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Tony Craig @tony-craig.bsky.social · Jul 3

I've been thinking the term "wasting time". It has never made much sense to me. All those moments of procrastination that seem to be putting off writing a paper that wants to be written are not wasting time. They are moments of mental preparation. For moments of efficiency that will come later.

The James Hutton Institute @hutton.ac.uk · Jun 25

📢 We’re #hiring: Graduate #ResearchAssistants (x4)

Our @huttonsegs.bsky.social department is looking to appoint four Graduate Research Assistants to support a wide range of ongoing interdisciplinary projects #GraduateJobs

📅 Deadline: 18 July 2025

Apply now: ow.ly/eZC350WfwEG

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Tony Craig @tony-craig.bsky.social · Jun 25

A research project that involves counting sheep? A European consortium could be formed around this with the acronym INSOMNIA.

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Tony Craig @tony-craig.bsky.social · Jun 20

Really enjoyed the #icep2025 conference in Vilnius this week. Astoundingly well organised conference, and a brilliant week of brain boosting discussions. Fabulous!

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Tony Craig @tony-craig.bsky.social · Apr 21

I am very happy to say that Mags Currie is taking on the Head of Department role for SEGS. I have enjoyed the experience (apart from covid - a rubbish time to be a manager!), but I am ready to do more academic stuff again. Congratulations Mags - the department is very lucky - you will be superfab!

The James Hutton Institute @hutton.ac.uk · Apr 21

📢 We're proud to announce Dr Mags Currie has been appointed as the new Head of @huttonsegs.bsky.social.

A human geographer with a strong background in #SocialScience, she’ll lead vital work on sustainable land use & rural community wellbeing.

Read more: ow.ly/v13M50VEElS

Mags Currie appointed head of SEGS, picture of Mags with quote that reads - “ I’m really privileged to step into the role of Head of Department in SEGS. It’s such an honour to lead a fantastic group of social scientists and I look forward to supporting them as best as I can in delivering their excellent research ”

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The James Hutton Institute @hutton.ac.uk · Apr 21

📢 We're proud to announce Dr Mags Currie has been appointed as the new Head of @huttonsegs.bsky.social.

A human geographer with a strong background in #SocialScience, she’ll lead vital work on sustainable land use & rural community wellbeing.

Read more: ow.ly/v13M50VEElS

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Tony Craig @tony-craig.bsky.social · Apr 17

I think this statement is a good generalisable hypothesis that could be used to compare all local authorities. Everyone loves a metric these days. Maybe you need to convert this into a nice KPI. Call it the 'Walker metric'. With a footnote about other transport forms that do not follow your surname!

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Tony Craig @tony-craig.bsky.social · Apr 12

I've been hearing quite a lot recently about how AI tools can help with repetitive boring tasks. I am not convinced that this is the best use of computational power. Why can we not simply ask ourselves if some of the repetetive tasks we do currently are perhaps pointless, and stop doing them?

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Tony Craig @tony-craig.bsky.social · Mar 30

But you do like complaining. So there is a benefit!

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Behavioural Research UK (BR-UK) @behaviourresuk.bsky.social · Mar 21

📢 Exciting PhD opportunity!

A BR-UK studentship based at Cardiff University on the use of behavioural research at the interface of public health and climate change is open for applications.
Apply by 28th March here: shorturl.at/qQeul

Behavioural Research-UK studentship: Use of behavioural research at the interface of public health and climate change at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Behavioural Research-UK studentship: Use of behavioural research at the interface of public health and climate change at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Behavioural Research UK (BR-UK) @behaviourresuk.bsky.social · Feb 12

Centre-UB is offering 15 new studentships!
Co-designed & co-supervised by University of Birmingham researchers and partner organisations, these PhD opportunities provide unique learning experiences across various sectors and environments.
Find out more here: www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/cen...

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International Association for People-Environment Studies @iaps-association.bsky.social · Feb 19

The IAPS Board is interested to learn about the wider people-environment community - both members and non-members of the association.

Can you help us by completing this 10-minute survey?

surreyfahs.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

You do not need to be a member of IAPS. Thank you!

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The James Hutton Institute @hutton.ac.uk · Feb 7

Join our @huttonsegs.bsky.social researchers for an interactive event aimed at identifying #circular solutions to amplify the benefits of a more #CircularSociety.

Exploring practical steps to create meaningful change!

📅 February 20 | 🕛 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

More: bit.ly/3Wmp5It

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Tony Craig @tony-craig.bsky.social · Feb 1

I am super happy to advertise this fully funded phd (co-supervised by me). Deadline for applying 5th march: www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/cen...

Understanding pro-environmental decision making: an agent-based modelling approach

www.birmingham.ac.uk

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Tony Craig @tony-craig.bsky.social · Jan 29

Thanks for a really interesting webinar. One thing that I thought might be worth noting as an additional use case for LLMs is their increasing usefulness in helping with coding tasks related to data analysis. I have found Claude and Gemini to be really useful in helping to plug my R knowledge gaps.

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · Jan 15

JOB KLAXON: Research Associate in Behaviour Sciences to join the Knowledge Transfer Partnership team between Dwr Cymru/Welsh Water and the Water Institute and @cast-centre.bsky.social at Cardiff University

More info below👇

@cast-centre.bsky.social

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Research Associate (KTP) - Cardiff University - Job Details

Job Details: Research Associate (Knowledge Transfer Partnership)We are looking for a Research Associate to join the Knowled

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Robert West @robertjwest.bsky.social · Jan 14

A great opportunity has opened up for a permanent full-time post in the Centre for Behaviour Change at UCL. If only I were 30 years younger ... www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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International Association for People-Environment Studies @iaps-association.bsky.social · Dec 11

The deadline for the 2025 ICEP (International Conference on Environmental Psychology) conference in Vilnius, Lithuania is approaching fast. Don't forget to submit your abstract by the 15th of December 2024

www.icep2025.com/call-for-abs…

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Tony Craig @tony-craig.bsky.social · Dec 8

What a brilliant idea! I have long felt that the culture of rejection in academia is not spoken about enough. As someone with a cupboard full of paper and grant rejections, I think this idea is totally ace!

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Tony Craig @tony-craig.bsky.social · Dec 6

Could I be added please?

Tony Craig @tony-craig.bsky.social · Dec 3

Great initiative Wouter. Would love to be added.

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Kathryn Colley @katcolley.bsky.social · Nov 19

We’re hiring FOUR permanent post-docs to join The James Hutton Institute’s Social, Economic & Geographical Sciences dept. If you’re looking for opportunities to do applied environmental social science in a collaborative and supportive environment this is for you!

Research Scientist: Social Science - Aberdeen

The Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences (SEGS) department contains a range of researchers, using a range of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods and often taking interdisciplinary and/or...

hutton.current-vacancies.com

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