Jelena Brankovic
@jelena3121.bsky.social
Sociologist | Robert K. Merton Center for Science Studies | HU Berlin
Current project: https://jelenabrankovic.net/datafying-universities/
Temporarily following student-led protests in #Serbia. Until their demands are met.
Current project: https://jelenabrankovic.net/datafying-universities/
Temporarily following student-led protests in #Serbia. Until their demands are met.
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Jelena Brankovic
@jelena3121.bsky.social
· Feb 19
What do student vloggers have to say about #rankings?
What does gossip have to do with subversion?
And what do Hufflepuffs have to do with any of this?
Of this & more in our new paper: ‘Rankings are all bullsh*t anyway, why not do my own?’
👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
What does gossip have to do with subversion?
And what do Hufflepuffs have to do with any of this?
Of this & more in our new paper: ‘Rankings are all bullsh*t anyway, why not do my own?’
👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Today in cool visuals from the past:
A 1933 diagram of 39 National Commissariats of Public Instruction in the early Soviet Union, published in a British book on educational statistics.
A 1933 diagram of 39 National Commissariats of Public Instruction in the early Soviet Union, published in a British book on educational statistics.
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Today in cool visuals from the past:
A 1933 diagram of 39 National Commissariats of Public Instruction in the early Soviet Union, published in a British book on educational statistics.
A 1933 diagram of 39 National Commissariats of Public Instruction in the early Soviet Union, published in a British book on educational statistics.
Reposted by Jelena Brankovic
#Italy: The EFJ joined its @mediafreedomeu.bsky.social partners in sending a letter to Agenzia Nova, demanding the immediate reinstatement of sacked journalist Gabriele Nunziati. He was unfairly dismissed following a question deemed “inappropriate” to a representative of a political body. 🧵
Italy: Letter calling for journalist Gabriele Nunziati’s reinstatement following unjustified dismissal
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins its partners from the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in expressing, in a letter to the Agenzia ...
europeanjournalists.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
#Italy: The EFJ joined its @mediafreedomeu.bsky.social partners in sending a letter to Agenzia Nova, demanding the immediate reinstatement of sacked journalist Gabriele Nunziati. He was unfairly dismissed following a question deemed “inappropriate” to a representative of a political body. 🧵
A must read for anyone interested in the dynamics of social sciences in the Global South!
Congrats @metacramer.bsky.social 👏
Congrats @metacramer.bsky.social 👏
Very happy to share that my monograph on the negotiation of global asymmetries of science has been recently published! bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/colonial-leg...
Colonial Legacies and Global Inequalities in the Anglo-Caribbean
Colonial Legacies and Global Inequalities in the Anglo-Caribbean - Negotiating Social Knowledge Production in Research and Career-Making; This book examines how Anglo-Caribbean scholars navigate globa...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
A must read for anyone interested in the dynamics of social sciences in the Global South!
Congrats @metacramer.bsky.social 👏
Congrats @metacramer.bsky.social 👏
Join us on Wednesday for a talk by @c-bz.bsky.social & Jie Xu:
"The big transformation? Early Career Researchers as they race in the open scholarly world. Perspectives from France and China"
Nov. 12 | 11 AM CET | on Zoom or at Schönhauser Allee 10-11 in Berlin
More in the link below 👇
"The big transformation? Early Career Researchers as they race in the open scholarly world. Perspectives from France and China"
Nov. 12 | 11 AM CET | on Zoom or at Schönhauser Allee 10-11 in Berlin
More in the link below 👇
RMZ Jour fixe/ The big transformation? Early Career Researchers as they race in the open scholarly world. Perspectives from France and China
Chérifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri (Département Informatique, Université Lyon, France) & Jie Xu (School of Information Management, Wuhan University, China)
www.rmz.hu-berlin.de
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Join us on Wednesday for a talk by @c-bz.bsky.social & Jie Xu:
"The big transformation? Early Career Researchers as they race in the open scholarly world. Perspectives from France and China"
Nov. 12 | 11 AM CET | on Zoom or at Schönhauser Allee 10-11 in Berlin
More in the link below 👇
"The big transformation? Early Career Researchers as they race in the open scholarly world. Perspectives from France and China"
Nov. 12 | 11 AM CET | on Zoom or at Schönhauser Allee 10-11 in Berlin
More in the link below 👇
Reposted by Jelena Brankovic
New paper just out on how changing sociotechnical systems of knowledge production and access - platforms, the cloud, AI - pose profound challenges to educational practice and research doi.org/10.1080/0305...
