My newest paper in the Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law asks a simple question - how is administrative work shifting as we move towards technology-generated interactions, where there is no one around to help us through administrative processes? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In today's post @danielcaseycbr.bsky.social explores how government communicated internally about the lessons to be learned from Robodebt. www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/learnin...

Excited to finally have some time to share my recent paper in the Australian Journal of Political Science - Administrative burdens, behavioural insights and economic dignity: the case of Robodebt. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

👉 Is it possible to theorise #AdministrativeBurdens as constraints on freedom through the lens of the #CapabilitiesApproach ❓ Ellie Malbon & @jeremiahtbrown.bsky.social show how subtle barriers can constrain the ability of citizens to realise their rights 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Now free access in the journal where she contributed so much, our tribute to Gemma - with @hdicko.bsky.social, @jeremiahtbrown.bsky.social, Ellie Malbon onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🌹 Gemma Carey, a valued author & a member of our Editorial Board, passed away on 17 November 2024. @hdicko.bsky.social, @sophieyates.bsky.social, @jeremiahtbrown.bsky.social & Eleanor Malbon reflect on her academic work & engagement in public discussion on social justice👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

📣🆕Early View❗️ 🎅Are you looking for a Season's reading❓ @jeremiahtbrown.bsky.social & Ellie Malbon study the relationship between administrative burden and the Capabilities Approach to human freedom👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Must have been a real mindfuck living in the B.C. times and not knowing what the years were counting down to.

The Stan culture that has taken over wider society sucks so much and is a massive driver of our inability to develop successful political movements to produce the kinds of societal change necessary for everyone to be able to live a good life. Instead, we get a hyper-individualisation.

Very shocked to read about the disbanding of all humanities & social science funded research by the Marsden Fund in NZ (their ARC/ESRC equivalent) www.beehive.govt.nz/release/mars...

And here we get to the problem. Over 2/3 of the members of University Councils - i.e. the bodies that need to approve strategies, management decisions etc. - are appointed. And many appointees are corporate executives or consultants. Well, we can't have academic staff having too much power now...

Nice thread by @ammassarisofia.bsky.social about our presentation today to Australian Electoral Commission, plus some findings of our survey of Gen-Z voters & non-voters. As Sofia says, we've got a lot of work in the pipeline on this & on youth wing members which hopefully will all be out in 2025.

Academia runs on contacting other academics out of the blue and saying HEY do you wanna do this COOL THING for essentially NO REWARD and equally certainly NO RECOGNITION from your employer and those people going OH MAN that sounds AWESOME sign me up for the COOL NO REWARD NO RECOGNITION EXPERIENCE.

I made a starter pack of political studies folk in Australia - I know I surely haven't captured everyone here, so please let me know if you'd like to be added - share widely! go.bsky.app/UtgJPaZ

Something that never gets old is speaking to prospective thesis students about what they want to study. There’s a passion and interest in their subject of inquiry that is infectious. One of the best parts of teaching.

What role might automation play in peer review in public administration? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Finally time to share my paper w/ @donmoyn.bsky.social as part of the #TacklingStructuralRacism issue in @Health_Affairs > Race And Racial Perceptions Shape Burden Tolerance For Medicaid And The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program doi.org/10.1377/hlth... #OpenAccess

H.P. Lovecraft: Your limited human mind cannot comprehend Cthulhu Me: (comprehending easily) Squid guy

Good morning everyone, it's Wednesday, the third day of the longest strike at the University of Melbourne since 1856. Yesterday I detailed one way in which over-casualization leads to overwork for me. Today, I'm going to show how it all adds up for staff across the Uni. #unimelbstrikes

"Duncan Maskell is australia’s highest paid university vice-chancellor on an annual salary of $1.5 million dollars, while other staff members go three months of the year or more without a paycheck." www.vice.com/en/article/w...

Australian academics: if your Uni is still bargaining with the NTEU, you might like to know that there's a BIG strike action happening at UniMelb next week. Membership in the Faculty of Arts, Law School, School of Fine Art and StageCraft, Library Services, and Student Services are all out so far.

a moving tribute to @SophieTrevitt, whose loss left an unfillable void in the cosmos. 'be kind, be brave. Fight for justice' https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/09/sophie-trevitts-indomitable-spirit-and-deep-commitment-to-equity-will-continue-to-shape-the-world-she-left-behind

Important research survey on whether admin is increasing for academic and professional staff in Australian universities. https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/adminburden/

this guys sneaking around on the computer; making your Girl feel special for the first time of her life.....

How do you tank something as straightforward as letting people post their ideas and share them with each other, when you already have the platform built that enables them to do so?