James O’Sullivan
@jamesosullivan.bsky.social
Teaching & Learning Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence at the Higher Education Authority (HEA); Senior Lecturer at University College Cork (UCC); Lead Researcher on CASCADE (Horizon Europe MSCA DN); curmudgeonly Corkonian with malfunctioning heart.
UCC researchers receive €1.1m to address national and global societal challenges
UCC has been awarded funding for five interdisciplinary projects in @researchireland.ie's COALESCE 2025 programme.
For more, see:
www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
@uccresearch.bsky.social
UCC has been awarded funding for five interdisciplinary projects in @researchireland.ie's COALESCE 2025 programme.
For more, see:
www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
@uccresearch.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
UCC researchers receive €1.1m to address national and global societal challenges
UCC has been awarded funding for five interdisciplinary projects in @researchireland.ie's COALESCE 2025 programme.
For more, see:
www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
@uccresearch.bsky.social
UCC has been awarded funding for five interdisciplinary projects in @researchireland.ie's COALESCE 2025 programme.
For more, see:
www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
@uccresearch.bsky.social
#DigitalHumanities @ucc.ie has a two-year postdoc suited to researchers from broad range of disciplines.
my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...
Key tasks include coordinating a national survey of digital heritage practices & assisting with prototype development for communit archives.
Deadline: Oct 3rd.
my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...
Key tasks include coordinating a national survey of digital heritage practices & assisting with prototype development for communit archives.
Deadline: Oct 3rd.
September 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
#DigitalHumanities @ucc.ie has a two-year postdoc suited to researchers from broad range of disciplines.
my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...
Key tasks include coordinating a national survey of digital heritage practices & assisting with prototype development for communit archives.
Deadline: Oct 3rd.
my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...
Key tasks include coordinating a national survey of digital heritage practices & assisting with prototype development for communit archives.
Deadline: Oct 3rd.
Glad to be at Munster Technological University’s Cork campus with @marygalvin.bsky.social to mark the 50th anniversary of their student GAA club. Still have my jersey (no, it doesn’t fit).
September 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Glad to be at Munster Technological University’s Cork campus with @marygalvin.bsky.social to mark the 50th anniversary of their student GAA club. Still have my jersey (no, it doesn’t fit).
Delighted to be @uccstafffpl.bsky.social August Champion!
Might have to take my PhD off the wall to make room for this beauty.
Thanks @aodhquinlivan.bsky.social & co for keeping the show on the road year in, year out. Makes Mondays that bit easier.
Might have to take my PhD off the wall to make room for this beauty.
Thanks @aodhquinlivan.bsky.social & co for keeping the show on the road year in, year out. Makes Mondays that bit easier.
September 1, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Delighted to be @uccstafffpl.bsky.social August Champion!
Might have to take my PhD off the wall to make room for this beauty.
Thanks @aodhquinlivan.bsky.social & co for keeping the show on the road year in, year out. Makes Mondays that bit easier.
Might have to take my PhD off the wall to make room for this beauty.
Thanks @aodhquinlivan.bsky.social & co for keeping the show on the road year in, year out. Makes Mondays that bit easier.
Great meeting of the HEA National Forum Associates at @ucc.ie, organised by Dr Laura Lee and opened by Prof. Nuala Finnegan. The meeting included two presentations on hugely impactful SATLE-funded projects at UCC, as well as executive update from the HEA’s @colinlowry.ie.
June 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Great meeting of the HEA National Forum Associates at @ucc.ie, organised by Dr Laura Lee and opened by Prof. Nuala Finnegan. The meeting included two presentations on hugely impactful SATLE-funded projects at UCC, as well as executive update from the HEA’s @colinlowry.ie.
Sincerest thanks to everyone who contributed to today's Leadership Summit on #GenerativeAI in #HigherEducation, convened by the Higher Education Authority & proudly hosted @ucc.ie. Today's conversations will feed directly into our forthcoming policies & guidelines on #GenAI.
hea.ie/2025/06/03/h...
hea.ie/2025/06/03/h...
June 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Sincerest thanks to everyone who contributed to today's Leadership Summit on #GenerativeAI in #HigherEducation, convened by the Higher Education Authority & proudly hosted @ucc.ie. Today's conversations will feed directly into our forthcoming policies & guidelines on #GenAI.
hea.ie/2025/06/03/h...
hea.ie/2025/06/03/h...
At SETU for #EdTech25 on behalf of the Higher Education Authority.
