Tim Fenkner
@tfenkner.bsky.social
Sociologist@Humboldt University
Keywords: cultural sociology of agency; scientific careers; politicization of academics; theory
Keywords: cultural sociology of agency; scientific careers; politicization of academics; theory
Reposted by Tim Fenkner
On bad days, academic publishing feels like an endless social media feed. People keep reiterating the same points in different papers just to stay visible on everyone’s timeline...
June 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
On bad days, academic publishing feels like an endless social media feed. People keep reiterating the same points in different papers just to stay visible on everyone’s timeline...
Reposted by Tim Fenkner
Wer denkt Abstract?
April 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Wer denkt Abstract?
Reposted by Tim Fenkner
Some thoughts on Weber and the AI-coup: We all have intuition, a gut feeling based on past experiences that often hits the mark. Bureaucracy prohibited relying on intuition in governance, insisting instead on using standing promulgated rules to achieve fairness, transparency & accountability 1/5
February 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Some thoughts on Weber and the AI-coup: We all have intuition, a gut feeling based on past experiences that often hits the mark. Bureaucracy prohibited relying on intuition in governance, insisting instead on using standing promulgated rules to achieve fairness, transparency & accountability 1/5
Yay! First article published! Read now about "survival" as a way to narrate your agency to cope with precarious academic working conditions. In Minerva: doi.org/10.1007/s110...
Surviving Science – Coping with Exit-Decisions in Physics and History - Minerva
Academic careers between the completion of a PhD and the acquisition of tenure are characterized by short term contracts, high levels of competition, and future uncertainty. Existing research indicate...
doi.org
November 5, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Yay! First article published! Read now about "survival" as a way to narrate your agency to cope with precarious academic working conditions. In Minerva: doi.org/10.1007/s110...
#ASA2024 panel on "Critical Sociology of Israel/Palestine":
The ways of palestinian survival often go beyond the dichotomy of "cooperation" or "resistance"
The ways of palestinian survival often go beyond the dichotomy of "cooperation" or "resistance"
August 10, 2024 at 2:07 PM
#ASA2024 panel on "Critical Sociology of Israel/Palestine":
The ways of palestinian survival often go beyond the dichotomy of "cooperation" or "resistance"
The ways of palestinian survival often go beyond the dichotomy of "cooperation" or "resistance"
Tenor on #ASA2024 panel "Academic Freedom in a Fearsome Age":
Precarious academic working conditions are a danger to academic freedom. So "if you don't see yourself as a worker, you're part of the problem" (Karma R. Chavez)
Precarious academic working conditions are a danger to academic freedom. So "if you don't see yourself as a worker, you're part of the problem" (Karma R. Chavez)
August 9, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Tenor on #ASA2024 panel "Academic Freedom in a Fearsome Age":
Precarious academic working conditions are a danger to academic freedom. So "if you don't see yourself as a worker, you're part of the problem" (Karma R. Chavez)
Precarious academic working conditions are a danger to academic freedom. So "if you don't see yourself as a worker, you're part of the problem" (Karma R. Chavez)
#ASA2024, ok, let's go!
In case you're interested in discussing caveats of empirically investigating the notion of 'agency' - join me on monday at 4pm in the session on "Increasing the Methodological Rigor of Qualitative Research"!
In case you're interested in discussing caveats of empirically investigating the notion of 'agency' - join me on monday at 4pm in the session on "Increasing the Methodological Rigor of Qualitative Research"!
August 9, 2024 at 9:07 PM
#ASA2024, ok, let's go!
In case you're interested in discussing caveats of empirically investigating the notion of 'agency' - join me on monday at 4pm in the session on "Increasing the Methodological Rigor of Qualitative Research"!
In case you're interested in discussing caveats of empirically investigating the notion of 'agency' - join me on monday at 4pm in the session on "Increasing the Methodological Rigor of Qualitative Research"!