David Wyatt
@davidwyatt.bsky.social
Sociologist at King's College London
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Why is research participation in free fall? Some thoughts, on @bsaecf.bsky.social @costoflivingblog.bsky.social Blog www.cost-ofliving.net/just-saying-...
October 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Why is research participation in free fall? Some thoughts, on @bsaecf.bsky.social @costoflivingblog.bsky.social Blog www.cost-ofliving.net/just-saying-...
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📢 Applications are open for the Sociology (SOC) and Work, Employment and Society (WES) Editorial Boards!
Both welcome ECRs, with Sociology offering mentoring for those newer to reviewing.
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Oct 2025, 17:00 GMT
👉 Apply or nominate: www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Both welcome ECRs, with Sociology offering mentoring for those newer to reviewing.
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Oct 2025, 17:00 GMT
👉 Apply or nominate: www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Nominations
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October 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
📢 Applications are open for the Sociology (SOC) and Work, Employment and Society (WES) Editorial Boards!
Both welcome ECRs, with Sociology offering mentoring for those newer to reviewing.
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Oct 2025, 17:00 GMT
👉 Apply or nominate: www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Both welcome ECRs, with Sociology offering mentoring for those newer to reviewing.
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Oct 2025, 17:00 GMT
👉 Apply or nominate: www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
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Given all the research that shows intersectional bias & stigma is baked into these LLMs, this is a troubling initiative. People are often’hard to reach’ b/c there aren’t attempts to reach them on their terms. AI isn’t going to fix that, nor will it have capacity to provide more meaningful insights.
So now they're developing AI-simulated patient & public involvement/engagement (PPIE) panels and claiming it will ensure 'more inclusive' and 'diverse' patient involvement (by simulating lived experience of those harder to recruit to panels).
www.nhsgoldenjubilee.co.uk/research-and...
www.nhsgoldenjubilee.co.uk/research-and...
AI potential to revolutionise patient involvement in research :: NHS Golden Jubilee
A pioneering new approach developed by an NHS Golden Jubilee volunteer could transform how healthcare researchers engage with patients and the public.
www.nhsgoldenjubilee.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Given all the research that shows intersectional bias & stigma is baked into these LLMs, this is a troubling initiative. People are often’hard to reach’ b/c there aren’t attempts to reach them on their terms. AI isn’t going to fix that, nor will it have capacity to provide more meaningful insights.
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Can some of us agree that we must not treat LLMs as replacements for real, breathing, feeling, located, relational, caring, uncaring, difficult, annoying, inefficient people?
So now they're developing AI-simulated patient & public involvement/engagement (PPIE) panels and claiming it will ensure 'more inclusive' and 'diverse' patient involvement (by simulating lived experience of those harder to recruit to panels).
www.nhsgoldenjubilee.co.uk/research-and...
www.nhsgoldenjubilee.co.uk/research-and...
AI potential to revolutionise patient involvement in research :: NHS Golden Jubilee
A pioneering new approach developed by an NHS Golden Jubilee volunteer could transform how healthcare researchers engage with patients and the public.
www.nhsgoldenjubilee.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Can some of us agree that we must not treat LLMs as replacements for real, breathing, feeling, located, relational, caring, uncaring, difficult, annoying, inefficient people?
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So now they're developing AI-simulated patient & public involvement/engagement (PPIE) panels and claiming it will ensure 'more inclusive' and 'diverse' patient involvement (by simulating lived experience of those harder to recruit to panels).
www.nhsgoldenjubilee.co.uk/research-and...
www.nhsgoldenjubilee.co.uk/research-and...
AI potential to revolutionise patient involvement in research :: NHS Golden Jubilee
A pioneering new approach developed by an NHS Golden Jubilee volunteer could transform how healthcare researchers engage with patients and the public.
www.nhsgoldenjubilee.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
So now they're developing AI-simulated patient & public involvement/engagement (PPIE) panels and claiming it will ensure 'more inclusive' and 'diverse' patient involvement (by simulating lived experience of those harder to recruit to panels).
www.nhsgoldenjubilee.co.uk/research-and...
www.nhsgoldenjubilee.co.uk/research-and...
