Liudvika Leisyte
@liulei14.bsky.social
Professor of Higher Education, Member Academia Europaea, Co-Convener NW 22 @EERA, Board member SKVC, ZEVA
Web: https://hdhf.zhb.tu-dortmund.de/en/professorship/team/liudvika-leisyte/
Web: https://hdhf.zhb.tu-dortmund.de/en/professorship/team/liudvika-leisyte/
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Aus den Sektionen:
CfP für gemeinsame Frühjahrstagung der Sektionen „Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung“ und „Sozi- ologische Theorie“ in der DGS, 12.-13.03.2026
CfP für die gemeinsame Frühjahrstagung der Sektionen „Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung“ und „Sozi-ologische Theorie“ in der DGS, 12.-13.03.2026, Dortmund
Geschlechter des Sozialen: Dialoge zu Verortungen und Perspektiven soziologischer Theorien
soziologie.de
July 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Aus den Sektionen:
📣 I am very excited about my new book "#University #Governance, #Management and the #Academic #Profession" is out!
🙌 Thank you so much to co-editors Prof. Monica Marquina and Prof. Glen Jones for great collaboration !
📘 Check it out through Springer:
👉 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
🙌 Thank you so much to co-editors Prof. Monica Marquina and Prof. Glen Jones for great collaboration !
📘 Check it out through Springer:
👉 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
University Governance, Management and the Academic Profession
Explores issues and trends regarding the transformation of governance, Is written by scholars engaged in largest comparative studies of higher education
link.springer.com
June 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
📣 I am very excited about my new book "#University #Governance, #Management and the #Academic #Profession" is out!
🙌 Thank you so much to co-editors Prof. Monica Marquina and Prof. Glen Jones for great collaboration !
📘 Check it out through Springer:
👉 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
🙌 Thank you so much to co-editors Prof. Monica Marquina and Prof. Glen Jones for great collaboration !
📘 Check it out through Springer:
👉 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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We're currently advertising for a 3+ year post-doc position @education.ox.ac.uk working on the ESRC-funded @studentspolitics.bsky.social project with @rilleraaper.bsky.social, Tom Fryer & me - to start ASAP
Deadline: 9 June
Please repost- thanks!
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Deadline: 9 June
Please repost- thanks!
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Job Details
my.corehr.com
May 16, 2025 at 9:03 AM
We're currently advertising for a 3+ year post-doc position @education.ox.ac.uk working on the ESRC-funded @studentspolitics.bsky.social project with @rilleraaper.bsky.social, Tom Fryer & me - to start ASAP
Deadline: 9 June
Please repost- thanks!
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Deadline: 9 June
Please repost- thanks!
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
🎓We invite you to the guest talk of Prof. F. Dobbin, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences @harvard.edu
“Which Faculty Diversity Programs Work? Evidence from 600 U.S. Universities”
📅 Tuesday, May 20, 2025
🕒 2:15–3:30 p.m. (online)
📩 Register: hdhf.zhb.tu-dortmund.de/en/professor...
“Which Faculty Diversity Programs Work? Evidence from 600 U.S. Universities”
📅 Tuesday, May 20, 2025
🕒 2:15–3:30 p.m. (online)
📩 Register: hdhf.zhb.tu-dortmund.de/en/professor...
Guest Talk by Professor Frank Dobbin, Harvard University
As part of the INTERSECT project it is our pleasure to invite you to a guest talk by Professor Frank Dobbin, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University.
hdhf.zhb.tu-dortmund.de
May 16, 2025 at 8:20 AM
🎓We invite you to the guest talk of Prof. F. Dobbin, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences @harvard.edu
“Which Faculty Diversity Programs Work? Evidence from 600 U.S. Universities”
📅 Tuesday, May 20, 2025
🕒 2:15–3:30 p.m. (online)
📩 Register: hdhf.zhb.tu-dortmund.de/en/professor...
“Which Faculty Diversity Programs Work? Evidence from 600 U.S. Universities”
📅 Tuesday, May 20, 2025
🕒 2:15–3:30 p.m. (online)
📩 Register: hdhf.zhb.tu-dortmund.de/en/professor...
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Full crowd at @standupforscience.bsky.social about halfway in
March 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Full crowd at @standupforscience.bsky.social about halfway in
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With university departmental closures are we seeing the emergence of geographical 'cold spots' for social science/humanities/arts (SHAPE) subjects? We've developed a new beta mapping tool using HESA data to enable you to explore the situation by subject www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...
Mapping SHAPE provision in UK higher education
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
November 20, 2024 at 8:35 AM
With university departmental closures are we seeing the emergence of geographical 'cold spots' for social science/humanities/arts (SHAPE) subjects? We've developed a new beta mapping tool using HESA data to enable you to explore the situation by subject www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...
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On 30 January, the European Higher Education Sector Observatory (EHESO) was officially launched.