Interesting variety of approaches to gen AI on show.
Congratulations to @eam0.bsky.social, ILTA Chair, and Peter Windle, Conference Chair, on a diverse and strong programme.
#highereducation #edtech
Interesting variety of approaches to gen AI on show.
Congratulations to @eam0.bsky.social, ILTA Chair, and Peter Windle, Conference Chair, on a diverse and strong programme.
#highereducation #edtech
May 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
At SETU for #EdTech25 on behalf of the Higher Education Authority.
Interesting variety of approaches to gen AI on show.
Congratulations to @eam0.bsky.social, ILTA Chair, and Peter Windle, Conference Chair, on a diverse and strong programme.
#highereducation #edtech
Interesting variety of approaches to gen AI on show.
Congratulations to @eam0.bsky.social, ILTA Chair, and Peter Windle, Conference Chair, on a diverse and strong programme.
#highereducation #edtech
Delighted to be @mtu.ie on behalf of the HEA for 'The 9-5 student? Rethinking the concept of studenthood'.
The SATLE-funded symposium is discussing a hugely important question: why are we seeing fewer students in our lecture theatres?
#highereducation #higheredirl #teaching #learning
The SATLE-funded symposium is discussing a hugely important question: why are we seeing fewer students in our lecture theatres?
#highereducation #higheredirl #teaching #learning
May 23, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Delighted to be @mtu.ie on behalf of the HEA for 'The 9-5 student? Rethinking the concept of studenthood'.
The SATLE-funded symposium is discussing a hugely important question: why are we seeing fewer students in our lecture theatres?
#highereducation #higheredirl #teaching #learning
The SATLE-funded symposium is discussing a hugely important question: why are we seeing fewer students in our lecture theatres?
#highereducation #higheredirl #teaching #learning
Digital Editing and Publishing in the Twenty-first Century launched this morning: thanks to Bridgette Wessels, Andrew Prescott, and Michelle Doran for participating in the session hosted by @scotunipress.bsky.social.
The book is #openaccess:
doi.org/10.62637/sup...
#digitalhumanities
The book is #openaccess:
doi.org/10.62637/sup...
#digitalhumanities
May 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Digital Editing and Publishing in the Twenty-first Century launched this morning: thanks to Bridgette Wessels, Andrew Prescott, and Michelle Doran for participating in the session hosted by @scotunipress.bsky.social.
The book is #openaccess:
doi.org/10.62637/sup...
#digitalhumanities
The book is #openaccess:
doi.org/10.62637/sup...
#digitalhumanities
ChatGPT isn't biased, and it's not lying to you
"When we accuse the model of bias or dishonesty, we risk absolving ourselves, the humans who curate the data, set the optimisation targets, and deploy the system."
open.substack.com/pub/jamescos...
#ChatGPT #largelanguagemodels #LLMs #bias
"When we accuse the model of bias or dishonesty, we risk absolving ourselves, the humans who curate the data, set the optimisation targets, and deploy the system."
open.substack.com/pub/jamescos...
#ChatGPT #largelanguagemodels #LLMs #bias
May 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
ChatGPT isn't biased, and it's not lying to you
"When we accuse the model of bias or dishonesty, we risk absolving ourselves, the humans who curate the data, set the optimisation targets, and deploy the system."
open.substack.com/pub/jamescos...
#ChatGPT #largelanguagemodels #LLMs #bias
"When we accuse the model of bias or dishonesty, we risk absolving ourselves, the humans who curate the data, set the optimisation targets, and deploy the system."
open.substack.com/pub/jamescos...
#ChatGPT #largelanguagemodels #LLMs #bias
In Dublin for the launch of the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery & Reform’s Guidelines for the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Public Service:
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
May 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
In Dublin for the launch of the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery & Reform’s Guidelines for the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Public Service:
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
CASCADE, a Horizon Europe MSCA doctoral network for interdisciplinary approaches to language analysis has launched a Substack, Language & Technology: languagetechnology.substack.com
First post by Sofía Aguilar-Valdez 👏 👏
#HorizonCASCADE #HorizonEU #HorizonEurope #DigitalHumanities #UKRI #nlp
First post by Sofía Aguilar-Valdez 👏 👏
#HorizonCASCADE #HorizonEU #HorizonEurope #DigitalHumanities #UKRI #nlp
May 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
CASCADE, a Horizon Europe MSCA doctoral network for interdisciplinary approaches to language analysis has launched a Substack, Language & Technology: languagetechnology.substack.com
First post by Sofía Aguilar-Valdez 👏 👏
#HorizonCASCADE #HorizonEU #HorizonEurope #DigitalHumanities #UKRI #nlp
First post by Sofía Aguilar-Valdez 👏 👏
#HorizonCASCADE #HorizonEU #HorizonEurope #DigitalHumanities #UKRI #nlp
Digital editing and publishing in the twenty-first century
This collection offers a range of perspectives on the present and future of digital editing and publishing.
