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Étienne Ollion @eollion.bsky.social · 6h
Would definitely feel like Xmas to said reviewer

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Étienne Ollion @eollion.bsky.social · 12d
En train de lire Le "journal d'un prisonnier".
Il n'est pas entièrement impossible qu'il ait été écrit par NS lui-même.

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ana valdivia @anavaldi.bsky.social · 18d
🌱 Join us Wed Dec 10 @ 9 AM, l’École normale supérieure (Paris) to discuss complex questions on AI’s ecological impact & sustainability with Marlène De Bank, Gauthier Roussilhe, Sasha Luccioni & more.

Schedule and inscriptions: www.ens.psl.eu/agenda/works...

@oii.ox.ac.uk
Workshop on AI & Sustainability | ENS
Behind the rapid progress of artificial intelligence lies a growing concern: the environmental footprint of AI systems. From the energy demands of large-scale model training to the extraction of criti...
www.ens.psl.eu

Reposted by Fabio Giglietto, Étienne Ollion, Florian Keusch

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International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social · 25d
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

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Antonin Thyrard @antonintd.bsky.social · Nov 26
En colère pour nos étudiant·es, qui font de beaux parcours malgré les déterminismes sociaux, et qu'on cherche chaque jour à faire adhérer à l'idée d'une délibération pacifique, rationnelle et empirique. Nous sommes aussi très fièr·es de leur esprit critique et de leur refus de se laisser faire !

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Oleg Sobchuk 🇺🇦 @sobchuk.bsky.social · Nov 21
📚 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

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Monica Valentinelli is buried in snow ❄️🏔️⛄ @booksofm.com · Nov 20
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.

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La Vie des idées @laviedesidees.bsky.social · Nov 18
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

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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · Nov 11
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:

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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.

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Sylvain Bourmeau @sylvainbourmeau.bsky.social · Nov 10
J’espère que de nombreux collègues de François Héran au @college-de-france.fr auront le même réflexe. Il en va des libertés publiques, pas seulement académiques.
Cette institution élective va-t-elle se laisser donner ce type d’ordre par son ministre de tutelle sans broncher ?

Reposted by Étienne Ollion, Juan Rocha

tahayasseri.bsky.social
Taha Yasseri @tahayasseri.bsky.social · Nov 7
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.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Nov 7
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.

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Nov 6
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

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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · Oct 28
The application deadline to join the Sociology journal Editorial Board is extended to 11 November 2025 17:00 BST!

This includes spaces for Early Career Researchers.

Find out how to submit an application or nominate a colleague below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Image text says The application deadline to join the Sociology journal Editorial Board is extended to 11 November 2025 17:00 BST

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actesrss.bsky.social
Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales @actesrss.bsky.social · Oct 26
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.

Reposted by Dave O’Brien, Étienne Ollion, Katrin Weller

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RC28 Social Stratification @isa-rc28.bsky.social · Oct 24
Two Postdoctoral Researcher Positions in Sociology/Social Sciences at the University of Oldenburg (Germany)
Position 1 – Computational Text Analysis / LLMs — uol.de/job790en

Position 2 – Survey Research / Experiments — uol.de/job791en
Postdoctoral Researcher, SCEPTIC-Position 1 // University of Oldenburg
uol.de

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · Oct 23
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...

eollion.bsky.social
Étienne Ollion @eollion.bsky.social · Oct 22
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

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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

Reposted by Pierre Bataille, Olivier Godechot, Valerie Mueller , and 2 more

crestsociology.bsky.social
CREST Sociology @crestsociology.bsky.social · Oct 22
✨CREST Sociology is hiring ✨

Assistant or Associate Professor in Computational Sociology

Details here: www.shorturl.at/E57le

eollion.bsky.social
Étienne Ollion @eollion.bsky.social · Oct 20
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! 🤘

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eollion.bsky.social
Étienne Ollion @eollion.bsky.social · Oct 20
🇫🇷 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

Reposted by Baptiste Coulmont

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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! 🤘
A photo of me with my thesis and my two supervisor, Jacob Habinek (main) and Étienne Ollion (co)

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Oct 19
Work!! 🚨

We are looking for a #postdoc in our AI, media and Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social

Dynamic position, great team, nice colleagues 💥

Profile: communication/ poli sci/ computational social sci

🗓️ DL November 1

Spread the word 📣

werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — Postdoctoral researcher Communication Science at AI, Media & Democracy Lab
Do you want to be part of the AI, Media & Democracy Lab? We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with a profile in communication science.
werkenbij.uva.nl

eollion.bsky.social
Étienne Ollion @eollion.bsky.social · Oct 11
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

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Guillaume Calafat @gcalafat.bsky.social · Oct 11
À tout à l’heure, 14h, au tribunal (pour celles et ceux qui le peuvent et qui n’ont pas souhaité se rendre aux 37 tables rondes et conférences passionnantes des @rdvhistoire.bsky.social qui ont lieu en même temps)!

#Blois #skystorians #ai #translation

rdv-histoire.com/programme/in...
Intelligence artificielle : la traduction de textes d'histoire est-elle automatisable ? | Les Rendez-vous de l'histoire
Carte blanche à l'Association des traducteurs littéraires de France et l'Association pour la traduction en sciences sociales L’irruption de l’IA dans l’espace public pousse de nombreuses disciplines à...
rdv-histoire.com

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Étienne Ollion @eollion.bsky.social · Oct 9
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...

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Étienne Ollion @eollion.bsky.social · Oct 9
Hum, 2025. Actes est toujours en avance sur son temps...

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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...