Gary Polhill
@garypolhill.bsky.social
Agent-based modeller in human-natural systems with background in AI and NN. (Very) occasional blog posts at https://ecocyborg-manifesto.blog/ All posts my own views at the time and not necessarily those of my employer or any societies to which I belong.
Really good read about the importance of supporting postgraduates and postdocs as a research leader. I absolutely agree that this should be as, if not more important, than publication metric when hiring.
You know those labs that keep harming students, again and again? Some reflections on why it's so hard to stop this from happening and where our responsibilities lie.
scienceforeveryone.science/bad-mentors-... 🧪
scienceforeveryone.science/bad-mentors-... 🧪
Bad mentors hurt people
What to do about bad mentors?
scienceforeveryone.science
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Really good read about the importance of supporting postgraduates and postdocs as a research leader. I absolutely agree that this should be as, if not more important, than publication metric when hiring.
Reposted by Gary Polhill
We're looking for a postdoc for our new project on forecasting technological change - more details below
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Post Doctoral Research Associate in the Economics of Technological Change (2yr) ➵ https://www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
Join the @oxmartinschool.bsky.social Prog. on Forecasting Technological Change, led by @francoislafond.bsky.social , @doynefarmer.bsky.social & @maxroser.bsky.social
Join the @oxmartinschool.bsky.social Prog. on Forecasting Technological Change, led by @francoislafond.bsky.social , @doynefarmer.bsky.social & @maxroser.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
We're looking for a postdoc for our new project on forecasting technological change - more details below
It’s more than that though. We have left things so late that emissions need to drop rapidly and go negative to achieve 1.5.
Climate Wake-Up Call🚨
New study finds UK MPs & public wildly overestimate the time left for #ClimateAction. Only a fraction knew the IPCC states global emissions must peak by 2025 to limit warming to 1.5˚C. Read the full findings ⬇️ tyndall.ac.uk/news/mps-and...
New study finds UK MPs & public wildly overestimate the time left for #ClimateAction. Only a fraction knew the IPCC states global emissions must peak by 2025 to limit warming to 1.5˚C. Read the full findings ⬇️ tyndall.ac.uk/news/mps-and...
October 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
It’s more than that though. We have left things so late that emissions need to drop rapidly and go negative to achieve 1.5.
Oh, is that what we’re calling empirical agent-based modelling now…?
“It’s a really nice, completely closed loop where the end user is also the data provider.” New @nature.com, a fascinating read by Heather Richardson on the rising use of 'digital twins' in #ecology. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Digital flocks, predators allow ecologists to simulate real-world animal behaviour
‘Digital twins’ of real-world objects are moving from manufacturing to wildlife management.
www.nature.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Oh, is that what we’re calling empirical agent-based modelling now…?
Reposted by Gary Polhill
📢 Call for submissions is now open 👇👇👇
🎉 The Call for Submissions for IAPS 2026 Conference is now open!
📅 Submission deadline: 9 January 2026 (23:59 GMT)
📝 For guidance on how to submit, and full details of the conference, visit our website: surrey.ac.uk/iaps2026
@iaps-association.bsky.social @eprg-surrey.bsky.social
📅 Submission deadline: 9 January 2026 (23:59 GMT)
📝 For guidance on how to submit, and full details of the conference, visit our website: surrey.ac.uk/iaps2026
@iaps-association.bsky.social @eprg-surrey.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
📢 Call for submissions is now open 👇👇👇
Reposted by Gary Polhill
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October is here! Time to start thinking about your conference plans for 2026?
In a couple of weeks we’ll be launching our Call for Submissions. Stay tuned to our website: www.surrey.ac.uk/iaps2026
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@iaps-association.bsky.social | @eprg-surrey.bsky.social | @bpsenvpsych.bsky.social
October is here! Time to start thinking about your conference plans for 2026?
In a couple of weeks we’ll be launching our Call for Submissions. Stay tuned to our website: www.surrey.ac.uk/iaps2026
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@iaps-association.bsky.social | @eprg-surrey.bsky.social | @bpsenvpsych.bsky.social
IAPS Conference 2026
29 June - Friday 3 July 2026, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom. The theme of IAPS 2026 is Sustainability as Wellbeing: Towards healthy, green, and equitable communities.
www.surrey.ac.uk
October 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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October is here! Time to start thinking about your conference plans for 2026?
In a couple of weeks we’ll be launching our Call for Submissions. Stay tuned to our website: www.surrey.ac.uk/iaps2026
🍁🍃
@iaps-association.bsky.social | @eprg-surrey.bsky.social | @bpsenvpsych.bsky.social
October is here! Time to start thinking about your conference plans for 2026?
In a couple of weeks we’ll be launching our Call for Submissions. Stay tuned to our website: www.surrey.ac.uk/iaps2026
🍁🍃
@iaps-association.bsky.social | @eprg-surrey.bsky.social | @bpsenvpsych.bsky.social
Reposted by Gary Polhill
🤖🌳 Inspired by a Hutton project, Aberdeen teens Anjishnu Bhaduri, Adwait Sharma & Jayawant Sivarajan built ThistleDroid—a robot that tests land for reforestation & plants seeds!
