Jenn Chubb
@jennchubb.bsky.social
Lecturer in Sociology at The University of York. Responsible AI lead for SAINTS. Co-Director SATSU. Musical human.
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OTD in 1950, Judy Wajcman was born. A pioneering sociologist and feminist theorist, Wajcman reshaped the philosophy and sociology of technology by showing how technological systems are deeply entwined with gender, power, and social organization.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
OTD in 1950, Judy Wajcman was born. A pioneering sociologist and feminist theorist, Wajcman reshaped the philosophy and sociology of technology by showing how technological systems are deeply entwined with gender, power, and social organization.
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Now Lord Vallance is back on his ‘three buckets’ theory of R&D funding
Here’s @ersatzben.com on the ‘3-bucket problem’ www.ersatzben.com/p/the-three-...
Bucketism now the frontier of R&I policy. “We must defend the first bucket” says the Minister.
A rallying cry to echo down the ages #REF2029
Here’s @ersatzben.com on the ‘3-bucket problem’ www.ersatzben.com/p/the-three-...
Bucketism now the frontier of R&I policy. “We must defend the first bucket” says the Minister.
A rallying cry to echo down the ages #REF2029
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Now Lord Vallance is back on his ‘three buckets’ theory of R&D funding
Here’s @ersatzben.com on the ‘3-bucket problem’ www.ersatzben.com/p/the-three-...
Bucketism now the frontier of R&I policy. “We must defend the first bucket” says the Minister.
A rallying cry to echo down the ages #REF2029
Here’s @ersatzben.com on the ‘3-bucket problem’ www.ersatzben.com/p/the-three-...
Bucketism now the frontier of R&I policy. “We must defend the first bucket” says the Minister.
A rallying cry to echo down the ages #REF2029
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To read more about our vision for the Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life - and to explore & apply for our 7 research fellow positions, see leverhulmecal.webspace.durham.ac.uk/call-for-fel... and get in touch if you have questions #MachineLearning #Algorithms #Interdisciplinary #postdoctoral
Call for fellows - Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life
leverhulmecal.webspace.durham.ac.uk
December 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
To read more about our vision for the Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life - and to explore & apply for our 7 research fellow positions, see leverhulmecal.webspace.durham.ac.uk/call-for-fel... and get in touch if you have questions #MachineLearning #Algorithms #Interdisciplinary #postdoctoral
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Really important research, to which we can add our work on what AI researchers think about some of these things zenodo.org/records/1511...
December 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Really important research, to which we can add our work on what AI researchers think about some of these things zenodo.org/records/1511...
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Excited to announce @leverhulmecal.bsky.social posts - we are looking for 7 interdisciplinary fellows to join our Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life, closing date 30 January 2026 (1/3) durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life Fellows - Assistant Professor (Research) G7 - G8
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
durham.taleo.net
December 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Excited to announce @leverhulmecal.bsky.social posts - we are looking for 7 interdisciplinary fellows to join our Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life, closing date 30 January 2026 (1/3) durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
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“Big change sometimes results from small steps. Incorporating a supportive research culture into the REF is one such step. Bullying and harassment are serious problems, and excellence in research and a supportive environment are not mutually exclusive”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Don’t downplay problems of bullying and harassment in academia
The United Kingdom, like all countries, must prioritize a supportive research culture as an essential ingredient in research excellence.
www.nature.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
“Big change sometimes results from small steps. Incorporating a supportive research culture into the REF is one such step. Bullying and harassment are serious problems, and excellence in research and a supportive environment are not mutually exclusive”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@icsjournal.bsky.social hello, is the submission site down at present? Thank you.
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
@icsjournal.bsky.social hello, is the submission site down at present? Thank you.
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tl;dr - the only effective digital sovereignty is digital socialism
https://listed.to/@24601/67437/digital-sovereignty-or-digital-socialism
https://listed.to/@24601/67437/digital-sovereignty-or-digital-socialism
Digital Sovereignty or Digital Socialism? | Tom Stoneham — Ra...
