Sarah Otner
@sarahotner.bsky.social
Professor of Org. Theory & Innovation. Lapsed dancer and diver, resumed swimmer, jogger-in-training. Data wonk, travel geek, foodie. Studies #fragrance, #architecture, #books, #metascience. Loves dogs & crime fiction.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2743-8462
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2743-8462
Reposted by Sarah Otner
Thrilled to announce the Handbook of Computational Social Science is officially out! 956 pages, 118 authors, and truly global, interdisciplinary perspectives. Deep thanks to the contributors and anonymous reviewers who shaped this over 4 years. Buy your copy now!
@elgarpublishing.bsky.social
@elgarpublishing.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Thrilled to announce the Handbook of Computational Social Science is officially out! 956 pages, 118 authors, and truly global, interdisciplinary perspectives. Deep thanks to the contributors and anonymous reviewers who shaped this over 4 years. Buy your copy now!
@elgarpublishing.bsky.social
@elgarpublishing.bsky.social
Please connect me to a lawyer who specializes in *timeshares*. Primarily in PA and FL, but happy to talk to anyone who can help. It's time-sensitive. Please RT!
December 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Please connect me to a lawyer who specializes in *timeshares*. Primarily in PA and FL, but happy to talk to anyone who can help. It's time-sensitive. Please RT!
Reposted by Sarah Otner
How can analytical sociology harness the computational social science revolution? 🔆
👉Observe behavior in actual social environments, capture interdependent dynamics, follow up cumulative effects
🔗Access chapter 5 on strengthening mechanism-based explanations of macro phenomena osf.io/preprints/so...
👉Observe behavior in actual social environments, capture interdependent dynamics, follow up cumulative effects
🔗Access chapter 5 on strengthening mechanism-based explanations of macro phenomena osf.io/preprints/so...
December 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
How can analytical sociology harness the computational social science revolution? 🔆
👉Observe behavior in actual social environments, capture interdependent dynamics, follow up cumulative effects
🔗Access chapter 5 on strengthening mechanism-based explanations of macro phenomena osf.io/preprints/so...
👉Observe behavior in actual social environments, capture interdependent dynamics, follow up cumulative effects
🔗Access chapter 5 on strengthening mechanism-based explanations of macro phenomena osf.io/preprints/so...
Reposted by Sarah Otner
It's become a mantra that the govt are protecting curiosity-driven research
It's still the biggest chunk of UKRI's budget
But figures out today clearly show it will decline in real-terms, while spending on govt priorities and innovation will rise
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
It's still the biggest chunk of UKRI's budget
But figures out today clearly show it will decline in real-terms, while spending on govt priorities and innovation will rise
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
December 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's become a mantra that the govt are protecting curiosity-driven research
It's still the biggest chunk of UKRI's budget
But figures out today clearly show it will decline in real-terms, while spending on govt priorities and innovation will rise
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
It's still the biggest chunk of UKRI's budget
But figures out today clearly show it will decline in real-terms, while spending on govt priorities and innovation will rise
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Reposted by Sarah Otner
Films that are gaslighting you
🎬The Good, The Bad and The Don’t You Think You’re Overreacting
🎬Burn After Reading Way Too Much Into This
🎬Catch Me If You Can You Hear Yourself?
🎬The Unbearable Lightness of Being Way Too Sensitive
🎬Taken (Things the Wrong Way Again)
🎬Love Actually I Never Said That
🎬The Good, The Bad and The Don’t You Think You’re Overreacting
🎬Burn After Reading Way Too Much Into This
🎬Catch Me If You Can You Hear Yourself?
🎬The Unbearable Lightness of Being Way Too Sensitive
🎬Taken (Things the Wrong Way Again)
🎬Love Actually I Never Said That
December 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Films that are gaslighting you
🎬The Good, The Bad and The Don’t You Think You’re Overreacting
🎬Burn After Reading Way Too Much Into This
🎬Catch Me If You Can You Hear Yourself?
🎬The Unbearable Lightness of Being Way Too Sensitive
🎬Taken (Things the Wrong Way Again)
🎬Love Actually I Never Said That
🎬The Good, The Bad and The Don’t You Think You’re Overreacting
🎬Burn After Reading Way Too Much Into This
🎬Catch Me If You Can You Hear Yourself?