🥇 Winners at #WROUK2025, they’ll rep GB in Singapore this Nov.
👉 ow.ly/tr9X50X4nYe
🥇 Winners at #WROUK2025, they’ll rep GB in Singapore this Nov.
👉 ow.ly/tr9X50X4nYe
September 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🤖🌳 Inspired by a Hutton project, Aberdeen teens Anjishnu Bhaduri, Adwait Sharma & Jayawant Sivarajan built ThistleDroid—a robot that tests land for reforestation & plants seeds!
🥇 Winners at #WROUK2025, they’ll rep GB in Singapore this Nov.
👉 ow.ly/tr9X50X4nYe
🥇 Winners at #WROUK2025, they’ll rep GB in Singapore this Nov.
👉 ow.ly/tr9X50X4nYe
You know when a piece of software does not work when its advocates start saying the problems aren’t with the software, they’re with people.
September 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
You know when a piece of software does not work when its advocates start saying the problems aren’t with the software, they’re with people.
Reposted by Gary Polhill
⏳ Just one week to go until the 46th #TBMacLecture!
World-renowned economist Professor Kate Raworth is set give a talk on her revolutionary concept of #DoughnutEconomics
📅 1 October | 🎟️ Tickets are sold out, but you can still join the waitlist!
More: ow.ly/NYVI50X1ytj
World-renowned economist Professor Kate Raworth is set give a talk on her revolutionary concept of #DoughnutEconomics
📅 1 October | 🎟️ Tickets are sold out, but you can still join the waitlist!
More: ow.ly/NYVI50X1ytj
September 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
⏳ Just one week to go until the 46th #TBMacLecture!
World-renowned economist Professor Kate Raworth is set give a talk on her revolutionary concept of #DoughnutEconomics
📅 1 October | 🎟️ Tickets are sold out, but you can still join the waitlist!
More: ow.ly/NYVI50X1ytj
World-renowned economist Professor Kate Raworth is set give a talk on her revolutionary concept of #DoughnutEconomics
📅 1 October | 🎟️ Tickets are sold out, but you can still join the waitlist!
More: ow.ly/NYVI50X1ytj
I’m wondering what else could be found to cause autism and whether any of them are things I don’t like. Cauliflower, for instance.
September 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I’m wondering what else could be found to cause autism and whether any of them are things I don’t like. Cauliflower, for instance.
Not sure about Apple’s ‘glass’ UI thing in 26.0. But maybe I’m just getting retraumatized from Aero in Windows 20+ years ago.
September 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Not sure about Apple’s ‘glass’ UI thing in 26.0. But maybe I’m just getting retraumatized from Aero in Windows 20+ years ago.
Reposted by Gary Polhill
CSSSA September Webinar
Join us Wednesday, September 24, at 10 am (ET) or An Open Discussion on Education Needs for Agent-based Simulation with Dr. Rob Axtell and the CSSSA Team. Register here! (www.tickettailor.com/events/compu...)
Join us Wednesday, September 24, at 10 am (ET) or An Open Discussion on Education Needs for Agent-based Simulation with Dr. Rob Axtell and the CSSSA Team. Register here! (www.tickettailor.com/events/compu...)
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September 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
CSSSA September Webinar
Join us Wednesday, September 24, at 10 am (ET) or An Open Discussion on Education Needs for Agent-based Simulation with Dr. Rob Axtell and the CSSSA Team. Register here! (www.tickettailor.com/events/compu...)
Join us Wednesday, September 24, at 10 am (ET) or An Open Discussion on Education Needs for Agent-based Simulation with Dr. Rob Axtell and the CSSSA Team. Register here! (www.tickettailor.com/events/compu...)
Windows and Office are productivity vampires. Fun little UX today in Outlook. A pop-up over a tab that ‘helpfully’ tells you the same text as the tab title (but in a slightly smaller font), obscuring the cursor where I’m typing. Moving the mouse interrupts my train of thought.
September 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Windows and Office are productivity vampires. Fun little UX today in Outlook. A pop-up over a tab that ‘helpfully’ tells you the same text as the tab title (but in a slightly smaller font), obscuring the cursor where I’m typing. Moving the mouse interrupts my train of thought.
Reposted by Gary Polhill
🌾 #Flax, once a staple of Scottish agriculture, could play a key role in sustainable textiles and low-impact #farming today.
We’ve been working with Soil Association Scotland through the Flax Field Lab to test this crop’s potential.
More: ow.ly/1Spp50WT7Cr
We’ve been working with Soil Association Scotland through the Flax Field Lab to test this crop’s potential.
More: ow.ly/1Spp50WT7Cr
September 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🌾 #Flax, once a staple of Scottish agriculture, could play a key role in sustainable textiles and low-impact #farming today.