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Co-authored with @andrewleyshon.bsky.social for a forthcoming special issue of @finandsoc.bsky.social, this essay takes Elon Musk's planned FinTech makeover of X as a provocation for a critical analysis of so-called 'embedded finance' and the evolution of FinTech
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Embedded finance and FinTech disappearance | Finance and Society | Cambridge Core
Embedded finance and FinTech disappearance
www.cambridge.org
October 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Co-authored with @andrewleyshon.bsky.social for a forthcoming special issue of @finandsoc.bsky.social, this essay takes Elon Musk's planned FinTech makeover of X as a provocation for a critical analysis of so-called 'embedded finance' and the evolution of FinTech
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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This week we welcome Prof. Steven Shapin to the pod!🎙️
We explore his journey through interdisciplinary spaces, revisit Leviathan and the Air-Pump 40 years on, and explore how credibility, trust and expertise are shaped by the fragmentation of expertise and (recent) political & cultural challenges
We explore his journey through interdisciplinary spaces, revisit Leviathan and the Air-Pump 40 years on, and explore how credibility, trust and expertise are shaped by the fragmentation of expertise and (recent) political & cultural challenges
S5 E11 - Steven Shapin on the Social Life of Scientific Knowledge
Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 19/10/2025 · 50m
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October 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This week we welcome Prof. Steven Shapin to the pod!🎙️
We explore his journey through interdisciplinary spaces, revisit Leviathan and the Air-Pump 40 years on, and explore how credibility, trust and expertise are shaped by the fragmentation of expertise and (recent) political & cultural challenges
We explore his journey through interdisciplinary spaces, revisit Leviathan and the Air-Pump 40 years on, and explore how credibility, trust and expertise are shaped by the fragmentation of expertise and (recent) political & cultural challenges
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We want robust, enormous research that is SUCH good research, you already know how important and right and insightful it is before you even start it. We want research so predeterminedly world-changing that there is hardly any point actually doing the research at all.
Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ .
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ - Research Professional News
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:11 AM
We want robust, enormous research that is SUCH good research, you already know how important and right and insightful it is before you even start it. We want research so predeterminedly world-changing that there is hardly any point actually doing the research at all.
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'"You can’t have hobbyist research that’s unfunded going on in institutions. We can’t afford it.”'
Such a badly formulated phrasing of the issues, so open to so many misinterpretations. If this is the level of thinking about research among sector leaders and policy-makers, be very afraid.
Such a badly formulated phrasing of the issues, so open to so many misinterpretations. If this is the level of thinking about research among sector leaders and policy-makers, be very afraid.
Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ .
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ - Research Professional News
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
'"You can’t have hobbyist research that’s unfunded going on in institutions. We can’t afford it.”'
Such a badly formulated phrasing of the issues, so open to so many misinterpretations. If this is the level of thinking about research among sector leaders and policy-makers, be very afraid.
Such a badly formulated phrasing of the issues, so open to so many misinterpretations. If this is the level of thinking about research among sector leaders and policy-makers, be very afraid.
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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Friction and Promise in Data Labor" by Minna Ruckenstein + Tuukka Lehtiniemi #datafication #friction #datalabor #prison #human-fueled #automation #aspiration journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
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August 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Friction and Promise in Data Labor" by Minna Ruckenstein + Tuukka Lehtiniemi #datafication #friction #datalabor #prison #human-fueled #automation #aspiration journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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I have a new article out: "Do artifacts have political economy?" It's a riff on an old argument by Langdon Winner about the embedding of politics in technology
#STS #sociology #technoscience #technology #innovation
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#STS #sociology #technoscience #technology #innovation
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Do Artifacts Have Political Economy? - Kean Birch, 2025
Harking back to Langdon Winner's now classic essay “Do artifacts have politics?,” my aim in this article is to ask a very similar question—namely, do artif...
