Edward Walker
@edwardwalker.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology, UCLA. Organizations, social movements, corporate lobbying, nonprofits, PR firms. Climate politics and sustainability. Philly native.
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Edward Walker
@edwardwalker.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Good to be meeting people on here! I study social movements, business political activity, and organizations/organizing, and how these topics intersect (often around environment/sustainability). Please say hello and, if you like, check out a few of my recent projects in this thread.
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BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered Trump to restore $500 million in frozen UCLA NIH grants. The same judge, Rita F. Lin, previously ordered all UCLA NSF grants reinstated. Lin has now nearly entirely reversed Trump's July de-funding of UCLA research: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Federal judge orders Trump to restore $500 million in frozen UCLA medical research grants
A San Francisco-based federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to restore all National Institutes of Health grants to UCLA, roughly $500 million, that the government suspended in July.
www.latimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered Trump to restore $500 million in frozen UCLA NIH grants. The same judge, Rita F. Lin, previously ordered all UCLA NSF grants reinstated. Lin has now nearly entirely reversed Trump's July de-funding of UCLA research: www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Big thanks to @behscientist.bsky.social & its editor-in-chief Evan Nesterak for attending CASBS's two-day climate change workshop not long ago & soliciting these participant contributions on the 'backlash, burnout, and backsliding' related to climate action 🌍
behavioralscientist.org/burning-ques...
behavioralscientist.org/burning-ques...
Burning Questions: A Collection of Perspectives on Climate Action - By Evan Nesterak - Behavioral Scientist
The barriers to solving climate change seem to be getting higher, and the need for breakthroughs feels more urgent than ever. What are the most pressing ideas on the minds of social and behavioral sci...
behavioralscientist.org
June 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Big thanks to @behscientist.bsky.social & its editor-in-chief Evan Nesterak for attending CASBS's two-day climate change workshop not long ago & soliciting these participant contributions on the 'backlash, burnout, and backsliding' related to climate action 🌍
behavioralscientist.org/burning-ques...
behavioralscientist.org/burning-ques...
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🚨 Practical URGENT tip for NSF grantees:
Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and…
1. Download your NSF award letters.
2. Print PDF your annual reports.
3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports.
NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov
Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and…
1. Download your NSF award letters.
2. Print PDF your annual reports.
3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports.
NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov
April 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
🚨 Practical URGENT tip for NSF grantees:
Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and…
1. Download your NSF award letters.
2. Print PDF your annual reports.
3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports.
NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov
Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and…
1. Download your NSF award letters.
2. Print PDF your annual reports.
3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports.
NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov
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So cool that three CASBS fellows who occupied study #38 - Jon Krosnick (1996-97 AND 2013-14), @edwardwalker.bsky.social (2021-22) & @ralmeling.bsky.social (2019-20) were here at the same time for a workshop!
As 'ghosts' of that study, they pretty much haunted current occupant Tom Lyon all day 👻👻👻
As 'ghosts' of that study, they pretty much haunted current occupant Tom Lyon all day 👻👻👻
February 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
So cool that three CASBS fellows who occupied study #38 - Jon Krosnick (1996-97 AND 2013-14), @edwardwalker.bsky.social (2021-22) & @ralmeling.bsky.social (2019-20) were here at the same time for a workshop!
As 'ghosts' of that study, they pretty much haunted current occupant Tom Lyon all day 👻👻👻
As 'ghosts' of that study, they pretty much haunted current occupant Tom Lyon all day 👻👻👻
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I am keeping a diary of daily events, as they unfold open.substack.com/pub/adamprze... It is available to everyone. I am new to Substack, so please let me know if something is wrong with the link or the file.
Diary
Week 1
open.substack.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I am keeping a diary of daily events, as they unfold open.substack.com/pub/adamprze... It is available to everyone. I am new to Substack, so please let me know if something is wrong with the link or the file.
Seems very likely that NSF and other federal funders will follow suit. This single move seems very likely to upend the entire model of the U.S. research university as we know it.
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Seems very likely that NSF and other federal funders will follow suit. This single move seems very likely to upend the entire model of the U.S. research university as we know it.
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This is a de facto massive budget cut to research universities. We are talking Great Recession size impacts.
⚠️ Effective Monday 2/10/25, NIH indirect rate capped at 15%. Applies to existing & future grants.
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This is a de facto massive budget cut to research universities. We are talking Great Recession size impacts.
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Excellent piece. Modern autocrats arrive at power via elections, and then gradually erode democracy until only a facade remains.
Coups provoke mass opposition and mobilization: salami tactics don’t.
Coups provoke mass opposition and mobilization: salami tactics don’t.
Excellent short piece by @ryanenos.bsky.social that explains why Americans are not more alarmed by the authoritarian actions of its government. open.substack.com/pub/ryandeno...
Death by 1,000 Cuts
Democracy is Dying in the United States, Why are We Acting Like Everything is Okay?
open.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Excellent piece. Modern autocrats arrive at power via elections, and then gradually erode democracy until only a facade remains.
Coups provoke mass opposition and mobilization: salami tactics don’t.
Coups provoke mass opposition and mobilization: salami tactics don’t.
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chicago is effectively shutting down its federal grant funded research
January 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
chicago is effectively shutting down its federal grant funded research
Super illuminating thread on the current situation and possible road ahead around federal grants
Ok. Impoundment. Some links to relevant authorities and commentary, and then thoughts of my own. What Trump is proposing potentially amounts to an upending of the separation of powers, and while that's not *inherently* bad, in this case it's bad. Very bad. 1/ 🧵
January 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Super illuminating thread on the current situation and possible road ahead around federal grants
Oh Nuzzel, how I've missed you. Great that @sill.social is up and running
Thanks @scire.bsky.social and @niemanlab.org for talking to me about Sill! I'm really excited about the future of the platform! www.niemanlab.org/2024/11/reme...
Remember Nuzzel? A similar news-aggregating tool now exists for Bluesky
The creator of Sill says "the death of the link" has had disastrous consequences for journalism, art, and the web. His free social media tool entered public beta on Friday.
www.niemanlab.org
November 26, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Oh Nuzzel, how I've missed you. Great that @sill.social is up and running
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We are hiring a China-focused Environmental Law and Policy Fellow at the Emmett Institute for Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA! This is a two-year position, and the hire will work closely with me. See here for details: recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10027
Emmett Institute Fellowship in Environmental Law and Policy 2025-2027 (China Focus)
University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.apo.ucla.edu
November 22, 2024 at 7:21 PM
We are hiring a China-focused Environmental Law and Policy Fellow at the Emmett Institute for Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA! This is a two-year position, and the hire will work closely with me. See here for details: recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10027
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senior scholar leaving your talk after making his 12 minute comment
November 18, 2024 at 4:48 PM
senior scholar leaving your talk after making his 12 minute comment
Good to be meeting people on here! I study social movements, business political activity, and organizations/organizing, and how these topics intersect (often around environment/sustainability). Please say hello and, if you like, check out a few of my recent projects in this thread.
November 18, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Good to be meeting people on here! I study social movements, business political activity, and organizations/organizing, and how these topics intersect (often around environment/sustainability). Please say hello and, if you like, check out a few of my recent projects in this thread.