Why do we need a printed, posted "Vehicle Tax Reminder" (V11) letter, with a unique reference number? Why can't anyone tax if they want to with just the Reg, & confirmation certificate going to registered keeper? Would save so much money! Do a lot of fairy godparents want to tax others' cars?

Please join for @ieseg.fr International Women's Day event that *actually* digs deep, this time re impact of AI on women's careers/families, but also on societies. Feat Dr Hertog @oii.ox.ac.uk & Dr Koning @harvard.edu. March 9 1-2 pm CET, sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/iwd-2026-u... All welcome!

Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943-) is a Northern Irish physicist who, while conducting research for her doctorate, discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967. This discovery earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1974, but not to her - the prize was awarded to her (male) supervisor. #CelebratingWomen

📣 Come join a top-5 strategy department in Europe and work with me on an exciting topic at the intersection of causal AI and strategy 🤖📈 I'm recruiting a PhD student as part of my Sapere Aude Research Leader Grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark. (1/3)

Writing an introduction is mostly deciding which literatures you're brave enough to annoy

Only 30% of my students showed up for class today. 35% have never shown up this term (Week 4). This is the first time since 2022 (when I first taught this module here) that I’ve not had 90-100% attendance at every session. Trying to wrap my head around what’s going on!

Can you build a career and make a positive impact? Absolutely. Professor Matthew Agarwala explains how studying sustainability can open doors to careers in finance, consulting, policy, tech, and beyond. 🎥 Watch the full presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzkG8oJCyiE

As a PhD student, I was told that "seniors" are always really busy, though I speculated, I really wasn't sure how this materialized. I'm not yet SSJ3 Senior, just like baby-senior, but one way it materializes is "Death by 1000 cuts" ⬇️

Again, annoyingly, UKRI staff mentioning 3 areas (buckets) rather than 4. Why do I keep mentioning this? Because in my view bucket 4 which includes talent (PhD funding etc.), infrastructure and institutes should not be an after thought as they create a distinct critical capability for the UK.

The MRC has asked each of its grant review boards to recommend no more than 3 applications for funding, RPN has heard from multiple sources Normally, boards recommend an average of 12-13 bids, so the success rate this year will be tiny This affects applicant-led calls which closed in 2025...

How do stories shape leadership and brands? Join the Sussex MBA Speaker Series with Roger Wade, founder of Boxfresh & Boxpark, and Sussex alumnus, as he shares how storytelling shaped his entrepreneurial journey. Register now: https://ow.ly/1pap50Y5Omt

Looking to connect with a UK contracts lawyer who understands complex research projects and IP consequences, and UK Higher Education environment. Single (not ongoing) consultancy. Please RT.

Have you been asked to be involved in a #GiveToGain #IWD20260 event? You may wish to know the below. TL:DR the #GiveToGain campaign is run by a private limited company with no apparent links to the UNWomen's campaign or feminist movement. Profiting from merchandise www.kcl.ac.uk/internationa...

Overheads rocketed out of step with salaries and funding. I've sat with many an academic with costs way over budget who see cutting the RA and doing more themselves as the only way to stay in budget once essential DI non-staff is covered.

hey dear history-of-science-community: is there an equivalent to the Solvay-conference on physics 1927 (Brussels) in other disciplines that can be regarded as forming moment of a research field? Any in the SSH? @jelena3121.bsky.social @martinreinhart.openbiblio.social.ap.brid.gy

JOB! I'm hiring a postdoc for 2 years on my ERC MaMo project. Looking for someone with strong quant methods, ongoing work close to the project's aims, and a desire to publish in sociology. Start flexible in the next 12 months. Formal call out shortly, but contact me first.

Together with the @royalsociety.org, we invite applications for the International Fellowships 2026. The scheme supports international early career researchers in advancing their expertise through collaborations with UK partners. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3LaMIBC

Peer Review is broken because a generation of Editors were trained that peer review is sacrosanct. Thus we have Editors who are clerks, sending and re-sending manuscripts to reviewers until they are happy. That's not the job. Be an Editor, not a clerk. Use your skill and judgement. Make decisions.

Ethnographers/qual researchers among you: What note-writing software do you use and do you recommend it? Not the physical jottings, but when you get back to your computer and write it all out. Like Evernote, Google Keep, OneNote, etc. I've only used Word, and that becomes a mess. TIA!

This small clifftop station on the Lizard helped change how the world communicates. This January marks 125 years since the opening of the Lizard Wireless Station – a small clifftop station with a truly global legacy. Photo: David Sellman

It is not "a one-time gesture of goodwill" if you are sending me something because you made a mistake. It is a partial reparation, undermined by your attitude. #Rant

I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.

Saturday night thread: Reply with the song that describes you the worst yet nevertheless gets you going. Here's mine: open.spotify.com/track/5PbCpQ...

