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Lauren Smith, PhD
@lkmsmith.bsky.social
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SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow; Associate Faculty @ RRU
Climate, emotions, behaviour change, gender, planetary (and death) care
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Lauren Smith, PhD @lkmsmith.bsky.social · Nov 19
Hello!
I study how emotions (from fear to awe) influence climate behaviour, to hopefully get ppl to make better choices + policy. I also like thinking about environmental work as care work, and all the related 'things' (like gender inequity) that entails.

Most importantly, I have a hairless kitten
A mottled pink and grey hairless kitten looks at herself in a small mirror, pondering life's biggest questions.
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deadparentswhatnow.com
POWER (of attorney) HOURS ARE BACK! Get those pesky financial & medical POA forms off your to-do list. I'll bring the forms and my notary stamp. You bring your brains and your determination to make difficult but necessary decisions. It'll be fun.

#louisville #deathpositive #estateplanning
A green comic book bubble with orange words over it reads: POWER (of attorney) HOURS! Below, white text reads: February 2026. February 12, 2-4pm. February 14, 12:30-2:30pm. February 19, 2-4pm. February 21, 12:30-2:30pm. I'll bring the forms. $5-$10 suggested tip. MaybeItsFate. 1425 Story Ave. Louisville, KY. In the bottom left corner is the logo for My Parents Are Dead: What Now? featuring a cartoon skull with heart eyes atop a lime green heptagon.
February 10, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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tylerhoran.bsky.social
The framing of AI through a capitalist lens obscures how digital platforms extract value from user labor while marketing themselves as "free" services. This piece unpacks how profit motives shape AI development in ways that prioritize extraction over equity. #AcademicSky #sociology

open.substac...
February 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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drjacekdebiec.bsky.social
"Generative AI systems themselves tend toward homogenization when used autonomously and repeatedly... Cultural stagnation is no longer speculation. It’s already happening."

#AcademicSky

theconversation.com/ai-induced-c...
AI-induced cultural stagnation is no longer speculation − it’s already happening
AI-mediated culture is already being filtered in ways that favor the familiar, the describable and the conventional.
theconversation.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:59 AM
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jonathangheaney.bsky.social
#CfP: 'Bridging Emotions: Affect in Overcoming Social and Political Divides', a hybrid workshop, based in Keio University, Tokyo, 16.05.2026, organized by Takemitsu Morikawa and @cvscheve.bsky.social
Submission deadline: 15.02.2026
Details: www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/soziologie/a...
#emosoc #sociology
Call for Papers - Workshop “Bridging Emotions: Affect in Overcoming Social and Political Divides”
www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de
January 6, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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mixedlinguist.bsky.social
My course syllabi now contain a link to this document, "why Professor Holliday Doesn't Use Generative AI". Feel free to share/repurpose or just check out the links for your own reference. It won't stop some of them, but I want students to know why. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Why Professor Holliday Doesn’t Use Generative “AI”
Why Professor Holliday Doesn’t Use Generative “AI” This is a (very) incomplete list of journalistic and scholarly sources that provide information about limitations and documented drawbacks of variou...
docs.google.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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green-romantic.bsky.social
Hey everyone, new project on the horizon. Looking for queer writers and academics who want to contribute to a global queer anthology/textbook.
January 20, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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madelinemrowe.bsky.social
Help me finish collecting #data for my #dissertation! If you’re a faculty member interested in issues of #academicfreedom in the classroom, take 15 minutes to respond to my survey below. #academicsky #highered #freespeech

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January 20, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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aliciajeanking.bsky.social
If you think you know what constitutes best practice in #QualitativeResearch methods in #HealthResearch, here's a list that may confirm or challenge your understanding 👇

If it challenges you, perhaps give the full paper a read? link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#academicsky #ImplementationScience
January 18, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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thierryaaron.bsky.social
"Climate change is here. We are seeing event classes [today] that were forecast in #climate models for the 2050s, 2060s, and 2070s.” - @oceanterra.org

#FasterThanExpected
#ClimateEmergency
‘Climate change is here’: Experts warn global crisis is decades ahead of forecasts
Drought, heatwaves, hurricanes, and wildfires are arriving sooner than we imagined according to scientists
www.independent.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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csa-scs.bsky.social
We are very excited to work in partnership with Dalhousie University’s Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology to host our Conference.

Approximately 250 sessions have been planned, so submit your abstract by January 26 to present your work!

www.csa-scs.ca/2026-annual-...
December 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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zabicka.bsky.social
🎓International symposium "Reproductive Health in Fragile Democracies: Bodies, Technologies and Futures"
📆June 8–9, 2026
🗺️Pauls Stradiņš Medicine History Museum in Riga, Latvia.
⏱️Submission deadline: March 1, 2026 (11:55 PM CET)
🔗Submission link: forms.gle/3KGXDLuTnSmX...
#academicsky
January 7, 2026 at 6:51 PM
lkmsmith.bsky.social
Interested in #emotions in #climate contexts? Consider applying to our panel at #CAG 2026! @sarahwolfephd.bsky.social

#affect #geography #interdisciplinary

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January 7, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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nhabelitz.bsky.social
CfP: 'Political #Emotions in Times of Conflict', 11-12 March 2026 in Florence @sns.it @cidape.bsky.social

