Ronald Hartz
@ronaldhartz.bsky.social
Senior Researcher at Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany | organization studies | critical management studies | alternative forms of organization | higher education | he/him
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If you're in Europe and just waking up, here are the 60+ bodies - around half of them under the UN umbrella - from which the US has withdrawn
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 7:06 AM
If you're in Europe and just waking up, here are the 60+ bodies - around half of them under the UN umbrella - from which the US has withdrawn
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The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.
January 8, 2026 at 12:22 AM
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.
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Opinion | How Many Vice Presidents Does a College Need?
Titles matter—and so does title inflation. https://bit.ly/4bkW7Rp
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Titles matter—and so does title inflation. https://bit.ly/4bkW7Rp
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
January 7, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Opinion | How Many Vice Presidents Does a College Need?
Titles matter—and so does title inflation. https://bit.ly/4bkW7Rp
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Titles matter—and so does title inflation. https://bit.ly/4bkW7Rp
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
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Sir Nishan?
Many of our members are shocked our VC is to be knighted during a grueling redundancy programme, with more consultations announced today!
Only two months ago, 1,022 university members participated in a confidence vote and overwhelmingly voted ‘no confidence’ in him.
Many of our members are shocked our VC is to be knighted during a grueling redundancy programme, with more consultations announced today!
Only two months ago, 1,022 university members participated in a confidence vote and overwhelmingly voted ‘no confidence’ in him.
January 7, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Sir Nishan?
Many of our members are shocked our VC is to be knighted during a grueling redundancy programme, with more consultations announced today!
Only two months ago, 1,022 university members participated in a confidence vote and overwhelmingly voted ‘no confidence’ in him.
Many of our members are shocked our VC is to be knighted during a grueling redundancy programme, with more consultations announced today!
Only two months ago, 1,022 university members participated in a confidence vote and overwhelmingly voted ‘no confidence’ in him.
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"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
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surreal times
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Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:36 AM
"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
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plain censorship in US academia
"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:50 AM
plain censorship in US academia
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Breaking news: The US has intercepted a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the north Atlantic, following an earlier failed bid to capture the vessel as it headed to Venezuela ft.trib.al/oTZQRDJ
January 7, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Breaking news: The US has intercepted a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the north Atlantic, following an earlier failed bid to capture the vessel as it headed to Venezuela ft.trib.al/oTZQRDJ
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American conservatives and centrists have come together to destroy academic freedom in the most simple direct way there is, by dictating what material can be taught in university classrooms.
From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
January 6, 2026 at 9:38 PM
American conservatives and centrists have come together to destroy academic freedom in the most simple direct way there is, by dictating what material can be taught in university classrooms.
"Since the 1980s, academic publishing has become increasingly commodified. It is now shaped by profitability, competition and performance metrics. Universities have adopted market-based management practices and rely more and more on performance metrics to assess their staff."
#HigherEd
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#HigherEd
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Is academic research experiencing the same ‘enshittification’ that Cory Doctorow identifies in online platforms?
Martina Linnenluecke and I say yes!
A summary of our paper is out today in The Conversation
Full paper at: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
theconversation.com/the-5-stages...
Martina Linnenluecke and I say yes!
A summary of our paper is out today in The Conversation
Full paper at: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
theconversation.com/the-5-stages...
The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing
Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.
theconversation.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:09 PM
"Since the 1980s, academic publishing has become increasingly commodified. It is now shaped by profitability, competition and performance metrics. Universities have adopted market-based management practices and rely more and more on performance metrics to assess their staff."
#HigherEd
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#HigherEd
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"Since 2014, students and faculty critical of the regime have been vilified, physically attacked and arrested, books and seminars banned, standard historical narratives rewritten, and foreign scholars denied visas."
#HigherEd
#AcademicFreedom
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/ins...
#HigherEd
#AcademicFreedom
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/ins...
Inside Modi’s Assault on Academic Freedom | Journal of Democracy
Narendra Modi and his ruling BJP have developed the textbook attack on India’s universities and centers of free thought. It offers a vital warning for other countries where higher education is in…
www.journalofdemocracy.org
January 6, 2026 at 5:54 PM
"Since 2014, students and faculty critical of the regime have been vilified, physically attacked and arrested, books and seminars banned, standard historical narratives rewritten, and foreign scholars denied visas."
#HigherEd
#AcademicFreedom
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/ins...
#HigherEd
#AcademicFreedom
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/ins...
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this is how every outlet should refer to X
January 6, 2026 at 5:11 PM
this is how every outlet should refer to X
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Is academic research experiencing the same ‘enshittification’ that Cory Doctorow identifies in online platforms?
Martina Linnenluecke and I say yes!
A summary of our paper is out today in The Conversation
Full paper at: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
theconversation.com/the-5-stages...
Martina Linnenluecke and I say yes!
A summary of our paper is out today in The Conversation
Full paper at: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
theconversation.com/the-5-stages...
The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing
Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.
theconversation.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Is academic research experiencing the same ‘enshittification’ that Cory Doctorow identifies in online platforms?
Martina Linnenluecke and I say yes!
A summary of our paper is out today in The Conversation
Full paper at: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
theconversation.com/the-5-stages...
Martina Linnenluecke and I say yes!
A summary of our paper is out today in The Conversation
Full paper at: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
theconversation.com/the-5-stages...
