New paper in @lmt-journal.bsky.social : Generative artificial intelligence in education: (what) are we thinking? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

One for the reading list: "The contradictions of legitimation strategies and the welfaring of education" by Mark Murphy www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... - a much needed discussion of how Education is being used to shoulder many societal issues/maladies.

People with lived experience of mental health conditions must be at the centre of #MentalHealth policy & service design. WHO’s new guidance sets out how people with lived experience should be involved in shaping systems that meet their needs & improve care. Learn more: bit.ly/4lgVjjk

Picturing Research Competition 24/25 REMINDER!! DRMC invites staff, PGT, PGR researchers to submit a pictorial representation of their research. Online competition showcasing research conducted by researchers at Durham University. More details here: www.dur.ac.uk/research/ins... #researchmethods

Economies aren’t machines seeking balance; they're living systems in disequilibrium: adaptive, entangled, unpredictable. Complexity economics doesn’t fix old models. It re-imagines the system entirely. sacswebsite.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-... @lassegerrits.bsky.social @elgarpublishing.bsky.social

Cc @complexcase.bsky.social

This looks good: Computational Social Science meets Qualitative Research www.lse.ac.uk/Methodology/...

Why the push for GenAI might well lead to teachers doing *more* work (rather than less work) ... we need to remain mindful of Ruth Schwartz Cohen's work on household technologies and women's domestic labour. I think there might be parallels?! criticaledtech.com/2025/03/20/m...

My entire PhD thesis on the experiences of commuter students in the North of England is available to access 👇 Key bits include discussions on definition of commuter student, the deficit narrative of commuter students and implications for policy and practice 💡 lnkd.in/gVwfTBui

Open Access article by Mark Murphy and Christian Ydesen: The moral grounding of changing educational assessment and accountability: a theoretically informed analysis of moral assemblages in Denmark www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

“But casting AI as autonomous is not just misleading, it is dangerous. Recognising this truth is critical for tackling the ethical and societal challenges AI presents today.” #criticalAI

Call to PhD students for applications to EERA's NW 13. Philosophy of Education Season School 2025 at the University of Galway, Ireland, 17 - 18 May 2025. APPLICATION DEADLINE: 11 March. Full info: https://eera-ecer.de/seasonschools/nw-13-philosophy-of-education-season-school-2025

NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent. “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. “A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.” @kyivindependent.com

Good piece by @stokel.bsky.social exploring to what extent Australia's ill-advised but popular under16s social media ban might be a template for the UK or elsewhere, with plenty of @sonialivingstone.bsky.social wisdom included. :) www.theguardian.com/media/2025/f...

🎙️ @complexcase.bsky.social and @lassegerrits.bsky.social discuss their title, The Atlas of Social Complexity, on Peter Erdi's podcast Listen here: youtu.be/FYWoruE27Uo?... #SocialComplexity #ComplexityTheory #ComplexityScience

Kate Bush and Damon Albarn among 1,000 artists on silent AI protest album: www.theguardian.com/technology/2... Fellow academics, we should release an empty/blank paper to show the impact Gen-AI will/can have on thinking... just a thought!

Go Big or go home. Move fast & break things. VC investors choose startups according to “power law,” tendency for outliers to have undue impact. Despite their claims to “make the world a better place,” VCs either avoid addressing societal problems or make them worse www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Picturing Research Competition 24/25 NOW LAUNCHED!! DRMC invites staff, PGT, PGR researchers to submit a pictorial representation of their research. Online competition showcasing research conducted by researchers at Durham University. More details here: www.dur.ac.uk/research/ins... #researchmethods

It is tomorrow - here in Durham. Looking forward to discussing critical takes of Education and Technology with colleagues from across the region

@nicwhitton.bsky.social and I will be hosting a CSET 2025 – Critical studies of education and technology meeting in Durham on the 21st February, 2025 (this event is globally organised by @neilselwyn.bsky.social ). Free registration is now open www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cset-2025-...

This Friday, in Durham, UK we will engage in critical discussions of education and technology. Still a few places left if you'd like to join us . See below

Criticality. What is that anyway? Warming up for the #cset2025 meet-up in Oldenburg on Friday! And it was a great warm-up to chat with @neilselwyn.bsky.social about what “critical” is doing in these kinds of phrases: critical studies of education and technology. www.buzzsprout.com/1301377/epis...

Live-podd: The Digital Backlash in Education shows.acast.com/mkv-podden/e...

The Digital Backlash in Education... why we need to be wary of the current drive to get the digital out of education! A really good recording of our opening remarks at the Feb 7 Södertörn Uni panel: featuring me, Sarah Hayes, Petar Jandrić & Felicitas Macgilchrist: shows.acast.com/mkv-podden/e...

