Louise Hickman
@louhicky.bsky.social
Incoming Wellcome's Early Career Award. Research Associate with Minderoo Centre for Democracy and Technology, University of Cambridge.
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In my book Illness Politics and Hashtag Activism, I write about the #MillionsMissing protests as demonstrating, quoting Judith Butler in Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly, "what it means to mobilize vulnerability in concert." #NietHersteld does this too.
manifold.umn.edu/projects/lln...
manifold.umn.edu/projects/lln...
llness Politics and Hashtag Activism | Manifold@UMinnPress
*Illness Politics and Hashtag Activism* explores illness and disability in action on social media, analyzing several popular hashtags as examples of how illness figures in recent U.S. politics. Lisa D...
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November 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
In my book Illness Politics and Hashtag Activism, I write about the #MillionsMissing protests as demonstrating, quoting Judith Butler in Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly, "what it means to mobilize vulnerability in concert." #NietHersteld does this too.
manifold.umn.edu/projects/lln...
manifold.umn.edu/projects/lln...
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And whilst I'm here! If you're thinking of buying SYSTEMS ULTRA as a festive gift (neon cover also doubles as SAD lamp), I'd be happy to mail you a set of bookmarks and holographic stickers to go along with it - please get in touch [1/4]
Systems Ultra! 'A delight to read' says MIT Tech Review. Despite aiming for a work that wasn't bound to the present moment (no AI / algorithms), the parts on payment platforms, automotive technology, adult entertainment, supply chains, have proved horribly timely www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
And whilst I'm here! If you're thinking of buying SYSTEMS ULTRA as a festive gift (neon cover also doubles as SAD lamp), I'd be happy to mail you a set of bookmarks and holographic stickers to go along with it - please get in touch [1/4]
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Please listen to this amazing episode with Stefanie Felsberger @flsbrgr.bsky.social
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Tracking, with Stefanie Felsberger | The Data Fix with Dr. Mél Hogan
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November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Please listen to this amazing episode with Stefanie Felsberger @flsbrgr.bsky.social
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Looking forward to hearing on @clemicollett.bsky.social new report later today at 12pm!
NEW REPORT – The Impact of Generative AI and the Novel 📚
Today we've published new research by @clemicollett.bsky.social examining how industry practitioners, from novelists to publishers, are experiencing AI’s significant impacts.
Read now: www.mctd.ac.uk/impact-of-ge...
Today we've published new research by @clemicollett.bsky.social examining how industry practitioners, from novelists to publishers, are experiencing AI’s significant impacts.
Read now: www.mctd.ac.uk/impact-of-ge...
November 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Looking forward to hearing on @clemicollett.bsky.social new report later today at 12pm!
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WE JUST KEEP WINNING. (UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program RESTORED!!!!)
![On official UC letterhead:
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Office of the President
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Davis
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DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
November 18, 2025
Dear Chancellors:
I'm writing with regard to the President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP) and the program's associated faculty hiring incentive.
As you know, for more than 40 years, PPFP has provided postdoctoral research fellowships, professional development, and faculty mentoring to scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service advance the academic and research missions of the University of California.
Since 2003, UC campuses that hire current and former PPFP fellows into ladder-rank positions have been eligible for a hiring incentive funded by the University that provides support for newly hired fellows for five years. Since the creation of the incentive, more than $162 million has been invested by the University to support PPFP faculty hires. This commitment has enabled our campuses to successfully recruit and retain outstanding faculty across a range of disciplines.
Given the myriad challenges currently facing UC - including disruptions to billions of dollars in annual federal support, as well as uncertainty around the state budget- reasonable questions were raised in recent months about whether the University could maintain the commitment to current levels of incentive funding. After considering a recommendation to sunset the incentive program due to these significant fiscal constraints, I consulted with all of you as well as faculty and campus academic administrators and systemwide Academic Senate leadership.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
WE JUST KEEP WINNING. (UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program RESTORED!!!!)
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
November 15, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
gosh big tears rolling down my face. rip dear Alice
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 8:25 AM
gosh big tears rolling down my face. rip dear Alice
More work from the "AI in the Street" project, where we used "access data walks" in the streets of Cambridge. Other cities (London, Edinburgh and Coventry) featured in this study too.
New paper from the team behind the BRAID Scoping project "AI in the street": Reciprocity Deficits: Observing AI in the street with everyday publics.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.23342
arxiv.org/abs/2510.23342
November 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
More work from the "AI in the Street" project, where we used "access data walks" in the streets of Cambridge. Other cities (London, Edinburgh and Coventry) featured in this study too.
