Sarah Otner
@sarahotner.bsky.social
Professor of Org. Theory & Innovation. Lapsed dancer and diver, resumed swimmer, jogger-in-training. Data wonk, travel geek, foodie. Studies #fragrance, #architecture, #books, #metascience. Loves dogs & crime fiction.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2743-8462
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2743-8462
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An editor's single wish... decline any request but please do so promptly
Recently did around 30 requests to ppl who'd published very similar papers to the one I needed reviews for. 3 declines, 25 no response. Please at least decline guys it slows stuff down so much otherwise.
I'm still relatively new to this journal associate editor business, but it already sucks… I've had a paper on my desk for more than a month now:
Reviewers invited: 12
Of those…
Declined: 5
No response: 7
Reviewers invited: 12
Of those…
Declined: 5
No response: 7
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 AM
An editor's single wish... decline any request but please do so promptly
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We are calling on the UK Government to not introduce a levy on higher education provider income from international students, reduce visa costs to attract global talent, and to review higher education funding to create a sustainable model
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/58...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/58...
July 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
We are calling on the UK Government to not introduce a levy on higher education provider income from international students, reduce visa costs to attract global talent, and to review higher education funding to create a sustainable model
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/58...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/58...
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🚀 Ready to lead and make a difference?
Join Dr Maja Golf-Papez for a deep dive into The Sussex MBA at our Masters Virtual Open Day – Sat 29 Nov, 1.30–2.30pm (GMT).
Book your place: https://ow.ly/XvUA50XsE13
Join Dr Maja Golf-Papez for a deep dive into The Sussex MBA at our Masters Virtual Open Day – Sat 29 Nov, 1.30–2.30pm (GMT).
Book your place: https://ow.ly/XvUA50XsE13
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🚀 Ready to lead and make a difference?
Join Dr Maja Golf-Papez for a deep dive into The Sussex MBA at our Masters Virtual Open Day – Sat 29 Nov, 1.30–2.30pm (GMT).
Book your place: https://ow.ly/XvUA50XsE13
Join Dr Maja Golf-Papez for a deep dive into The Sussex MBA at our Masters Virtual Open Day – Sat 29 Nov, 1.30–2.30pm (GMT).
Book your place: https://ow.ly/XvUA50XsE13
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Any university programming intended to address the massive faculty mental health crisis that does not include investments to remove organizational stressors is bullshit. Faculty are not weak, they’re underwater for structural reasons ffs.
November 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Any university programming intended to address the massive faculty mental health crisis that does not include investments to remove organizational stressors is bullshit. Faculty are not weak, they’re underwater for structural reasons ffs.
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Discourse surrounding “AI” these days often feels like a guy showing you his shovel and you say, “that’s a nice shovel” and he says “I am going to perform surgery on my mother with this shovel” and you say “Oh God please don’t that is not what a shovel is for.”
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Discourse surrounding “AI” these days often feels like a guy showing you his shovel and you say, “that’s a nice shovel” and he says “I am going to perform surgery on my mother with this shovel” and you say “Oh God please don’t that is not what a shovel is for.”
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I want a tool like Adblock that blocks all AI tools and content from my browser
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I want a tool like Adblock that blocks all AI tools and content from my browser
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Sociologists & Demographers:
My program is considering changing how we approach qualifying exams in the age of ChatGPT.
How have your departments adjusted to this new world? Have you made changes? What’s your approach?
My program is considering changing how we approach qualifying exams in the age of ChatGPT.
How have your departments adjusted to this new world? Have you made changes? What’s your approach?
November 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Sociologists & Demographers:
My program is considering changing how we approach qualifying exams in the age of ChatGPT.
How have your departments adjusted to this new world? Have you made changes? What’s your approach?
My program is considering changing how we approach qualifying exams in the age of ChatGPT.
How have your departments adjusted to this new world? Have you made changes? What’s your approach?
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Worth noting:
• Upward revision applies to entire 2021-2024 series — the *trend* in emigration is *roughly* flat
• As infuriating as big revisions are, they mean data is getting better
• BUT wild that we ever used a survey to gauge movements into and out of the country instead of counting people!
• Upward revision applies to entire 2021-2024 series — the *trend* in emigration is *roughly* flat
• As infuriating as big revisions are, they mean data is getting better
• BUT wild that we ever used a survey to gauge movements into and out of the country instead of counting people!
November 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Worth noting:
• Upward revision applies to entire 2021-2024 series — the *trend* in emigration is *roughly* flat
• As infuriating as big revisions are, they mean data is getting better
• BUT wild that we ever used a survey to gauge movements into and out of the country instead of counting people!