journals.sagepub.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I have a new article out: "Do artifacts have political economy?" It's a riff on an old argument by Langdon Winner about the embedding of politics in technology
#STS #sociology #technoscience #technology #innovation
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#STS #sociology #technoscience #technology #innovation
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Commercial influences on patient and public involvement: a renewed call for research and action
Marita Hennessy, Tom Fahey, @jameslarkin13.bsky.social
@healthpromint.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
Marita Hennessy, Tom Fahey, @jameslarkin13.bsky.social
@healthpromint.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
Commercial influences on patient and public involvement: a renewed call for research and action
Abstract. Patient and public involvement is increasingly advocated in health policy, research and practice. Patients and people with lived experience, care
academic.oup.com
August 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Commercial influences on patient and public involvement: a renewed call for research and action
Marita Hennessy, Tom Fahey, @jameslarkin13.bsky.social
@healthpromint.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
Marita Hennessy, Tom Fahey, @jameslarkin13.bsky.social
@healthpromint.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
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"Interestingly, the patients and public group also expressed a wish to collaborate more closely with industry, as financial resources can help to support patient organisations and therefore proliferation of PPI more widely"
⚠️ #COI #CDoH #PPI ⤵️
researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
⚠️ #COI #CDoH #PPI ⤵️
researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
If it wasn’t for us, there would be no data: stakeholders’ perspectives on patient involvement in the use of health data in Ireland - Research Involvement and Engagement
Legislative reform in Ireland and Europe, including the introduction of a Health Information Bill in Ireland and the European Health Data Space (EHDS) Regulation, promote strong governance of health d...
researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com
August 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
"Interestingly, the patients and public group also expressed a wish to collaborate more closely with industry, as financial resources can help to support patient organisations and therefore proliferation of PPI more widely"
⚠️ #COI #CDoH #PPI ⤵️
researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
⚠️ #COI #CDoH #PPI ⤵️
researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Such a powerful paper from @chiarboni.bsky.social & colleagues on ethico-political stakes of machine learning in psychiatric risk models. An exploration of doubt in the decisions of nurses & clinicians and how algorithmic pre-emption forecloses the ethics of doubt link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
link.springer.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Such a powerful paper from @chiarboni.bsky.social & colleagues on ethico-political stakes of machine learning in psychiatric risk models. An exploration of doubt in the decisions of nurses & clinicians and how algorithmic pre-emption forecloses the ethics of doubt link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
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BECOME UNGOVERNABLE
July 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
BECOME UNGOVERNABLE
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Key humanities research infrastructure under grave threat at Australian National University (ANU); jobs of 11 of 14 sociologists at Macquarie University on the line (with university proposing to cut Sociology and Politics major)
The disastrous dismantling of the humanities in Australia’s universities has begun www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/31/a...
The disastrous dismantling of the humanities in Australia’s universities has begun
A crisis is unfolding for the humanities and social sciences at universities across the country.
www.crikey.com.au
July 31, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Key humanities research infrastructure under grave threat at Australian National University (ANU); jobs of 11 of 14 sociologists at Macquarie University on the line (with university proposing to cut Sociology and Politics major)
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Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
Why Walking Helps Us Think
Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
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July 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
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This reminds me:
Submission to Workshop - From Tech Lash to Tech Fash: Strategic Reflections on a Decade of Collective Organizing in Computing
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Submission to Workshop - From Tech Lash to Tech Fash: Strategic Reflections on a Decade of Collective Organizing in Computing
airtable.com/apppoI4WdDBW...
Is it possible to imagine a better future where we use less computation? The effects of AI hype almost demand it.
This week @danmcquillan.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to lay out the concept of decomputing as a different way of assessing technology.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/286_...
This week @danmcquillan.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to lay out the concept of decomputing as a different way of assessing technology.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/286_...
July 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This reminds me:
Submission to Workshop - From Tech Lash to Tech Fash: Strategic Reflections on a Decade of Collective Organizing in Computing
airtable.com/apppoI4WdDBW...
Submission to Workshop - From Tech Lash to Tech Fash: Strategic Reflections on a Decade of Collective Organizing in Computing
airtable.com/apppoI4WdDBW...