Knowledge infrastructure crisis: digital democratic deficits and alternative designs for education
The production and circulation of knowledge in education increasingly depends on large-scale digital infrastructures. In this article we provide a critical review of the transformation of the conte...
doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
New paper just out on how changing sociotechnical systems of knowledge production and access - platforms, the cloud, AI - pose profound challenges to educational practice and research doi.org/10.1080/0305...
In a remarkable act of solidarity, students at @humboldtuni.bsky.social have dedicated the entire November issue of their magazine #UnAuf to the student-led protests in #Serbia ✊ ❤️
November 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
In a remarkable act of solidarity, students at @humboldtuni.bsky.social have dedicated the entire November issue of their magazine #UnAuf to the student-led protests in #Serbia ✊ ❤️
Reposted by Jelena Brankovic
Novi Sad, November 1, 2025. One year of impunity of the lying, violent, authoritarian, ghoulish regime. Руке су вам крваве 🩸🩸🩸
November 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Novi Sad, November 1, 2025. One year of impunity of the lying, violent, authoritarian, ghoulish regime. Руке су вам крваве 🩸🩸🩸
Reposted by Jelena Brankovic
October 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
October 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Respectfully to rail folks posting about the "upcoming" Belgrade to Budapest and Vienna services "coming soon", until the political situation re Novi Sad tragedy is resolved I don't see how we can expect those connections to materialize and actually function if Vučić can just cancel trains like this
Meanwhile, in #Serbia, the regime cancelled all trains to Novi Sad, in an effort to prevent people from reaching the city ahead of tomorrow's gathering to commemorate one year since the tragedy.
But, worry not, tens of thousands of people are already heading there by other means—including on foot.
But, worry not, tens of thousands of people are already heading there by other means—including on foot.
Serbian Students March to Novi Sad to Mark Deadly Station Collapse Anniversary | APT
YouTube video by APT
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Respectfully to rail folks posting about the "upcoming" Belgrade to Budapest and Vienna services "coming soon", until the political situation re Novi Sad tragedy is resolved I don't see how we can expect those connections to materialize and actually function if Vučić can just cancel trains like this
Meanwhile, in #Serbia, the regime cancelled all trains to Novi Sad, in an effort to prevent people from reaching the city ahead of tomorrow's gathering to commemorate one year since the tragedy.
But, worry not, tens of thousands of people are already heading there by other means—including on foot.
But, worry not, tens of thousands of people are already heading there by other means—including on foot.
Serbian Students March to Novi Sad to Mark Deadly Station Collapse Anniversary | APT
YouTube video by APT
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Meanwhile, in #Serbia, the regime cancelled all trains to Novi Sad, in an effort to prevent people from reaching the city ahead of tomorrow's gathering to commemorate one year since the tragedy.
But, worry not, tens of thousands of people are already heading there by other means—including on foot.
But, worry not, tens of thousands of people are already heading there by other means—including on foot.
Reposted by Jelena Brankovic
In two hours, our guest speaker @alexcsiszar.bsky.social will present his work on E. Garfield's global travels providing insight into how standards such as ‘peer review’ were exported beyond the USA and Britain. much looking forward to this global history of science talk - come & join (link below)
I am thrilled to invite you to tomorrow's (Oct. 29) lecture by @alexcsiszar.bsky.social: "Exporting publication standards: Eugene Garfield's global travels"
We're starting at 11 AM (CET). You can join us on Zoom or, if you're around, at Schönhauser Allee 10-11 in Berlin.
More in the link below 👇
We're starting at 11 AM (CET). You can join us on Zoom or, if you're around, at Schönhauser Allee 10-11 in Berlin.