I know I do this a lot but I will never get over flight attendants being both the only thing standing between me and death in an emergency and also credit card salespeople. Truly, in a right world, one could only be one at a time and never in the same place at the same time.

3a. When asked to think carefully about what they would have to spend less time doing, in order to write more, many people realize that they don't actually want to spend more time writing. They want to have more written output with their name on it, which is a different goal.

Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up. I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.

52 is no age at all. Such a senseless loss, especially when so much slime and evil endures. 😢 theconversation.com/emma-johnsto...

What is the intersection of machine learning, causal inference, and economics? What are promising avenues for research at this intersection? I just drafted a new talk exploring these questions: maxkasy.github.io/home/files/s... Thoughts and comments welcome!

Knives Out 3 is the best so far. Still only a max. 4-star. BUT it is visually beautiful, much more self-aware and referential, with a perfectly-cast ensemble. Might be less laudatory had I paid for it or been inconvenienced by a cinema trip. Otherwise delightful!

Thrilled to announce the Handbook of Computational Social Science is officially out! 956 pages, 118 authors, and truly global, interdisciplinary perspectives. Deep thanks to the contributors and anonymous reviewers who shaped this over 4 years. Buy your copy now! @elgarpublishing.bsky.social

How can analytical sociology harness the computational social science revolution? 🔆 👉Observe behavior in actual social environments, capture interdependent dynamics, follow up cumulative effects 🔗Access chapter 5 on strengthening mechanism-based explanations of macro phenomena osf.io/preprints/so...

It's become a mantra that the govt are protecting curiosity-driven research It's still the biggest chunk of UKRI's budget But figures out today clearly show it will decline in real-terms, while spending on govt priorities and innovation will rise www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Films that are gaslighting you 🎬The Good, The Bad and The Don’t You Think You’re Overreacting 🎬Burn After Reading Way Too Much Into This 🎬Catch Me If You Can You Hear Yourself? 🎬The Unbearable Lightness of Being Way Too Sensitive 🎬Taken (Things the Wrong Way Again) 🎬Love Actually I Never Said That

Research questions generated by AI. Questionnaires filled out by AI. Paper written by AI. Paper reviewed by AI. Just make it stop.

How did fridges + self-service transform UK shopping? Prof. Andrew Godley breaks down how Britain reshaped the US supermarket model, and how these shifts boosted women’s agency + changed retail. 👉 Full Q&A: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/business-school/blog/blog-articles?id=69606

Just signed a collaboration agreement between SPRU and the National Assembly of Korea. www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...

Why do research projects sometimes end up somewhere unexpected? In a new blog post, RoRI research fellow Josie Coburn shares findings from 21 interviews with biomedical scientists: researchonresearch.org/why-research...

Yess.. this beauty will be published in 2026 📖👍 check out fixingacademia.com for more info. #booksky #fixingacademia

We're recruiting for a Research Assistant We're looking for someone interested in one or more of the following - institutions; governance; devolution; place-based policy; and public administration. 📆 Apply by 5 January 2026 🔗https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/research-assistant-fixed-term-jb48083

Want to be an intern at Microsoft Research in the Computational Social Science group in NYC (Jake Hofman, David Rothschild, Dan Goldstein) Follow this link and do your thing! Deadline approaching soonish! apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...

My Bluesky unwrapped Most common words: “Engagement. Science. London. Glasgow. Help” checks out 😅 Seriously though, having a pocket full of pals means the world to me. I feel so very lucky to have such a supportive community. Try yours here: anisota.net/harvest/

IC2S2 2026 registration is open! Explore the 2026 conference here ➡️ ic2s2-2026.org ✔️ Submissions open December 15th ✔️ Keynotes will be announced between now and February ✔️ Full program of selected talks and tutorials will be available in late April

I am hiring a postdoc for a DFF-funded project on social influence, and the decision processes that fuel rich-get-richer dynamics in the online/offline world. The position is for up to a year, competitive Danish salary, remote work possible. Interested or know somebody? DM me or share!

What would you do if your 2SLS estimates are much larger than OLS, but you still have confidence in the instrument? Any tools or techniques to further probe what's going on?

For anyone who would like to "try" a session, I will be opening up some slots in January. Disclaimer: I do not hold one of the "Big 3" certifications (because they cost thousands, take years to complete if you work, and no longer guarantee clients), but I do have £1M professional insurance.

Idle thought. Could we fix the council tax revaluation problem by having a “revalue upon sale”approach? Because visibly we are not gonna exit from “property tax values that are older than the Czech Republic” by going through it to *existing* homeowners.

What, exactly, is the point of the "Keep me signed in" tick box? Does it actually work, on any site?

Whoever came up with the idea of charging foreigners a $100 surcharge to enter the big national parks has obviously never visited a national park. - It will discourage foreign visitors (and their money) - It will mean miserably long wait times for everyone as park entry attendants check passports

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