EUA has played an active role in this initiative through its participation in the policy advisory board, working groups. and ongoing feedback processes.
EUA has played an active role in this initiative through its participation in the policy advisory board, working groups. and ongoing feedback processes.
European Higher Education Sector Observatory and Scoreboard launched to support evidence-based policy making
EUA - European University Association
www.eua.eu
February 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
On 30 January, the European Higher Education Sector Observatory (EHESO) was officially launched.
EUA has played an active role in this initiative through its participation in the policy advisory board, working groups. and ongoing feedback processes.
EUA has played an active role in this initiative through its participation in the policy advisory board, working groups. and ongoing feedback processes.
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Second university cutting jobs today is the University of South Wales. In the medium term, the Welsh HE system is basically done with and gone unless there's a large-scale intervention. It's got no chance.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...
University of South Wales announces plan to axe 90 jobs and cut courses
The announcement has been made on the same day Bangor University announced 200 job losses
www.walesonline.co.uk
February 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Second university cutting jobs today is the University of South Wales. In the medium term, the Welsh HE system is basically done with and gone unless there's a large-scale intervention. It's got no chance.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...
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Let's just say it gets bigger everyday... @standupforscifr.bsky.social
We're doing this for the next generation of scientists. To uphold the integrity of science, protect its accessibility, and ensure its benefits serve all people.
Join us.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
We're doing this for the next generation of scientists. To uphold the integrity of science, protect its accessibility, and ensure its benefits serve all people.
Join us.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Scientists are now organizing events, called Stand Up for Science, on 7 March in Washington, D.C., and state capitals.
So far, they have attracted more than 100 volunteers from some 30 states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. scim.ag/4328LAD
So far, they have attracted more than 100 volunteers from some 30 states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. scim.ag/4328LAD
‘I really wanted something to happen.’ The students behind the Stand Up for Science protests
New group hopes to turn out researchers for 7 March demonstrations against Trump administration policies
scim.ag
February 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Let's just say it gets bigger everyday... @standupforscifr.bsky.social
We're doing this for the next generation of scientists. To uphold the integrity of science, protect its accessibility, and ensure its benefits serve all people.
Join us.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
We're doing this for the next generation of scientists. To uphold the integrity of science, protect its accessibility, and ensure its benefits serve all people.
Join us.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
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University leaders should work to shield research and teaching communities from undue external pressure and interference.
Read EUA's position paper on 'How universities can protect and promote academic freedom' at https://buff.ly/40KI1SJ
#AcademicFreedom
Read EUA's position paper on 'How universities can protect and promote academic freedom' at https://buff.ly/40KI1SJ
#AcademicFreedom
How universities can protect and promote academic freedom
EUA - European University Association
buff.ly
February 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
University leaders should work to shield research and teaching communities from undue external pressure and interference.
Read EUA's position paper on 'How universities can protect and promote academic freedom' at https://buff.ly/40KI1SJ
#AcademicFreedom
Read EUA's position paper on 'How universities can protect and promote academic freedom' at https://buff.ly/40KI1SJ
#AcademicFreedom
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🚨📰 Union members at Newcastle University have become the latest to vote in favour of strike action, seeing them join a growing wave of unions announcing industrial action across UK higher education
@newcastleucu.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/newcast...
@newcastleucu.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/newcast...
Newcastle University staff vote to join wave of strike action
Newcastle University votes in favour of industrial action, joining Dundee and East Anglia in achieving successful ballots
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
🚨📰 Union members at Newcastle University have become the latest to vote in favour of strike action, seeing them join a growing wave of unions announcing industrial action across UK higher education
@newcastleucu.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/newcast...
@newcastleucu.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/newcast...
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Coventry University is in crisis:
👉 300 jobs at risk
👉 Severe cuts across faculties
Yet the vice-chancellor:
👉 Received an £80,768 bonus on £300k+ salary
👉 Rewarded with position at the DBT
Sign the petition, urge the govt to rescind his role 👇
bit.ly/4aL7iAN
👉 300 jobs at risk
👉 Severe cuts across faculties
Yet the vice-chancellor:
👉 Received an £80,768 bonus on £300k+ salary
👉 Rewarded with position at the DBT
Sign the petition, urge the govt to rescind his role 👇
bit.ly/4aL7iAN
Remove Coventry University vice-chancellor from government role
Coventry University is facing an unprecedented jobs and debt crisis under the leadership of vice-chancellor John Latham. The institution is threatening to sack 300 staff and rehire some of them in its...
bit.ly
February 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Coventry University is in crisis:
👉 300 jobs at risk
👉 Severe cuts across faculties
Yet the vice-chancellor:
👉 Received an £80,768 bonus on £300k+ salary
👉 Rewarded with position at the DBT
Sign the petition, urge the govt to rescind his role 👇
bit.ly/4aL7iAN
👉 300 jobs at risk
👉 Severe cuts across faculties
Yet the vice-chancellor:
👉 Received an £80,768 bonus on £300k+ salary
👉 Rewarded with position at the DBT
Sign the petition, urge the govt to rescind his role 👇
bit.ly/4aL7iAN
I am happy that key insights from my talk at #NYU last October based on #Erasmus+ #InterHED project got featured on the #I-LAB SPS NYU website, highlighting actionable insights on transforming wellbeing through #intersectionality in #higher #education! 🙂
www.ilab.sps.nyu.edu/post/transfo...
www.ilab.sps.nyu.edu/post/transfo...