When asked by Rachel Troup, counsel to the inquiry, if the voices of those people "might not be as loud… as others", Mx Porter said: "The voices are loud, they are just not listened to."
BBC News - 'Possible' misuse of Oxevision monitoring system, trust admits - BBC News
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Possible' misuse of Oxevision monitoring system, trust admits
The use of the monitoring system in mental health wards has been explored at the Lampard Inquiry.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
When asked by Rachel Troup, counsel to the inquiry, if the voices of those people "might not be as loud… as others", Mx Porter said: "The voices are loud, they are just not listened to."
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The British Academy ECR Seed Fund recently confirmed that transcription costs are eligible for funding, but you'll need a rationale for swerving AI tools.
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October 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The British Academy ECR Seed Fund recently confirmed that transcription costs are eligible for funding, but you'll need a rationale for swerving AI tools.
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as a girl with a PhD in natural language processing and machine learning it's actually offensive to me when you say "we don't know how LLMs work so they might be conscious"
I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge.
We know exactly how LLMs work.
I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge.
We know exactly how LLMs work.
October 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
as a girl with a PhD in natural language processing and machine learning it's actually offensive to me when you say "we don't know how LLMs work so they might be conscious"
I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge.
We know exactly how LLMs work.
I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge.
We know exactly how LLMs work.
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🔔 freelance researcher call
At @carefultrouble.bsky.social we're looking for freelance researchers to deliver a literature search on the impacts of AI adoption, looking at worker safety, infrastructure resilience, and environmental safety
www.careful.industries/blog/2025-9-...
At @carefultrouble.bsky.social we're looking for freelance researchers to deliver a literature search on the impacts of AI adoption, looking at worker safety, infrastructure resilience, and environmental safety
www.careful.industries/blog/2025-9-...
Freelance Researchers: Safe Adoption of AI — Careful Industries
We are looking for freelance researchers to conduct literature searches on the impacts of AI on worker safety, infrastructural safety, and environmental safety.
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September 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
🔔 freelance researcher call
At @carefultrouble.bsky.social we're looking for freelance researchers to deliver a literature search on the impacts of AI adoption, looking at worker safety, infrastructure resilience, and environmental safety
www.careful.industries/blog/2025-9-...
At @carefultrouble.bsky.social we're looking for freelance researchers to deliver a literature search on the impacts of AI adoption, looking at worker safety, infrastructure resilience, and environmental safety
www.careful.industries/blog/2025-9-...
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Our latest for Buttondown, @fractalecho.bsky.social and I dug into Microsoft's inaccurate telling of its own 'Inclusive Design' story and who Inclusive Design erases more broadly. bsky.app/profile/lizj...
Our latest for Thank You for your Feedback Loop. A story and an idea. I'm hoping @fractalecho.bsky.social can better explain. buttondown.com/TYFYFL/archi...
September 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Our latest for Buttondown, @fractalecho.bsky.social and I dug into Microsoft's inaccurate telling of its own 'Inclusive Design' story and who Inclusive Design erases more broadly. bsky.app/profile/lizj...
📢 One week left to apply for the Research Associate position with the Algorithmic Kitchen! Applications close on 5 October.
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Research Associate, Algorithmic Kitchen Project (Fixed Term)
Applications are invited for a Research Associate to join the Wellcome-funded project Algorithmic Kitchen: Recipes for Disability-Led Health Technology Design, led by Dr Louise Hickman at the
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September 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
📢 One week left to apply for the Research Associate position with the Algorithmic Kitchen! Applications close on 5 October.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
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Read the full report (with a BSL summary) - BSL is Not for Sale - from @louhicky.bsky.social, @alexahagerty.bsky.social, and Rose Powell.
➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/bsl-not-for-...
➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/bsl-not-for-...
BSL is Not for Sale: A Deaf-led approach to AI procurement
Sign Language AI systems are being procured across public services without adequate Deaf community involvement, creating institutional risks Authors: Dr Louise Hickman, Dr Alexa Hagerty, and Rose Powe...
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September 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Read the full report (with a BSL summary) - BSL is Not for Sale - from @louhicky.bsky.social, @alexahagerty.bsky.social, and Rose Powell.
➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/bsl-not-for-...
➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/bsl-not-for-...
