Anna-Lena Rüland

Come join us at #UCL STEaPP & the Policy Impact Unit for an online webinar on the evolving landscape of #research #security policies across #Europe with Professor Andrew James (The University of Manchester) on 9th September from 13:30 – 15:00 BST 👇

Find out more and sign up here: lnkd.in/enK2G4J8

My co-panelists explored uncertainty in the context of:

- #algorithmic face recognition
- being a #patient of endocrinology
- identifying who counts as an #expert, and
- suggestive therapy in #psychotherapeutic cases.

If you are interested in their work, check out @edinitiative.bsky.social.

@williams-r-b.bsky.social, @paultrautt.bsky.social, Kim Hajek & Rena Alcalay managed to put a great #interdisciplinary panel on #uncertainty in data-intensive #research #practices together for @ishpssb2025.bsky.social. As part of it, I discussed uncertainty in the context of #research #security.

Call for Proposals | Forum: Theorizing Culture in Global Relations Call for proposals for a new Forum on Theorizing Culture in Global Relations in The Hague Journal of Diplomacy.

@haguediplomacyjrnl.bsky.social invites contributions to a forum on #theorizing #culture in #global #politics 📩

www.universiteitleiden.nl/hjd/news/202...

If you are studying culture in global politics, make sure to submit your proposal by 15 September!

Symposium: Japan between the East and the West Friday 25 April 2025 | Leiden University Institute of Security and Global Affairs – The Hague

Join our Symposium on *Japan between the East and the West* in The Hague! Experts from the Asia-Pacific, North America and Europe will debate Japan's international challenges when the 80-year-old international liberal order is shaken if not collapsing.
www.universiteitleiden.nl/hjd/news/202...

“We Need a CERN for AI”: Organized Scientific Interests and Agenda-Setting in European Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy - Minerva How do organized scientific interests shape the agenda of science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy in the European Union (EU)? I address this question by investigating how the so-called “CERN ...

#Regulation is not all there is to #AI governance.

This is why I focus on the role of #STI policy in governing AI in my latest article and trace the history of the so-called “CERN for AI” – a proposal to organize Europe’s AI research in a #CERN-like ecosystem 👇

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Check out this super interesting piece by my brilliant colleague and co-author👇

Great to see our first anniversary issue published 🤩🥳 Should you be at the @isanet.bsky.social Convention in #Chicago and interested in publishing with us, please feel free to reach out 📩

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Interested in the influence of mobility policies on global research dynamics & scientific collaboration? 🎓 Then submit an abstract to the Symposium on Government Policies and Scientific Collaborations that our colleague Dominika Czerniawska is organizing @unileiden.bsky.social: scicolnet.github.io

Trading off climate: how conventional trade interests shape climate discussions at PTA committees Debates over the role of trade policy in addressing climate change have gained steam in recent years. One proposed mechanism that might lead to improved climate outcomes runs through preferential t...

Very excited that my first PhD article on the promotion of climate objectives at trade committees is now out in @ripejournal.bsky.social!
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When does local resistance to Big Science persist and raise wide-spread attention? Lessons learned from the Thirty Meter Telescope controversy. Anna-Lena Rüland Large science projects, also known as “Big Science”, are typically presented as a win-win for all stakeholders involved, including for the local community. Yet research has shown that...

Thanks @ingaulnicane.bsky.social for featuring my blog post on local resistance to #Big #Science on the Europe for Knowledge blog 🙏 If you are interested in the science-society interface, go check it out: era.ideasoneurope.eu/2024/11/25/w....

Hey #STS crowd 👋 I would like to follow scholars working on the political sociology of science. Do you have any recommendations? Cheers 😊

Thoroughly enjoyed my first in-person #EASST4S2024. It was a real treat to be back in beautiful #Amsterdam, to make new connections here and to catch up with my @inscons.bsky.social colleagues 🤩 Kudos to @vuamsterdam.bsky.social for the great organisation (and food)!