Available open access and in print:
doi.org/10.62637/sup...
#digitalhumanities #openaccess #digitaleditions #digitalpublishing
This collection offers a range of perspectives on the present and future of digital editing and publishing.
Available open access and in print:
doi.org/10.62637/sup...
#digitalhumanities #openaccess #digitaleditions #digitalpublishing
April 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Digital editing and publishing in the twenty-first century
This collection offers a range of perspectives on the present and future of digital editing and publishing.
Available open access and in print:
doi.org/10.62637/sup...
#digitalhumanities #openaccess #digitaleditions #digitalpublishing
This collection offers a range of perspectives on the present and future of digital editing and publishing.
Available open access and in print:
doi.org/10.62637/sup...
#digitalhumanities #openaccess #digitaleditions #digitalpublishing
Had a very enjoyable time this afternoon chatting with University College Dublin's Prof. Emilie Pine about her career, research, and writing.
Emilie was kind enough to join us for our annual School of English & Digital Humanities research day at University College Cork.
Emilie was kind enough to join us for our annual School of English & Digital Humanities research day at University College Cork.
April 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Had a very enjoyable time this afternoon chatting with University College Dublin's Prof. Emilie Pine about her career, research, and writing.
Emilie was kind enough to join us for our annual School of English & Digital Humanities research day at University College Cork.
Emilie was kind enough to join us for our annual School of English & Digital Humanities research day at University College Cork.
My siblings and I are running in the Cork City Marathon to raise funds for a wheelchair friendly vehicle for dad and Motor Neurone Disease (yes, yes, me included!)
🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️
www.idonate.ie/crowdfunder/...
#mnd #motorneuronedisease
🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️
www.idonate.ie/crowdfunder/...
#mnd #motorneuronedisease
April 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
My siblings and I are running in the Cork City Marathon to raise funds for a wheelchair friendly vehicle for dad and Motor Neurone Disease (yes, yes, me included!)
🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️
www.idonate.ie/crowdfunder/...
#mnd #motorneuronedisease
🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️
www.idonate.ie/crowdfunder/...
#mnd #motorneuronedisease
AI in the age of abundance
‘The fantasy of the post-scarcity world has never contended with the very real, human cost of building it.’
jamescosullivan.substack.com/p/ai-in-the-...
#artificialintelligence #ai #abundance
‘The fantasy of the post-scarcity world has never contended with the very real, human cost of building it.’
jamescosullivan.substack.com/p/ai-in-the-...
#artificialintelligence #ai #abundance
April 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
AI in the age of abundance
‘The fantasy of the post-scarcity world has never contended with the very real, human cost of building it.’
jamescosullivan.substack.com/p/ai-in-the-...
#artificialintelligence #ai #abundance
‘The fantasy of the post-scarcity world has never contended with the very real, human cost of building it.’
jamescosullivan.substack.com/p/ai-in-the-...
#artificialintelligence #ai #abundance
Call for Chapters
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Cultural Analytics
Proposals are invited for chapters to be included in a major new reference work.
Further details and submission guidelines:
jamesosullivan.github.io/culturalanal...
#digitalhumanities #culturalanalytics @bendoyle.bsky.social
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Cultural Analytics
Proposals are invited for chapters to be included in a major new reference work.
Further details and submission guidelines:
jamesosullivan.github.io/culturalanal...
#digitalhumanities #culturalanalytics @bendoyle.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Call for Chapters
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Cultural Analytics
Proposals are invited for chapters to be included in a major new reference work.
Further details and submission guidelines:
jamesosullivan.github.io/culturalanal...
#digitalhumanities #culturalanalytics @bendoyle.bsky.social
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Cultural Analytics
Proposals are invited for chapters to be included in a major new reference work.
Further details and submission guidelines:
jamesosullivan.github.io/culturalanal...
