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Dr Ola Michalec

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The absolute pinnacle of British engineering • unprofessional account of a Bristol Uni STSish researcher interested in digital energy infrastructure, cyber security expertise, and hyped up technologies • cover by https://disect.me/

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Dr Ola Michalec @olamichalec.bsky.social · Apr 11

🌳 My first solo article is out! Check out "Models vs infrastructures? On the role of digital twins’ hype in anticipating the governance of the UK energy industry", now out in Environmental Science and Policy
doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 15d

Open Science Workshop - detecting errors and misconduct in science
Dates: 20-22 October
Location: Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Registration link: tinyurl.com/3xkd8twf
ONLY PHYSICAL ATTENDENCE POSSIBLE! NO ONLINE POSSIBILITIES.

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Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society @carsoncenter.bsky.social · 12d

CfP: “The Ecological Bootprint: Apprehending the Military-Environmental Nexus” (conference)
📆17–19 March 2026
✍️Submission Deadline: 15 November 2025

This #conference seeks to critically examine the entanglements between the #military and the #environment.

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 18d

Today’s digital ID announcement yet another example of how X being the main platform for political discourse will inevitably throw the MSM’s coverage off course, because online right opinion is fevered/way off the beat with the public.

Guess who need digital/reliable ID most? Those in poverty.

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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 20d

🚨New job: Journals Coordinator.

This role supports the day-to-day activities involved in publishing our journals and is the main publisher contact for many journals on the list.

#PublishingJobs #AcademicPublishing

🌟Deadline: 5 October 2025:

Jobs

Are you looking for a job in academic publishing? Check our current job listings.

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 22d

This is disastrous, quite frankly.

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 22d

Financial Times and Guardian reporting this accurately...

www.ft.com/content/4e16...

Nigel Farage vows to ditch indefinite leave to remain for migrants

Reform UK leader says people with settled status would be forced to reapply for a new visa after five years

www.ft.com

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 22d

We’re hiring @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk for a postdoc in geopolitics of AI www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

Research Assistant/Associate (Fixed Term)

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 2 years in the first instance. Applications are invited for a Research Assistant/Associate at the new Bennett School of Public Policy in the

www.cam.ac.uk

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michael veale @michae.lv · 22d

Will Oxford disclose how much it paid (or did not pay) for this?

Surely a sweetheart deal (has research money thrown in!) so OpenAI can plaster Oxford over its marketing and raid other unis’ fees, library budgets to throw into the sector’s massive inference funding chasm.

University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 25d

NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.

ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.

Graphic from the University of Oxford, featuring an image of a glowing, digital brain with the text: 'Generative AI at Oxford'. Highlights that ChatGPT Edu is now available to all staff and students. Includes a link for more information: ox.ac.uk/gen-ai

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James Plunkett @jamestplunkett.bsky.social · 29d

👀 I'm hiring two roles for a new initiative launching soon (watch this space!) 👀

A Research Assistant and a Writer/Editor. Both part-time, freelance. c.5-10 days by end December, maybe more and ramping up over time (with no obligation). Both £350 pd. Especially keen to hear from good writers! 1/2

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 29d

One week left to apply 📅

We’re hiring for a Research Officer and a Lead Researcher.

Are you passionate about conducting qualitative research on poverty and financial hardship? Do you have a strong commitment to ethical and inclusive research?

Apply here: www.jrf.org.uk/careers.

Careers

Do you want to help build a fairer future, free from poverty? Join us and use your skills to make a real difference.

www.jrf.org.uk

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Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · Sep 14

@hypestudies.bsky.social is/was a conference with a difference. Non-hierarchical, welcoming and stimulating. After party at a cool little club, and many other (serious) memories. 🕺🏾 👨🏾‍💻 #FirstAndFifteenthOnTheRoad #uxmichaelco

Hype Studies party in the Sants neighbourhood of Barcelona, a small club lit with red light and lots of hypers having after hours getting down!

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Salman Khan @salmankhilji.bsky.social · Sep 12

Pleased to share that after a long, at-times difficult review process, 'Attuning to Uncertainty: Enacting Health in Platformised Taxicab Driving' w/ @tiagoemoreira.bsky.social is out now!

Available open-access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Attuning to Uncertainty: Enacting Health in Platformised Taxicab Driving

Increasing use of digital platforms for coordinating and organising work processes has drawn research interest in and policy concern about conditions …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Dr Ola Michalec @olamichalec.bsky.social · Sep 13

Against locking themselves into long term contracts without proven (?) effectiveness of the products for whatever use cases they imagine

Dr Ola Michalec @olamichalec.bsky.social · Sep 13

Since we're unlikely to be in the same room as billionaires,I'd hope we'd be able to at least engage directly with journalists so they get to ask better questions during their interviews. Other than that, continuing to point out the scale of costs Vs revenue and caution governments and institutions

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Dani Shanley @danishanley.bsky.social · Sep 11

A few highlights from @hypestudies.bsky.social conference day 2! Thanks to all involved for another great day 🙏

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · Sep 12

So many insights springing out of our Hype Studies conference in Barcelona. One, from investigative journalist Christo Buschek: the news outfits currently winning are those that resisted the previous wave of online hype @hypestudies.bsky.social. Christo was one of the team behind this

BuzzFeed News Has Won Its First Pulitzer Prize For Exposing China’s System For Detaining Muslims

BuzzFeed News won for its innovative series exposing China’s mass detention of Muslims and was named a finalist for its colossal FinCEN Files investigation into the global banking industry.

www.buzzfeednews.com

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Dani Shanley @danishanley.bsky.social · Sep 10

@hypestudies.bsky.social hitting the town!