More in the link below 👇
RMZ Jour fixe/ Exporting publication standards: Eugene Garfield's global travels
Alex Csiszar (Department of the History of Science, Harvard University, USA)
www.rmz.hu-berlin.de
October 29, 2025 at 7:57 AM
In two hours, our guest speaker @alexcsiszar.bsky.social will present his work on E. Garfield's global travels providing insight into how standards such as ‘peer review’ were exported beyond the USA and Britain. much looking forward to this global history of science talk - come & join (link below)
Interested in the history of scientific journals? Or curious why journals became more similar in format over time?
We're starting in about 2 hours 👇
We're starting in about 2 hours 👇
I am thrilled to invite you to tomorrow's (Oct. 29) lecture by @alexcsiszar.bsky.social: "Exporting publication standards: Eugene Garfield's global travels"
We're starting at 11 AM (CET). You can join us on Zoom or, if you're around, at Schönhauser Allee 10-11 in Berlin.
More in the link below 👇
We're starting at 11 AM (CET). You can join us on Zoom or, if you're around, at Schönhauser Allee 10-11 in Berlin.
More in the link below 👇
RMZ Jour fixe/ Exporting publication standards: Eugene Garfield's global travels
Alex Csiszar (Department of the History of Science, Harvard University, USA)
www.rmz.hu-berlin.de
October 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Interested in the history of scientific journals? Or curious why journals became more similar in format over time?
We're starting in about 2 hours 👇
We're starting in about 2 hours 👇
I am thrilled to invite you to tomorrow's (Oct. 29) lecture by @alexcsiszar.bsky.social: "Exporting publication standards: Eugene Garfield's global travels"
We're starting at 11 AM (CET). You can join us on Zoom or, if you're around, at Schönhauser Allee 10-11 in Berlin.
More in the link below 👇
We're starting at 11 AM (CET). You can join us on Zoom or, if you're around, at Schönhauser Allee 10-11 in Berlin.
More in the link below 👇
RMZ Jour fixe/ Exporting publication standards: Eugene Garfield's global travels
Alex Csiszar (Department of the History of Science, Harvard University, USA)
www.rmz.hu-berlin.de
October 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I am thrilled to invite you to tomorrow's (Oct. 29) lecture by @alexcsiszar.bsky.social: "Exporting publication standards: Eugene Garfield's global travels"
We're starting at 11 AM (CET). You can join us on Zoom or, if you're around, at Schönhauser Allee 10-11 in Berlin.
More in the link below 👇
We're starting at 11 AM (CET). You can join us on Zoom or, if you're around, at Schönhauser Allee 10-11 in Berlin.
More in the link below 👇
Reposted by Jelena Brankovic
Excellent piece - it's really hard to "follow the data" in education and it should not be so
"We often talk about transparency in higher education, yet the private actors that are in the business of university data collection operate almost entirely in the dark."
"We often talk about transparency in higher education, yet the private actors that are in the business of university data collection operate almost entirely in the dark."
The secret life of university data?
In this article, I argue that universities must work together to demand transparency and openness in how their data are transformed and used, and ensure university data serve the public mission, not private interests.
www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
In this article, I argue that universities must work together to demand transparency and openness in how their data are transformed and used, and ensure university data serve the public mission, not private interests.
www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
Together, universities can take back control of their data
A single university can do little to demand accountability from rankings companies, but together institutions can demand reciprocal transparency, nego...
www.universityworldnews.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Excellent piece - it's really hard to "follow the data" in education and it should not be so
"We often talk about transparency in higher education, yet the private actors that are in the business of university data collection operate almost entirely in the dark."
"We often talk about transparency in higher education, yet the private actors that are in the business of university data collection operate almost entirely in the dark."
The secret life of university data?
In this article, I argue that universities must work together to demand transparency and openness in how their data are transformed and used, and ensure university data serve the public mission, not private interests.
www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
In this article, I argue that universities must work together to demand transparency and openness in how their data are transformed and used, and ensure university data serve the public mission, not private interests.
www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
Together, universities can take back control of their data
A single university can do little to demand accountability from rankings companies, but together institutions can demand reciprocal transparency, nego...
www.universityworldnews.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The secret life of university data?