#digitalhumanities #culturalanalytics @bendoyle.bsky.social
Prof. @maggiecusack.bsky.social, President of MTU, and Dr Gearóid Ó Súilleabháin, Head of @mtutelteam.bsky.social, launching the National Digital Leadership Network.
You can download the NDLN-commissioned reports as follows:
www.ndln.ie
Congratulations to all involved. 👏 👏
You can download the NDLN-commissioned reports as follows:
www.ndln.ie
Congratulations to all involved. 👏 👏
April 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Prof. @maggiecusack.bsky.social, President of MTU, and Dr Gearóid Ó Súilleabháin, Head of @mtutelteam.bsky.social, launching the National Digital Leadership Network.
You can download the NDLN-commissioned reports as follows:
www.ndln.ie
Congratulations to all involved. 👏 👏
You can download the NDLN-commissioned reports as follows:
www.ndln.ie
Congratulations to all involved. 👏 👏
The Higher Education Authority and National Forum invite contributions from all of Ireland's institutes of higher education on projects, innovations, research, and policies related to Gen AI in teaching and learning.
hub.teachingandlearning.ie/mapping-gene...
hub.teachingandlearning.ie/mapping-gene...
April 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The Higher Education Authority and National Forum invite contributions from all of Ireland's institutes of higher education on projects, innovations, research, and policies related to Gen AI in teaching and learning.
hub.teachingandlearning.ie/mapping-gene...
hub.teachingandlearning.ie/mapping-gene...
Ireland is losing its war on misogyny
open.substack.com/pub/jamescos...
#ireland #gender #violence #misogyny
open.substack.com/pub/jamescos...
#ireland #gender #violence #misogyny
March 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Ireland is losing its war on misogyny
open.substack.com/pub/jamescos...
#ireland #gender #violence #misogyny
open.substack.com/pub/jamescos...
#ireland #gender #violence #misogyny
The case for AI illiteracy
Why not knowing might be an academic advantage
open.substack.com/pub/jamescos...
#genAI #artificialintelligence #largelanguagemodels #AI #chatgpt
Why not knowing might be an academic advantage
open.substack.com/pub/jamescos...
#genAI #artificialintelligence #largelanguagemodels #AI #chatgpt
March 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The case for AI illiteracy
Why not knowing might be an academic advantage
open.substack.com/pub/jamescos...
#genAI #artificialintelligence #largelanguagemodels #AI #chatgpt
Why not knowing might be an academic advantage
open.substack.com/pub/jamescos...
#genAI #artificialintelligence #largelanguagemodels #AI #chatgpt
The second CASCADE training camp took place this month at the @uni-saarland.de, Saarbrücken. ESRs, supervisors and guest researchers came together to learn from each other.
For more, see:
www.horizoncascade.net/2nd-cascade-...
#HorizonCASCADE #HorizonEU #HorizonEurope #DigitalHumanities #UKRI
For more, see:
www.horizoncascade.net/2nd-cascade-...
#HorizonCASCADE #HorizonEU #HorizonEurope #DigitalHumanities #UKRI
March 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The second CASCADE training camp took place this month at the @uni-saarland.de, Saarbrücken. ESRs, supervisors and guest researchers came together to learn from each other.
For more, see:
www.horizoncascade.net/2nd-cascade-...
#HorizonCASCADE #HorizonEU #HorizonEurope #DigitalHumanities #UKRI
For more, see:
www.horizoncascade.net/2nd-cascade-...
#HorizonCASCADE #HorizonEU #HorizonEurope #DigitalHumanities #UKRI
Delighted to be back at my alma mater @mtu.ie on behalf of the Higher Education Authority and National Forum to celebrate the institution’s three existing Delta awards and recently awarded SATLE Impact Award.
March 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Delighted to be back at my alma mater @mtu.ie on behalf of the Higher Education Authority and National Forum to celebrate the institution’s three existing Delta awards and recently awarded SATLE Impact Award.
Introducing today’s Future Humanities workshop on storytelling approaches to climate communication, Prof. John O’Halloran, President of @ucc.ie, reiterates the great importance of SDGs, cross-border collaboration, and the work of individual scholars. 👏 👏
@joh2024.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social
@joh2024.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Introducing today’s Future Humanities workshop on storytelling approaches to climate communication, Prof. John O’Halloran, President of @ucc.ie, reiterates the great importance of SDGs, cross-border collaboration, and the work of individual scholars. 👏 👏
@joh2024.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social
@joh2024.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social