Ruth Machen
@ruthmachen.bsky.social
Geographer researching environmental knowledge politics, science-policy and theorising values.
Lecturer at Newcastle APL. Learning how to exist in academia with long Covid.
Lecturer at Newcastle APL. Learning how to exist in academia with long Covid.
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Schools in England have become testing sites for AI. I know it's common to say education is now an experimental lab for AI, but in England it's more methodologically true. 3 examples of escalating seriousness and an explanation coming up 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Schools in England have become testing sites for AI. I know it's common to say education is now an experimental lab for AI, but in England it's more methodologically true. 3 examples of escalating seriousness and an explanation coming up 🧵
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The Royal Geographical Society @rgsibg.bsky.social is hosting a discussion (in person & online) on the far right and climate policy on Tues 30th Sept. Details here -
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The Royal Geographical Society @rgsibg.bsky.social is hosting a discussion (in person & online) on the far right and climate policy on Tues 30th Sept. Details here -
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
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We are looking for a Senior Manager for our Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life @leverhulmecal.bsky.social A key person in our team & a future valued colleague. Apply here durham.taleo.net/careersectio... & feel free to DM me. Also look out for our October research fellows posts.
Senior Manager - Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life
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durham.taleo.net
August 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
We are looking for a Senior Manager for our Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life @leverhulmecal.bsky.social A key person in our team & a future valued colleague. Apply here durham.taleo.net/careersectio... & feel free to DM me. Also look out for our October research fellows posts.
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We’re hiring again in Geography at Durham - an Associate Prof, Grade 9. This is part of the university’s strategic ‘Heritage 360’ initiative. Follow this link for more details and to apply! durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
Associate Professor (Research %26 Education)
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
durham.taleo.net
June 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We’re hiring again in Geography at Durham - an Associate Prof, Grade 9. This is part of the university’s strategic ‘Heritage 360’ initiative. Follow this link for more details and to apply! durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
This is an excellent resource for those who would like to reach out to those with long Covid but don’t know how. Simple factual explanations of why social interaction can be more complex than it seems
Info in here is pretty good (sorry no brain today for creating alt text for their image)— here’s the real link: www.emerge.org.au/how-to-suppo...
May 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This is an excellent resource for those who would like to reach out to those with long Covid but don’t know how. Simple factual explanations of why social interaction can be more complex than it seems
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Please sign and share this petition, calling on Newcastle University’s Executive Board to halt the threat of ill-considered and unnecessary redundances that are imperilling careers and the future of our institution.
www.change.org/p/end-unnece...
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End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University
www.change.org
May 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Please sign and share this petition, calling on Newcastle University’s Executive Board to halt the threat of ill-considered and unnecessary redundances that are imperilling careers and the future of our institution.
www.change.org/p/end-unnece...
www.change.org/p/end-unnece...
Raise government awareness of the ongoing impact that long Covid is having on many of us. Share your experience here with Every Story Matters covid19.public-inquiry.uk/every-story-...
Every Story Matters - UK Covid-19 Inquiry
Your pandemic experience is unique. Share your experience of the pandemic with the UK Covid-19 Inquiry to help us understand the full picture of its impact across the UK
covid19.public-inquiry.uk
May 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Raise government awareness of the ongoing impact that long Covid is having on many of us. Share your experience here with Every Story Matters covid19.public-inquiry.uk/every-story-...
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Thank you to everyone who has signed the petition which now stands at 10,000+! If you haven't added your name, #DoTheWriteThing -
Sign the Petition
Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training
www.change.org
April 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Thank you to everyone who has signed the petition which now stands at 10,000+! If you haven't added your name, #DoTheWriteThing -
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The University of Manchester seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Environmental Politics. More info: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMM071/. Closing date: 8/5/2025. I am not involved in the search but would love to see more colleagues in environmental policy and governance. #PublicPolicy #Polisky #PolicyProcess
Lecturer in Environmental Politics at The University of Manchester
Explore an exciting academic career as a Lecturer in Environmental Politics. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
March 29, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The University of Manchester seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Environmental Politics. More info: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMM071/. Closing date: 8/5/2025. I am not involved in the search but would love to see more colleagues in environmental policy and governance. #PublicPolicy #Polisky #PolicyProcess
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Big #RCCNews!