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The ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing 💩✍️
theconversation.com/the-5-stages...
theconversation.com/the-5-stages...
The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing
Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.
theconversation.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:43 AM
The ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing 💩✍️
theconversation.com/the-5-stages...
theconversation.com/the-5-stages...
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TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 5, 2026 at 11:26 PM
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
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The US is sanctioning judges among whose assignments is the legal reckoning with genocide.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
www.irishtimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:51 AM
The US is sanctioning judges among whose assignments is the legal reckoning with genocide.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.
January 5, 2026 at 5:37 PM
One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.
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According to this reporting, Trump will keep the popular Venezuelan resistance leader Maria Machado from power in Venezuela because she not he won the Nobel Prize.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. plan to ‘run’ Venezuela clouded in confusion
In Washington and Caracas, the vision for administering Venezuela in the weeks and months ahead appears uncertain and stubbornly complex.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:08 PM
According to this reporting, Trump will keep the popular Venezuelan resistance leader Maria Machado from power in Venezuela because she not he won the Nobel Prize.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Via Euronews: Free civic space in France, Italy and Germany under increasing threat, new study finds
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Free civic space in France, Italy and Germany under threat, study says
These three countries, which are home to almost half of the EU's population, are now in the same category as Hungary for restrictions on civic space.
www.euronews.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Via Euronews: Free civic space in France, Italy and Germany under increasing threat, new study finds
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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Es ist hochnotpeinlich, was die Bundesregierung da gerade abliefert.
January 5, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Es ist hochnotpeinlich, was die Bundesregierung da gerade abliefert.
"These cycles of change leave casualties — redundancies, burnout, broken teams, lost careers — and yet the organisational narrative presents each wave of disruption as noble, necessary and progressive."
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#LoveLD The stress, burnout and illogic of permanent (educational) revolution: www.linkedin.com/pulse/always... Thnx #RoyHanney
Always Leaving, Never Arriving: The Cultural Revolution of Change Management
There’s a strange kind of revolutionary fervour running through contemporary organisational life. Every year brings a new wave of restructures, rebrands, realignments and “transformational initiatives...
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January 5, 2026 at 1:26 PM
"These cycles of change leave casualties — redundancies, burnout, broken teams, lost careers — and yet the organisational narrative presents each wave of disruption as noble, necessary and progressive."
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BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 1:19 PM
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
"complicated" (Starmer)
„komplex“ (Merz)
„außerordentlich komplex“ (Wadephul)
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„komplex“ (Merz)
„außerordentlich komplex“ (Wadephul)
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UK's Starmer says it is for the US to justify actions in Venezuela reut.rs/4jJVPpL
UK's Starmer says it is for the US to justify actions in Venezuela
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday it was up to the United States to justify its actions in Venezuela after capturing President Nicolas Maduro, describing the situation as "not straightforward."
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January 5, 2026 at 1:17 PM
"complicated" (Starmer)
„komplex“ (Merz)
„außerordentlich komplex“ (Wadephul)
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„komplex“ (Merz)
„außerordentlich komplex“ (Wadephul)
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holiday academic Bluesky (US version): here is a list of everything I accomplished this year plus I had some Thoughts about the humanities
holiday academic Bluesky (UK version): I’m 80% brandy butter, 12% brussels sprouts, 8% brisk walk, what’s a university again, also I’ve forgotten how to write
holiday academic Bluesky (UK version): I’m 80% brandy butter, 12% brussels sprouts, 8% brisk walk, what’s a university again, also I’ve forgotten how to write
December 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
holiday academic Bluesky (US version): here is a list of everything I accomplished this year plus I had some Thoughts about the humanities
holiday academic Bluesky (UK version): I’m 80% brandy butter, 12% brussels sprouts, 8% brisk walk, what’s a university again, also I’ve forgotten how to write
holiday academic Bluesky (UK version): I’m 80% brandy butter, 12% brussels sprouts, 8% brisk walk, what’s a university again, also I’ve forgotten how to write
"When fear takes hold of the system, critical voices disappear. It creates a contagion of silence, where those who thrive in that culture often end up in leadership roles."
#HigherEd
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#HigherEd
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130 researcher testimonies expose a culture of fear and silence at Danish universities
Personal stories of managerial pressure, a culture of silence, and psychological violence in academic workplaces are at the core of a new campaign by the Movement for a Free Academia. Minister for Hig...
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January 5, 2026 at 12:14 PM
"When fear takes hold of the system, critical voices disappear. It creates a contagion of silence, where those who thrive in that culture often end up in leadership roles."
#HigherEd
uniavisen.dk/en/130-resea...
#HigherEd
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I've learned that Edinburgh University is planning to cut 20% of academics in some departments
To decide who gets the chop, they generated an academic contribution metric that is a raw count of *any type* of output, including book reviews.
The management of UK Universities continues to amaze
To decide who gets the chop, they generated an academic contribution metric that is a raw count of *any type* of output, including book reviews.
The management of UK Universities continues to amaze
January 5, 2026 at 9:20 AM
I've learned that Edinburgh University is planning to cut 20% of academics in some departments
To decide who gets the chop, they generated an academic contribution metric that is a raw count of *any type* of output, including book reviews.
The management of UK Universities continues to amaze
To decide who gets the chop, they generated an academic contribution metric that is a raw count of *any type* of output, including book reviews.
The management of UK Universities continues to amaze