A somewhat bleak insight into the financial difficulties of UK universities open.spotify.com/episode/4uCp...
The International Student Scandal
File on 4 Investigates · Episode
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Susan Cooper
@susancooper.bsky.social
Post-doc researcher at HEC Montreal/Oxford SBS interested in sustainability and qualitative methods
A somewhat bleak insight into the financial difficulties of UK universities open.spotify.com/episode/4uCp...
The International Student Scandal
File on 4 Investigates · Episode
open.spotify.com
#AOM2025 attendees! We have been told each room was pre-set and must remain in its original layout throughout the conference. If anyone moves or disconnects chairs, tables, or AV equipment, this violates Fire Marshal and evacuation codes. ➡️Resets are fined €1,000 penalty per session!!
I really hope Americans can push back on all of these things, but so much is happening at once. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change
nytimes.com
The proportion of CO2 in the atmosphere grew at a record 3.75 ppm last year -- a jump 27% bigger than the previous record increase. The best explanation: forests and soils are so stressed by climate change they're losing the ability to absorb our emissions. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Is the planet losing one of its best ways to slow climate change?
The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rose last year at the fastest rate on record. The spike has scientists worried that more and more carbon is coming from natural sources.
washingtonpost.com
This interview is a chilling insight into what academia in the US is up against for the next 4 years open.spotify.com/episode/5mnY...
The Conservative Activist Pushing Trump to Attack U.S. Colleges
The Daily · Episode
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Working on social issues in management and attending AOM this year? Submit your work in progress to our workshop and receive excellent feedback from specialized mentors :)
Join the SIM Division, AOM Research Development Workshop! 🎉 This dynamic workshop is your chance to get in-depth, developmental feedback from leading scholars in the #AOMSIM field.
Last days to nominate an outstanding book in org studies for a EUR 2,000 prize! 🔹 Active EGOS members can nominate (no self-noms). 🔹 Submit a 2-page appraisal in English by March 15. 🏆 Winner announced in Athens! More details at www.egos.org/about_egos/E...
EGOS - EGOS Book Award - European Group for Organizational Studies
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Important editorial, also for other fields such as management and organization studies
under the leadership of editor-in-chief @thatminesgirl.bsky.social the @engrstudies.bsky.social board members (incl. @dmriley.bsky.social & @jenn-rossmann.bsky.social) & former EOCs (Gary Downey & me) have put our names to an editorial regarding current "events" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“Without research and data reflecting the true realities of pay and retirement planning, we won’t be able to address the gap meaningfully and risk perpetuating gender inequality for future generations.” ➡️ inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle...
Data shows gender pension gap is growing
New studies illustrate that the pension savings gap between men and women is growing and will continue to do so without positive action from employers and policymakers.
pensions-expert.com
International fellowship scheme funded bu the BA. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
International Fellowships 2025
The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for two years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.
thebritishacademy.ac.uk
So glad to see more official accounts here!
Exciting news! EGOS is now on Bluesky!
📚Would you like to take a PhD in digitalised healthcare work, the ethics tensions and paradoxes of this phenomenon? 👋🏼 Prof Dimimitra Petrakaki and I are looking for a student to supervise, with 4 year fully funded ESCR scholarship, at the @digitcentre.bsky.social ☎️see link below👇🏼
🏥 Digitalising healthcare work for sustainability: professional tensions and ethical paradoxes 📝 Supervisors at Sussex: Prof. @dimitrapetrakaki.bsky.social and Dr @zahira.bsky.social 🔗 Find out more: www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
Thousands of trees planted in Devon to start creation of Celtic rainforest
Thousands of trees planted in Devon to start creation of Celtic rainforest
More than 2,500 native trees have been planted to form a temperate rainforest in decades to come The first step towards creating a Celtic rainforest – a now extremely rare habitat that once covered large swathes of the west coast of Britain – has been…
theguardian.com
Please spread the word as we have opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellowships which enable researchers to work for two years at a UK institution. If you fancy being away from your country right now this could be an option! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
International Fellowships 2025
The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for three years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.
thebritishacademy.ac.uk
If you are or know of any UK Black women profs promoted in Sept 24 to date, please let me know. This is for our Black women professors list!
We're offering a PhD place on Rewilding! This PhD will study the wilder grazing at Purbeck Heaths ‘Super National Nature Reserve’, which is shifting towards the restoration of natural processes to create a more dynamic, complex landscape www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
The world’s richest 1% have already used up their fair share of the global carbon budget for 2025, just 10 days into the year. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World’s richest use up their fair share of 2025 carbon budget in 10 days
Emissions caused by wealthiest 1% so far this year would take someone from poorest 50% three years to create
theguardian.com
Reviewing is an art 🎨 As we will soon receive our assignments to #review for #AOM2025, we are refreshing our skills by watching Lisa Cohen's workshop on the subject and reading Audrey Holm's commentary ♥️ 📼 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmBA... 🖋️ www.ethnographyatelier.org/post/behind-...
The Art of Reviewing: Constructing Constructive Reviews
YouTube video by The Ethnography Atelier
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Europe’s Copernicus observation agency confirmed on Friday that 2024 was the hottest year on record. www.ft.com/content/fd91...
An interesting piece on how the Iraq war is connected to Australian migration and the gentrification of Brooklyn thebaffler.com/outbursts/bo...
Bogans in Brooklyn | Chris Crowley
Australia’s willingness to join the Global War on Terror led to a flat white-swilling, coked-up invasion of Williamsburg from down under.
thebaffler.com
WTF Meta?! Not sure why, but I expected more from Zuckerberg. Content moderators have become too ‘politicised’ and people want a more ‘personalised’ approach to content moderation? This step is playing into the hands of hate www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Ditching of Facebook factcheckers a ‘major step back’ for public discourse, critics say
Mark Zuckerberg’s decision regarding Meta platforms condemned as ‘a full bending of the knee’ to Donald Trump
theguardian.com
Throughout 2024, Human Rights Watch covered many human rights topics and crises around the world. From investigations into crimes against humanity and war crimes in Israel, Gaza, and Sudan, to victory for same-sex marriage in Thailand, here are some of the most-read stories on our site in 2024 ⤵️
Top Human Rights News from 2024
These were among the most-read stories on our site in 2024.
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If you haven't selected a subtheme yet for #EGOS2025, please consider ours! @luclauriano.bsky.social www.egos.org/jart/prj3/eg...
"Many would choose a life full of these experiences [that stimulate and challenge], which we describe as psychologically rich, over a happy life or a meaningful life"
A philosopher argues that psychological richness is key to the good life. It's not just about happiness or meaning, but about engaging your mind in new and interesting ways https://buff.ly/41RVsCg
Good article to see where this idea came from and debunk the anti-'plant meat' misinformation
This article really hits the nail on the head about so-called "ultra processed foods", a meaningless category so broad as to group together tofu and twinkies as if they had the same health impact.
Merry Christmas to all my fellow killjoys who get haunted by these kinds of facts 🎅☃️🎄
Average Briton causes 23 times more CO2 on Christmas Day, study reveals
We assume that highly paid professionals consistently beat the market. Yet research shows that active funds often underperform passive funds, and analysts’ recommendations can be unreliable. Why does this system persist? Inertia, our new book: tinyurl.com/4rjcpc9h
Inertia | Columbia University Press
Financial professionals are paid as if they were capable of “beating the market” on a regular basis. In fact, active fund managers routinely underperform... | CUP
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