I’m proud of this work with Netheena, @heiditworek.bsky.social and our @ubcdemocracy.bsky.social team.

@heiditworek.bsky.social discusses the undulation of communication technologies and their ability to both attract and oppose the energy of globalization in @globaldiscnct.bsky.social's recent volume. Find Heidi's chapter and the entire open-access collection: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Dalhousie University & U of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia invite applications for Roper-Hannah Chair in History of Healthcare & Health Equity. Deadline apply October 1, 2025. Posting and direct application link see: dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/19481 #HPS

Delighted to be elected as a fellow of @royalhistsoc.org! Deepest thanks to @davidrarmitage.bsky.social for his support.

The USPS "turns 250 on July 26, 2025 📫🎂. Since its founding, architecture, transportation, and technology have been integral to how the USPS operates. Trace the history of the post office’s built forms, and a narrative of an evolving nation unfolds with it."

New paper on impact of #healthmisinformation with the amazing Hannah Bauer This meta-analysis aims to help fact-checkers identify dangerous misinfo and to help researchers plan studies on health misinformation. doi.org/10.1080/1041...

It was such a fab experience editing with Andy and working with 50 amazing authors! Take a peek!

If this is accurate, WeTransfer is unusable for professional creative work. Would violate most work-for-hire contracts to share copyrighted material with a third party like this.

In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...

Sovereignty is deeply tied to information ecosystems – from digital platforms to local news. Is Canada truly resilient? This article by @heiditworek.bsky.social and @lageneralista.ca breaks down Canada's vulnerabilities and what to do about them www.cigionline.org/articles/how...

📢 Call for Registration! JGH and the Toynbee Prize Foundation are delighted to announce the Second TPFxJGH Publishing Workshop with @emleake.bsky.social‬ and @heiditworek.bsky.social‬ (July 9 8-9:30 am PST/3-4:30PM GMT via Zoom). Find out more and register here: toynbeeprize.org/posts/call-f...

Awesome new faculty job -- the University of British Columbia is looking for a senior ecosystem scientist to fill a new research chair position. geog.ubc.ca/job-opportun...

@heiditworek.bsky.social and @lageneralista.ca argue that we should think about a public option for social media. Read more about why and what that could look like! www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

A public alternative to social media. "History has shown it it is possible to change course after allowing private and foreign companies to control a new communications space," write @heiditworek.bsky.social and @lageneralista.ca www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

The worst happened. We were DOGE’d. Our NSF funding is gone. So now there’s nothing stopping me from sharing Expert Voices Together, a crisis response system for US-based researchers and journalists facing harassment. It's a true passion project. 🧵 1/ expertvoicestogether.org

A chance to join the editors-at-large team at the Toynbee Prize Foundation! Please circulate to PhDs and early career historians! toynbeeprize.org/posts/call-f...

Unhappy to confirm that the entire Historical Advisory Committee at the State Department received termination notices this afternoon (myself included). The HAC, set up by Congress, oversees the office that produces the FRUS series. history.state.gov/about/hac/in... 1/

🌐 In The Conversation, Chris Tenove and Heidi Tworek (@heiditworek.bsky.social) examine how Canada’s foreign interference threats are both new and deeply historical. 🔗 theconversation.com/foreign-inte...

The US has cut billions of dollars in COVID and pandemic readiness research funding, saying "Americans moved on years ago.” The public health and broader science community MUST stop aiding this shift in research priorities by referring to COVID in the past tense. www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Researchers who have had grants terminated--tell your story! The #DefendResearch team is collecting testimonials about this impact of #censorship on research that we will use as part of a toolkit for contacting elected officials. #NSF, #NEH, #NIH www.defendresearch.org/testimonials

His work on American media remains tremendously illuminating

Chris Tenove @cjten.bsky.social & Prof @heiditworek.bsky.social write about foreign interference that pose a risk to Canada’s election, including the enduring harm of disinformation campaigns to our nation’s democratic health. More @theconversation.com: theconversation.com/foreign-inte...

Breaking - White House is forcing out top leadership at the National Archives. “The exodus of senior staff is seen as a huge loss for the agency, which is considered nonpartisan and dedicated to the preservation of history and documents.” www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/p...

A new issue of the Journal of Contemporary History means new book reviews: first up is @heiditworek.bsky.social on The Wireless World: Global Histories of International Radio Broadcasting by @kindkovacs.bsky.social, @rebeccapscales.bsky.social et al. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

breaking the bluesky posting seal to share the exciting news that @heiditworek.bsky.social and I have a new article available from Past & Present on the perils and promises of periodization in global history. Send a chat or email @ institutional addresses for access. academic.oup.com/past/advance...

Huge thanks to @mdentandt.bsky.social and his CIGI team for working with @heiditworek.bsky.social and me on this series on elections and tech in 2024. And it was a privilege to work with so many excellent contributors to the series.

💗 @heiditworek.bsky.social for this lovely review of "The Wireless World": journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10..... This book was a total joy; a privilege to work with & learn from David Clayton, @kindkovacs.bsky.social Vincent Kuitenbrouwer, Simon Potter, Nelson Ribeiro, & @rebeccapscales.bsky.social.

#Postdoc job alert: 2-year SocSci/Humanities postdoc with my colleague @heiditworek.bsky.social & Bridge Consortium Proj. Focus: understanding/addressing abuse, disinformation, polarization in online discussions of vaccine development/safety, pandemic PH measures. sppga.ubc.ca/news/postdoc...

🎙️How did news agencies and wireless tech of 100 years ago shape the world? CSDI Director Heidi Tworek (@heiditworek.bsky.social) joins CIGI’s Policy Prompt podcast to unpack the lessons from history for today’s tech and media landscape. 🎧 Listen here: www.cigionline.org/pp/a-look-at...