Ruth Boyask
@ruthboyask.bsky.social
Education. Political sociology. Culture. Incurable humanist. Mobilising research, art and general academia.
Latest project www.aut.ac.nz/litplus
Also, editor of Methodological Innovations https://journals.sagepub.com/home/MIO
Latest project www.aut.ac.nz/litplus
Also, editor of Methodological Innovations https://journals.sagepub.com/home/MIO
When you open space for charter schools in a school system that already prioritises self-management expect to find extremist views cropping up in publicly funded education.
Taxpayers funding new charter school inspired by secretive Opus Dei group
The 'Catholic ethos' school in Epsom will open near two existing Catholic primaries.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
When you open space for charter schools in a school system that already prioritises self-management expect to find extremist views cropping up in publicly funded education.
AI can audit published research. What will audit AI? theconversation.com/ai-will-soon...
AI will soon be able to audit all published research – what will that mean for public trust in science?
An AI audit of scientific research would likely expose some fraud and widespread inconsequential work. But we need to be careful it doesn’t discredit science in general.
theconversation.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
AI can audit published research. What will audit AI? theconversation.com/ai-will-soon...
Please share with colleagues our call for special issue on Generative AI and methodology.
June 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Please share with colleagues our call for special issue on Generative AI and methodology.
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Hi Bluesky!
Methodological Innovations is an international, open access journal and the principal venue for publishing peer-reviewed, social-research methods articles.
journals.sagepub.com/home/MIO
Methodological Innovations is an international, open access journal and the principal venue for publishing peer-reviewed, social-research methods articles.
journals.sagepub.com/home/MIO
May 21, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Hi Bluesky!
Methodological Innovations is an international, open access journal and the principal venue for publishing peer-reviewed, social-research methods articles.
journals.sagepub.com/home/MIO
Methodological Innovations is an international, open access journal and the principal venue for publishing peer-reviewed, social-research methods articles.
journals.sagepub.com/home/MIO
Colleague and fellow LitPlus researcher Jayne Jackson led us in some historical work on literacy curriculum. Reading used to be something we did very well.
theconversation.com/kiwi-kids-on...
theconversation.com/kiwi-kids-on...
Kiwi kids once led the world in reading – this 1950s primary school syllabus still has lessons for today
Compared with today’s structured literacy and standardised testing, the 1953 reading syllabus was a remarkably non-prescriptive blueprint for both teachers and pupils.
theconversation.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Colleague and fellow LitPlus researcher Jayne Jackson led us in some historical work on literacy curriculum. Reading used to be something we did very well.
theconversation.com/kiwi-kids-on...
theconversation.com/kiwi-kids-on...
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Grim reading on national reading scores for the United States - ‘Nearly 5 years after schools closed, the nation gets a new report card’ via NPR
“Just 30% of (8th grade) students performing at or above NAEP's proficient standard.”
www.npr.org/2025/01/29/n....
“Just 30% of (8th grade) students performing at or above NAEP's proficient standard.”
www.npr.org/2025/01/29/n....
January 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Grim reading on national reading scores for the United States - ‘Nearly 5 years after schools closed, the nation gets a new report card’ via NPR
“Just 30% of (8th grade) students performing at or above NAEP's proficient standard.”
www.npr.org/2025/01/29/n....
“Just 30% of (8th grade) students performing at or above NAEP's proficient standard.”
www.npr.org/2025/01/29/n....
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Finally, if you're in Oxford tonight at 5.30pm, or able to watch online, I'll be speaking about Rudolf Vrba, the man who broke out of Auschwitz to warn the world talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/7e1...
The Alfred Landecker Memorial Lecture : Escaping the Holocaust
The Alfred Landecker Holocaust Memorial Lecture is hosted by the Blavatnik School of Government each year to mark United Nations Holocaust Remembrance Day.
This year’s lecture, given by author and j...
talks.ox.ac.uk
January 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Finally, if you're in Oxford tonight at 5.30pm, or able to watch online, I'll be speaking about Rudolf Vrba, the man who broke out of Auschwitz to warn the world talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/7e1...
Testing Chinese AI large language model DeepSeek on human rights issues www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
Watch: We test DeepSeek for censorship. It doesn’t go well
I’m on a date with DeepSeek and it seems fair to start the conversation with an uncontroversial question. But things quickly get weird.
www.stuff.co.nz
January 28, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Testing Chinese AI large language model DeepSeek on human rights issues www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
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This is great work and aligns with something I have been saying for a while... humans enjoy working hard toward goals. It gives us a sense of purpose. I think the current emphasis on quick and easy solutions is making people feel lost (with impacts on mental health), including many college students.
January 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is great work and aligns with something I have been saying for a while... humans enjoy working hard toward goals. It gives us a sense of purpose. I think the current emphasis on quick and easy solutions is making people feel lost (with impacts on mental health), including many college students.
