Wow. This whole messy thing: @academic-chatter.bsky.social #AcademicFreedom #HumanRights www.theguardian.com/education/20...

"The collapse of the institutions where young people learn to make and critique art stands to greatly benefit companies like OpenAI, which, in the absence of human artists and critics, can both make the stuff and tell us it’s good." lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...

I have become my former supervisor. Late to all meetings, distractable, perpetually annoyed by bureaucracy. Hopefully half as creative?? 😶‍🌫️ #AcademicChatter

Consider yourself an academic? But where is your hat with tassel, the hair worn in a plait, the spotted suit and checked tights, like this fella from 1773 - called: the Academic Mac - is wearing? #academicchatter

After graduating in Germany a few years ago, I applied to various Ivy League PhD programs. Spent much time & money on all those required texts, certificates, fees, the GRE etc. And now barely a week goes by when I'm not absolutely relieved that none of it worked out. Times change. #academicchatter

Hello Bluesky! I’m José Ángel, a PhD student in Life Sciences at CICESE, Mexico. My research focuses on #microplastic pollution in top marine predators and its ecological implications. I’m here to share #research, connect with fellow scientists, and discuss marine conservation. 🌎🐾 #AcademicChatter

How to find the papers you need to read — and avoid the ones you don’t. www.nature.com/articles/d41... #AcademicChatter

Rethinking #PhD supervision: creative, person-centred and decolonising approaches can transform outcomes for diverse researchers: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/reima... #Academia #HigherEd #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky

🗃️ From May: Google Scholar launched in November 2004 with the goal of making it easier to access scientific knowledge. But did it live up to this aim or simply create new problems? #GoogleScholar #AcademicChatter

My academic #ShadowCV includes, * unsuccessfully applying for way too many permanent jobs, * working at 5 universities, and nowhere tenure-tracks were available, or installed after me, or for others only, * too much time spent on trains working the laptop, * never had a contract longer then 3 years

A friend's applying for a postdoc which expects an extensive publication record. I've seen grad students who focus on publishing over developing their diss & the 1st thing that goes out the window is quality. Why do we glorify & celebrate "productivity" over quality? @academic-chatter.bsky.social

From our ongoing book and research into the origins of the DEI backlash 👉Dogmatic approach to DEI ↪️ reactive resentment 🟰shutting the door in your face 👉Appreciative inquiry to DEI ↪️ opportunity to understand 🟰rolling out the welcome mat @academic-chatter.bsky.social #science 🧪

Sometimes being a supervisor, project leader, mentor, or professor can feel quite lonely. I miss my PhD and postdoc days — it was the sense of community, the great interactions, and the feeling of belonging to a family that kept me sane in academia @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicChatter

I found out last week I didn't get a large grant I applied for in April (large to me, in any case). What's the first thing fellow academics do when they have a grant rejected (and the second, third etc.!) #AcademicChatter @academic-chatter.bsky.social

I wish I had time to read this article 😉 "With thousands of papers being published everyday, it can be a task working out which matter". Conclusion: "No single method will solve the challenge of staying on top of the literature" @academic-chatter.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

AI update for my summer online course: More than 50% of the class are on the list to be reported for AI use. 80% have at least 1 initial serious flag of AI use before review. (No detectors, just strategic assignment design & in-depth reviews) Are online courses dead? @academic-chatter.bsky.social

Please share! For Disability Pride Month, we are seeking neurodivergent academic faculty, instructors, & researchers at all levels to participate in a brief anonymous survey about their work experiences, coping strategies, & well-being. For info, go to: salisbury.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Why are instrumental variable regressions so underutilized in psychology? @academic-chatter.bsky.social @causalinference.bsky.social

Today I spoke to a student w. a green card who was worried about that documentary had "political content" because of what's happened to student activists at Columbia etc. The subject? Life in a particular Jersey City neighbourhood. Chilling effect is real 😩 @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicsky

Just experienced the unique joy of having someone's discussion of my own research completely change my understanding of it #academicChatter

@academic-chatter.bsky.social when doing peer review, do you validate every reference used by the authors?

Reminder: The Center for Advanced Studies of the University of Vienna #ViCAS is offering one-year senior and early career fellowships for deep, undisturbed research. Deadline Sept 1st. Apply here: vicas.univie.ac.at @univie.ac.at

Hello #AcademicSky! How do you keep track of your tasks & projects? Any brilliant (free?) software/websites/programs I should know about? Trying to organize #research, #projects, #publications, #tasks, #e-mail (etc, etc) in one place . . . @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academics 🗣💬 #HigherEd

After procrastinating on this for months, here I go with my first post on this app. I finally received my confirmation today - I'm officially Dr Banerjee. 😬 So much gratitude for everyone who saw me through this, thank you for everything. @academic-chatter.bsky.social

Open access book by @ulrike-felt.bsky.social now available for download: "Academic Times: Contesting the Chronopolitics of Research" #STS #ECRchat link.springer.com/book/10.1007... "Shows how temporal regimes impact scholars and scholarship, limiting innovative and inclusive research"

@academic-chatter.bsky.social I'm curious to know whether any #HigherEd institutions have 'baked in' #SocialMedia #outreach in the collective agreements or in performance appraisal forms/templates (and not only as this relates to speech and academic freedom, but also in terms of #OpenResearch). TIA!

