Dr Samuel Finnerty
@samuelfinnerty.bsky.social
Wellcome Trust Funded Senior Research Associate @LancasterUni. Research Culture, Personal & Collective Identity, Moral Values, Prosocial Action, Climate Activism https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/psychology/about-us/people/samuel-finnerty#publications
Given the proliferation of LLM generated online discourse and synthetic data, why not read my latest paper involving speaking to actual real human beings in real life 'Scientists as Activists: An Ethnography of the 'Critical Moments' in Scientists' Transition to Activism' osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
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December 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Given the proliferation of LLM generated online discourse and synthetic data, why not read my latest paper involving speaking to actual real human beings in real life 'Scientists as Activists: An Ethnography of the 'Critical Moments' in Scientists' Transition to Activism' osf.io/preprints/ps...
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I've recently started a project to provide stable identifiers for 'artifacts' (mostly maker/research/hobby electronics) to help combat link rot and aid discoverability.
It works much like DOIs for papers, but is based on an open index maintained on GitHub - see hwidx.org for details :)
It works much like DOIs for papers, but is based on an open index maintained on GitHub - see hwidx.org for details :)
Hardware Index
hwidx.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I've recently started a project to provide stable identifiers for 'artifacts' (mostly maker/research/hobby electronics) to help combat link rot and aid discoverability.
It works much like DOIs for papers, but is based on an open index maintained on GitHub - see hwidx.org for details :)
It works much like DOIs for papers, but is based on an open index maintained on GitHub - see hwidx.org for details :)
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🚀 Job alert for ML researchers who love "impossible" problems:
Detect inner speech from EEG signals. No labels. Lots of noise.
Standard methods failed. We will invent something new.
Deadline: Jan 4, 2026
hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#DeepLearning #Neuroscience #AIResearch
Detect inner speech from EEG signals. No labels. Lots of noise.
Standard methods failed. We will invent something new.
Deadline: Jan 4, 2026
hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#DeepLearning #Neuroscience #AIResearch
Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Senior Research Associate in Machine Learning for Spontaneous Inner Speech Detection
The Department of Psychology at Lancaster University is seeking to appoint a Senior Research Associate in Machine Learning (ML), at 0.8 FTE (4 days per week) to develop novel computational methods for...
hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk
December 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
🚀 Job alert for ML researchers who love "impossible" problems:
Detect inner speech from EEG signals. No labels. Lots of noise.
Standard methods failed. We will invent something new.
Deadline: Jan 4, 2026
hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#DeepLearning #Neuroscience #AIResearch
Detect inner speech from EEG signals. No labels. Lots of noise.
Standard methods failed. We will invent something new.
Deadline: Jan 4, 2026
hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#DeepLearning #Neuroscience #AIResearch
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"What makes Sudan's crisis even more alarming is its invisibility. The world is not watching closely enough"
The Sudanese civil war is creating the world's worst humanitarian disaster with 12 million people now displaced
This 🧵traces the deep connections b/w this conflict & the #ClimateCrisis 1/n
The Sudanese civil war is creating the world's worst humanitarian disaster with 12 million people now displaced
This 🧵traces the deep connections b/w this conflict & the #ClimateCrisis 1/n
"The cost of silence in Sudan’s civil war is too high"
As Sudan’s brutal civil war rages on, more than 12 million people have been displaced — deepening an already devastating protection and humanitarian crisis. In this episode of The Humans in Human Righ...
www.ohchr.org
November 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
"What makes Sudan's crisis even more alarming is its invisibility. The world is not watching closely enough"
The Sudanese civil war is creating the world's worst humanitarian disaster with 12 million people now displaced
This 🧵traces the deep connections b/w this conflict & the #ClimateCrisis 1/n
The Sudanese civil war is creating the world's worst humanitarian disaster with 12 million people now displaced
This 🧵traces the deep connections b/w this conflict & the #ClimateCrisis 1/n
🧪👩🔬 Scientist Advocacy & Public Trust — Webinar Now Available 📣
Last month I had the pleasure of joining a @newswise.bsky.social panel on Scientist Advocacy and Public Trust
I led the research segment, drawing on our new review
osf.io/preprints/ps...
vimeo.com/1124387582
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Last month I had the pleasure of joining a @newswise.bsky.social panel on Scientist Advocacy and Public Trust
I led the research segment, drawing on our new review
osf.io/preprints/ps...
vimeo.com/1124387582
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Scientists, Advocacy, and Public Trust - Research to Practice Webinar
Part of the Newswise Research to Practice webinar series, this discussion panel explores how institutions can support researchers as they engage with media and policy…
vimeo.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🧪👩🔬 Scientist Advocacy & Public Trust — Webinar Now Available 📣
Last month I had the pleasure of joining a @newswise.bsky.social panel on Scientist Advocacy and Public Trust
I led the research segment, drawing on our new review
osf.io/preprints/ps...
vimeo.com/1124387582
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Last month I had the pleasure of joining a @newswise.bsky.social panel on Scientist Advocacy and Public Trust
I led the research segment, drawing on our new review
osf.io/preprints/ps...
vimeo.com/1124387582
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My latest: with @fdabl.bsky.social and JW Bolderdijk we argue that environmental psychology needs formal theory to make progress and increase real-world impact
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Part of special issue Behavioral Science for Climate Change by @madalina.bsky.social & @neurograce.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Part of special issue Behavioral Science for Climate Change by @madalina.bsky.social & @neurograce.bsky.social
Redirecting
doi.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
My latest: with @fdabl.bsky.social and JW Bolderdijk we argue that environmental psychology needs formal theory to make progress and increase real-world impact
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Part of special issue Behavioral Science for Climate Change by @madalina.bsky.social & @neurograce.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Part of special issue Behavioral Science for Climate Change by @madalina.bsky.social & @neurograce.bsky.social
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Scientists are becoming more visible in public climate debates, but the effects of this engagement are far from straightforward. We often hear strong claims about credibility and trust, yet what does the evidence say? Our new preprint explores this osf.io/preprints/ps...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Scientists are becoming more visible in public climate debates, but the effects of this engagement are far from straightforward. We often hear strong claims about credibility and trust, yet what does the evidence say? Our new preprint explores this osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Great opportunity here to join the AI Accountability Lab with @abeba.bsky.social
if you are considering submitting an application for this position, you still have just under 2 weeks to do so
any and all suitable candidates, please apply. everyone else, pls share with your networks
any and all suitable candidates, please apply. everyone else, pls share with your networks
📣 I am hiring a postdoc! aial.ie/hiring/postd...
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
November 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Great opportunity here to join the AI Accountability Lab with @abeba.bsky.social
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This is top maternity leave productivity here, if I say so myself* 👇🏻
Our preprint is perfect as a quick recce of the research into scientists’ advocacy and activism - the motivations, barriers, tricky bits, and what different people think is good and not so good, and what we might need next.
Our preprint is perfect as a quick recce of the research into scientists’ advocacy and activism - the motivations, barriers, tricky bits, and what different people think is good and not so good, and what we might need next.
Scientists are becoming more visible in public climate debates, but the effects of this engagement are far from straightforward. We often hear strong claims about credibility and trust, yet what does the evidence say? Our new preprint explores this osf.io/preprints/ps...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This is top maternity leave productivity here, if I say so myself* 👇🏻
Our preprint is perfect as a quick recce of the research into scientists’ advocacy and activism - the motivations, barriers, tricky bits, and what different people think is good and not so good, and what we might need next.
Our preprint is perfect as a quick recce of the research into scientists’ advocacy and activism - the motivations, barriers, tricky bits, and what different people think is good and not so good, and what we might need next.
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⚠️ When “technology will save us” becomes a climate risk!
A new paper from great colleagues takes a careful look at techno-optimism — the belief that technology will largely solve climate change — and what it means for real-world climate action.
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A new paper from great colleagues takes a careful look at techno-optimism — the belief that technology will largely solve climate change — and what it means for real-world climate action.
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osf.io/preprints/ps...
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
⚠️ When “technology will save us” becomes a climate risk!
A new paper from great colleagues takes a careful look at techno-optimism — the belief that technology will largely solve climate change — and what it means for real-world climate action.
(1/4)👇
osf.io/preprints/ps...
A new paper from great colleagues takes a careful look at techno-optimism — the belief that technology will largely solve climate change — and what it means for real-world climate action.
