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Étienne Ollion
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Political sociology x Computational social sciences @CrestSociology | @Polytechnique | @CNRS
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sobchuk.bsky.social
📚 MajinBook: an impressive new dataset by Antoine Mazières & @tpoibeau.bsky.social. Metadata for 500,000 books from Library Genesis & GoodReads. Mostly books from the last 100 years or so, see the plot ⬇️ arxiv.org/abs/2511.11412
Temporal distribution of books in the corpus
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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booksofm.com
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."

There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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laviedesidees.bsky.social
En analysant près de 8 000 recrutements à la maîtrise de conférences en France entre 2017 et 2024, Olivier Godechot, Rachel Issiakou, Yann Renisio et Adrien Rougier reviennent sur la question ancienne et controversée du localisme académique.
Le localisme universitaire, nouvelles évaluations
En analysant près de 8 000 recrutements à la maîtrise de conférences en France entre 2017 et 2024, Olivier Godechot, Rachel Issiakou, Yann Renisio et Adrien Rougier reviennent sur la question ancienne et controversée du localisme académique.
laviedesidees.fr
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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hansonmark.bsky.social
We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing:

a 🧵 1/n

Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
A table showing profit margins of major publishers. A snippet of text related to this table is below. 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year. A figure detailing the drain on researcher time. 1. The four-fold drain 1.2 Time The number of papers published each year is growing faster than the scientific workforce, with the number of papers per researcher almost doubling between 1996 and 2022 (Figure 1A). This reflects the fact that publishers’ commercial desire to publish (sell) more material has aligned well with the competitive prestige culture in which publications help secure jobs, grants, promotions, and awards. To the extent that this growth is driven by a pressure for profit, rather than scholarly imperatives, it distorts the way researchers spend their time. The publishing system depends on unpaid reviewer labour, estimated to be over 130 million unpaid hours annually in 2020 alone (9). Researchers have complained about the demands of peer-review for decades, but the scale of the problem is now worse, with editors reporting widespread difficulties recruiting reviewers. The growth in publications involves not only the authors’ time, but that of academic editors and reviewers who are dealing with so many review demands. Even more seriously, the imperative to produce ever more articles reshapes the nature of scientific inquiry. Evidence across multiple fields shows that more papers result in ‘ossification’, not new ideas (10). It may seem paradoxical that more papers can slow progress until one considers how it affects researchers’ time. While rewards remain tied to volume, prestige, and impact of publications, researchers will be nudged away from riskier, local, interdisciplinary, and long-term work. The result is a treadmill of constant activity with limited progress whereas core scholarly practices – such as reading, reflecting and engaging with others’ contributions – is de-prioritized. What looks like productivity often masks intellectual exhaustion built on a demoralizing, narrowing scientific vision. A table of profit margins across industries. The section of text related to this table is below: 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year. The costs of inaction are plain: wasted public funds, lost researcher time, compromised scientific integrity and eroded public trust. Today, the system rewards commercial publishers first, and science second. Without bold action from the funders we risk continuing to pour resources into a system that prioritizes profit over the advancement of scientific knowledge.
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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ccavaille.bsky.social
Everyone has been rallying to deliver for European political science, it is going to be a great event! If you have not applied yet, go for it, you will be in excellent company.
epssnet.bsky.social EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 21d
Deadline for application to @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026 conference is this Friday 7th of November.

There's been an amazing response to the call for papers so far, we hope for even more great proposals this week.

Here is the call for papers: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference
Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.
epssnet.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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whysharksmatter.bsky.social
I think about this post every day 🧪
Screenshot of a Tweet pointing out that academic spam is actually in its own way kind of encouraging.
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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tahayasseri.bsky.social
We're hiring 2 Assistant Professors of Sociology: Gender and Sexuality and Environmental Sociology. At @tcdsociology.bsky.social, we aspire to be a method-agnostic group of solution-oriented sociologists. Join our welcoming community at @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social. Deadline 1 Dec. Link in the comment.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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fgilardi.bsky.social
Looking forward to the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social meeting in Belfast, 18–20 June 2026!

All political scientists encouraged to submit a paper. For work on public policy & administration, consider section I’m co-chairing w/ @asmusletholsen.bsky.social

⏳ 7 Nov 2025
🔗 epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
October 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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actesrss.bsky.social
Comme annoncé, la revue Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales vous invite à venir fêter son 50e anniversaire le 6 novembre 2025 à partir de 18h au Point Éphémère, 200 quai de Valmy, dans le 10e arrondissement à Paris (M° Jaurès, Louis Blanc). Ci-dessous, le programme de la soirée.
October 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
eollion.bsky.social
C'est d'ailleurs l'argument principal du dernier livre de @emilymbender.bsky.social et @alexhanna.bsky.social (The AI Con. How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want).
liberation.fr Libération @liberation.fr · Oct 22
BILLET. Alerte sur la superintelligence artificielle : super flippant ou super arnaque ?

La pétition contre les dangers de l’IA par 700 scientifiques et personnalités décrit un scénario techno-catastrophiste et pourrait, de façon pernicieuse, alimenter la frénésie d’investissements dans ce domaine.
Alerte sur la superintelligence artificielle : super flippant ou super arnaque ?
www.liberation.fr
October 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
eollion.bsky.social
My pleasure, @hendrik-erz.de.