Just gave workshop in which we discussed use of AI for writing research grants. Two people advocated for outsourcing proposal development to an external company (of which they know) that uses AI only to write grants FOR academic researchers. Thoughts?? Thx!

Hi everyone, anyone aware of universities accepting researchers to do PhDs by publications (retrospective)? @academic-chatter.bsky.social

#academicchatter @academic-chatter.bsky.social Do any fellow college professors have any insight on what might be going on? Or is this just bias toward a short, woman professor? Any advice if so?

Two characteristics that I found are strong predictors in the long term career successes of trainees: curiosity - following up on interesting observations & wondering “why?” courage - willingness to take risks, follow their own path & accept uncertainty #AcademicChatter

A question for #AcademicChatter - are there any examples of universities that operate as worker co-ops? Either historical or current examples, or university-adjacent institutions?

#NTUDoctoral snapshots - I feel after these two days that the future is in good hands. I listened to research today on everything from early Alzheimer’s diagnosis for adults with Down syndrome to understanding the behaviour of specific proteins associated with forms of cancer. #AcademicChatter

I have a new piece coming out with @chronicle.com on the problem of pregnancy in academia. a sneak peek: “an academic I spoke with told me a prof looked at his pregnant advisee & sneered, ‘once could be construed as an accident. it now looks like you’re doing this on purpose’”

📭 I get that journals are overloaded, truly. But is it common to get a desk reject after 5.5 months? ❌ No review, no prior communication, just a sudden “outside the scope”. Curious how others see this – is this within the realm of normal these days? @academic-chatter.bsky.social #publishingrealities

If any educators have knowledge of legal defense funds for students who’ve had their visas revoked, please share & I will keep sharing. This is inflicting unnecessary trauma on these students, their peers, & the faculty + staff that have to sit back & watch it happen. #academicsky #academicchatter

Hey Folks @academic-chatter.bsky.social I am looking for someone who might be able to serve as a mentor for one of my students. Bonus points for BIPOC & ADHD. If this might be you DM me.

The problem with working on big high-risk projects is they don't always end in the glorious impactful work. If they're truly 'high risk', they often just end in failure. Or else requiring huge effort to save. I'm painfully learning this lesson after seeing a few of my 'flagship' projects crash. 🧵

Since the amount of academics that follow me has grown - a reminder that I’m available to peer-review, guest lecture or for writing opportunities I’m an Associate Editor for 2 journals, have reviewing experience & expertise in animal behaviour/physiology, & wildlife diseases 🦇🌎🧪 #AcademicChatter

I left grad school with zero savings and no financial plan. If I could do it again, I’d focus on budgeting, side hustles, and student loan debt. Here’s what I wish I knew about money back then: buff.ly/JxIfU0d #PhDLife #PersonalFinance #GradSchool #AcademicChatter

UK Universities on BlueSky If you’re member of a UK university that’s on BlueSky but not listed below, then please let me know and I’ll add them to this list: bsky.app/profile/did:...

🧪Why does Wiley not offer the possibility to chose Bluesky for sharing publications with the community? 🤔 A lot of us moved to Bluesky and do not want to share their work on X any more…🧪 #Academicsky #MedSky #ChemSky @academic-chatter.bsky.social

@gorillapsych.bsky.social are offering micro grants in #languages and #linguistics ! An excellent platform for field experiments. A while ago I built a pilot perception experiment to elicit judgements from participants who are illiterate in the L1. Worked really well. gorilla.sc/grants/langu...

I am working on a "How (not) to present data" lecture for undergraduate policy students. Please share your best examples of excellent & deplorable data slides, charts, tables etc. Thanks in advance! @academic-chatter.bsky.social

Hey #Academicsky Did you see today's editorial in the NYTimes? #academicchatter

What do you enjoy most about working in #academia? Wrong answers only! #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter

"PLOS will not compromise on issues of scientific rigor and editorial integrity." From a PLOS post about recent Executive Orders. I'm an editor for PLOSOne and very glad to see this family of journals not comply with anti-scientific political diktats. #AcademicChatter #StandUpForScience

I'm doing a fair amount of interdisciplinary research at the moment. One of the recurring issues is that it is hard to tell if an article in another discipline is suss. I've been burned before. Any strategies people find helpful? #academicchatter

🚨I'm advertising for a PhD position (4 yrs) in quant. Sociology/Social Demography (life course, social ineq.) @tcdsociology.bsky.social! 📅 Deadline: April 21, 2025 📄 More info: www.tcd.ie/sociology/va... 🔄 Please share! #Sociology #Demography #AcademicChatter #PhDOpportunity #TrinityCollegeDublin

🙌Very excited to share our new support network for mental health and/or addiction research academics with lived experience. We have called it LENS (Lived Experience Network for Scholars). Read more and sign up on Eventbrite for our 1st online meeting in May: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lived-expe...