Three INSCONS presentations at #EASST4S2024 on the socio-cognitive structure of #fusion, the role of #geopolitics in #fusion collaboration and #AI research governance in two days💪 Many thanks to the attendees and panel convenors for the interesting discussions 👥

@inscons.bsky.social represented at #EASST with no less than three presentations. If you are interested in #fusion & #AI research governance, join the presentations of INSCONS team members @arueland.bsky.social, Dominika Czerniawska & Richelle Boone today at 2pm and tomorrow at 8:30am 🤓

I am #PhDone! On 4 July, I successfully defended my #thesis @unileiden.bsky.social. Many thx to @inscons.bsky.social for funding my #PhD research and my opposition committee, @ingaulnicane.bsky.social, @jameswilsdon.bsky.social, JC Mauduit, Jan Melissen and Maria Rentetzi, for the great discussion.

In case you can read German and wonder how a professor at a public university can afford a private plane

Yesterday, INSCONS postdoc @arueland.bsky.social chaired a policy panel on #ResearchInfrastructures at #Eu-SPRI24. Panelists Emanuela Reale, Andrea Scharnhorst & Robert Feidenhans'l discussed issues like geopolitics and sustainability. We thank them & the audience for a thought-provoking exchange.

Sustaining local opposition to Big Science: A case study of the Thirty Meter Telescope controversy Big Science projects, which are extremely costly and typically revolve around large and complex instruments, are increasingly common in research. Prop…

Just in time for my defence in July, my third PhD article is now available #OA at Technology in Society: sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... Of my three PhD projects, this one was by far the most instructive & challenging. It taught me a lot about #positionality, #reflexivity & #Hawaiʻi.

So satisfying!

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

The UCL-based @inscons.bsky.social project is hiring two postdocs. If you are interested in international research collaboration, consider applying. Pls spread the word & message me if you'd like to chat about the position(s) 🗣️

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#STS peeps, I am looking for literature on the social structure (i.e. working styles, practices, norms etc) of the social sciences & humanities. I am particularly interested in the social structure of specific subfields (i.e. economics, history, polsci etc). Who can help me? 😊

Britain’s universities are in freefall – and saving them will take more than funding | Gaby Hinsliff Fundamental restructuring must happen, and an honest debate about what – and who – higher education is really for, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

"40% of English and Northern Irish universities (plus 36% of Scottish ones...) are expected to go into the red this year"

Just an absolutely WILD stat (at least from a US pov).

Was greeted with sunshine & cherry blossoms in #Atlanta for the 2024 Atlanta Academy on #Science & #Technology #Policy yesterday 🌸 very impressed with my cohort of fellows & their research. Many thanks to Cassidy Sugimoto, John Walsh & Georgia Tech for bringing us together!

Today I had the pleasure of talking about #publishing & #networking before & during the #PhD at a #PhD workshop for #IR MA students @unileiden.bsky.social. Big shout-out to the organisers of the workshop - supporting (aspiring) PhDs is so important!

It's official 🥳 Today marks the first day of my #postdoc at #UCL where I will continue working on #science #diplomacy, #research #infrastructures & #science, #technology and #innovation #policy. I am very excited to start this new chapter, but will miss beautiful #Leiden.

Bluesky is now open. Science Twitter, here’s how to use it! The once-great science twitter is, depending on who you talk to, either dying or dead. Once a vibrant place for many discussions related to my fields of marine biology, ocean conservation, and publ…

Friends, I wrote up a quick guide to getting started on Bluesky for folks who are used to old Science Twitter.

Please share it with your folks who are joining. And please let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong. 🧪

www.southernfriedscience.com/bluesky-is-n...

Interested in science diplomacy (SD)? 🤓 Then check out my co-author's & my new paper in Global Policy! We investigate the parliamentary discourse on SD against the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, contributing to recent debates on SD in times of war: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Bonn, heute Nachmittag.