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Europe made more electricity from sunshine than coal last year in what analysts called a “milestone” for the clean energy transition. 👍
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
‘Rising star’: Europe made more electricity from solar than coal in 2024
Report reveals solar power generated 11% of Europe’s electricity, surpassing coal at 10%
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Europe made more electricity from sunshine than coal last year in what analysts called a “milestone” for the clean energy transition. 👍
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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To anyone feeling off today, and I know plenty who will, it won’t fix things but you might feel a bit better after reading about Moomins. www.moomin.com/en/blog/moom...
How Moomin books comfort in times of crises, part 1 - Moomin.com
The first blog of a two-part series, this blog explores how the Moomin books comfort us in times of crises, decades after their creation.
www.moomin.com
January 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
To anyone feeling off today, and I know plenty who will, it won’t fix things but you might feel a bit better after reading about Moomins. www.moomin.com/en/blog/moom...
If US annexes Greenland will they be cleaning up their mess? Thanks to Politico news site for linking to the article. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The abandoned ice sheet base at Camp Century, Greenland, in a warming climate
The first inventory of wastes in the Greenland ice sheet at the abandoned military base Camp Century Regional climate modeling suggests that these wastes can no longer be considered “preserved for ...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
If US annexes Greenland will they be cleaning up their mess? Thanks to Politico news site for linking to the article. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Annual summer challenge complete!
December 22, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Annual summer challenge complete!
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To be clear - Horizon Europe is a programme which gives our researchers opportunities to be funded *by the EU* to collaborate with European researchers, but because of the differences in funding between NZ and Europe our people need top-ups to meet all their costs (1/2)
And funding opportunities for the social sciences and humanities have been cut from the Horizon Europe programme. 🤬
December 19, 2024 at 12:24 AM
To be clear - Horizon Europe is a programme which gives our researchers opportunities to be funded *by the EU* to collaborate with European researchers, but because of the differences in funding between NZ and Europe our people need top-ups to meet all their costs (1/2)
An example of problems of AI "borrowing" from academic work going beyond non-attribution to creating a new conceptual reality.
Oh wow. I've just been *AI-ed*.
I just googled 'shadow institutional framework' as shorthand to find the link to a journal article I wrote. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This is what I got on Google chrome (left).
This is my paper (right)
I just googled 'shadow institutional framework' as shorthand to find the link to a journal article I wrote. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This is what I got on Google chrome (left).
This is my paper (right)
December 19, 2024 at 5:29 AM
An example of problems of AI "borrowing" from academic work going beyond non-attribution to creating a new conceptual reality.
Reposted by Ruth Boyask
Who'd have thought ruthless austerity would be bad for the economy? Nice work, Mr Luxon.
Want to feel old?
The last time the NZ economy was so bad, the Soviet Union still existed, and so did Yugoslavia, Windows 3.1 was out but people were still sceptical that PCs would really take off, and this was the state of the art www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWK... www.nzherald.co.nz/business/mas...
The last time the NZ economy was so bad, the Soviet Union still existed, and so did Yugoslavia, Windows 3.1 was out but people were still sceptical that PCs would really take off, and this was the state of the art www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWK... www.nzherald.co.nz/business/mas...
'Worst since 1991': NZ in deep recession after massive GDP fall
GDP data for the third quarter shows a wipeout.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 18, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Who'd have thought ruthless austerity would be bad for the economy? Nice work, Mr Luxon.
Does Whamageddon count when Last Christmas is sung by someone who is not Wham?
December 17, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Does Whamageddon count when Last Christmas is sung by someone who is not Wham?
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We're hiring an Assistant Professor in the field of #UrbanSociology, who can demonstrate expertise in the social and spatial life of the city, and how planning and/or design impacts urban life.
Applications close Sunday 19th January 2025 (23.59 UK time).
Applications close Sunday 19th January 2025 (23.59 UK time).
Assistant Professor in Sociology
Assistant Professor in Sociology, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>As an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to diversity and inclusion, we encourage applications from women and…
jobs.lse.ac.uk
December 16, 2024 at 11:00 AM
We're hiring an Assistant Professor in the field of #UrbanSociology, who can demonstrate expertise in the social and spatial life of the city, and how planning and/or design impacts urban life.
Applications close Sunday 19th January 2025 (23.59 UK time).
Applications close Sunday 19th January 2025 (23.59 UK time).
Call for Proposals to #ECER2025 Belgrade "Charting the Way Forward: Education, Research, Potentials and Perspectives". 8 - 12 September 2025. #EdResearch #EduSci #EmergingResearchers Submission deadline: 31 Jan 2025 The Call: https://buff.ly/3B9pCpO
December 16, 2024 at 8:10 PM
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I am very happy that this book is finally out! So many great stories and insights into what it means to "lead rurally" in many contexts. Sharing Leadership Stories in Rural Education: Leading Rurally across Australia and the United States #RuralEd
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Sharing Leadership Stories in Rural Education
This book presents stories from the field with insights into capabilities, approaches, models and strategies for improving practice and outcomes.
link.springer.com
December 15, 2024 at 10:04 PM
I am very happy that this book is finally out! So many great stories and insights into what it means to "lead rurally" in many contexts. Sharing Leadership Stories in Rural Education: Leading Rurally across Australia and the United States #RuralEd
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...