'to treat peer review as a throughput problem is to misunderstand what is at stake. Review is not simply a production stage in the research pipeline; it is one of the few remaining spaces where the scientific community talks to itself.' 1/3

Finally some scholarship on what we've all been watching unfold. But I would use a word other than junkification, borrowed from Doctorow.

that's me.

📣 Add your name to demand the EU suspend trade with Israel. Because every euro traded means more weapons, more suffering, more lives lost. 👉 Sign the petition: go.wemove.eu/NoDealWithIs...

New publication (in Portuguese) with @jussararowland.bsky.social and João Estevens, the final article of the CONCISE project. It's part of a thematic issue we organised on science communication. revistas.rcaap.pt/analisesocia...

Next week we will be talking about social acceptability of a low TRL technology. Come and give us feedback: 748dd9f9.sibforms.com/serve/MUIFAL...

Science is always political.

Falamos que parecemos viver numa época de estupidez, e creio que estamos lentamente a admitir a causa. Este é um óptimo artigo sobre o fenómeno open.substack.com/pub/jmarriot...

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading. Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own. Just. Keep. Reading.

THIS is what’s happening in Gaza: - Destroying homes - Cutting off aid - Taking children’s lives - Starving an entire population Yet in Europe, Israel is still welcomed to play football, as if nothing is happening. Italy and other countries are preparing to host them for the World Cup qualifiers.

Worth a reading: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n

At a conference half a world away (online). Yesterday @jussararowland.bsky.social took my place in presenting about our current CCS projects very late in the evening, today it's my turn to replace her on a presentation on AI and governance.

Academics are under unrelenting pressure to accept the narrative of the inevitability of #generativeAI & to embrace it in teaching & learning. We resist - because it is ecologically destructive, ethically corrupt, & because it undermines the thinking abilities that make us both human & intelligent.

People love it

Since the majority of academics don't want to limit their privilege of conference tourism to protect the planet, the warming planet will force them to do it. "We have already entered the beginning of the age of non-tourism..." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

📢 Call for Papers 📢 RN24 Midterm Conference call for papers: Technology in the face of global challenges RN24/SSTNET invites submissions on the role of technology in addressing today’s global challenges, with a special focus on Europe 🗓️ Abstract deadline: 19 Sept 2025 🗓️ Conference: 26–27 Nov 2025

La plaza del Ayuntamiento de París se ha transformado por completo. Árboles, sombras y un espacio mucho sano para sus vecinas y vecinos. Claro que es posible no tener plazas que se conviertan en una sartén durante el verano, solo hace falta querer hacerlo.

here's the blogpost as promised aial.ie/blog/2025-ai...

Epá, que artigo absolutamente extraordinário. É raro ler algo que muda ou solidifica de imediato o meu ponto de vista sobre um assunto. Este é um desses casos.

Same.

O projeto de investigação "Inovações Democráticas em Portugal", coordenado no ICS-ULisboa pelo investigador @robertofalanga.bsky.social esteve recentemente em destaque na RTP Notícias. Para ler na íntegra: tinyurl.com/mvpb5xr4

Useful.

New article from our IoT project. The first version was submitted a year and a half ago. Much improved by several rounds of revision. Slow science. doi.org/10.1332/2046...

So well said!!! The people making these cuts just want to live in a fantasy world.

Technology vs humans.

Read this this morning. All too familiar.

The wonderful new world of AI Part II. I could go on all afternoon, if I didn't have better things to do. I should add luddite to my bio by now.

The wonderful new world of AI.

In the aftermath of the Portuguese elections, we have to fight back with love and solidarity.

Just out: an article about community resilience and forest fires. Open access.

“Public sociology has a resonance within the US sociological community because Trump is attacking the very foundations of our commitments. But I’m in a very secure position. I can’t say that for all sociologists.” Michael Burawoy’s final interview, with @michaelacbenson.bsky.social buff.ly/EY4vRPC

Today's #MustReads: The rise of end times fascism www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... by @naomiaklein.bsky.social & @astra.bsky.social

O ICS-ULisboa abriu um concurso para a atribuição de 1 (uma) Bolsa de Investigação para estudante de Mestrado, no âmbito do OSeM Observatório Sociedade em Mudança. Candidaturas até 16 de abril. Mais informação: tinyurl.com/357c2y2x Euraxess: tinyurl.com/4rjhvn39

The ESA RN24- Science and Technology is now on Bluesky!

New book chapter with @jussararowland.bsky.social and João Estevens: Personal Epistemologies and Science Information: Exploring the Role of Scientific Evidence and Trust in Four Science-Related Topics. Open access link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Ten years in the making, at least. An article assessing a science exhibition with my geologist colleagues from the MNHNC. issuu.com/associacaopo...

Finally some sense.

O período de candidaturas ao Doutoramento em Sociologia termina já no dia 31 de março. Este programa de doutoramento combina formação avançada em métodos de investigação com o estudo independente orientado por especialistas em Sociologia. Para saber mais: tinyurl.com/h4abjvjy #sociologia #sociology

Much as I would love to attend the 4S conference in person in Seattle, it is clearly unadvisable. Dark times indeed.

Even more unbelievable and utterly clueless that some academic colleagues think that students and we know „how to use AI responsibly“ for our works, and it is not a „big deal“

🔴The #StateOfClimate report, released today, reveals key climate change indicators again reached record levels in 2024. Check out the full report: wmo.int/publication-...

Sharing this is a really good way to get the stolen valour-AI apologists out of the woodwork so you can block them (print your own posters available at the named website)

Doing focus groups about new energy technologies with @jussararowland.bsky.social Some days I love my job.

Brilliant! Please watch! 🙏

"[S]ociology emerged in response to rapid transformation in society, and it continues to offer explanations for the causes, patterns, and consequences of social... change. Today’s students can benefit from sociology in the following ways and for the following reasons..."

O Observatório Sociedade em Mudança lançou o primeiro policy brief "Comunidades de Energia Renovável em Portugal: Barreiras à Implementação e recomendações para as solucionae", da autoria de Vera Ferreira. Para ler na íntegra: tinyurl.com/yckx5ch6

OUT NOW: Palestine: A Sociological Issue A new Special Section in issue 73.2 The Sociological Review journal featuring contributions from Michael Burawoy, @cairsti.bsky.social @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social, Aseel Baidoun, Rafeef Ziadah. thesociologicalreview.org/announcement... #palestine #gaza