• Upward revision applies to entire 2021-2024 series — the *trend* in emigration is *roughly* flat
• As infuriating as big revisions are, they mean data is getting better
• BUT wild that we ever used a survey to gauge movements into and out of the country instead of counting people!
Steps 1 & 2 are really terrific. Step 3 is a bit more controversial / potentially damaging, but if you get the first two right, you can explore.
Britain’s Budget must put growth first — here’s how - on.ft.com/49WyA8N via @FT
Britain’s Budget must put growth first — here’s how - on.ft.com/49WyA8N via @FT
Britain’s Budget must put growth first — here’s how
Rachel Reeves can break the UK’s fiscal ‘doom loop’ by backing business and workers
on.ft.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Steps 1 & 2 are really terrific. Step 3 is a bit more controversial / potentially damaging, but if you get the first two right, you can explore.
Britain’s Budget must put growth first — here’s how - on.ft.com/49WyA8N via @FT
Britain’s Budget must put growth first — here’s how - on.ft.com/49WyA8N via @FT
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For lovers of @ourworldindata.org - we have improved our search functionality! Great work by the team at the backend to improve user experience. Enjoy!
ourworldindata.org/introducing-...
ourworldindata.org/introducing-...
Introducing our new, more powerful search
Finding what you’re looking for, or discovering something new, has never been easier.
ourworldindata.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
For lovers of @ourworldindata.org - we have improved our search functionality! Great work by the team at the backend to improve user experience. Enjoy!
ourworldindata.org/introducing-...
ourworldindata.org/introducing-...
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Friends, who is doing good work/research on the impact of AI on women's employment and careers? Do you know? Please share if so!!
November 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Friends, who is doing good work/research on the impact of AI on women's employment and careers? Do you know? Please share if so!!
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It's a useful reminder that sometimes tech can make a task more efficient for one side (applying for jobs), and more efficient for the other side (writing job adverts), and yet make the system as a whole completely inefficient.
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It's a useful reminder that sometimes tech can make a task more efficient for one side (applying for jobs), and more efficient for the other side (writing job adverts), and yet make the system as a whole completely inefficient.
Fabulous day with @philipncohen.com, hosting two talks @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social. @antoinevernet.com and I (big nerds that we are 🤓) even had our books signed! Thank you so much for including us on your sabbatical tour.
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Fabulous day with @philipncohen.com, hosting two talks @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social. @antoinevernet.com and I (big nerds that we are 🤓) even had our books signed! Thank you so much for including us on your sabbatical tour.
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When a person who’s shared their neurodivergent diagnoses openly then judges the behaviour of someone who is clearly exhibiting behaviours commensurate with neurodiversity I’m never sure whether I should be pointing that out or leaving it alone. Which response is empathic?
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
When a person who’s shared their neurodivergent diagnoses openly then judges the behaviour of someone who is clearly exhibiting behaviours commensurate with neurodiversity I’m never sure whether I should be pointing that out or leaving it alone. Which response is empathic?
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I have made clear this sends a terrible signal about what they consider the 'future of the UK research system' to be and I'd not attend such an event.
Expecting them to scramble for a token female speaker by the time of the event next week now that I've raised this with them
Expecting them to scramble for a token female speaker by the time of the event next week now that I've raised this with them
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I have made clear this sends a terrible signal about what they consider the 'future of the UK research system' to be and I'd not attend such an event.
Expecting them to scramble for a token female speaker by the time of the event next week now that I've raised this with them
Expecting them to scramble for a token female speaker by the time of the event next week now that I've raised this with them
Economist admits economic models are projections, not precise! 👏
Seriously strong recommendation in on.ft.com/4nUSm85 via @FT
Seriously strong recommendation in on.ft.com/4nUSm85 via @FT
The UK’s fiscal problems aren’t just about growth
Reassessing taxes and spending every six months introduces excessive policy uncertainty
on.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Economist admits economic models are projections, not precise! 👏
Seriously strong recommendation in on.ft.com/4nUSm85 via @FT
Seriously strong recommendation in on.ft.com/4nUSm85 via @FT
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How aware is/are your MP(s) of what your local universities deliver beyond taught programmes? Little in political debate or media suggests that their understanding is high. Perhaps it's time to add tutorials with worked examples to the mix, before it's too late. ICSs offer easy starting points. 8/8
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
How aware is/are your MP(s) of what your local universities deliver beyond taught programmes? Little in political debate or media suggests that their understanding is high. Perhaps it's time to add tutorials with worked examples to the mix, before it's too late. ICSs offer easy starting points. 8/8
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If Difference-in-Differences has been on your “to-learn” list, now is your chance to dig in. Our #GESISworkshop with @janmarcus.de takes you from DiD basics to advanced topics like triple differences, synthetic control, and modern estimators — all in R and Stata.