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here is a short blog post by Aferdita Bytyqi and myself on the importance of data solidarity and data cosmopolitanism in the context of the European Health Data Space:
dthlab.org/the-european...
dthlab.org/the-european...
July 21, 2025 at 7:46 AM
here is a short blog post by Aferdita Bytyqi and myself on the importance of data solidarity and data cosmopolitanism in the context of the European Health Data Space:
dthlab.org/the-european...
dthlab.org/the-european...
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Job Opening at the Chair of Philosophy and History of Science and Technology at TUM! Research Fellow for 3 years (renewable). Preferably philosopher w interest in plant, crop & agricultural research (& their history and social studies)
All details: www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci #sts
All details: www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci #sts
Jobs
www.sts.sot.tum.de
July 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Job Opening at the Chair of Philosophy and History of Science and Technology at TUM! Research Fellow for 3 years (renewable). Preferably philosopher w interest in plant, crop & agricultural research (& their history and social studies)
All details: www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci #sts
All details: www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci #sts
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Happy to see this out in one of my fave journals - led by @crismontenegro.bsky.social We unpack distinct contributions of PPIE & qual sociology, suggest why they are at times conflated, and why they shouldn't be.
Engagement and qualitative sociology in health research: proximal, but incongruent
@crismontenegro.bsky.social & @judegreen.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@crismontenegro.bsky.social & @judegreen.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Engagement and qualitative sociology in health research: proximal, but incongruent - Social Theory & Health
This paper argues that sociology’s distinctive value in health research lies not in amplifying experiential accounts but in analysing the social structures and norms that shape them—a contribution oft...
link.springer.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Happy to see this out in one of my fave journals - led by @crismontenegro.bsky.social We unpack distinct contributions of PPIE & qual sociology, suggest why they are at times conflated, and why they shouldn't be.
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Sociology Call for Full Papers: Normative Turn in Sociology
This special issue seeks to explore normativity as a constitutive dimension of social life and sociological research. Submit your paper by 22 January 2026.
Read full Call for Papers below:
www.britsoc.co.uk/opportunitie...
This special issue seeks to explore normativity as a constitutive dimension of social life and sociological research. Submit your paper by 22 January 2026.
Read full Call for Papers below:
www.britsoc.co.uk/opportunitie...
June 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Sociology Call for Full Papers: Normative Turn in Sociology
This special issue seeks to explore normativity as a constitutive dimension of social life and sociological research. Submit your paper by 22 January 2026.
Read full Call for Papers below:
www.britsoc.co.uk/opportunitie...
This special issue seeks to explore normativity as a constitutive dimension of social life and sociological research. Submit your paper by 22 January 2026.
Read full Call for Papers below:
www.britsoc.co.uk/opportunitie...
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Standing Together: A United Front For Trans Rights 🏳️⚧️
[Visual description: A series of three graphics showing a joint statement from Birmingham Pride, Brighton Pride, Pride in London and Manchester Pride.
[Visual description: A series of three graphics showing a joint statement from Birmingham Pride, Brighton Pride, Pride in London and Manchester Pride.
May 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Standing Together: A United Front For Trans Rights 🏳️⚧️
[Visual description: A series of three graphics showing a joint statement from Birmingham Pride, Brighton Pride, Pride in London and Manchester Pride.
[Visual description: A series of three graphics showing a joint statement from Birmingham Pride, Brighton Pride, Pride in London and Manchester Pride.
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Academia needs to reckon with its destructive obsession with new shiny 'future leader' 'potential' vs. nurture & maintenance.
What about the research talent we already had but are losing due to the thousands of job losses in UK universities?
Big news: Dsit confirms UK scheme for foreign research talent.
The science department has confirmed it will launch a funding scheme designed to attract foreign researchers, as calls grow for the UK to do more to recruit disaffected US scientists.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
The science department has confirmed it will launch a funding scheme designed to attract foreign researchers, as calls grow for the UK to do more to recruit disaffected US scientists.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
May 9, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Academia needs to reckon with its destructive obsession with new shiny 'future leader' 'potential' vs. nurture & maintenance.