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Fabio Bento
@fcbento.bsky.social
Associate Professor @OsloMet
Researching learning and change in organizations through the lenses of complex systems
"we face an inequality emergency, just as we face a climate one"

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Lula, Ramaphosa and Sánchez: We face an inequality emergency
The needs of ordinary people must be placed at the centre of the world’s agenda
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November 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Helio de La Peña: 'Mês da Paciência Negra: Racismo está longe de ser página virada no Brasil' @heliodelapena.bsky.social
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Helio de La Peña: 'Racismo está longe de ser página virada no Brasil'
Veja as últimas notícias do UOL em um novo formato de consumir conteúdo em Flash. Confira vídeos e stories do que está acontecendo no mundo.
www.uol.com.br
November 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Random Saturday night up here north
October 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Entre o meu pai e os meus filhos: o valor da democracia
"Defender a democracia é, hoje, um ato quotidiano. Exige coragem, paciência e convicção. Exige que se fale, que se escute, que se participe. Exige que recusemos o silêncio e o cinismo"
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Entre o meu pai e os meus filhos: o valor da democracia
Defender a democracia é, hoje, um ato quotidiano. Exige coragem, paciência e convicção. Exige que se fale, que se escute, que se participe. Exige que recusemos o silêncio e o cinismo.
www.publico.pt
October 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
"either we uphold our collective ethical responsibility and speak out to prevent further mass violence and starvation, or we will be remembered for our selective silence and inaction during one of the most urgent moral and public health crises of our time". www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza
Substantial and well-documented evidence indicates a catastrophic public health emergency in Gaza (appendix pp 1–5), marked by severe food insecurity and alarming levels of malnutrition-related deaths...
www.thelancet.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
🇧🇷 Na manifestação contra a PEC da Blindagem e o PL da Anistia, Chico Buarque e Gilberto Gil cantam “Cálice”, música feita na ditadura como um paralelo a “cale-se” para driblar a censura.

A canção se tornou um símbolo da resistência contra a repressão e marcou gerações.
September 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"Contrary to worries, Norway’s supportive sick leave policy keeps people healthy and financially secure while supporting a robust workforce."

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Norway has a high sickness absence rate – yet has some of the lowest unemployment in Europe
Contrary to worries, Norway’s supportive sick leave policy keeps people healthy and financially secure while supporting a robust workforce.
www.oslomet.no
September 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM
These places represent the enduring power of the written word in our digital age (...) whether it’s breathtaking historical architecture, innovative modern design, or simply that intangible quality that makes you want to lose yourself among the stacks.

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2025 Top 10 Most Beautiful Libraries in the World
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August 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"Norge bør fortsette sin positive og inkluderende linje i spørsmål som gjelder språk og skolepenger, og unngå å falle for pekefingre eller populistiske reaksjoner (...)
Og ja, vi med utenlandsk bakgrunn må delta mer i den offentlige samtalen"
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Utenfor boblen: Hva skylder vi verden?
Norge har potensial til å bli et hjem for internasjonale hoder og samvittigheter. Og vi med utenlandsk bakgrunn må delta mer i den offentlige samtalen, skriver Ahmet Soylu.
www.forskerforum.no
August 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The Science of Science: "this area is going to be essential moving forward in stormy times, as it can dispel the myth that science is an ideological leviathan incapable of self-reflection and can help us rebuild science into a craft that interrogates its fragilities."
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Metascience Is More Important Now Than Ever
Opinion | A growing research field known as ‘the science of science’ will be essential for navigating an uncertain future.
undark.org
August 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
This is not the time to step back from diversity, equity, and inclusion | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
This is not the time to step back from diversity, equity, and inclusion
Recently, I exchanged views with a prominent Ivy League scientist who was complaining about the minority students and junior faculty applying to his program. He claimed that the university, through di...
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July 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
In this new publication we look at academic production in terms of a complex and ever evolving social network of scholar cooperation. We focus on academic publication on the concept of metacontingencies.
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Network Analysis of Academic Production on Metacontingencies - Behavior and Social Issues
The concept of metacontingencies, developed within behavior analysis as a conceptual tool, enabled the emergence of a new field of study on the cultural level of selection (Todorov, 2006). Since then,...
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May 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Reposted by Fabio Bento
På denne dagen, 10. mai 1933, ble det gjennomført bokbål i en lang rekke tyske universitetsbyer. Tusenvis av «utyske» og «anti-tyske» bøker ble brent offentlig, til stor offentlig oppmerksomhet.
May 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"We find that two-thirds (one-fifth) of warming is attributable to the wealthiest 10% (1%), meaning that individual contributions are 6.5 (20) times the average per capita contribution."
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High-income groups disproportionately contribute to climate extremes worldwide
Nature Climate Change - While climate injustice is widely recognized, a quantification of how emissions inequality translates into unequal accountability is still lacking. Here researchers examine...
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May 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
"...behavior scientists need to move beyond professional silos and directly engage scientists from other disciplines and our communities. This outreach carries added urgency from the continuing escalation of the anti-science movement..."
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Editorial: The Challenges Now are Far Bigger - Behavior and Social Issues
Behavior and Social Issues -
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April 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The Football Museum in São Paulo is a place where one can delve into Brazilian 🇧🇷 history with all beauty, challenges and paradoxes. And yes, Vini Jr, make sure to never stop dancing.
April 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The concept of adjacent possible is one of the most interesting, but still least researched in complexity sciences.

And an important reminder: we are of nature, not above nature.

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The "Adjacent Possible" – and How It Explains Human Innovation | Stuart Kauffman | TED
YouTube video by TED
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April 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Authoritarian regimes usually close spaces of knowledge and free interaction
US blocks Canadian access to cross-border library, sparking outcry www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US blocks Canadian access to cross-border library, sparking outcry
US officials claim move was to curb drug trafficking while Quebec town says it ‘weakens collaboration’ among nations
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March 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"Many people with Down syndrome around the world don’t get the support they need. Many countries do not have support systems that meet the needs of people with disabilities and their families."
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World Down Syndrome Day | United Nations
Down syndrome is a naturally occurring chromosomal arrangement that has always been a part of the human condition, exists in all regions across the globe and commonly results in variable effects on le...
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March 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
www.oslomet.no/en/research/... "Nothing with the goal of endless growth can last forever. If Norway wants its welfare state to support future generations, and today’s population, research says it will need to imagine its place in a more sustainable global system" from @erikagubrium.bsky.social
– We need to imagine a more sustainable future for Norway’s welfare state
If Norway wants its welfare state to support future generations, and today’s population, research says it will need to imagine its place in a more sustainable global system.
www.oslomet.no
March 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"Do you ever feel that agreeing to review an academic paper guarantees a wasted workday?"

No, never. Peer review is an important form of communication which is inherently human. By the way, science is and should always be a human activity even if IA can contribute.
Three AI-powered steps to faster, smarter peer review
Tired of spending countless hours on peer reviews? An AI-assisted workflow could help.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
www.prosocial.world/posts/happy-... "Darwinism, properly understood, is far more relevant to evolving a better world than most people currently realize" @prosocialworld.bsky.social
Happy Darwin Day! How Darwinism Can Help Us Flourish in 2025
Darwinism, properly understood, is far more relevant to evolving a better world than most people currently realize.
www.prosocial.world
February 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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I look forward to presenting findings from a bibliometric analysis of academic production on ProSocial and discussing research developments with colleagues @prosocialworld.bsky.social
Seminar: Building Upon a Bibliometric Analysis to Catalyze Prosocial Cultural Evolution with Fabio Bento
Free Seminar and Discussion Forum
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January 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM