Sebastian Koa
@sebastiankoa.bsky.social
PHDing in Geography at the University of Exeter | Studying nuclear energy and temporalities
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I am really excited to announce the call for the PhD Course in Energy Humanities!
Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.
Applications are welcome until 24 October.
#envhum #envhist #energyhistory
Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.
Applications are welcome until 24 October.
#envhum #envhist #energyhistory
September 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I am really excited to announce the call for the PhD Course in Energy Humanities!
Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.
Applications are welcome until 24 October.
#envhum #envhist #energyhistory
Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.
Applications are welcome until 24 October.
#envhum #envhist #energyhistory
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It's that time again. Sounding the Exeter #academicjob klaxon! 3yr Research Fellow post with a focus on environmental-social-health inequalities, working with my excellent colleague Rebecca Lynch in Egenis. Come and join us! #sts #sustainability #medsoc #anthropology
3 year postdoc in STS of health (“health” and “STS” construed broadly) here at Egenis! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
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June 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It's that time again. Sounding the Exeter #academicjob klaxon! 3yr Research Fellow post with a focus on environmental-social-health inequalities, working with my excellent colleague Rebecca Lynch in Egenis. Come and join us! #sts #sustainability #medsoc #anthropology
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🚨 We're excited to announce a one-day online conference for postgraduate and early career researchers on Just Energy Transitions - 10/07/25📆. For further information see below 👇 Apply: forms.gle/1dHmPM2kbnYw.... Deadline 10/06! @ignitenetplus.bsky.social @ukerc.bsky.social @edrc-uk.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🚨 We're excited to announce a one-day online conference for postgraduate and early career researchers on Just Energy Transitions - 10/07/25📆. For further information see below 👇 Apply: forms.gle/1dHmPM2kbnYw.... Deadline 10/06! @ignitenetplus.bsky.social @ukerc.bsky.social @edrc-uk.bsky.social
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'A common-sense decision': Government reportedly preparing to make solar panels mandatory for new homes in England
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incm.pub/42R9W4f
May 1, 2025 at 10:56 AM
'A common-sense decision': Government reportedly preparing to make solar panels mandatory for new homes in England
incm.pub/42R9W4f
incm.pub/42R9W4f
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1/12
Tony Blair Institute have released a report which is getting a lot of coverage in UK today
It says the drive for net zero emissions is flawed and some media outlets have gone to town
However it’s a bit odd
By odd, I mean there’s a lot of bollocks in it and shouldn't be taken seriously 🧵🧵
Tony Blair Institute have released a report which is getting a lot of coverage in UK today
It says the drive for net zero emissions is flawed and some media outlets have gone to town
However it’s a bit odd
By odd, I mean there’s a lot of bollocks in it and shouldn't be taken seriously 🧵🧵
April 30, 2025 at 6:33 AM
1/12
Tony Blair Institute have released a report which is getting a lot of coverage in UK today
It says the drive for net zero emissions is flawed and some media outlets have gone to town
However it’s a bit odd
By odd, I mean there’s a lot of bollocks in it and shouldn't be taken seriously 🧵🧵
Tony Blair Institute have released a report which is getting a lot of coverage in UK today
It says the drive for net zero emissions is flawed and some media outlets have gone to town
However it’s a bit odd
By odd, I mean there’s a lot of bollocks in it and shouldn't be taken seriously 🧵🧵
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Good article on financial investments in fossil fuel vs renewables, although I think energy production add-ons give a clearer picture because every year renewables provide more bang for the buck.
"This shift suggests that oil and gas is now a sunset industry, managing a long-term, if occasionally profitable, decline."
Always read @davidfickling.bsky.social
🎁 Link
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Always read @davidfickling.bsky.social
🎁 Link
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
How Clean Energy Escaped the Boom-and-Bust Cycle
The shift toward renewables is accelerating in some places, while Big Oil is investing less.
www.bloomberg.com
April 23, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Good article on financial investments in fossil fuel vs renewables, although I think energy production add-ons give a clearer picture because every year renewables provide more bang for the buck.
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Terrific special issue editorial on time, temporality and datafied governance of education
"we need to know more about how futures (and pasts) are enacted in data and how the resulting anticipated or forecasted futures (and pasts) govern the present" doi.org/10.1080/1750...
"we need to know more about how futures (and pasts) are enacted in data and how the resulting anticipated or forecasted futures (and pasts) govern the present" doi.org/10.1080/1750...
Introduction: time and temporality in the datafied governance of education
This special issue offers an exploration of the interaction of datafication and temporality in educational governance and demonstrates the many ways in which this interaction can be framed, theoriz...
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March 13, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Terrific special issue editorial on time, temporality and datafied governance of education
"we need to know more about how futures (and pasts) are enacted in data and how the resulting anticipated or forecasted futures (and pasts) govern the present" doi.org/10.1080/1750...
"we need to know more about how futures (and pasts) are enacted in data and how the resulting anticipated or forecasted futures (and pasts) govern the present" doi.org/10.1080/1750...
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Theoretical physicist who also does research in humanities using critical theories.
It’s interesting how when it comes down to it, no one is mad at quantum field theory being confusing — for physicists too — but they’re mad at humanists for also having analytic frameworks that take time to learn.
It’s interesting how when it comes down to it, no one is mad at quantum field theory being confusing — for physicists too — but they’re mad at humanists for also having analytic frameworks that take time to learn.
Critical theory is notorious for this especially. I have never seen important ideas that should be widely spread locked behind absolute microsubject definitions and word salad that is completely inaccessible to pretty much anyone who doesn't spend a lot of time reading on the subject.
February 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Theoretical physicist who also does research in humanities using critical theories.
It’s interesting how when it comes down to it, no one is mad at quantum field theory being confusing — for physicists too — but they’re mad at humanists for also having analytic frameworks that take time to learn.
It’s interesting how when it comes down to it, no one is mad at quantum field theory being confusing — for physicists too — but they’re mad at humanists for also having analytic frameworks that take time to learn.
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Our webinar series begins next week! Dr Ralitsa Hiteva presents "Digital and energy landscapes in independent living: the case of digital technologies for health and wellbeing in England" 2-3PM GMT 26/02. Register here👇
www.energygeographies.org/event-detail...
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Energy X Digital: Dr Ralitsa Hiteva | EnGRG
Digital and energy landscapes in independent living: the case of digital technologies for health and wellbeing in England
www.energygeographies.org
February 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Our webinar series begins next week! Dr Ralitsa Hiteva presents "Digital and energy landscapes in independent living: the case of digital technologies for health and wellbeing in England" 2-3PM GMT 26/02. Register here👇
www.energygeographies.org/event-detail...
www.energygeographies.org/event-detail...
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What are the barriers to realizing fusion energy's potential, and how are researchers trying to surpass them?
"An overview of the fusion landscape," by Robert J. Goldston, professor of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University. ⬇️
"An overview of the fusion landscape," by Robert J. Goldston, professor of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University. ⬇️
An overview of the fusion landscape
Forty-five different private companies around the globe (with total financing of $7.1 billion) are engaged in developing fusion energy—and it sometimes feels like there are 45 different ways to try to...
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December 5, 2024 at 10:34 PM
What are the barriers to realizing fusion energy's potential, and how are researchers trying to surpass them?
"An overview of the fusion landscape," by Robert J. Goldston, professor of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University. ⬇️
"An overview of the fusion landscape," by Robert J. Goldston, professor of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University. ⬇️
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Join us online Monday, 9 Dec 2024 at 16:00 Central European / 10:00 Eastern for @jamieljones.bsky.social discussing Rendered Obsolete: Energy Culture and the Afterlife of US Whaling (@uncpress.bsky.social 2023) in the Greenhouse #envhum book talks.
All are welcome!
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
All are welcome!
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
December 6, 2024 at 5:28 AM
Join us online Monday, 9 Dec 2024 at 16:00 Central European / 10:00 Eastern for @jamieljones.bsky.social discussing Rendered Obsolete: Energy Culture and the Afterlife of US Whaling (@uncpress.bsky.social 2023) in the Greenhouse #envhum book talks.
All are welcome!
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
All are welcome!
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
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Two permanent Assistant Professorships in Human Geography at Durham! With expertise in geographies of nature, climate change, & just and sustainable futures...
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
Assistant Professor in Human Geography (GEOG_01 %26 02)
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
durham.taleo.net
November 28, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Two permanent Assistant Professorships in Human Geography at Durham! With expertise in geographies of nature, climate change, & just and sustainable futures...
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Fully funded #EnvHist PhD position at Northumbria University: "An Energy History of Hygiene and Cleanliness in Modern Britain." Deadline: 24 January.
We are now advertising a funded PhD connected to our Wellcome Trust project "Carbon Bodies" at Northumbria University. Will be good for those interested in the intersection of energy/health or wanting to explore histories of hygiene. Deadline is the 24th January.
tinyurl.com/b9h9adfc
tinyurl.com/b9h9adfc
An Energy History of Hygiene and Cleanliness in Modern Britain (RDF25/ADSS/HIST/WRIGHT) at Northumbria University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - An Energy History of Hygiene and Cleanliness in Modern Britain (RDF25/ADSS/HIST/WRIGHT) at Northumbria University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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November 28, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Fully funded #EnvHist PhD position at Northumbria University: "An Energy History of Hygiene and Cleanliness in Modern Britain." Deadline: 24 January.
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Elsevier products: ScienceDirect, Scopus, Mendeley, SciVal, SSRN, Pure, Interfolio. . .and that's not all.
"They know what you are working on, they know what you are submitting, they know the results of your peer reviews. They control every part of the process and register every action you take."
"They know what you are working on, they know what you are submitting, they know the results of your peer reviews. They control every part of the process and register every action you take."
Elsevier’s stranglehold on academia: How publishers get rich off our data
Academic publishers’ most valuable asset used to be their journals. Now, it’s the data they collect from researchers and then sell. That is extremely concerning, a growing group of Groningen researche...
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November 25, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Elsevier products: ScienceDirect, Scopus, Mendeley, SciVal, SSRN, Pure, Interfolio. . .and that's not all.
"They know what you are working on, they know what you are submitting, they know the results of your peer reviews. They control every part of the process and register every action you take."
"They know what you are working on, they know what you are submitting, they know the results of your peer reviews. They control every part of the process and register every action you take."