Transforming Well-Being Through Intersectionality: Insights from NYU’s “Intersectionality in Action” Event
How can intersectionality reshape our understanding of well-being?At the recent “Intersectionality in Action: Transforming Well-being in Education & Business” event hosted by NYU SPS, leading research...
www.ilab.sps.nyu.edu
February 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I am happy that key insights from my talk at #NYU last October based on #Erasmus+ #InterHED project got featured on the #I-LAB SPS NYU website, highlighting actionable insights on transforming wellbeing through #intersectionality in #higher #education! 🙂
www.ilab.sps.nyu.edu/post/transfo...
www.ilab.sps.nyu.edu/post/transfo...
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Great @mol-etheridge.bsky.social paper on how academic mothers intentionally (often spontaneously) obfuscate their circumstances/caring responsibilities to remain or appear productive, masking their challenges and inadvertently helping the system to stay as it is.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Agency and cruel optimism in the care obfuscations of UK-based academic mothers - Higher Education
This article introduces the concept of “care obfuscation”, developed from interviews with 32 UK-based academic mothers about their experience of the transition to parenthood. Care obfuscation refers t...
link.springer.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Great @mol-etheridge.bsky.social paper on how academic mothers intentionally (often spontaneously) obfuscate their circumstances/caring responsibilities to remain or appear productive, masking their challenges and inadvertently helping the system to stay as it is.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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🚨 Reminder: The application deadline for two open positions @gesis.org department Computational Social Science is approaching quickly!
📅 Application deadline: January 20
📅 Application deadline: January 20
🚀 Two open positions in our project “Developing AI-Powered Survey Infrastructures” 🚀
🔬 Postdoc: www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge...
📚 Doctoral researcher: www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge...
🌟 Be part of an interdisciplinary team and combine surveys, digital behavioral data and LLMs
🔬 Postdoc: www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge...
📚 Doctoral researcher: www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge...
🌟 Be part of an interdisciplinary team and combine surveys, digital behavioral data and LLMs
Postdoc in Social Data Science
GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences is an internationally active research institute, funded by federal and state governments and member of the Leibniz Association.
Starting on April 1st ...
www.hidden-professionals.de
January 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
🚨 Reminder: The application deadline for two open positions @gesis.org department Computational Social Science is approaching quickly!
📅 Application deadline: January 20
📅 Application deadline: January 20
For those in higher education research - EERA conference ECER deadline is end of January, check our also their support for ECRs!
Did you know that EERA supports emerging researchers via a wide variety of activities, including bursaries, season schools, mentoring and awards? #EmergingResearchersGroup #EduSci #ECRchat #PhDchat #ERG Learn more here: eera-ecer.de/about-e...
January 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
For those in higher education research - EERA conference ECER deadline is end of January, check our also their support for ECRs!
Consider submitting an abstract to our 07 track of EU-SPRI 2025 conference in Dortmund on the Role of universities in shaping societal futures! We welcome researchers as well as higher education practitioners to share their research or experiences euspri2025.de/index.php/to... Deadline: January 31!
Topic 07 – EU-SPRI 2025
euspri2025.de
January 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Consider submitting an abstract to our 07 track of EU-SPRI 2025 conference in Dortmund on the Role of universities in shaping societal futures! We welcome researchers as well as higher education practitioners to share their research or experiences euspri2025.de/index.php/to... Deadline: January 31!
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'Who pays for HE and how?' promises to be a big debate over the next few years.
I'm honoured to be speaking on this at @hepi-news.bsky.social/CDBU's landmark symposium next week (16/1/25) at Birkbeck Uni.
Attend in person or online: www.hepi.ac.uk/2024/12/18/c...
I'm honoured to be speaking on this at @hepi-news.bsky.social/CDBU's landmark symposium next week (16/1/25) at Birkbeck Uni.
Attend in person or online: www.hepi.ac.uk/2024/12/18/c...
CDBU / HEPI Symposium, Thursday 16 January 2025: 'Who Pays? Exploring Fairer Funding Models for Higher Education' - HEPI
The UK’s higher education system faces many challenges, of which the largest is student fees. Many proposals are circulating but none commands a consensus. The CDBU (Council for the Defence of British...
www.hepi.ac.uk
January 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM
'Who pays for HE and how?' promises to be a big debate over the next few years.
