Adam Standring
@adamstandring.bsky.social
Environmental sociologist with added politics and policy.
currently ISEG, formerly DMU, ÖRU and FCSH.
currently ISEG, formerly DMU, ÖRU and FCSH.
Tonight I'm giving my favourite class of the year, in the Masters in Innovation and Research for Sustainability. We all sit around and play the board game Daybreak.
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Tonight I'm giving my favourite class of the year, in the Masters in Innovation and Research for Sustainability. We all sit around and play the board game Daybreak.
This is not a dunk, and the whole exchange about the sandwich is genuinely pretty funny but I think many of the responses to this fundamentally misunderstand humour on the right.
They *know* it's ridiculous but that ridiculousness obscures a chilling exercise of power.
They *know* it's ridiculous but that ridiculousness obscures a chilling exercise of power.
November 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This is not a dunk, and the whole exchange about the sandwich is genuinely pretty funny but I think many of the responses to this fundamentally misunderstand humour on the right.
They *know* it's ridiculous but that ridiculousness obscures a chilling exercise of power.
They *know* it's ridiculous but that ridiculousness obscures a chilling exercise of power.
I made an awesome caramelized orange and lemon cake.
October 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I made an awesome caramelized orange and lemon cake.
Feels indicative of a trend in the sector that a national questionnaire on the use of AI in Portuguese Higher Education is so flawed:
October 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Feels indicative of a trend in the sector that a national questionnaire on the use of AI in Portuguese Higher Education is so flawed:
The second half - which you left off - is a pretty disgusting attempt to triangulate far-right talking points.
October 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The second half - which you left off - is a pretty disgusting attempt to triangulate far-right talking points.
When all it takes to prioritise your mental health is... (checks notes)... the threat of legal action.
October 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
When all it takes to prioritise your mental health is... (checks notes)... the threat of legal action.
So happy to catch @thebeths.bsky.social on the final leg of their tour in Lisbon. Absolute cracking concert
October 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
So happy to catch @thebeths.bsky.social on the final leg of their tour in Lisbon. Absolute cracking concert
There's a study to be done in political/organizational sociology to understand Home Office politics in relation to broader national politics.
Are politicions given the HO brief because it reflects their worldview or does institutional thinking impact on their worldview (or to what extent both)?
Are politicions given the HO brief because it reflects their worldview or does institutional thinking impact on their worldview (or to what extent both)?
October 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
There's a study to be done in political/organizational sociology to understand Home Office politics in relation to broader national politics.
Are politicions given the HO brief because it reflects their worldview or does institutional thinking impact on their worldview (or to what extent both)?
Are politicions given the HO brief because it reflects their worldview or does institutional thinking impact on their worldview (or to what extent both)?
Labour's inevitable drift rightwards and towards obscurity continues.
October 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Labour's inevitable drift rightwards and towards obscurity continues.
Waiting for the first 34 1/2 of Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs.
October 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Waiting for the first 34 1/2 of Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs.
Who are we thinking? Tennant? Cumberbatch?
September 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Who are we thinking? Tennant? Cumberbatch?
If you want a set of images to sum up Lisbon's mayor then it's this - proudly opening a car park.
July 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
If you want a set of images to sum up Lisbon's mayor then it's this - proudly opening a car park.
You say, "beyond the writings of George Orwell and the sounds of Northern Soul, Wigan has few claims to fame"... no mention of rugby! You can tell I wasn't a reviewer because that's grounds for rejection.
July 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
You say, "beyond the writings of George Orwell and the sounds of Northern Soul, Wigan has few claims to fame"... no mention of rugby! You can tell I wasn't a reviewer because that's grounds for rejection.
I'm seeing this applied by some to the case of Matt Goodwin when the opposite lesson should be taken there. How do professional/institutional structures promote and protect bad actors when many warned about him years ago?
June 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I'm seeing this applied by some to the case of Matt Goodwin when the opposite lesson should be taken there. How do professional/institutional structures promote and protect bad actors when many warned about him years ago?
Aside from the fact that no-one beyond the most gullible will believe anything Labour says at that point, this thread is still emblematic of that tendency to view UK politics entirely through the lens of elections.
May 15, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Aside from the fact that no-one beyond the most gullible will believe anything Labour says at that point, this thread is still emblematic of that tendency to view UK politics entirely through the lens of elections.
The US is (tragi)comically dystopian.
May 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The US is (tragi)comically dystopian.
"Identify entrepreneurial character traits of historical and contemporary entrepreneurs"
They mean sociopathy, right?
They mean sociopathy, right?
May 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"Identify entrepreneurial character traits of historical and contemporary entrepreneurs"
They mean sociopathy, right?
They mean sociopathy, right?
Packing for a long weekend
April 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Packing for a long weekend
It's grounded in the sociology of critique of Boltanski and critical theory of Rosa and is illustrated with examples I have teaching on sustainability and climate breakdown with the board game Daybreak.
April 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
It's grounded in the sociology of critique of Boltanski and critical theory of Rosa and is illustrated with examples I have teaching on sustainability and climate breakdown with the board game Daybreak.
This Saturday (5th April), I will be presenting a work in progress, and a labour of love, at LeiriaCon. It's a working paper in which I discuss the act of play - specifically playing board games - as a tool for social critique.
April 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
This Saturday (5th April), I will be presenting a work in progress, and a labour of love, at LeiriaCon. It's a working paper in which I discuss the act of play - specifically playing board games - as a tool for social critique.