Some of the issues around conflicting approaches to digital sovereignty can be understood by thinking about "digital socialism". For present purposes, socialism...
listed.to
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
tl;dr - the only effective digital sovereignty is digital socialism
https://listed.to/@24601/67437/digital-sovereignty-or-digital-socialism
https://listed.to/@24601/67437/digital-sovereignty-or-digital-socialism
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TikTok to give users power to reduce amount of AI content on their feeds www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
TikTok to give users power to reduce amount of AI content on their feeds
Platform reveals it hosts more than 1bn AI videos as it starts testing over next few weeks before global rollout
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:49 AM
TikTok to give users power to reduce amount of AI content on their feeds www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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SCIENCE RELIGION AND THE HUMAN FUTURE (Oxford UP) available Jan 16! So grateful to fabulous co-authors Charlotte Sleigh & David Wilkinson who stepped up after the dreadful loss of Tom McLeish (plus new jobs for other authors): book would not be here without them! @eclasproject.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
SCIENCE RELIGION AND THE HUMAN FUTURE (Oxford UP) available Jan 16! So grateful to fabulous co-authors Charlotte Sleigh & David Wilkinson who stepped up after the dreadful loss of Tom McLeish (plus new jobs for other authors): book would not be here without them! @eclasproject.bsky.social
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This 3-year research project explored the realities, challenges, and opportunities of disabled young people. This workshop is for practitioners, policy makers, disabled young people, and their families. It’s about what we’ve discovered and working together to shape what comes next.
Policy Implications of the Disability and Youth Transitions Project
Join us for an online workshop bringing to life the findings from the Disability and Youth Transitions Project
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November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This 3-year research project explored the realities, challenges, and opportunities of disabled young people. This workshop is for practitioners, policy makers, disabled young people, and their families. It’s about what we’ve discovered and working together to shape what comes next.
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Low bar for authorship these days
November 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Low bar for authorship these days
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Humans evolved strong mechanisms for evaluating credibility. Yet these depend on an information ecosystem rich in trustworthy institutions and credible choices. The question is whether we can rebuild this epistemic infrastructure before norms of authenticity decay beyond repair, writes John Wihbey.
In Post-Authenticity AI Age, Knowledge Institutions Matter More than Ever | TechPolicy.Press
The pressing question is whether we can rebuild epistemic infrastructure before norms of authenticity decay beyond repair, writes John Wihbey.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Humans evolved strong mechanisms for evaluating credibility. Yet these depend on an information ecosystem rich in trustworthy institutions and credible choices. The question is whether we can rebuild this epistemic infrastructure before norms of authenticity decay beyond repair, writes John Wihbey.
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Gareth Millington's Archiving the Inner City project, funded by Leverhulme Trust is hosting a symposium at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia on Friday 14 November.
@leverhulme.ac.uk
More info below 👇
#UniversityYork #Sociology #Race #Politics #UrbanHistory #BlackHistory
@leverhulme.ac.uk
More info below 👇
#UniversityYork #Sociology #Race #Politics #UrbanHistory #BlackHistory
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Gareth Millington's Archiving the Inner City project, funded by Leverhulme Trust is hosting a symposium at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia on Friday 14 November.
@leverhulme.ac.uk
More info below 👇
#UniversityYork #Sociology #Race #Politics #UrbanHistory #BlackHistory
@leverhulme.ac.uk
More info below 👇
#UniversityYork #Sociology #Race #Politics #UrbanHistory #BlackHistory
Photo credit:Leon Walls, Science Magazine.
November 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Photo credit:Leon Walls, Science Magazine.
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Pretty interesting job to run @jrf-uk.bsky.social - social change organisation proposing policy interventions that address poverty; and supporting social innovation. £165k. Based in York
starfishsearch.com/jobs/jrf-gro...
starfishsearch.com/jobs/jrf-gro...
Group Chief Executive Officer - Starfish Search
starfishsearch.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Pretty interesting job to run @jrf-uk.bsky.social - social change organisation proposing policy interventions that address poverty; and supporting social innovation. £165k. Based in York
starfishsearch.com/jobs/jrf-gro...
starfishsearch.com/jobs/jrf-gro...
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Professors *never* supply information. Students aren’t paying premium prices for ‘information’ at all. How can people who presumably have attended universities misunderstand their role so badly?
Wow. Just wow.
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?
Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do
www.forbes.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Professors *never* supply information. Students aren’t paying premium prices for ‘information’ at all. How can people who presumably have attended universities misunderstand their role so badly?
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The AI boom has crystallized feelings of anxiety in the public sphere, writes Lam Tran, yet recent policy developments have revealed the potential of an unlikely coalition to safeguard the public interest in AI.
