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Lai Ma
@erasurist.bsky.social
Professor at University College Dublin

ERC project: Sustainable and Collaborative Research Information for Bibliodiverse Ecosystems: A Transnational Study (SCRiBe)
A short commentary to reflect on open research in the humanities
For Researchers in the Humanities, Is Open Really Fair?
The open movement claims to include all disciplines. But it is profoundly shaped by the institution of science, leaving humanities researchers at risk.
katinamagazine.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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In next week's Jour Fixe, @alexcsiszar.bsky.social (Harvard University) will present on "Exporting publication standards: Eugene Garfield's global travels"
www.rmz.hu-berlin.de...
29.10.25, 11 CET, join us in person/ via zoom (link on website)!
@ibi-hu.bsky.social
RMZ Jour fixe/ Exporting publication standards: Eugene Garfield's global travels
Alex Csiszar (Department of the History of Science, Harvard University, USA)
www.rmz.hu-berlin.de
October 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
That feeling of training all your life to run a personal best. Such great vibe #berlinmarathon
September 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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We're super excited to announce the programme for our Jour Fixe in the upcoming semester! Every other Wednesday at 11am, guest speakers will present their current work on science and we are thrilled to welcome fantastic colleagues! Everyone is welcome, zoom links on our website. @ibi-hu.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Delighted to be part of this roundtable on US 'Universities and the State' now available open access with @hisjournalha.bsky.social
History Roundtable on US Universities and the State: Episodes from the Twentieth Century - History onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
History Roundtable on US Universities and the State: Episodes from the Twentieth Century
This roundtable explores four historical episodes in the history of state–university relations in the United States. In doing so, it addresses issues that also figure prominently in present-day debat...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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TOMORROW in Cambridge!
Don’t miss Sadiah Qureshi live, sharing insight on memory, knowledge & empire from her new book "Vanished".

With an introduction by Helen Macdonald

📍 David Attenborough Building | 6–10pm
🎟 Free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1395979053...

#PublicLecture #histSTEM #BSHS2025
"Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction" by Sadiah Qureshi
Join us for a fantastic lecture by Prof Sadiah Qureshi with an introduction by Helen MacDonald at the Babbage Lecture Theatre in Cambridge!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
July 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Job alert! Hiring two 4-year postdoctoral research scientists for my project SCRiBe

Job description at www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs

Ref 018504 for position with a focus on Latin America

Ref 018496 for position with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa and other regions
Sustainable and Collaborative Research Information for Bibliodiverse Ecosystems: A Transnational Study | SCRiBe | Projekt | Fact Sheet | HORIZON | CORDIS | European Commission
This project aims to understand the conceptualisation of open in the open access movement and the development of open research infrastructure from a transnational perspective by identifying boundaries...
cordis.europa.eu
April 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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My School at University College Dublin is hiring a permanent Lecturer in Information and Communication Studies with a focus on Library and Information Studies. Check it out and share widely! universityvacancies.com/university-c...
Lect/Assist Prof in Information & Communication Studies, Perm | University Vacancies IrelandUniversity Vacancies Logo
universityvacancies.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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I wonder if there's any link between this private company having extra money and most UK universities having no money.
At least Springer Nature is doing well while higher education is collapsing all over the place.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
March 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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"We must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us."

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/3/14/enos-levitsky-harvard-columbia-trump/
March 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Welcome to RESSH2025 conference 19-21 May, 2025, in Helsinki, Finland! Deadline for paper and poster submissions is 31st of January, 2025.
RESSH2025 of the international association ENRESSH has a special focus on the social sciences and humanities (SSH): vastuullinentiede.fi/en/events/re...
RESSH2025 Conference
RESSH2025 conference of the international association ENRESSH (European Network for Research Evaluation in the SSH) is organized 19-21 May, 2025, in Helsinki, Finland. It brings together specialists o...
vastuullinentiede.fi
December 16, 2024 at 10:41 AM
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💙💛 Five UCD researchers have been awarded prestigious European Research Council Consolidator Grants—marking the highest number awarded to an Irish university in a single call.
December 11, 2024 at 1:47 PM
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Some of the speakers at the #openresearchforum, Open Publishing & Research Excellence yesterday here
@uniofgalway.bsky.social. Incredible insights in #openresearch expressed by all.
@erasurist.bsky.social @monicacrump
@donalmoy.bsky.social @cillianjoy @jensmith
December 13, 2024 at 10:24 AM
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New CfP alert! Consider submitting to our forthcoming special issue on "Open Research for the Humanities and Social Sciences" edited by Dr. Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org. CfP available here: journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/news/196/ Abstracts due January 30 2025
Call for Papers: Special Issue on Open Research for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Call for papers: Special Issue on Open Research for the Humanities and Social Sciences ​​Abstract submission deadline: 30 January 2025 In recent years, research production and communication in the bio...
journals.publishing.umich.edu
November 28, 2024 at 10:31 AM
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"In response to that article I was getting hate mail, I was getting attacked. I thought, 'these people have a script.'"

Today's special guest is acclaimed science historian @naomioreskes.bsky.social discussing her public facing work on the social construction of ignorance.

Not to be missed! 🧪
S4 Ep 7 - Naomi Oreskes on 'Writing on Ignorance' - The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science
"In response to that article, I was getting hate mail. I was getting attacked. I thought, these people have a script. This is a story that people need to understand. This isn't just something of acade...
thehpspodcast.buzzsprout.com
October 30, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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I'm hiring a postdoc at Cambridge to work on a new research project on open research in the humanities and social sciences. Starting in February for three years. Please share!

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48788/
Research Associate (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Associate (Fixed Term) in the University Library at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
October 18, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Bluesky, Belfield, Dublin
August 11, 2023 at 10:56 AM