathan Portes@jdportes.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Financial Times and Guardian reporting this accurately... www.ft.com/content/4e16...

We’re hiring @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk for a postdoc in geopolitics of AI www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

Will Oxford disclose how much it paid (or did not pay) for this? Surely a sweetheart deal (has research money thrown in!) so OpenAI can plaster Oxford over its marketing and raid other unis’ fees, library budgets to throw into the sector’s massive inference funding chasm.

University of Oxford@ox.ac.uk · 11mo ago

NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year. ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.

👀 I'm hiring two roles for a new initiative launching soon (watch this space!) 👀 A Research Assistant and a Writer/Editor. Both part-time, freelance. c.5-10 days by end December, maybe more and ramping up over time (with no obligation). Both £350 pd. Especially keen to hear from good writers! 1/2

One week left to apply 📅 We’re hiring for a Research Officer and a Lead Researcher. Are you passionate about conducting qualitative research on poverty and financial hardship? Do you have a strong commitment to ethical and inclusive research? Apply here: www.jrf.org.uk/careers.

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@hypestudies.bsky.social is/was a conference with a difference. Non-hierarchical, welcoming and stimulating. After party at a cool little club, and many other (serious) memories. 🕺🏾 👨🏾‍💻 #FirstAndFifteenthOnTheRoad #uxmichaelco

Pleased to share that after a long, at-times difficult review process, 'Attuning to Uncertainty: Enacting Health in Platformised Taxicab Driving' w/ @tiagoemoreira.bsky.social is out now! Available open-access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Attuning to Uncertainty: Enacting Health in Platformised Taxicab Driving

Increasing use of digital platforms for coordinating and organising work processes has drawn research interest in and policy concern about conditions …

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A few highlights from @hypestudies.bsky.social conference day 2! Thanks to all involved for another great day 🙏

So many insights springing out of our Hype Studies conference in Barcelona. One, from investigative journalist Christo Buschek: the news outfits currently winning are those that resisted the previous wave of online hype @hypestudies.bsky.social. Christo was one of the team behind this

BuzzFeed News Has Won Its First Pulitzer Prize For Exposing China’s System For Detaining Muslims

BuzzFeed News won for its innovative series exposing China’s mass detention of Muslims and was named a finalist for its colossal FinCEN Files investigation into the global banking industry.

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@hypestudies.bsky.social hitting the town!

I wish I was here;

@hypestudies.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We’re excited to share the final programme for the first Hype Studies Conference: (Don’t) Believe the Hype?! 📅 10–12 September 2025 📍 Universitat Oberta de Catalunya 🌐 Fully hybrid & free 👉 Full schedule: hypestudies.org/media/pages/... 👉 All speakers & abstracts: hypestudies.org/media/pages/...

Suuuuuper HYPED!

@hypestudies.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Final preparations for our conference! 🎩 We are tremendously excited to welcome all participants in-person and online tomorrow for the first conference on Hype Studies! The time has come 😊😊 Wishing safe travels to all those who are joining us from afar!

Please join some amazing researchers for a discussion of their research into the roles metaphors play in shaping perceptions: Exploring metaphors of AI: visualisations, narratives, and perceptions Online @hypestudies.bsky.social 10th Sept 2025 at 2pm-3pm CEST hypestudies.org/conference/c...

@hypestudies.bsky.social conference starts tomorrow, choo choo! I'm very excited to share our preprint with @cianooo.bsky.social and Joshua Moon: "Can buzzwords create infrastructures? Reflecting on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus approach" . zenodo.org/records/1699...

We're hiring a new lecturer @stsucl.bsky.social. We're looking for someone with particular interests in the environment. Please share widely www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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The best job I've ever had was at Demos. They're hiring people to work on AI and digital things. demos.co.uk/researcher-d... and demos.co.uk/lead-researc...

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