The Age of AI Anxiety — and the Hope of Democratic Resistance | TechPolicy.Press
Amid the AI frenzy, one sentiment has crystallized across the public sphere: anxiety, writes Lam Tran.
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October 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The AI boom has crystallized feelings of anxiety in the public sphere, writes Lam Tran, yet recent policy developments have revealed the potential of an unlikely coalition to safeguard the public interest in AI.
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We’re hiring! We are recruiting for Associate Professor in the Material and Public Cultures of Science to join our Department from January 2026. For more info and to apply, please visit: http://bit.ly/48Ll8nU
Closing Date: 9th November 2025
#WeAreSTS #education #lecturer
Closing Date: 9th November 2025
#WeAreSTS #education #lecturer
October 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM
We’re hiring! We are recruiting for Associate Professor in the Material and Public Cultures of Science to join our Department from January 2026. For more info and to apply, please visit: http://bit.ly/48Ll8nU
Closing Date: 9th November 2025
#WeAreSTS #education #lecturer
Closing Date: 9th November 2025
#WeAreSTS #education #lecturer
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32% of peer reviewers now use AI tools.
RoRI’s Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner and Denis Newman-Griffis discuss the rise of AI in peer review and why it may be a “sticking plaster” for deeper systemic problems: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
RoRI’s Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner and Denis Newman-Griffis discuss the rise of AI in peer review and why it may be a “sticking plaster” for deeper systemic problems: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
October 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
32% of peer reviewers now use AI tools.
RoRI’s Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner and Denis Newman-Griffis discuss the rise of AI in peer review and why it may be a “sticking plaster” for deeper systemic problems: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
RoRI’s Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner and Denis Newman-Griffis discuss the rise of AI in peer review and why it may be a “sticking plaster” for deeper systemic problems: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
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Our article on the politics of AI prompts is out now @econsocjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/n
Politics of the prompt: Government in the age of generative AI
This paper addresses the politics of the technique of prompting in machine learning, at a time when bureaucratic and democratic government is undergoing transformation. Drawing on the case of the U...
www.tandfonline.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Our article on the politics of AI prompts is out now @econsocjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/n
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Deep breaths…
Intriguing result in the 'should AI be used in the REF' debate: GenAI tools outperform citation data on matching expert quality assessments
@mikethelwall.bsky.social says his research gets “very strongly positive reactions and also a very strong negative reaction”
Quelle suprise!
@mikethelwall.bsky.social says his research gets “very strongly positive reactions and also a very strong negative reaction”
Quelle suprise!
Generative AI ‘better than citation data’ for judging research quality - Research Professional News
Research yet to be peer reviewed suggests role for tools like ChatGPT in REF processes
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Deep breaths…
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We're hiring at BRAID UK!
Exciting opportunity for a Research Associate to lead work around the social return on AI investment, working closely with @ewaluger.bsky.social and @shannonvallor.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPA010/r...
Applications open. Closes 7 Nov, Interviews 9 Dec.
Exciting opportunity for a Research Associate to lead work around the social return on AI investment, working closely with @ewaluger.bsky.social and @shannonvallor.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPA010/r...
Applications open. Closes 7 Nov, Interviews 9 Dec.
October 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
We're hiring at BRAID UK!
Exciting opportunity for a Research Associate to lead work around the social return on AI investment, working closely with @ewaluger.bsky.social and @shannonvallor.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPA010/r...
Applications open. Closes 7 Nov, Interviews 9 Dec.
Exciting opportunity for a Research Associate to lead work around the social return on AI investment, working closely with @ewaluger.bsky.social and @shannonvallor.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPA010/r...
Applications open. Closes 7 Nov, Interviews 9 Dec.
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My new piece is up: Silicon Valley billionaires use science fiction to justify dystopia, AI overlords, space colonies, escape plans. I call this “science fiction materialized”. But radical science fiction offers blueprints for resistance + rebuilding and new worlds. untoldmag.org/silicon-vall...
How Silicon Valley Billionaires Use Sci-Fi to Rule – and How We Can Resist - Untold
Tech billionaires use science fiction to justify a dystopian future of AI rule and space colonization – but radical sci-fi still gives us tools to resist and rebuild.
untoldmag.org
August 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
My new piece is up: Silicon Valley billionaires use science fiction to justify dystopia, AI overlords, space colonies, escape plans. I call this “science fiction materialized”. But radical science fiction offers blueprints for resistance + rebuilding and new worlds. untoldmag.org/silicon-vall...