The RCC is excited to announce our environmental writing competition "Tell the Untold!"
Find out more here: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/news/news_ev...
We are looking forward to your submissions! 🌱
#rccwritingcompetition #writing #envhum #creative #shortfiction
The RCC is excited to announce our environmental writing competition "Tell the Untold!"
Find out more here: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/news/news_ev...
We are looking forward to your submissions! 🌱
#rccwritingcompetition #writing #envhum #creative #shortfiction
March 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Big #RCCNews!
The RCC is excited to announce our environmental writing competition "Tell the Untold!"
Find out more here: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/news/news_ev...
We are looking forward to your submissions! 🌱
#rccwritingcompetition #writing #envhum #creative #shortfiction
The RCC is excited to announce our environmental writing competition "Tell the Untold!"
Find out more here: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/news/news_ev...
We are looking forward to your submissions! 🌱
#rccwritingcompetition #writing #envhum #creative #shortfiction
Fantastic supported Marie Curie application dual opportunity (academic couples) for post docs working on environmental policy & technology/knowledge politics. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting...
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships candidates - public controversies over megaprojects, energy and environmental policies and techno-sciences; sociology of expectations; the role of expertise in policymaki...
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
March 21, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Fantastic supported Marie Curie application dual opportunity (academic couples) for post docs working on environmental policy & technology/knowledge politics. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting...
“You’re only ever one step away from disability” (Stephanie Swanson) On Long Covid Awareness Day, please hear the voices of the 2 million (and counting) who have never been able to ‘move on’ from Covid …insight here into the worlds of some of us in UK with Long Covid www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Five years on: How Covid forced people out of work and onto benefits
As the government seeks to crack down on worklessness in the UK, perhaps ministers need to consider the people suffering with long-Covid.
www.bigissue.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“You’re only ever one step away from disability” (Stephanie Swanson) On Long Covid Awareness Day, please hear the voices of the 2 million (and counting) who have never been able to ‘move on’ from Covid …insight here into the worlds of some of us in UK with Long Covid www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Brilliantly apposite piece by Masud Husain "we are sleepwalking into a disaster....losing sight of the academic mission...we don’t have to accept all this. We can...direct our critical thinking inwards...push back on the calamitous corporatization of our universities." doi.org/10.1093/brai...
On the responsibilities of intellectuals and the rise of bullshit jobs in universities
You may never have considered yourself to be one. Why would you? But if you’re reading this, there is more than a likelihood that you are one. If you’re a
doi.org
March 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Brilliantly apposite piece by Masud Husain "we are sleepwalking into a disaster....losing sight of the academic mission...we don’t have to accept all this. We can...direct our critical thinking inwards...push back on the calamitous corporatization of our universities." doi.org/10.1093/brai...
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Can AI be used to govern climate change while maintaining democratic values? New article on an urgent question by me and the mighty @ruthmachen.bsky.social :-)
wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#AcademicSky #sts #ClimateChange
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#AcademicSky #sts #ClimateChange
Anticipating the Challenges of AI in Climate Governance: An Urgent Dilemma for Democracies
Four principles for democratic use of AI in climate governance.
wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Can AI be used to govern climate change while maintaining democratic values? New article on an urgent question by me and the mighty @ruthmachen.bsky.social :-)
wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#AcademicSky #sts #ClimateChange
wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#AcademicSky #sts #ClimateChange
Great to see this perspective piece with @warrenpearce.bsky.social finally come out.
Amid the rising interest in AI we reflect on AI and the democratic governance of climate change - what lessons might be taken from wider critical digital studies?
wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Amid the rising interest in AI we reflect on AI and the democratic governance of climate change - what lessons might be taken from wider critical digital studies?
wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Anticipating the Challenges of AI in Climate Governance: An Urgent Dilemma for Democracies
Four principles for democratic use of AI in climate governance.
wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Great to see this perspective piece with @warrenpearce.bsky.social finally come out.
Amid the rising interest in AI we reflect on AI and the democratic governance of climate change - what lessons might be taken from wider critical digital studies?
wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Amid the rising interest in AI we reflect on AI and the democratic governance of climate change - what lessons might be taken from wider critical digital studies?
wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Silke Beck at @tum.de's STS department is looking for a postdoc (full position, five years) specialising in environmental STS. Deadline for application is 15 March 2025. Salary is somewhere in the ballpark of €2.8 k and €3.8 k after taxes (depending on your job experience and marital status).