(1/4)👇
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Scientists are becoming more visible in public climate debates, but the effects of this engagement are far from straightforward. We often hear strong claims about credibility and trust, yet what does the evidence say? Our new preprint explores this osf.io/preprints/ps...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Scientists are becoming more visible in public climate debates, but the effects of this engagement are far from straightforward. We often hear strong claims about credibility and trust, yet what does the evidence say? Our new preprint explores this osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Research Fellow post on UKRI-funded interdisciplinary project on enhancing climate resilience among farming and pastoralist communities in eastern Africa
Come and work with us!
Please share
jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/181bad99...
Come and work with us!
Please share
jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/181bad99...
Research Fellow Ref 42079 (Fixed Term) - Job page - University of Sussex Job Search
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November 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Research Fellow post on UKRI-funded interdisciplinary project on enhancing climate resilience among farming and pastoralist communities in eastern Africa
Come and work with us!
Please share
jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/181bad99...
Come and work with us!
Please share
jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/181bad99...
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'These group processes are much more in play at night…'
@ellarhodespsych.bsky.social meets Mark Levine, Professor of Social Psychology at Lancaster University.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
@ellarhodespsych.bsky.social meets Mark Levine, Professor of Social Psychology at Lancaster University.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
'These group processes are much more in play at night' | BPS
Our journalist, Ella Rhodes, meets Mark Levine, Professor of Social Psychology at Lancaster University.
www.bps.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
'These group processes are much more in play at night…'
@ellarhodespsych.bsky.social meets Mark Levine, Professor of Social Psychology at Lancaster University.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
@ellarhodespsych.bsky.social meets Mark Levine, Professor of Social Psychology at Lancaster University.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Scientists Techno-optimism
New paper @fdabl.bsky.social @colognaviktoria.bsky.social @maiensachis.bsky.social @jmbh.bsky.social shows that scientists most confident that technology will solve the climate crisis tend, take the least climate-related action (civic or lifestyle)
🔗 osf.io/preprints/ps...
New paper @fdabl.bsky.social @colognaviktoria.bsky.social @maiensachis.bsky.social @jmbh.bsky.social shows that scientists most confident that technology will solve the climate crisis tend, take the least climate-related action (civic or lifestyle)
🔗 osf.io/preprints/ps...
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November 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Scientists Techno-optimism
New paper @fdabl.bsky.social @colognaviktoria.bsky.social @maiensachis.bsky.social @jmbh.bsky.social shows that scientists most confident that technology will solve the climate crisis tend, take the least climate-related action (civic or lifestyle)
🔗 osf.io/preprints/ps...
New paper @fdabl.bsky.social @colognaviktoria.bsky.social @maiensachis.bsky.social @jmbh.bsky.social shows that scientists most confident that technology will solve the climate crisis tend, take the least climate-related action (civic or lifestyle)
🔗 osf.io/preprints/ps...
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BREAKING
Marcus Decker won his appeal against deportation after his protest suspended on the Dartford Crossing after being given 3 years.
I’m happy to know the (indirect) donations from GB News interviews went to support this momentous day.
@just-stopoil.bsky.social
@gbnewsonline.bsky.social
Marcus Decker won his appeal against deportation after his protest suspended on the Dartford Crossing after being given 3 years.
I’m happy to know the (indirect) donations from GB News interviews went to support this momentous day.
@just-stopoil.bsky.social
@gbnewsonline.bsky.social
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social, Jonathan Porritt, various @scientistsforxr.earth and many others were with the wonderful Marcus Decker at his deportation hearing.
All fingers crossed!
All fingers crossed!
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
BREAKING
Marcus Decker won his appeal against deportation after his protest suspended on the Dartford Crossing after being given 3 years.
I’m happy to know the (indirect) donations from GB News interviews went to support this momentous day.
@just-stopoil.bsky.social
@gbnewsonline.bsky.social
Marcus Decker won his appeal against deportation after his protest suspended on the Dartford Crossing after being given 3 years.
I’m happy to know the (indirect) donations from GB News interviews went to support this momentous day.
@just-stopoil.bsky.social
@gbnewsonline.bsky.social
This is a great opportunity to work with @abeba.bsky.social at the AI Acountability Lab in Dublin on the use of genAI
📣 I am hiring a postdoc! aial.ie/hiring/postd...