Creating sexually explicit #deepfakes will become a crime in the UK, thanks in part to work by @claremcglynn.bsky.social at Durham Law School. The new law will also cover asking someone to create a sexually explicit deepfake following work from Clare & Gemma Davies 👉 tinyurl.com/2dczpzcf

We are so post-everything (theory, human, etc.) that we no longer seem to agree on a common moral basis....

What a find! AI Pedagogy Project: Critical and Creative Approaches to Teaching with AI – metaLAB (at) Harvard, Berlin & Basel “Now is a time when the humanities can do what the humanities do best: surface foundational questions about what it means to be human, attend with precision to the […]

With Gen-AI drawing on everything that is not beyind a paywall, are open access publications the way to go for academia...?

“Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some legacy software. Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some game designer of a few decades back”, as Keynes didn't quite say.

Durham Research Methods Café's next session will be running on Wednesday 19th February 2025 in person, 1100-1230. All PGR/PGT students and DU staff welcome. More information here: www.dur.ac.uk/research/ins... #interdisciplinary

"The UK and US have not signed an international agreement on artificial intelligence (AI) at a global summit in Paris." #AIActionSummit2025 They "have not explained their reasons for not being signatories." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What does being 'critical' about edtech mean? Listen to my interview with Felicitas Macgilchrist about the need to examine the messiness of edtech, highlight untold stories of 'other' edtechs, dig deep into context, and the power of rage-driven hope! www.buzzsprout.com/1301377/epis...

@zevedi.bsky.social @cais-research.bsky.social @hiigberlin.bsky.social @udkberlin.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social @fokuspublic.bsky.social

Sobering read in @timeshighered.bsky.social from the frontline of academia in the face of the redundancy crisis, including @academicdiary.bsky.social on the urgent need for repair amidst unprecedented fear and insecurity among colleagues www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/uks-re...

Erasing History, Erasing Democracy: Trump’s Authoritarian Assault on Education @girouxh.bsky.social truthout.org/articles/era...

🟨New Publication in #LMT 🟪 In this article Riley, Meston, Wallis & Kim illustrate how integrating Indigenous cultural perspectives with #DigitalLiteracy can be a profound commitment to addressing historical injustices and fostering equity in education. Read more (🔓): tinyurl.com/bdzxzcnv

📣📚 New member book! Edited by IAMCR members Anna Gladkova and Elena Vartanova, together with Shi-xu, "Digital Inequality Studies in Cultural Communication" looks at the rise of new digital divides #inequality #DigitalDivide iamcr.org/books-gladko...

Still time to submit your paper for the first Research in Digital Learning in Higher Education Conference on 9 Feb 2025. lnkd.in/eGd7yPFW

ISSE - International Studies in Sociology of Education - is now on Bluesky. Follow us for new articles and other journal news.

Durham Research Methods Café's next session will be running on Wednesday 5th February 2025 in person, 1100-1230. All PGR/PGT students and DU staff welcome. More information here: www.dur.ac.uk/research/ins...

All in the mind? The surprising truth about brain rot www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

📢Book now! Our PG online sessions will give you the opportunity to learn more about what Durham has to offer for postgraduate study and student life. 📆10 & 11 February 👉 www.dur.ac.uk/visit-us/ope...

On our blog today, we explore how European and Irish digital education policies seek to address parental and family involvement in children’s digital learning #EERA_NW14 #EduSci @esai-irl.bsky.social blog.eera-ecer.de/ch...

shocking, but not surprising.

"EERA and Springer Publications' book series "Transdisciplinary Perspectives in Educational Research": VOLUME 1: "Storied Doctorates - Studying Environmental Sustainability Education Internationally" Editors: M Xypaki, E Sinakou, M A Mejía-Cáceres, A Schwambach

New ediorial on health disinformation by The Lancet “Health misinformation was weaponised as propaganda, exploiting fear, undermining public trust, and hindering collective action in critical moments.” Some of this resonates for political disinformation #polcom www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

It is encouraging to see some pushback against Gen-AI - But will it be enough?

the intersections of environmental crisis and technology should not be underestimated

Ch20 of the Atlas introduces Configurational Social Science, which combines intersectionality & configurational theory to address complexities of living in systems: power, identity, justice, equity. sacswebsite.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-... @lassegerrits.bsky.social @elgarpublishing.bsky.social

New for 2025! An MA in Interdisciplinary Research Methods supported by DRMC! Explore a wide range of training methods to tackle contemporary social phenomena. See more information here and apply for the course - dur.ac.uk/research/ins...