Dit is wat regeringen zouden moeten doen. Besturen is niet โcomplexโ. Natuurlijk zijn er dilemmaโs, maar de naleving van het internationaal recht hoort daar niet bij.
๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฅ
International survey of 1138 scholars across 77 countries - plus four focus groups - maps the what, how and why. 69.2% already use it for at least one research task, especially writing and literature review.
5 takeaways:
medium.com/@hannes.cool...
Interesting stuff, Hannes. What strikes me is that (declared) AI-use is becoming a form of negative symbolic capital, i.e. the non-use of AI offers certain status rewards in the acad. field. This ofc reproduces existing hierarchies (native speakers vs non-native)... not sure how to overcome this.
This is why 'luxury is more (socially) sustainable' is a myth and not only in fashion. 'Made in Italy' can still mean 'Made in Abusive and Exploitative Conditions'..)
Italiaanse politie bezoekt modemerken als Prada en Versace vanwege mogelijke uitbuiting
/4 ๐ This is the final episode before summer. For me, it marks the end of a relentless academic year of mostly teaching - the purest form of public sociology. This also wraps up my first decade of teaching. More reflections on this milestone and what changed for better and worse to follow later!๐ซ
/3 ๐With thanks to our stellar guests, our support from the @aissr.bsky.social โฌand @erc.europa.eu funded BINQ project (Grant No. 101052649). Shout out as well as to co-editors Kobe de Keere and Sanne Pieters and our audio wizard Geert Veuskens.
/2๐๏ธโจ Great as summer travel listen or teaching companion for any MA seminar on the politics of meat, climate polarization, or the cultural sociology of the climate crisis! More platforms linked below.
You can find more about Happy Meat here (bit.ly/4527yKl) and Eco-Types here (bit.ly/40TStbf)
๐ง๐ฟ Our latest episode of the Culture and Inequality Podcast on the Cultural Politics of the Climate Crisis just dropped!
๐ฅฉ ๐ I talk with the great Josรฉe Johnston, Emily Huddart, and Shyon Baumann about their and @merinoleschuk.bsky.social just-published book Happy Meat and Emilyโs book Eco-Types!
Open vacancy for a Professorship in British Cultural Studies at TU Dortmund๐
tudberufung.hr4you.org/job/view/707...
My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here๐
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
How do elites navigate a world with meritocratic expectations and calls for diversity? I had the absolute privilege to talk to both Kristina Kolbe and @aaronreeves.bsky.social about their new books that address these very questions! Listen to the podcast here:
open.spotify.com/episode/1t5V...
So: environmentalism isnโt just an expression of privilege. Itโs also a way of opposing a different kind of privilege.
Read more here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... ๐ฑ๐
โจAbstract below. Looking forward to keep on working with colleagues at @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social and beyond. Grateful to those who kindly gave advice when writing this grant @giselinde.bsky.social @mlamont.bsky.social @dekkermischa.bsky.social Michiel Stapper @yoshaw.bsky.social & others ๐
๐Very happy I'm awarded a 3-year Postdoctoral Fellowship @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social. My project uncovers the cultural roots of climate polarization by studying how an 'oatmilk elite' of well-meaning climate advocates in ๐ง๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ช fashion like eco-influencers may exclude & moralise people unlike them...๐ฟ
'Wandeling' is ook zeer eufemistisch van de Standaard hier. Toen ze uit de halte op St Cat kwamen waren ze al voelbaar op jacht. En let op: VRT e.d. bestempelen dit niet zelf als racistisch, hoe overduidelijk het motief ook is, laat dat liever over aan lokale media (bruzz) en politici. Typisch.
Ik zag ook al een copilot ding verschijnen in outlook. En zelfs de zoekmachine van de KU Leuven bibliotheken wil nu een AI integreren. There's no escape...
De Duitse socioloog Werner Sombart noemde mode al in 1902 โhet lievelingskind van het kapitalismeโ. Dat staat op gespannen voet met de klimaatcrisis. We spraken met socioloog @luuc.bsky.social over zijn proefschrift naar mode en ideologie ondermediadoctoren.nl/afl-201-mode...
Seen this? Quite elegant and less reductive (but also somewhat less seductive...)
bsky.app/profile/camp...
Maps like these are a seductive but also somewhat reductive reading of the result, and one that plays into western German stereotypes of the East and the Ossis. See also @benstanley.eu 's thread below bsky.app/profile/bens...
I appreciate all the people recommending the Shock Doctrine. I've been thinking about what makes Trump's use of these tactics a little different.
In recent decades, shock tactics were used mainly to rapidly impose neoliberal economic policies. But what Trump is doing goes way beyond that.
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Ridgeline chart showing the distribution of global daily air temperature differences from the pre-industrial reference period (1850-1900), for every year between 1940 and 2024. Each individual year resembles a hill, shaded in a darker shade of red and further to the right for warmer years. The trend is clearly towards warmer years, with 2024 standing out as first year above 1.5C.
NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold.
We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.
2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
Iโve noticed that tendency too, which is why theyโre always quite surprised when you follow up on an individual conversation some weeks later (ranging from โhow did that stressful assignment for your other course pan out?โ to โhowโs your ill cat/dog/kid that caused your absence doing now?โ)
I spoke to @theguardian.com for their podcast today about the enduring propulsive power of Britainโs private schools, and the impact it has on the politics we get ๐ง
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
New article in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly and Iโm quite proud of this one!
What Shapes Feminist Journalism? Comparing Dutch and French Reporting on Street Harassment
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Would be great if you could include me!
Wat goed! Gefeliciteerd, dr. Britt!
New paper: Do social media algorithms shape affective polarization?
We ran a field experiment on X/Twitter (N=1,256) using LLMs to rerank content in real-time, adjusting exposure to polarizing posts. Result: Algorithmic ranking impacts feelings toward the political outgroup! ๐งตโฌ๏ธ
๐กNEW STUDY FINDSโฆ๐ก
Most people are willing to infer ideological/partisan preferences based on #food consumption choices in #Italy ๐ฅ๐ฅฆ๐ฅฉ๐ค
Read the article by G. Scaduto & F. Negri
โ HURRY UP! #FreeAccess here until 30th November ๐
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Grim reading, especially on a Sunday when writing postdoc grant applications - but interesting too. Thanks for sharing