I'm honoured to be speaking on this at @hepi-news.bsky.social/CDBU's landmark symposium next week (16/1/25) at Birkbeck Uni.
Attend in person or online: www.hepi.ac.uk/2024/12/18/c...
I'm honoured to be speaking on this at @hepi-news.bsky.social/CDBU's landmark symposium next week (16/1/25) at Birkbeck Uni.
Attend in person or online: www.hepi.ac.uk/2024/12/18/c...
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This is what will happen in the university sector:
*Shared services
*Mergers
*Widespread redundancies
*Big cuts to STEM and R&D
*Big unis get even bigger
*Squeezed cities, angry voters
*Huge geographical cold spots
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
*Shared services
*Mergers
*Widespread redundancies
*Big cuts to STEM and R&D
*Big unis get even bigger
*Squeezed cities, angry voters
*Huge geographical cold spots
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Why 2025 Could Be A Pivotal Year For Universities
Securing the future of UK universities will be one of many major challenges for the Government next year.
www.politicshome.com
December 30, 2024 at 11:00 AM
This is what will happen in the university sector:
*Shared services
*Mergers
*Widespread redundancies
*Big cuts to STEM and R&D
*Big unis get even bigger
*Squeezed cities, angry voters
*Huge geographical cold spots
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
*Shared services
*Mergers
*Widespread redundancies
*Big cuts to STEM and R&D
*Big unis get even bigger
*Squeezed cities, angry voters
*Huge geographical cold spots
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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Getting through the day and still having a smile on my face! How do students define success in the university learning environment?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Getting through the day and still having a smile on my face! How do students define success in the university learning environment?
The expression ‘student success’ has gained traction in the university sector and has been applied to various aspects of the higher education (HE) learning trajectory. Yet, ‘success’ is an amorphou...
www.tandfonline.com
December 26, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Getting through the day and still having a smile on my face! How do students define success in the university learning environment?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Wat de @knaw-nl.bsky.social zegt - de bekostigingssystematiek van het hoger onderwijs maakt het voor individuele universiteiten aantrekkelijk om beslissingen te nemen die het onderwijs aanbod in Nederland grote schade toebrengen!
December 20, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Wat de @knaw-nl.bsky.social zegt - de bekostigingssystematiek van het hoger onderwijs maakt het voor individuele universiteiten aantrekkelijk om beslissingen te nemen die het onderwijs aanbod in Nederland grote schade toebrengen!
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Why are UK universities in a (genuine) state of crisis?
Market readjustment? Bad luck? Mismanagement? Brexit? Poor policy? Bureaucracy? Global forces? Wokery?
I've tried to capture this in a nutshell. How did I do?
#highered #students #crisis #universities
ddubdrahcir.wordpress.com/2024/12/19/w...
Market readjustment? Bad luck? Mismanagement? Brexit? Poor policy? Bureaucracy? Global forces? Wokery?
I've tried to capture this in a nutshell. How did I do?
#highered #students #crisis #universities
ddubdrahcir.wordpress.com/2024/12/19/w...
What’s Going On (in UK universities)? Brother, brother, brother…
We are not amused… (10 points to whoever identifies reference in the title.) I’ve given myself a challenge – summarise the mess that UK HE is in, in c.800 words. Here goes… Even to a casual o…
ddubdrahcir.wordpress.com
December 19, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Why are UK universities in a (genuine) state of crisis?
Market readjustment? Bad luck? Mismanagement? Brexit? Poor policy? Bureaucracy? Global forces? Wokery?
I've tried to capture this in a nutshell. How did I do?
#highered #students #crisis #universities
ddubdrahcir.wordpress.com/2024/12/19/w...
Market readjustment? Bad luck? Mismanagement? Brexit? Poor policy? Bureaucracy? Global forces? Wokery?
I've tried to capture this in a nutshell. How did I do?
#highered #students #crisis #universities
ddubdrahcir.wordpress.com/2024/12/19/w...
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In 2024, together with @emilianotrere.com, we published this book - Algorithms of Resistance (@mitpress.bsky.social) - the result of five years of fieldwork. We show that we can challenge platform power. Since it is gift time, this book is available in Open Access on the MIT press site. Enjoy!
Algorithms of Resistance
How global workers, influencers, and activists develop tactics of algorithmic resistance by appropriating and repurposing the same algorithms that control ou...
mitpress.mit.edu
December 20, 2024 at 2:25 PM
In 2024, together with @emilianotrere.com, we published this book - Algorithms of Resistance (@mitpress.bsky.social) - the result of five years of fieldwork. We show that we can challenge platform power. Since it is gift time, this book is available in Open Access on the MIT press site. Enjoy!