🎬The Unbearable Lightness of Being Way Too Sensitive
🎬Taken (Things the Wrong Way Again)
🎬Love Actually I Never Said That
Reposted by Sarah Otner
Research questions generated by AI. Questionnaires filled out by AI. Paper written by AI. Paper reviewed by AI. Just make it stop.
Did you know that from tomorrow, Qualtrics is offering synthetic panels (AI-generated participants)?
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
December 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Research questions generated by AI. Questionnaires filled out by AI. Paper written by AI. Paper reviewed by AI. Just make it stop.
Reposted by Sarah Otner
How did fridges + self-service transform UK shopping?
Prof. Andrew Godley breaks down how Britain reshaped the US supermarket model, and how these shifts boosted women’s agency + changed retail.
👉 Full Q&A: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/business-school/blog/blog-articles?id=69606
Prof. Andrew Godley breaks down how Britain reshaped the US supermarket model, and how these shifts boosted women’s agency + changed retail.
👉 Full Q&A: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/business-school/blog/blog-articles?id=69606
December 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
How did fridges + self-service transform UK shopping?
Prof. Andrew Godley breaks down how Britain reshaped the US supermarket model, and how these shifts boosted women’s agency + changed retail.
👉 Full Q&A: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/business-school/blog/blog-articles?id=69606
Prof. Andrew Godley breaks down how Britain reshaped the US supermarket model, and how these shifts boosted women’s agency + changed retail.
👉 Full Q&A: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/business-school/blog/blog-articles?id=69606
Reposted by Sarah Otner
Just signed a collaboration agreement between SPRU and the National Assembly of Korea.
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
University of Sussex signs landmark MoU with National Assembly of Korea
University of Sussex signs landmark MoU with National Assembly of Korea
www.sussex.ac.uk
December 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Just signed a collaboration agreement between SPRU and the National Assembly of Korea.
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
Reposted by Sarah Otner
Why do research projects sometimes end up somewhere unexpected?
In a new blog post, RoRI research fellow Josie Coburn shares findings from 21 interviews with biomedical scientists: researchonresearch.org/why-research...
In a new blog post, RoRI research fellow Josie Coburn shares findings from 21 interviews with biomedical scientists: researchonresearch.org/why-research...
Why researchers change direction - and what funders should do about it - Research on Research
New insights from 21 biomedical researchers
researchonresearch.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Why do research projects sometimes end up somewhere unexpected?
In a new blog post, RoRI research fellow Josie Coburn shares findings from 21 interviews with biomedical scientists: researchonresearch.org/why-research...
In a new blog post, RoRI research fellow Josie Coburn shares findings from 21 interviews with biomedical scientists: researchonresearch.org/why-research...
Reposted by Sarah Otner
Yess.. this beauty will be published in 2026 📖👍 check out fixingacademia.com for more info.
#booksky #fixingacademia
#booksky #fixingacademia
December 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Yess.. this beauty will be published in 2026 📖👍 check out fixingacademia.com for more info.
#booksky #fixingacademia
#booksky #fixingacademia
Reposted by Sarah Otner
We're recruiting for a Research Assistant
We're looking for someone interested in one or more of the following - institutions; governance; devolution; place-based policy; and public administration.
📆 Apply by 5 January 2026
🔗https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/research-assistant-fixed-term-jb48083
We're looking for someone interested in one or more of the following - institutions; governance; devolution; place-based policy; and public administration.
📆 Apply by 5 January 2026
🔗https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/research-assistant-fixed-term-jb48083
December 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We're recruiting for a Research Assistant
We're looking for someone interested in one or more of the following - institutions; governance; devolution; place-based policy; and public administration.
📆 Apply by 5 January 2026
🔗https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/research-assistant-fixed-term-jb48083
We're looking for someone interested in one or more of the following - institutions; governance; devolution; place-based policy; and public administration.
📆 Apply by 5 January 2026
🔗https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/research-assistant-fixed-term-jb48083
Reposted by Sarah Otner
Want to be an intern at Microsoft Research in the Computational Social Science group in NYC (Jake Hofman, David Rothschild, Dan Goldstein)
Follow this link and do your thing! Deadline approaching soonish!
apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...
Follow this link and do your thing! Deadline approaching soonish!
apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...