January 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Silke Beck at @tum.de's STS department is looking for a postdoc (full position, five years) specialising in environmental STS. Deadline for application is 15 March 2025. Salary is somewhere in the ballpark of €2.8 k and €3.8 k after taxes (depending on your job experience and marital status).
Delighted to have contributed a chapter to this edited collection…I wrote about difficulties in algorithmically accounting for unquantifiable concerns in digital policy simulation models. Other contributors focus on relations with democratic participation, extractivism, ‘digital de-growth’ and more!
"Digital Technologies for Sustainable Futures: Promises and Pitfalls" (Certomà, Iapaolo, Martellozzo, eds.), published last year by Routledge: bit.ly/4cxnwxz
February 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Delighted to have contributed a chapter to this edited collection…I wrote about difficulties in algorithmically accounting for unquantifiable concerns in digital policy simulation models. Other contributors focus on relations with democratic participation, extractivism, ‘digital de-growth’ and more!
Great opportunity for ECRs working on cities and climate change in the global south…
Are you a young scholar working on cities and climate change? Maybe you want to be an @ipcc.bsky.social chapter scientist for the Special Report on cities. Check it out: www.ipcc.ch/2025/01/27/c...
Call for Applications: Chapter Scientists to support the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities — IPCC
www.ipcc.ch
February 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Great opportunity for ECRs working on cities and climate change in the global south…
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Are you a Humanities or Social Science postdoctoral researcher within c 10 years of the PhD and in the North East or Northern Ireland? The resources of this @britishacademy.bsky.social ECR Network are designed for you (whether or not you're currently employed as a researcher or at a university). 1/2
Early Career Researcher Network kicks off 2025 with North East and Northern Ireland expansion
The British Academy’s Early Career Researcher Network (ECRN) welcomes its sixth cluster as the North East of England and Northern Ireland join the rapidly expanding network.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
January 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Are you a Humanities or Social Science postdoctoral researcher within c 10 years of the PhD and in the North East or Northern Ireland? The resources of this @britishacademy.bsky.social ECR Network are designed for you (whether or not you're currently employed as a researcher or at a university). 1/2
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When UK gov proposes a UK testing ground for AI this is but one political moment in a historically specific machine learning political order which “does not merely change the political technologies of governance, but is a reordering of what the political can be” www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Machine learning political orders | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Machine learning political orders - Volume 49 Issue 1
www.cambridge.org
January 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
When UK gov proposes a UK testing ground for AI this is but one political moment in a historically specific machine learning political order which “does not merely change the political technologies of governance, but is a reordering of what the political can be” www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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We can, and must, do more to protect students from
Long COVID (and staff). Long COVID is a massive invisible problem in higher education
theconversation.com/we-can-and-m...
Long COVID (and staff). Long COVID is a massive invisible problem in higher education
theconversation.com/we-can-and-m...
We can, and must, do more to protect students in higher education from the risks of post-COVID condition
Postsecondary students are particularly vulnerable to repeated COVID-19 infections, putting them at risk for post-COVID condition, or long COVID. Campuses can take action to protect them.
theconversation.com
December 8, 2024 at 8:59 PM
We can, and must, do more to protect students from
Long COVID (and staff). Long COVID is a massive invisible problem in higher education
theconversation.com/we-can-and-m...
Long COVID (and staff). Long COVID is a massive invisible problem in higher education
theconversation.com/we-can-and-m...
Check out this RGS CCRG discussion of COP29 as an accessible multimedia teaching resource folks! Useful summaries and insights on key issues. Brilliant, thanks Laurie.
For anyone who missed out on the RGS Climate Change Research Group's panel on COP 29...
Never fear...
We have a full recording available right here:
www.rgs.org/events/talks...
Never fear...
We have a full recording available right here:
www.rgs.org/events/talks...
COP 29: what just happened? An expert panel discussion - RGS
This expert panel discussion, hosted by the RGS-IBG Climate Change Research Group, looks back at the ins and outs of COP 29 in Baku.
www.rgs.org
December 9, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Check out this RGS CCRG discussion of COP29 as an accessible multimedia teaching resource folks! Useful summaries and insights on key issues. Brilliant, thanks Laurie.