In this article, I argue that universities must work together to demand transparency and openness in how their data are transformed and used, and ensure university data serve the public mission, not private interests.
www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
In this article, I argue that universities must work together to demand transparency and openness in how their data are transformed and used, and ensure university data serve the public mission, not private interests.
www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
Reposted by Jelena Brankovic
SO wurden gerade die Student*innen aus Novi Pazar in Kraljevo (Ort mit ca. 57 000 Einwohner*innen), einer ihrer Etappen auf dem Weg nach Novi Sad, empfangen. #Serbien
October 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
SO wurden gerade die Student*innen aus Novi Pazar in Kraljevo (Ort mit ca. 57 000 Einwohner*innen), einer ihrer Etappen auf dem Weg nach Novi Sad, empfangen. #Serbien
Interested in peer review?
We're starting in about one hour 👇
We're starting in about one hour 👇
Next Wednesday, October 15 (11 AM CET), we're kicking off the fall semester Jour Fixe lecture series!
The first speaker will be Christian Greiffenhagen, with the talk "Judging importance before checking correctness: quick opinions in mathematical peer review.”
Join us in Berlin or on Zoom!
The first speaker will be Christian Greiffenhagen, with the talk "Judging importance before checking correctness: quick opinions in mathematical peer review.”
Join us in Berlin or on Zoom!
October 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Interested in peer review?
We're starting in about one hour 👇
We're starting in about one hour 👇
Next Wednesday, October 15 (11 AM CET), we're kicking off the fall semester Jour Fixe lecture series!
The first speaker will be Christian Greiffenhagen, with the talk "Judging importance before checking correctness: quick opinions in mathematical peer review.”
Join us in Berlin or on Zoom!
The first speaker will be Christian Greiffenhagen, with the talk "Judging importance before checking correctness: quick opinions in mathematical peer review.”
Join us in Berlin or on Zoom!
October 10, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Next Wednesday, October 15 (11 AM CET), we're kicking off the fall semester Jour Fixe lecture series!
The first speaker will be Christian Greiffenhagen, with the talk "Judging importance before checking correctness: quick opinions in mathematical peer review.”
Join us in Berlin or on Zoom!
The first speaker will be Christian Greiffenhagen, with the talk "Judging importance before checking correctness: quick opinions in mathematical peer review.”
Join us in Berlin or on Zoom!
Reposted by Jelena Brankovic
💥New: Academic careers have become a professional sport
✍️ @swallaschek.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #ECRchat #AcademicCareers
✍️ @swallaschek.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #ECRchat #AcademicCareers
Academic careers have become a professional sport - Impact of Social Sciences
Academia like professional sports is increasingly a system defined by competition, precarity and quantification does this lead to a loss of meaning?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM
💥New: Academic careers have become a professional sport
✍️ @swallaschek.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #ECRchat #AcademicCareers
✍️ @swallaschek.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #ECRchat #AcademicCareers
I don't know about the "modernness" of universities in Frankfurt and Hamburg, but the rest of it...
October 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I don't know about the "modernness" of universities in Frankfurt and Hamburg, but the rest of it...
Rankings, now coming after your children too.
Each year I see a lot of 17 year olds cry out about university rankings on Reddit, worrying they got into one ranked 73 in their topic rather than the one ranked 67.
Honestly, it'd be much healthier to let rankings die a quiet death. Fewer kids giving themselves anxiety.
Honestly, it'd be much healthier to let rankings die a quiet death. Fewer kids giving themselves anxiety.
'If you plunge into the subject tables you will find more that may surprise you. The only people that really care about individual placings are university senior managers and marketing teams.'
September 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Rankings, now coming after your children too.
Reposted by Jelena Brankovic
I was pleasantly surprised to read in this text that @timothysnyder.bsky.social traveled to Serbia in July, where he followed the student-led protests. I look forward to the longer chronicle.
Also - today marks 10 months since the student blockades started. The fight goes on. ✊
Also - today marks 10 months since the student blockades started. The fight goes on. ✊
Youth Protest in Serbia
And some thoughts for America
snyder.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I was pleasantly surprised to read in this text that @timothysnyder.bsky.social traveled to Serbia in July, where he followed the student-led protests. I look forward to the longer chronicle.
Also - today marks 10 months since the student blockades started. The fight goes on. ✊
Also - today marks 10 months since the student blockades started. The fight goes on. ✊