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Today is International Day of Sign Languages, a day commemorating the establishment of the World Federation of the Deaf and spotlighting the issues Deaf people face in their everyday lives.
This year's theme is: No Human Rights Without Sign Language Rights❗
This year's theme is: No Human Rights Without Sign Language Rights❗
September 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Today is International Day of Sign Languages, a day commemorating the establishment of the World Federation of the Deaf and spotlighting the issues Deaf people face in their everyday lives.
This year's theme is: No Human Rights Without Sign Language Rights❗
This year's theme is: No Human Rights Without Sign Language Rights❗
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My department, Sociology at the University of Calgary, is hiring FOUR (4) tenure track professors this fall in the areas of systemic justice and structural harm. Please help us to circulate this widely within your scholarly networks!
Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in
Calgary,
AB,
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Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in
Calgary,
AB,
...
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September 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My department, Sociology at the University of Calgary, is hiring FOUR (4) tenure track professors this fall in the areas of systemic justice and structural harm. Please help us to circulate this widely within your scholarly networks!
It's great to see hard copies of the "BSL is not for Sale" report at the @mctd.bsky.social meeting today!
September 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
It's great to see hard copies of the "BSL is not for Sale" report at the @mctd.bsky.social meeting today!
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Current procurement of artificial intelligence (AI) using British Sign Language (BSL) is excluding deaf expertise, resulting in harm and “serious institutional risks” such as service failures and a breakdown in community trust - a University of Cambridge paper has warned.
’Serious risks’ around current AI BSL procurement as Cambridge report warns it excludes deaf expertise
Current procurement of artificial intelligence (AI) using British Sign Language (BSL) is excluding deaf expertise, resulting in harm and “serious institutional risks” such as service failures and a breakdown in community trust - a University of Cambridge paper has warned.
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September 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Current procurement of artificial intelligence (AI) using British Sign Language (BSL) is excluding deaf expertise, resulting in harm and “serious institutional risks” such as service failures and a breakdown in community trust - a University of Cambridge paper has warned.
Yesterday we published a report on buying BSL AI.
We look how a Deaf-led governance model could improve how public institutions commission BSL AI tool, including setting up a national expertise network to completing deaf-led algorithmic impact assessments.
We look how a Deaf-led governance model could improve how public institutions commission BSL AI tool, including setting up a national expertise network to completing deaf-led algorithmic impact assessments.
NEW REPORT 🚨 BSL is Not for Sale
Sign Language AI systems are being rolled out across the UK's public services without proper consultation with Deaf communities❗
➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/bsl-not-for-...
Sign Language AI systems are being rolled out across the UK's public services without proper consultation with Deaf communities❗
➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/bsl-not-for-...
September 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Yesterday we published a report on buying BSL AI.
We look how a Deaf-led governance model could improve how public institutions commission BSL AI tool, including setting up a national expertise network to completing deaf-led algorithmic impact assessments.
We look how a Deaf-led governance model could improve how public institutions commission BSL AI tool, including setting up a national expertise network to completing deaf-led algorithmic impact assessments.
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Watch a BSL summary of the report ➡️ vimeo.com/1115461686/4...
BSL is not for Sale: A Deaf-led approach to buying AI -Minderoo Report - September 2025
This is "BSL is not for Sale: A Deaf-led approach to buying AI -Minderoo Report - September 2025" by British Deaf Association on Vimeo, the home for high…
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September 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Watch a BSL summary of the report ➡️ vimeo.com/1115461686/4...
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Really proud of this report. Our focus is Sign Language AI, but the core message applies everywhere: communities affected by AI should lead its procurement. When we get this right, we build better services for everyone. Full report available now.
Our latest report, authored by @louhicky.bsky.social @alexahagerty.bsky.social and Rose Powell, looks at how a Deaf-led governance model could improve how public institutions commission BSL AI tools.
It sets out 8️⃣ recommendations for procurement teams, policy leaders, and oversight bodies:
It sets out 8️⃣ recommendations for procurement teams, policy leaders, and oversight bodies:
September 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Really proud of this report. Our focus is Sign Language AI, but the core message applies everywhere: communities affected by AI should lead its procurement. When we get this right, we build better services for everyone. Full report available now.
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We're hiring a new lecturer @stsucl.bsky.social. We're looking for someone with particular interests in the environment. Please share widely www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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September 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
We're hiring a new lecturer @stsucl.bsky.social. We're looking for someone with particular interests in the environment. Please share widely www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...