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Rohan Fisher @rohanfisher.bsky.social · Sep 10

I wish I was here;

hypestudies.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social · Sep 4

We’re excited to share the final programme for the first Hype Studies Conference: (Don’t) Believe the Hype?!

📅 10–12 September 2025
📍 Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
🌐 Fully hybrid & free

👉 Full schedule:
hypestudies.org/media/pages/...

👉 All speakers & abstracts:
hypestudies.org/media/pages/...

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Dani Shanley @danishanley.bsky.social · Sep 9

Suuuuuper HYPED!

hypestudies.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social · Sep 9

Final preparations for our conference! 🎩
We are tremendously excited to welcome all participants in-person and online tomorrow for the first conference on Hype Studies! The time has come 😊😊
Wishing safe travels to all those who are joining us from afar!

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Tania Duarte @taniaduarte.bsky.social · Sep 7

Please join some amazing researchers for a discussion of their research into the roles metaphors play in shaping perceptions:

Exploring metaphors of AI: visualisations, narratives, and perceptions

Online @hypestudies.bsky.social
10th Sept 2025 at 2pm-3pm CEST

hypestudies.org/conference/c...

Exploring metaphors of AI:
Visualisations, narratives and perception

Hype Studies Conference (Barcelona) and ONLINE
10th September 2025 at 2pm-3pm CEST (UTC +2)
Online registration at hypestudies.org

Join an exploration of insightful research and art as explorations on how AI hype narratives derive power from metaphors. Featuring presentations, discussion and Q&A including:

Myra Cheng - Measuring and understanding public perceptions of AI through crowdsourced metaphors
Leo Lau - New visual metaphors of AI
Tania Duarte - Better Images of AI (moderator)
Anuj Gupta and Yasser Atef - ChatGPT metaphors for developing critical AI literacies
Rainer Rehak - AI narrative breakdowns of power and promise

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Dr Ola Michalec @olamichalec.bsky.social · Sep 9

and funders to create decent working conditions and sustainable career pathways.

If you've worked on a 'past hype', I'd love to hear your perspective!

Dr Ola Michalec @olamichalec.bsky.social · Sep 9

yes, we're going to be dragging the skeleton of the WEF Nexus out of the closet...but don't worry, there are lessons here for current and future hypes!

The core question is how do early career researchers deal with buzzy areas in science and what are the responsibilities of PIs, supervisors...

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Dr Ola Michalec @olamichalec.bsky.social · Sep 9

@hypestudies.bsky.social conference starts tomorrow, choo choo! I'm very excited to share our preprint with @cianooo.bsky.social and Joshua Moon: "Can buzzwords create infrastructures? Reflecting on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus approach" . zenodo.org/records/1699...

Can buzzwords create infrastructures? Reflecting on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus approach

Over the past few decades, the increasing pressures on water, energy and food have widened social inequalities and furthered environmental damage. The scholarship on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus (WEF N...

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · Sep 4

We're hiring a new lecturer @stsucl.bsky.social. We're looking for someone with particular interests in the environment. Please share widely 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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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · Sep 4

The best job I've ever had was at Demos. They're hiring people to work on AI and digital things. demos.co.uk/researcher-d... and demos.co.uk/lead-researc...

Researcher (Digital Policy Team)

Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.

demos.co.uk

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Dr. Vassilis Galanos, SFHEA - each one teach one @velocitygravity.bsky.social · Sep 4

I can strongly recommend diving into this reading list. More than honoured to see my work being in great company and that the resources collected and curated by the @hypestudies.bsky.social are already finding good homes.

Magdalena Donea | 🇷🇴 🇬🇷 🏳️‍🌈 ♿️ @maggy.kia.net · Sep 4

Final reading list for my AI course follows, week by week. UC summer sessions are 5 weeks, compressed from the 10 week regular quarter (already short). So, teaching Comm/Media undergrads an upper division class on this, during the summer of the constantly moving AI needle was… a challenge. Still:

Magdalena Donea | 🇷🇴 🇬🇷 🏳️‍🌈 ♿️ @maggy.kia.net · Jun 4

Pinned 🧵 -- a Critical AI reading list I'm building in conjuction with a course I'm teaching this summer. I'll be adding to this during the summer, both scholarly works and non-academic public writings, beginning with the Brian Merchant article in the post below:

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