Could agentic AI topple grant-funding systems? New article in @nature.com by @profgeraintrees.bsky.social & me, with data from 12 funders showing a 57% increase in grant applications since 2022 (& the launch of LLMs) rdcu.be/ffApn @rorinstitute.bsky.social @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social

My four-year-old said he wants to make YouTube videos about cutting open squishy toys when he grows up. Honestly, it seems like a more secure choice than pursuing a career in academia!

None believes in me the way LinkedIn does!

The @washingtonpost.com describes the deaths of an estimated 750,000 people to date as "messy"

Someone sent me this.

Talking to people about their use of AI makes one reflect on how disruptive and soul-crushing technology can be. And that technology is *e-mail*.

The #BigTech is becoming ever more powerful in modern societies & the policy implications of its rise remain underexplored @rosalingrad.bsky.social, Hongzhou Zhang & @arazth.bsky.social develop an idealized theoretical construct of the #SuperPolicyEntrepreneur 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

New paper out in Research Evaluation! I ask why universities that position themselves as civic institutions still undervalue local impact in the REF. The short answer: because they operate across different valuation regimes, and the "global" one comes with prestige. academic.oup.com/rev/article/...

new publication alert: a little commentary I wrote about 🔎 clues 🔎 and the detection of AI-generated material is out in American Ethnologist (paywalled at the moment, but hit me up if you can't access it): doi.org/10.1111/amet...

Conducting interviews with the same organisations after 6/7 years really made me realise the scale of the AI disruption. What used to be a cohesive organisational epistemology is now a set of tensions, conflicts or avoidance tactics.

Male loneliness epidemic!

Who gets to be the “loser” in policy stories? Narrative approaches in public policy often feel surprisingly (theoretically) thin on characters, so great to see this new paper by Rachel McGovern, Hilda Broqvist & Crystal Soderman in @psjeditor.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

"One in five (22%) also supported it for non-white citizens whose parents were born in the UK" - this is shocking. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

10/10 title! (And a really interesting paper as well!)

📣 Call for #ecprgc26 Papers ⚖️ The Politics and Practice of Truth: Critical and Interpretive Perspectives on the Relationship Between Evidence and Policy in Post-Truth Times 🪑 Lars Dorren & @justynabandola.bsky.social ⌛ Deadline: 5 Jan buff.ly/Kr4XaUA

I am delighted to share that I have been awarded a UKRI AI Metascience Fellowship. 🌐 My project, Transforming Evidence Synthesis: AI and the (R)evolution of the Evidence Ecosystem, will investigate the implications of AI on the practice of evidence synthesis and the broader research ecosystem.

STS to International Relations concept pipeline takes 15 years. I do not have hard evidence, but I just know it's true. I even have a theory why this is happening.

✨ Due to popular demand, we are organizing our #AI politics panel at the @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference for the 6th year in a row Topic this year 'Demystifying power in/ of Artificial Intelligence' Looking forward to seeing many of you at #ecprgc25 ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

@ingaulnicane.bsky.social and I are planning a workshop on the role and uses of AI in evidence-based policymaking in spring 2025. Get in touch if you’re interested in joining us!

Why do advisory organisations approach evidence differently? My new @policysociety.bsky.social paper explores the concept of evidence culture and how it shapes organisations' evidentiary standards (what evidence is seen as legitimate, valuable and actionable). academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

Now we need a starter pack with funny people and sh*tposters!

And here is another start pack, for all those interested in the politics of knowledge and expertise ! go.bsky.app/2A9TA3t

Competition in academia not only allocates resources but also socializes participants. We have studied how multiple competitions pile up, compete, or contradict each other in the postdoc stage, and how postdocs cope with these multiple sources of socialization. #IchbinHanna doi.org/10.1007/s107...

Good job here: This programme seeks to explore the meaning of social justice in an age of datafication and artificial intelligence (AI). jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/post...

Great position for philosophers of biology! #philsky #philbio #philsci

This morning I’m presenting the findings from my study on narrative CV at the SRHE conference. Hope to see some of you there!

Come be a sociology professor in a picture-postcard city! www.unilu.ch/en/universit...

New article out with Marta Wroblewska and the late Paul Benneworth about what the impact agenda means for ECRs negotiating an academic career. academic.oup.com/rev/advance-...

This hits close to home: Research on grieving unsuccessful grants in @sociologicalreview.bsky.social. What does it mean to perform as a good loser? What is actually lost with a grant rejection? doi.org/10.1177/0038...

"Hysterically y-ours: Reclaiming academic writing as a hysterical practice"- a really interesting paper on the politics of academic writing by Anna-Liisa Kaasila-Pakanen and Emmanouela Mandalaki. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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If you think Bourdieu's field theory can only be applied to national societies - or if you're as bored by this take as I am - this one is for you: My contribution to the The Oxford Handbook of Education and Globalization is concerned with post-national field theory academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

The Research on Research Institute is hiring! 4 roles available in our core team @rorinstitute.bsky.social, based at UCL. We’re seeking an Operations Manager; a Research Fellow in Metascience; a Communications & Impact Manager; and an Administrator. More here: researchonresearch.org/rori-is-hiri...

This looks like an excellent position. I really value reading about the historical background of the things that I study (e.g. the history of 'impact' might be traced to as far as the early 20th century). So this book below might be worth checking out for science-policy people.

The automated transcription tools seem to be... good now? The last time I checked them out was in 2019, and the quality was really not good. Has anyone had experience using them for bigger projects?

Taking advantage of the jet lag-driven morning stroll around the Berkeley campus.