We’ve been working with Soil Association Scotland through the Flax Field Lab to test this crop’s potential.
More: ow.ly/1Spp50WT7Cr
We’ve been working with Soil Association Scotland through the Flax Field Lab to test this crop’s potential.
More: ow.ly/1Spp50WT7Cr
So what do you do when you cannot sleep?
August 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
So what do you do when you cannot sleep?
Reposted by Gary Polhill
🌱 What happens when economic theory meets local action?
Ahead of the #TBMacLecture, explore how our speaker, Kate Raworth’s, #DoughnutEconomics is shaping a Swedish town, and join us in Edinburgh to hear more.
🎟️: ow.ly/lAcp50WrKpv
📖 @theguardian.com : ow.ly/mbqo50WrKpt
Ahead of the #TBMacLecture, explore how our speaker, Kate Raworth’s, #DoughnutEconomics is shaping a Swedish town, and join us in Edinburgh to hear more.
🎟️: ow.ly/lAcp50WrKpv
📖 @theguardian.com : ow.ly/mbqo50WrKpt
46th TB Macaulay Lecture - with Kate Raworth
46th TB Macaulay Lecture - Kate Raworth
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July 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🌱 What happens when economic theory meets local action?
Ahead of the #TBMacLecture, explore how our speaker, Kate Raworth’s, #DoughnutEconomics is shaping a Swedish town, and join us in Edinburgh to hear more.
🎟️: ow.ly/lAcp50WrKpv
📖 @theguardian.com : ow.ly/mbqo50WrKpt
Ahead of the #TBMacLecture, explore how our speaker, Kate Raworth’s, #DoughnutEconomics is shaping a Swedish town, and join us in Edinburgh to hear more.
🎟️: ow.ly/lAcp50WrKpv
📖 @theguardian.com : ow.ly/mbqo50WrKpt
Reposted by Gary Polhill
We're looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow to join the Horizon Europe project INSPIRI!
Help co-create imaginative, stakeholder-driven visions for Europe's ocean and water systems.
Learn more and apply by 31 August: www.stockholmresilience.org/4.aeea46911a...
Help co-create imaginative, stakeholder-driven visions for Europe's ocean and water systems.
Learn more and apply by 31 August: www.stockholmresilience.org/4.aeea46911a...
July 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We're looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow to join the Horizon Europe project INSPIRI!
Help co-create imaginative, stakeholder-driven visions for Europe's ocean and water systems.
Learn more and apply by 31 August: www.stockholmresilience.org/4.aeea46911a...
Help co-create imaginative, stakeholder-driven visions for Europe's ocean and water systems.
Learn more and apply by 31 August: www.stockholmresilience.org/4.aeea46911a...
No, I didn’t
Sun Thought Pasty Fuck Learned His Lesson Last Summer
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July 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
No, I didn’t
It seems now the sole qualification for being doomed to watch history repeating itself is simply to live long enough
June 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
It seems now the sole qualification for being doomed to watch history repeating itself is simply to live long enough
Nothing says “we do not value your privacy at all” as much as the words “we value your privacy”
June 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Nothing says “we do not value your privacy at all” as much as the words “we value your privacy”
Those who do study history are doomed to a life of frustration watching everyone else repeat it.
June 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Those who do study history are doomed to a life of frustration watching everyone else repeat it.
Terry Pratchett coined the term ‘hangunder’, but to me it has a different meaning. It is the embarrassment experienced by a middle aged person when they remember what they’ve done before their first morning coffee.
June 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Terry Pratchett coined the term ‘hangunder’, but to me it has a different meaning. It is the embarrassment experienced by a middle aged person when they remember what they’ve done before their first morning coffee.
Reposted by Gary Polhill
CSS 2025 Keynotes: Stefani Crabtree & Chris Kempes
We are delighted to announce our keynote speakers for this fall’s conference!
Submissions are still open: click here for more info! (computationalsocialscience.org/conferences/...)
We look forward to seeing you in Santa Fe!
We are delighted to announce our keynote speakers for this fall’s conference!
Submissions are still open: click here for more info! (computationalsocialscience.org/conferences/...)
We look forward to seeing you in Santa Fe!
CSS 2025 Santa Fe | The Computational Social Science Society of the Americas
CSSSA
computationalsocialscience.org
June 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
CSS 2025 Keynotes: Stefani Crabtree & Chris Kempes
We are delighted to announce our keynote speakers for this fall’s conference!
Submissions are still open: click here for more info! (computationalsocialscience.org/conferences/...)
We look forward to seeing you in Santa Fe!
We are delighted to announce our keynote speakers for this fall’s conference!
Submissions are still open: click here for more info! (computationalsocialscience.org/conferences/...)
We look forward to seeing you in Santa Fe!
Lithuania, Iceland or Switzerland get my vote #Eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Lithuania, Iceland or Switzerland get my vote #Eurovision