The 🇸🇪 ritual had me realize how much this varies across countries.

With or without: an audience / revisions / questions from stakeholders / a sword (hi 🇫🇮)/ a public march (hi Oxford) / family ...

Is there a sociology of PhD defense (poke @pverschu.bsky.social )?
hendrik-erz.de Hendrik Erz, PhD @hendrik-erz.de · Oct 20
Shoutout to the people who helped me achieve this amazing milestone: Prof. @eollion.bsky.social and Jacob Habinek!

You’re simply the best! 🤘
October 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
eollion.bsky.social
🇫🇷 We are hiring 🇫🇷

Assistant or Associate Professor Position in Computational Sociology @crestsociology.bsky.social @ipparis.bsky.social

Details here (please RT)
www.shorturl.at/E57le
October 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
eollion.bsky.social
Rappel: comment éviter d'être submergée de pub en surfant sur internet.
ikare63.bsky.social Ἴκαροv 🦋 @ikare63.bsky.social · Aug 19
Pas besoin d’Adblock.
Je vais vous montrer comment, grâce à un simple réglage DNS dans ton téléphone (ça prends 12 secondes)
1/6
October 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
eollion.bsky.social
6 novembre 2025, évidemment.
eollion.bsky.social Étienne Ollion @eollion.bsky.social · Oct 9
Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales fête ses 50 ans.

RDV au Point-Ephémère le 6 novembre 2026 pour fêter le numéro spécial, obtenir un exemplaire papier, et échanger sur la publication en sciences sociales.

👉 Inscription : www.ehess.fr/fr/rencontre...
October 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
eollion.bsky.social
Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales fête ses 50 ans.

RDV au Point-Ephémère le 6 novembre 2026 pour fêter le numéro spécial, obtenir un exemplaire papier, et échanger sur la publication en sciences sociales.

👉 Inscription : www.ehess.fr/fr/rencontre...
October 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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questionsdusoir.bsky.social
📻18h20

Peut-on encore gouverner la France ?

Sur @franceculture.fr, @quentinlafay.bsky.social recevra le sociologue @eollion.bsky.social et le politiste Olivier Rozenberg
Peut-on encore gouverner la France ?
Lundi 6 octobre 2025, Sébastien Lecornu a démissionné de son poste de Premier ministre, 14 h et 26 minutes après avoir annoncé la composition de son gouvernement, plongeant une nouvelle fois la France...
www.radiofrance.fr
October 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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toadscroak.bsky.social
Vive le progrès !
www.unsitesurinternet.fr/Week41-2025....
Cette IA peut remplacer jusqu’à 100 professeurs ! Et ne coûte que l’éqyivalent de 5000 profs
October 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
eollion.bsky.social
Tout ou presque est faux dans cet entretien donné à @lemonde.fr, mais il faudrait pour le savoir lire les gens qui étudient la société.

Une démonstration en trois exemples.
October 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
eollion.bsky.social
Sense of one's place vs. sentiment of obligation (are socially determined).
October 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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lemonde.fr
Pour ses 50 ans, la revue « Actes », créée par Pierre Bourdieu, raconte sa propre histoire
Pour ses 50 ans, la revue « Actes », créée par Pierre Bourdieu, raconte sa propre histoire
Par le choix de ses sujets, de ses auteurs et de sa direction artistique, la revue fondée en 1975 est parvenue à s’imposer jusqu’à « faire institution contre l’institution ».
www.lemonde.fr
October 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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chrisbail.bsky.social
New dataset that describes social media activity of a very large group of US elected officials: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The digitally accountable public representation database: online communication by U.S. officials - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - The digitally accountable public representation database: online communication by U.S. officials
www.nature.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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paulecohen.bsky.social
I will start teaching my students how to use AI when my colleagues in computer science start to teach Homer, Dante, Langston Hughes, Borges, Foucault, Audre Lord, Spivak, and Donna Haraway in their classes
disabilitystor1.bsky.social Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · Sep 28
I realize many people don’t quite get that not every single professor in every single university teaches computer science and might actually be trained in and invested in teaching other things, like let’s say, history? Or poetry.
Or sociology.
It is not our job to teach students how to use AI.
matt94250.bsky.social matt94250.bsky.social @matt94250.bsky.social · Sep 28
If you don’t teach your students how to use AI, you’re doing them a huge disservice because they won’t have jobs in the future.
September 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
eollion.bsky.social
Come work with us @crestsociology.bsky.social

We are looking for a post-doc with a background in social sciences, interested in NLP and in media & journalism studies.

Details here: www.css.cnrs.fr/post-doctora...
Post-Doctoral Position – Media / Journalism – CSS @ IP-Paris
Site web de l'axe sciences sociales computationnelles du CREST-CNRS. Cours et tutoriels pour l'analyse des données numériques en sciences sociales.
www.css.cnrs.fr
September 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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behel.fr
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September 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
eollion.bsky.social
Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales (@actesrss.bsky.social) a 50 ans. Pour l’occasion, nous publions un numéro spécial. Anniversaire oblige, ce numéro double comporte aussi des surprises. Un 🧵:
shs.cairn.info/revue-actes-...
September 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM