"Tao is one of the most prominent mathematicians and academics to publicly oppose the administration’s actions, calling them an “existential threat” to his field, and academic science, more broadly. He said public advocacy is a priority over his research, for now." www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...

Plus, this was a v. cool finding from the paper - the sheer number of societal connections from the humanities faculty & through the deans specifically!

The 3rd article from my postdoc @au.dk w/ Lynn McAlpine, Søren Bengtsen, & @agtgibson.bsky.social, titled “How do deans of humanities understand and enact societal engagement within their broader experiences of leading? A Danish case study” is out and available open access here: lnkd.in/dkfqzS5t

New pub w/ @hannukarhunen.bsky.social & Steve DesJardins. We examined what happens when tuition fees are implemented on intl students in 🇫🇮. Focusing on intl std price sensitivity, we model (DID) the effects of the implementation of tuition fees. It’s open access link.springer.com/article/10.1....

#New journal article, just published in the Minerva journal! #openaccess Dynamics of International Research Collaboration in Higher Education in the Global Majority Systems: Evidence from Three Contexts Link: doi.org/10.1007/s110...

@helendecruz.net (1978-2025), RIP open.substack.com/pub/digressi...

For those who don't know, there is a gofundme set up for Helen's family. They are very humble to not mention it, so I will. www.gofundme.com/f/support-he...

Dear all, Helen passed away at 13:21 local time. Helen would not have wanted us to be sad for a long time. All they wanted was to be remembered. They looked forward to being rid of pain and to being at rest. Helen took great comfort in you, their friends and readers. pt. 1/2

On AI as a symptom and a cause of grief and trauma -- pandemic related and otherwise 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/grief-and-tr...

Fans of @helendecruz.net should try to attend this very unusual and lovely online event to honor her life while she is still with us. It's unclear whether she will be able to join but this feels much more meaningful than a memorial to me

Georgi Gardiner is hosting an online event to celebrate the philosophical art of @helendecruz.net next Tuesday, 6/24, at 11 a.m. CT. All are welcome! Details at www.georgigardiner.com/helen.

Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality. A thread on the new study written with @gatonievas.bsky.social [A thread 1/8🧵]

A structurally strange blog post today, as I basically repost an old post from a previous blog on method in the humanities, and then use that as a launching pad for entering into my academic middle age. I hope that I am aging with grace, but who knows. sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2025/06/meth...

It has been a wonderful first day at my new role as associate professor with the Uniped group in the Department of Education and Lifelong Learning at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in the beautiful city of Trondheim!

Latest post. Don’t know how many I have still in me helendecruz.substack.com/p/cant-take-...

New publication. Not just for people interested in engineering! But for anyone in HE interested in how students come to understand their disciplines.

"Kennedy said the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association and The Lancet...were 'corrupt'...'Unless those journals change dramatically, we are going to stop NIH scientists from publishing in them and we’re going to create our own journals in-house'”

New blog post by Sam Illingworth! 🚨 "If we want to improve retention, we need to support our educators – by fostering a culture where learning is shared, creativity is valued, and development feels both personal and powerful" teachinginhighereducation.wordpress.com/2025/05/24/d...

@scholarlycommrg.bsky.social has an open call for a postdoc looking at the role of IOs (the OECD, World Bank, IMF, and European Commission) shaping academic capitalism in Poland's higher education and science systems - no Polish required and a great team to work with! sc.amu.edu.pl/open-competi...

Tommorow is our next seminar, everyone is welcome!

Political theory/philosophy job in our Department! Deadline 26 May. Happy to answer questions by email. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Akira Kurosawa on writing

📣 Upcoming UCL IOE / PESGB London Seminar 🗓️ 30 April | 5:30–7:15 PM (Room 739, 20 Bedford Way) We are pleased to welcome Fadia Dakka @fadiadk.bsky.social for a seminar titled: 📚 From Rhythm to Rhuthmòs: An Exploration of Ethico-Pedagogic Forms of Learning in Contemporary Universities Join us !

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

There are so many ways one could provide context for this data. For example, in the last five years universities have received 52-55% of their research funding from the federal government. That's the lowest percentage since the 1950s. 1/x ncses.nsf.gov/surveys/high...

Ever felt uneasy about how concepts & measures of "grey zone" autocracies are used interchangeably across the literature? Then check out my 🚨new paper🚨 in @democratization.bsky.social and get some substance to back up your gut feeling: tinyurl.com/ypdm2kna Or at least read the main points below ⬇️

On 28th of April I will host PaTHES seminar with Martin on his exciting new book "The public university as real utopia" We definitely need more realistic and utopian thinking about university, so join us!

Registration link: t.co/OODCZD22VU Thanks with help with organising @tdelaquil.bsky.social

I AM HIRING 2 postdocs (5 years) in my @erc.europa.eu project "The Politics of the Latent Educational Cleavage" at @goetheuni.bsky.social @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social! German call: www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/170856927.pdf English call: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170858269.pdf Please share

📢Call for Abstracts –Glasgow-Peking Comparative Higher Education Symposium 2025 🌟Theme: Co-imagining Shared Futures of Higher Education in Diverse Contexts, Histories, Cultures, and Traditions 📅22–23 July 2025 📍University of Glasgow ✍️ Abstract Submission Deadline: 30 April 2025 ➡️ Details on poster

Read my blog post about what 'time inheritance' is and why it matters!

Come work at @ucddublin.bsky.social with @seaneens.bsky.social We are #hiring a 1-year #postdoc to support @guide-cohort.bsky.social Search 018435 for www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo... Due noon on 11th April Thx for RTs #PhDSky #DevPsych @eadp.bsky.social @srcdorg.bsky.social

The second article from my postdoc @au.dk with Lynn McAlpine, Søren Bengtsen, and @agtgibson.bsky.social, titled “Rectors and university-societal engagement: Representing the ‘reality’ of ‘their’ university” is out and available open access here: doi.org/10.1177/1478...

@henninghermes.com and I are looking for two PhD students for the ifo Center for the Economics of Education 👇

Visual university studies since the Cold War: mapping journal articles published in Englishes from 1992 to 2023 @dzbelluigi.bsky.social 🔓→ doi.org/10.1080/0729... #HigherEd #VisualStudies #Universities #ColdWar

The Review of International Organizations invites papers using geocoded data on foreign aid for a special issue “Analyzing Global Development with the Geocoded Official Development Assistance Dataset (GODAD).” See godad.me, godad.uni-goettingen.de/uploads/RIO_...

"We might see a fall in ODA, by 2027, of at least 25% relative to 2023 levels. And that’s very much a best-case scenario." ☹️ devpolicy.org/burden-shedd...

Reminder: Perspectives on Politics Call for Papers POLITICAL SCIENCE & THE UNIVERSITY Guest Editors: @anjaneundorf.bsky.social , Robert Pape, & Nicholas Tampio Deadline: August 1, 2025 More info here: https://buff.ly/3Wfo0Cq

🎓📣Here is a reminder that we are editing a special issue of @poppublicsphere.bsky.social on "Political Science & the University" with a special focus on academic freedom. The topic seems more relevant than we originally thought. Submit your articles by August 1, 2025. More info ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Today a senior exec from Taylor & Francis replied confirming that T&F journal articles *are* and will continue to be provided to its AI partners for model training, with *no opt-out*. Guess we know where we stand now - academics are creators of data for value generation by Big AI and publishers

From Paul Blumenthal: www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...

New publication: we discuss different ways to think through and map assetization in education. i, we look at the variety of assets in education; ii, the production and monetization of assets; iii, the embeddedness of assets in everyday, mundane practices; and iv, the politics of assetization.

A cartoon for #worldbookday (coming on Thursday 6th) for this week’s @theguardian.com books.

📢 Exciting news! The full agenda for next week's Structural Injustice Conference is available! Join us for the day or just a session - whether your interest is law, labour, criminal justice, social injustice, AI or health inequalities. Register now: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/events/struc...

Organizing my first ever online conference, please consider registering for the conference!

With university departmental closures are we seeing the emergence of geographical 'cold spots' for social science/humanities/arts (SHAPE) subjects? We've developed a new beta mapping tool using HESA data to enable you to explore the situation by subject www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...

📣 Job opportunity! Come and join our School of Education @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgeducation.bsky.social If is a fabulous place to work and learn! Closing date 16 March 2025.👇 www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...