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
November 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
This is a great opportunity to work with @abeba.bsky.social at the AI Acountability Lab in Dublin on the use of genAI
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🎃 carving is for light weights. I tell my kid this every year when he is happily scooping out a pumpkin. I have strong (and painful!) childhood memories of the literal hours it took to get anything like a face on a turnip. But it was worth it 👻 #HappyHalloween
A reminder that the original Hallowe'en jack o' lanterns date back to 18th century Ireland if not earlier, were based on a shady boozy blacksmith called Stingy Jack who cheated the devil & was trapped between 2 worlds, were carved from turnips and looked like this:
October 31, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🎃 carving is for light weights. I tell my kid this every year when he is happily scooping out a pumpkin. I have strong (and painful!) childhood memories of the literal hours it took to get anything like a face on a turnip. But it was worth it 👻 #HappyHalloween
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'openly sympathizes with the Palestinians' is a pretty gross way of trying to make human compassion with civilians murdered in their tens of thousands sound problematic
October 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
'openly sympathizes with the Palestinians' is a pretty gross way of trying to make human compassion with civilians murdered in their tens of thousands sound problematic
Love this piece, a very simple but effective visual reminder of what climate change means for sea level rise
These artists built a light installation that activates at high tide, showing future sea levels and demonstrating the climate brittleness of the art center that commissioned it, currently sited in a building near the...
October 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Love this piece, a very simple but effective visual reminder of what climate change means for sea level rise
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This is an excellent thread, a presentation on what some academics are doing now for climate change, along with how and why we can - and should - do a lot more:
I was recently invited to present my thoughts on the role of universities in the #climate crisis
Several audience members asked that I share my slides, so I've decided to post them here too as an open resource
I'd love any feedback, & for you to share examples of projects & best practice.
Long 🧵😊
Several audience members asked that I share my slides, so I've decided to post them here too as an open resource
I'd love any feedback, & for you to share examples of projects & best practice.
Long 🧵😊
October 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This is an excellent thread, a presentation on what some academics are doing now for climate change, along with how and why we can - and should - do a lot more:
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Oil companies are the Bad Guys, exhibit twenty thousand seven hundred and eighty eight
This is very useful, timely analysis built on Global Energy Monitor data, confirming that fossil fuel companies are not meaningfully investing in the energy transition. These companies are responsible for a tiny 0.1% of global renewable energy production.
grist.org/accountabili...
grist.org/accountabili...
Fossil fuel companies say they support the energy transition. New numbers suggest otherwise.
A new study shows that fossil fuel companies own less than 2 percent of renewable energy projects worldwide.
grist.org
October 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Oil companies are the Bad Guys, exhibit twenty thousand seven hundred and eighty eight
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built on theft and at massive environmental cost and most importantly, numerous studies keep demonstrating that genAI tools often work a little better than by chance. how is it that we can’t expunge these slop machines out of our institutions and communities
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
built on theft and at massive environmental cost and most importantly, numerous studies keep demonstrating that genAI tools often work a little better than by chance. how is it that we can’t expunge these slop machines out of our institutions and communities
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
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Humanist Bertrand Russell's perfect, utterly uncompromising 1962 letter declining Oswald Mosley's invitation to lunch. An perennial joy to see this circulating online from time to time.
October 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Humanist Bertrand Russell's perfect, utterly uncompromising 1962 letter declining Oswald Mosley's invitation to lunch. An perennial joy to see this circulating online from time to time.
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Here's a website that helps you switch to a greener bank.
Investments should build a better future, not destroy it.
makemymoneymatter.co.uk/banks/
Investments should build a better future, not destroy it.
makemymoneymatter.co.uk/banks/
October 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Here's a website that helps you switch to a greener bank.
Investments should build a better future, not destroy it.
makemymoneymatter.co.uk/banks/
Investments should build a better future, not destroy it.
makemymoneymatter.co.uk/banks/
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Such an easy switch to make! Now there are so many great resources to help consumers make more #climate friendly choices.
Here's a website that helps you switch to a greener bank.
Investments should build a better future, not destroy it.
makemymoneymatter.co.uk/banks/
Investments should build a better future, not destroy it.
makemymoneymatter.co.uk/banks/
October 22, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Such an easy switch to make! Now there are so many great resources to help consumers make more #climate friendly choices.