@sonjablum.bsky.social and I invite papers for our panel 'Emotional conflicts around Energy transitions in Europe: #Policy narratives and policymaking dynamics'.
👉Deadline 31.12.2025
Call for Papers for the International Conference entitled 'Political Emotions in Times of Conflict: Climate, Inequality, and Democracy', which will take place at Scuola Normale Superiore (Florence) on 11–12 March 2026. Call for Papers for the International Conference entitled 'Political Emotions in Times of Conflict: Climate, Inequality, and Democracy', which will take place at Scuola Normale Superiore (Florence) on 11–12 March 2026.
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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petergleick.bsky.social
This is a remarkable feat of complex, in-depth reporting on an issue involving #water pollution, local corruption, corporate power and influence over community well-being, and the role of agriculture and industry in contaminating groundwater.
rollingstone.com Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · Dec 7
“One man about 60 years old had his voice box taken out because of a cancer only smokers get, but that guy hadn’t smoked a day of his life.”
'The Precedent Is Flint': How Oregon's Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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dtkmelissa.bsky.social
"The killing of women and girls simply because they are female deserves to be named for what it is, gender-motivated violence. Until femicide is recognized as a distinct crime nothing will change." -Doreen Nicoll doreenn.substack.com/p/time-to-ad...
Time to admit École Polytechnique massacre was an anti-feminist terrorist attack
Originally described as a "tragic event," 36 years later it’s time to call the mass killing of women on December 6, 1989 what it really is – an anti-feminist terrorist attack that remains unaddressed.
doreenn.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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doctorzen.net
If you run across a gen A.I. slop 🤖💩 diagram in an academic journal, I’d love to know about it! Please fill out this form:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Slop in journals is illuminating about journals’ quality control. And journals would like you to forget their mistakes.

#AcademicChatter
Slop graphics in academic journals
Use this form to share graphics (e.g., figures, covers, graphical abstracts) made using generative A.I. that have appeared in academic journals. The plan is to compile these slop graphics in an ope...
docs.google.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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charliejgardner.bsky.social
Fascinating research on how the fossil fuel industry orchestrates public narratives to maintain its own status in society and delay our transition to a safer energy system
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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alexusherhesa.bsky.social
On the podcast today: my chat with Genome Canada CEO Rob Annan on Science and Science funding (both in Canada and globally). I really enjoyed this one, hope you will too.
The World of Higher Education | Funding, Free Riding, and the Future of Canadian Science
Join Alex Usher in the latest episode of the World of Higher Education Podcast as he talks with Rob Annan, President and CEO of Genome Canada. They explore the intertwined relationship of science a...
worlded.transistor.fm
November 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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tenuretracker.bsky.social
University of Copenhagen is hiring:
Postdoctoral position in Behavioral and Environmental Economics
November 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
lkmsmith.bsky.social
Not only was #SMP2025 last week in Ottawa, but I also ran my @genevawaterhub.bsky.social supported workshop on #emotions and #gender in #water diplomacy.

@leilaharris.bsky.social @royalroads.ca @ires.ubc.ca @dalhousieu.bsky.social @brocku.ca @lucyrodina.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 AM
lkmsmith.bsky.social
Last week I spent 2 days with 40+ other #academics from across Canada to learn how to communicate research simply and concisely to politicians and share the importance of #science in #policy as part of #ScienceMeetsParliament. I met so many talented and kind individuals!

#SMP2025 @sciencepolicy.ca
Lauren Smith, smiling, next to a poster from Science Meets Parliament displaying delegates who have research related to: "Evoloving Frontiers: Society, Climate action, and Space exploration". Lauren is featured with the subtitle: Emotions and gender in climate action Group of academics and the Canadian Science Policy Centre team smiling in a group photo
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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pathwaysinitiative.bsky.social
🎙️Call for sessions! Towards a just and habitable world: exploring the role of technology

Submit your session proposal to help shape the discussions around how we might transform technological systems towards sufficiency, equity, and resilience.

📅 Lausanne, 2-5 June 2026

🔗 bit.ly/3JgQZT6
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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mamaktjames.bsky.social
Hello to all my #edusky, #teachersky, and #academicsky friends! I am beginning recruitment for my doctoral research study. If you are interested or know anyone who would be, please send them my way!
A recruitment flyer for a dissertation study on teacher-mothers. Invitation for Participation About the Study: I'm conducting a doctoral research study at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville exploring the lived experiences of teacher-mothers in early childhood education. This study centers on the voices of educators who balance caring for young children in the classroom and at home. Who Can Participate: an early childhood educator (birth-age 5) and a mother/primary caregiver of a child under the age of 18. Participation Involves: 3 online talking circles, creative reflection using poetry prompts, optional one-on-one interview Study Location: all parts of the study will be online, and at times convenient for the participants. Contact: Katie James, kjames27@vols.utk.edu
November 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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markrubin.bsky.social
Statement by the International Contact Research Network responding to the recent Bloomberg article on Miles Hewstone and sexual harrassment.

"First and foremost, we stand by the victims of these abuses."

#AcademicSky #PhdSky #SocialPsyc
ICRN response to evidence of abuse within our community
In this letter, our Chair and Executive Committee share their reflections and commitments following the reporting of sexual abuse within our field.
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM