Had a great time sharing my recent work incorporating GenAI into my research methods classrooms at today's AI in Practice workshop. Lots of really good discussions 🤩

Put up some Christmas lights to decorate my new house. So pretty 😍

That's some really solid targeted advertising IKEA 👏🏻💡#iykyk #strangerthings

One of the many reasons I preprint my papers before peer review. You have a record and timeline of your work in case a reviewer ever does anything like this. 🫣

THIS! If you don't know your Ontology from your Methodology, and you just want to get on with writing your dissertation.

Our article has been officially published! 🎉 What a great first day back from leave! #AcademicSky #ScienceSky If you can't access the full paper, the free preprint is available in the thread below.

Abstracts are due today! We've already received several really good ones, looking forward to receiving many more!

Officially moved into my new house 🎉 Still lots of boxes to unpack, but it already feels like home 🤩

I'm moving into my new house this week. Very proud of my planning skills - managed to pack everything without a rush! 💪🏻🎉

Just got a peer review request for a paper. It isn't due until middle February 🤔 #AcademicSky #ScienceSky

Oh hi 👋🏻 #dogs

The great joy of turning on your out of office reply and going on leave 🎉

Call for abstracts for a forthcoming edited book "The Researcher’s Compass: Choosing Your Paradigm, Finding Your Voice". Explain your research paradigm and how it shaped your research design, practice, and academic identity. Abstracts due 10 November. More details below. #ScienceSky #AcademicSky

Check out my new video: What is ethical research? Principles, practices and why it matters #AcademicSky #ScienceSky

That awesome moment when someone emails you out of the blue just to tell you they really liked your research article 🤩 #AcademicSky #ScienceSky

Some days I get a treat on my walk in to teach…

My teaching will be featured as a case study in Monash's AI in Practice professional learning hub 🎉 #TeacherSky #AcademicSky #ScienceSky Check it out ⤵️

Check out my new video: Creating visual evidence with generative AI #AcademicSky #ScienceSky

Great news to end the week - paper accepted!🤩 This is the paper where we discuss how ChatGPT can be incorporated into qualitative data analysis. So happy to hear it will be published in a very fancy journal soon! Pre-print linked below. #AcademicSky #ScienceSky

Check out my new video: Interpretivist Research vs Interpretivism: What’s the Difference? youtu.be/u-xjXbscyjM

Today, I had the great joy of spending almost the whole day immersed in powerful autoethnographic stories. Such vulnerable and deeply transformative stories of becoming🌱📚 This is why I love what I do. This is the privilege of a research career! #AcademicSky #ScienceSky

Israel and Hamas agree to Gaza peace proposal 🎉🕊️

A reminder that you have one month left to submit your abstract for our new handbook on research paradigms. Share your experience and help other researchers navigate the complexity of how philosophy shapes research practice. Read more below. #AcademicSky #ScienceSky

Dear predatory conference, if you want to be more convincing, at least pick a topic I have some vague knowledge of before sending me an invitation... I can confirm that I have no idea what to say about wave equations in cybersecurity 🤨 #AcademicSky #ScienceSky

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Dear predatory conference, I was never going to go to your conference anyway. But pro tip: if you're trying to be enticing, maybe don't host your "conference" in the US. Have you seen the news lately? #AcademicSky #ScienceSky

Time to pause your doomscrolling... I give you Sasha, one of my Siberian Huskies, snug as a bug curled up on the couch 😍🐾 #dogs #huskies

​Call for abstracts - write a chapter for our new practical handbook about research paradigms! Abstracts due 10 November 2025 and full chapters by 30 March 2026. Share your experiences using your research paradigm to help others! More details below. #AcademicSky #ScienceSky

The problem isn't autism. It's fear and hatred of autism. The problem isn't trans people. It's fear and hatred of trans people. The problem isn't immigration. It's fear and hatred of immigrants.

Officially submitted my application for promotion to Senior Lecturer - all 81 pages! 😱🤯 #Academia #AcademicLife #AcademicSky

My statement formally recognising the State of Palestine.

Cuddles please 🐾

Just got a scam email from an address at obviouslyfakedomain dot com 🙈 At least try to make your scam email look legit people... Fail 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

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Shout-out to colleagues who generously share their expertise and actively amplify the work of others. Academic culture is stronger when we lift each other up. #AcademicSky #HigherEd #AcademicMentoring #AcademicKindness

"Managing Your Mental Health During Your PhD: A Survival Guide" has been out for 3 years. I don't do "proud" very often, but I am proud of the people I've helped through writing it. Thank you to everyone who's supported me with it and convinced me that writing it was a good idea.

Beautiful gifts from various students at graduation today 🤩

A book about #GenAI in higher ed. My chapter included GenAI images. The publisher removed them. So, I published them anyway. This is my story of resistance. It’s a rebellion & roadmap for creative scholars pushing against academic gatekeeping. See what was meant to be unseen. #BeWayward #AcademicSky

🤯 Had to come up with 10 people who could assess my promotion application, but they couldn't be anyone I've ever collaborated with or really even know. It's a bit like being told to throw a dinner party, except you’re not allowed to invite anyone you know, even if they just borrowed your stapler. 🫠

Reading challenge complete! 🎉📚 "130 days left" lol #Books #Reading #BookSky

Academic publishing can be a hot mess of mixed emotions patthomson.net/2025/08/21/i...

There is a difference between interpretivist research and interpretivism as a paradigm. All qualitative research is interpretivist. Interpretivism is an understanding of reality, knowledge, and the role of the researcher. They are not interchangeable. - End of rant (for now) #AcademicSky

Tough time for many at ANU. At around midday yesterday staff received a university-wide email. The language was ambiguous and could be read to say all forced redundancies would stop. I received many messages from people being forced out. Were they now safe?

PSA to PhD supervisors: Your job is to support your candidates to become independent scholars, not to crush their spirits. Please be kind.

Powerful article by Ahmed Kamal Junina: ‘Too hungry to think, too weak to sit upright. Concentration slips away’: the struggle to stay focused as an academic in Gaza #AcademicSky

More good news for today - our paper has finally been officially published! This project was a real labour of love, and it feels so rewarding to finally see it in print. Huge thanks to my amazing co-authors and everyone who supported us along the way 🙌 Free to read 🎉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ih...

After nine months as an advanced online publication, our paper is finally available in an actual journal volume. Yay! This means new free eprints 🤩 #AcademicSky #research www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QFX5E...

So, I've been toying with a rhetorical scale for parsing media/government response to protest of various kinds: Concern for self (normative) = legitimate, reasonable Concern for others (incl. non-human) = hysterical, immature, misguided Concern for self (non-norm.) = dangerous, subversive

Are you, might you become, or do you know a transnational scholar from the Global South? Or do you work with one or more? If so, this insightful, creatively written book will be of interest. It's part of the series I co-edit with @patthomson.bsky.social www.routledge.com/Insider-Guid...

Couldn't see out of one eye, so I went to the optometrist... Turns out it was a literal eye migraine from looking at the computer too much these last few weeks... 🙈🫠 #AcademicLife