Research Intern - Computational Social Science | Microsoft Careers
Research Interns put inquiry and theory into practice. Alongside fellow doctoral candidates and some of the world's best researchers, Research Interns learn, collaborate, and network for life. Researc...
apply.careers.microsoft.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Want to be an intern at Microsoft Research in the Computational Social Science group in NYC (Jake Hofman, David Rothschild, Dan Goldstein)
Follow this link and do your thing! Deadline approaching soonish!
apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...
Follow this link and do your thing! Deadline approaching soonish!
apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...
Reposted by Sarah Otner
My Bluesky unwrapped
Most common words: “Engagement. Science. London. Glasgow. Help” checks out 😅
Seriously though, having a pocket full of pals means the world to me. I feel so very lucky to have such a supportive community.
Try yours here: anisota.net/harvest/
Most common words: “Engagement. Science. London. Glasgow. Help” checks out 😅
Seriously though, having a pocket full of pals means the world to me. I feel so very lucky to have such a supportive community.
Try yours here: anisota.net/harvest/
December 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
My Bluesky unwrapped
Most common words: “Engagement. Science. London. Glasgow. Help” checks out 😅
Seriously though, having a pocket full of pals means the world to me. I feel so very lucky to have such a supportive community.
Try yours here: anisota.net/harvest/
Most common words: “Engagement. Science. London. Glasgow. Help” checks out 😅
Seriously though, having a pocket full of pals means the world to me. I feel so very lucky to have such a supportive community.
Try yours here: anisota.net/harvest/
Reposted by Sarah Otner
IC2S2 2026 registration is open!
Explore the 2026 conference here ➡️ ic2s2-2026.org
✔️ Submissions open December 15th
✔️ Keynotes will be announced between now and February
✔️ Full program of selected talks and tutorials will be available in late April
Explore the 2026 conference here ➡️ ic2s2-2026.org
✔️ Submissions open December 15th
✔️ Keynotes will be announced between now and February
✔️ Full program of selected talks and tutorials will be available in late April
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
IC2S2 2026 registration is open!
Explore the 2026 conference here ➡️ ic2s2-2026.org
✔️ Submissions open December 15th
✔️ Keynotes will be announced between now and February
✔️ Full program of selected talks and tutorials will be available in late April
Explore the 2026 conference here ➡️ ic2s2-2026.org
✔️ Submissions open December 15th
✔️ Keynotes will be announced between now and February
✔️ Full program of selected talks and tutorials will be available in late April
Reposted by Sarah Otner
I am hiring a postdoc for a DFF-funded project on social influence, and the decision processes that fuel rich-get-richer dynamics in the online/offline world. The position is for up to a year, competitive Danish salary, remote work possible. Interested or know somebody? DM me or share!
December 1, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I am hiring a postdoc for a DFF-funded project on social influence, and the decision processes that fuel rich-get-richer dynamics in the online/offline world. The position is for up to a year, competitive Danish salary, remote work possible. Interested or know somebody? DM me or share!
Reposted by Sarah Otner
What would you do if your 2SLS estimates are much larger than OLS, but you still have confidence in the instrument? Any tools or techniques to further probe what's going on?
December 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
What would you do if your 2SLS estimates are much larger than OLS, but you still have confidence in the instrument? Any tools or techniques to further probe what's going on?
For anyone who would like to "try" a session, I will be opening up some slots in January. Disclaimer: I do not hold one of the "Big 3" certifications (because they cost thousands, take years to complete if you work, and no longer guarantee clients), but I do have £1M professional insurance.
Have just had a really really great coaching session (paid for through work). Some proper 'a-ha' moments. If you've been thinking about getting coaching but not got round to it yet, this is your prompt to actually go do it!
December 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
For anyone who would like to "try" a session, I will be opening up some slots in January. Disclaimer: I do not hold one of the "Big 3" certifications (because they cost thousands, take years to complete if you work, and no longer guarantee clients), but I do have £1M professional insurance.
Reposted by Sarah Otner
Idle thought. Could we fix the council tax revaluation problem by having a “revalue upon sale”approach? Because visibly we are not gonna exit from “property tax values that are older than the Czech Republic” by going through it to *existing* homeowners.
