Geoffrey Supran
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Geoffrey Supran
@geoffreysupran.bsky.social
Professor of Environmental Science & Policy and Director of Climate Accountability Lab at University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science.

Investigating Big Oil's climate propaganda. Formerly Harvard, MIT, Cambridge.
Thank you for all your brilliant work Alex, so sorry to hear about this, but can't wait to see what you do next.
February 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
7/n: Following up to announce another postdoc in the Climate Accountability Lab at UMiami, this one in the psychology of climate change communication and psychological inoculation against misinformation.

More info and application form here: careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1...
Post Doctoral Associate - Psychology of Climate Change in Miami, Florida, United States of America | Research at University of Miami
Apply for Post Doctoral Associate - Psychology of Climate Change job with University of Miami in Miami, Florida, United States of America. Research at University of Miami
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November 25, 2024 at 8:33 PM
6/n: More to come...watch this space!
November 6, 2024 at 11:34 PM
5/n: Senior Software Engineer: Using computational social science to investigate climate narratives & social networks (same job description as postdoc but different pay grade depending on experience & qualifications).

More info and application form here: careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1...
Sr. Software Engineer - Computational Social Science in Miami, Florida, United States of America | Information Technology at University of Miami
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November 6, 2024 at 11:32 PM
4/n: Postdoc: Using computational social science to investigate climate change narratives and social networks.

More info and application form here: careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1...
Post Doctoral Associate - Computational Social Science in Miami, Florida, United States of America | Research at University of Miami
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November 6, 2024 at 11:32 PM
3/n: PhD #2: Using mixed methods to investigate the corporate capture of academic research and government agencies by fossil fuel interests.

More info and application form here: graduate.earth.miami.edu/phd-and-ms-p...
November 6, 2024 at 11:32 PM
2/n: PhD #1: Using computational social science to investigate climate change discourse on social media.

More info and application form here: graduate.earth.miami.edu/phd-and-ms-p...
November 6, 2024 at 11:31 PM
14/n: Our paper also encourages our colleagues "to go further than research": “to communicate their findings widely, to advocate for the policy implications of their work, and to support others in doing so.”

It's heartening that hundreds have already begun to do so ⬇️:
September 5, 2024 at 5:14 PM
13/n: To be clear, we are not impugning the integrity of individual scholars. As I told The Guardian's Dharna Noor, “Our intention is to protect scientific integrity. We want to warn scholars & uni leaders that they can be pawns in a propaganda scheme." www.theguardian.com/business/art...
University funding from fossil fuels slowing switch to green energy – report
Study’s authors say integrity of higher education ‘at risk’ upon finding lack of attention to role of oil and gas firms
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2024 at 5:14 PM
12/n: One of our coauthors, Emily Eaton, had to go so far as to take her own university *to court* to (successfully) compel her university to disclose its fossil fuel funders.
September 5, 2024 at 5:12 PM
11/n: “Universities’ widespread lack of transparency on funding ties, amounts, and contract details” between themselves & fossil fuel companies is a major obstacle to tackling this problem, our study finds.

“The academic integrity of higher education is at risk.”
September 5, 2024 at 5:12 PM
10/n: University leaders, for their part, have mostly failed to recognize, much less mitigate, this massive, multi-decadal elephant in the room. In many cases, they have done the opposite, actively soliciting & encouraging fossil fuel donations.
September 5, 2024 at 5:12 PM
9/n: Out of ~14,000 peer-reviewed articles about sponsorship and conflicts of interest, we found only SEVEN mentioning fossil fuels.

Our paper is therefore also a call to action for scholars to “engage urgently” in a new research agenda focused on fossil fuel ties to academia.
September 5, 2024 at 5:12 PM
8/n: “Nothing close to [the] concern or scrutiny or reform [that public health scientists have applied to tobacco or pharma funding] has been applied by climate & energy experts to oil industry funding," I told Miranda Green at Floodlight News/Louisiana Illuminator. lailluminator.com/2024/09/05/c...
Colleges with fossil fuel funding can become 'vehicle of climate obstruction,' study finds • Louisiana Illuminator
For decades, fossil fuel companies have donated millions of dollars to colleges — resulting in conflicts of interest for their researchers.
lailluminator.com
September 5, 2024 at 5:12 PM