➡️ t1p.de/dif_in_dif_26
➡️ t1p.de/dif_in_dif_26
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
If Difference-in-Differences has been on your “to-learn” list, now is your chance to dig in. Our #GESISworkshop with @janmarcus.de takes you from DiD basics to advanced topics like triple differences, synthetic control, and modern estimators — all in R and Stata.
➡️ t1p.de/dif_in_dif_26
➡️ t1p.de/dif_in_dif_26
"Since their retirement, the couple have switched to a Modelo beer at lunch rather than an after-work martini" (:takes notes:) 💜
people.com/worlds-oldes...
people.com/worlds-oldes...
World's 'Oldest Married Couple' Reveal Secret to Their 83-Year Union, and the 1 Drink They Share Every Day
Lyle Gittens, 108, and his wife Eleanor Gittens, 107, share the secret to their 83-year marriage as they set a Guinness World Record as the oldest married couple to exist.
people.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"Since their retirement, the couple have switched to a Modelo beer at lunch rather than an after-work martini" (:takes notes:) 💜
people.com/worlds-oldes...
people.com/worlds-oldes...
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SPRU has teamed up with Tsinghua University's School of Public Policy and Management to deepen global research on innovation, sustainability & governance.
#SPRU #Tsinghua #SciencePolicy #GlobalCollab #Innovation
#SPRU #Tsinghua #SciencePolicy #GlobalCollab #Innovation
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
SPRU has teamed up with Tsinghua University's School of Public Policy and Management to deepen global research on innovation, sustainability & governance.
#SPRU #Tsinghua #SciencePolicy #GlobalCollab #Innovation
#SPRU #Tsinghua #SciencePolicy #GlobalCollab #Innovation
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It's Trustees Week! A time to celebrate the achievements of nearly one million trustees across the UK 🎉
We're incredibly grateful to our trustees, who generously volunteer their time and expertise to ensure our charity can continue to support postgraduate students. Thank you!
We're incredibly grateful to our trustees, who generously volunteer their time and expertise to ensure our charity can continue to support postgraduate students. Thank you!
November 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It's Trustees Week! A time to celebrate the achievements of nearly one million trustees across the UK 🎉
We're incredibly grateful to our trustees, who generously volunteer their time and expertise to ensure our charity can continue to support postgraduate students. Thank you!
We're incredibly grateful to our trustees, who generously volunteer their time and expertise to ensure our charity can continue to support postgraduate students. Thank you!
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Week 1: I completely overhauled the syllabus this year, and I'm so excited to be reading new articles along with the students!
Week 11: What the hell was I thinking?
Every term. Without fail.
Week 11: What the hell was I thinking?
Every term. Without fail.
November 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Week 1: I completely overhauled the syllabus this year, and I'm so excited to be reading new articles along with the students!
Week 11: What the hell was I thinking?
Every term. Without fail.
Week 11: What the hell was I thinking?
Every term. Without fail.
Must. Not. Be Allowed. To Watch. The #JohnLewis #Christmas advert. 😭😭
November 4, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Must. Not. Be Allowed. To Watch. The #JohnLewis #Christmas advert. 😭😭
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If you are curious as to why, as a salsa dancer, I hate what strictly does to it…
They turn it into a pantomime of a dance, prioritising performance over dance content. They do a minimum of salsa steps, which kills the distinctive movement. There are too many lifts, tricks and solo work.
They turn it into a pantomime of a dance, prioritising performance over dance content. They do a minimum of salsa steps, which kills the distinctive movement. There are too many lifts, tricks and solo work.
November 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
If you are curious as to why, as a salsa dancer, I hate what strictly does to it…
They turn it into a pantomime of a dance, prioritising performance over dance content. They do a minimum of salsa steps, which kills the distinctive movement. There are too many lifts, tricks and solo work.
They turn it into a pantomime of a dance, prioritising performance over dance content. They do a minimum of salsa steps, which kills the distinctive movement. There are too many lifts, tricks and solo work.
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The whole of the HMRC Board got me to present to them about the opportunities and risks of AI about 18 months ago and my main messages were be very careful with high stakes decision making and remember the Horizon Post Office scandal which was about governance and accountability…
Somebody at HMRC needs to be canned for this idiotic ‘fraud-detection’ idea. And I fear future use of AI in welfare cases might well produce this kind of story regularly (as they have in Nevada for example).
UK woman who booked Oslo flight but did not fly loses child benefit ‘because she emigrated’
Exclusive: HMRC told Lisa Morris-Almond there was no record of her return to UK, but she did not take the trip
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The whole of the HMRC Board got me to present to them about the opportunities and risks of AI about 18 months ago and my main messages were be very careful with high stakes decision making and remember the Horizon Post Office scandal which was about governance and accountability…