November 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Idle thought. Could we fix the council tax revaluation problem by having a “revalue upon sale”approach? Because visibly we are not gonna exit from “property tax values that are older than the Czech Republic” by going through it to *existing* homeowners.
What, exactly, is the point of the "Keep me signed in" tick box? Does it actually work, on any site?
November 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
What, exactly, is the point of the "Keep me signed in" tick box? Does it actually work, on any site?
Reposted by Sarah Otner
Whoever came up with the idea of charging foreigners a $100 surcharge to enter the big national parks has obviously never visited a national park.
- It will discourage foreign visitors (and their money)
- It will mean miserably long wait times for everyone as park entry attendants check passports
- It will discourage foreign visitors (and their money)
- It will mean miserably long wait times for everyone as park entry attendants check passports
Department of the Interior Announces Modernized, More Affordable National Park Access | U.S. Department of the Interior
The Department of the Interior today announced the most significant modernization of national park access in decades, delivering new digital America the Beautiful passes, updated annual pass artwork, ...
www.doi.gov
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Whoever came up with the idea of charging foreigners a $100 surcharge to enter the big national parks has obviously never visited a national park.
- It will discourage foreign visitors (and their money)
- It will mean miserably long wait times for everyone as park entry attendants check passports
- It will discourage foreign visitors (and their money)
- It will mean miserably long wait times for everyone as park entry attendants check passports
Reposted by Sarah Otner
An editor's single wish... decline any request but please do so promptly
Recently did around 30 requests to ppl who'd published very similar papers to the one I needed reviews for. 3 declines, 25 no response. Please at least decline guys it slows stuff down so much otherwise.
I'm still relatively new to this journal associate editor business, but it already sucks… I've had a paper on my desk for more than a month now:
Reviewers invited: 12
Of those…
Declined: 5
No response: 7
Reviewers invited: 12
Of those…
Declined: 5
No response: 7
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 AM
An editor's single wish... decline any request but please do so promptly
Reposted by Sarah Otner
We are calling on the UK Government to not introduce a levy on higher education provider income from international students, reduce visa costs to attract global talent, and to review higher education funding to create a sustainable model
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/58...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/58...
July 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
We are calling on the UK Government to not introduce a levy on higher education provider income from international students, reduce visa costs to attract global talent, and to review higher education funding to create a sustainable model
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/58...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/58...
Reposted by Sarah Otner
🚀 Ready to lead and make a difference?
Join Dr Maja Golf-Papez for a deep dive into The Sussex MBA at our Masters Virtual Open Day – Sat 29 Nov, 1.30–2.30pm (GMT).
Book your place: https://ow.ly/XvUA50XsE13
Join Dr Maja Golf-Papez for a deep dive into The Sussex MBA at our Masters Virtual Open Day – Sat 29 Nov, 1.30–2.30pm (GMT).
Book your place: https://ow.ly/XvUA50XsE13
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🚀 Ready to lead and make a difference?
Join Dr Maja Golf-Papez for a deep dive into The Sussex MBA at our Masters Virtual Open Day – Sat 29 Nov, 1.30–2.30pm (GMT).
Book your place: https://ow.ly/XvUA50XsE13
Join Dr Maja Golf-Papez for a deep dive into The Sussex MBA at our Masters Virtual Open Day – Sat 29 Nov, 1.30–2.30pm (GMT).
Book your place: https://ow.ly/XvUA50XsE13
Reposted by Sarah Otner
Any university programming intended to address the massive faculty mental health crisis that does not include investments to remove organizational stressors is bullshit. Faculty are not weak, they’re underwater for structural reasons ffs.
November 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Any university programming intended to address the massive faculty mental health crisis that does not include investments to remove organizational stressors is bullshit. Faculty are not weak, they’re underwater for structural reasons ffs.
Reposted by Sarah Otner
Discourse surrounding “AI” these days often feels like a guy showing you his shovel and you say, “that’s a nice shovel” and he says “I am going to perform surgery on my mother with this shovel” and you say “Oh God please don’t that is not what a shovel is for.”
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Discourse surrounding “AI” these days often feels like a guy showing you his shovel and you say, “that’s a nice shovel” and he says “I am going to perform surgery on my mother with this shovel” and you say “Oh God please don’t that is not what a shovel is for.”