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Dr Jeannie Holstein
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Senior Lecturer Loughborough Business School. Own views. Sociomaterial practices in organizing. Often drawn to questions of narrative and temporality. Trying to do my bit to save our future.
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Rachel Reeves held her ground, rejected Treasury orthodoxy, and forced through a significant change to the fiscal rules on investment. She gets no credit for this, but she damn well deserves some

inews.co.uk/opinion/rach...
Rachel Reeves was right - now it's time to give her some credit
She held her ground, rejected Treasury orthodoxy, and forced through a significant change
inews.co.uk
June 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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🚨 We’re hiring at Loughborough! 🚨
This is a strategic investment in teams of academic staff focused on Research & Innovation. Ready to help shape the future of your field and of a top 10 UK university? www.lboro.ac.uk/join-us/acad...
Join your team. Bring your team. Build your team.
Loughborough University is seeking top research talent from around the world to build, join and shape the teams facing down the most pressing challenges of our time.
www.lboro.ac.uk
May 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Flying the @lborouniversity.bsky.social flag. Presentingour paper on Strategising Practices in ‘hope’ and ‘fear’ for nature positive futures at the Organization Studies Summer Workshop. Great organisation as ever from @orgstudies.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Political philosophers! Please consider encouraging your students to apply for this PhD position on the global governance of technology. The Ethics Institute is a great place to work! It hosts one of the largest and most international group of practical philosophers in Europe.
We're hiring! I'll be co-supervising a PhD at Utrecht University on the global governance of socially disruptive technologies. Political philosophy/ethics project focused on legitimacy & good governance.

More info: edu.nl/9admd
Deadline: June 3, 2025 (apologies for the short notice!)
edu.nl
May 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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I was extremely fortunate to have benefitted from a Leverhulme ECR fellowship back in 2014-2017. It gave me the support to develop the research for my book and to take the next big step in my academic career. Forever grateful.
From untangling the evolutionary roots of plant variation to how medieval nuns mastered the art of credit, we’ve had some fascinating applications for this year’s Early Career Fellowship scheme. The Trust is pleased to announce 152 Fellowships in this round. Congratulations to the 2025 cohort!
May 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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‘We’re in the last, hard yards’: quiet hopes for UK-EU reset at crucial summit - @theguardian.com's weekend read on the government's tentative revisit of Brexit

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
‘We’re in the last, hard yards’: quiet hopes for UK-EU reset at crucial summit
Monday’s meet-up could provide the piece of the jigsaw to unlock UK growth and draw a line under the Brexit years
www.theguardian.com
May 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Why is money made from wealth taxed less than money made from work?

Reeves should align Capital Gains Tax with Income Tax — it’s fair, and it could raise £14bn a year.

A simple fix to a rigged system.

#TaxJustice #FairTax
May 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Certain parts of the media have always served the interests of power and money. But framing progressive taxation on the exploitative super rich as an unfair assault on benevolent “wealth creators” is literally propaganda.
The chancellor’s plans to raise capital gains and inheritance taxes next year are expected to drive more wealth creators out of the country, accelerating an exodus triggered by April’s dropping of “non-dom” status ⬇️
Rich List tycoons tell Rachel Reeves her tax will kill family firms
www.thetimes.com
May 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Big news yesterday: Forging Ahead is go!

Honoured to lead this hub for research commercialisation across the Midlands.

Backed by major investment, announced by Lord Vallance. We will supercharge innovation, keep talent rooted, & turn ideas into real-world impact.

www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-pa...
May 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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The days of Google Docs are ending; we enter the age of Docs, made by France's Interministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs and Germany's Center for Digital Sovereignty of Public Administration.

We need more governments to collaborate on public software projects to achieve digital sovereignty.
France and Germany unveil Docs, a homegrown alternative to Google Docs
The Trump administration has set out to drastically reshape the relationship between the US and Europe. In response, Brussels is scrambling to adapt to this new reality,...
www.techspot.com
April 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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The crisis for UK steel is exposing another – perhaps even bigger – crisis for the UK

Our news media seems incapable of even the most basic factchecking

YES energy for UK steelmakers is costly
NO it's not due to net-zero
YES it is due to GAS

Here's what UK media isn't telling you🧵
April 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
He’s just the US version of Truss, isn’t he?
April 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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If only there were other universities in other parts of the country with lots of lab space and/or space for building lab space where housing costs were lower.
April 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
My tree of the day … a cracker …
March 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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BREAKING: The UK, France and Ukraine will work on a ceasefire plan to present to the United States, the prime minister has said, in the wake of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's White House clash with Donald Trump

news.sky.com/story/wester...
Western leaders to work on Ukraine ceasefire and present plan to Trump, says Starmer
The UK, France and Ukraine will work on a ceasefire plan to present to the United States, the prime minister has said, in the wake of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's White House clash with Donald Trump.
news.sky.com
March 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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How do we think about the journals we write for? We’ve all heard the idea of the journal as a conversation, but what about a market? patthomson.net/2025/02/02/i...
Is a journal a “market”?
I am currently working on a second edition of one of my co-authored writing books, Writing for peer reviewed journals. Strategies for getting published. The book was published in 2013 and written i…
patthomson.net
February 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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How do MATs balance autonomy with alignment?

This new report from @tobygreany.bsky.social and @eleanorbernardes.bsky.social explores the ‘constant dance’ of values-based leadership in trusts. A must-read for education leaders. 🏫✨

Download now ⬇️ https://buff.ly/4fYA1TN

#TrustLeadership
A Constant Dance: A Study of Values-Based Leadership in Multi-Academy Trusts — Whole Education
Discover 'A Constant Dance,' a comprehensive study by Toby Greany and Eleanor Bernardes from the University of Nottingham of values-based leadership in Multi-Academy Trusts. Learn how five MATs…
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January 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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New Collaborative Midlands Graduate School ESRC DTP PhD opportunity based at Loughborough University in partnership w/ Ygam and University of Birmingham "Digital Gaming/Gambling Harms and Students: Financial Literacy and the Transition to Adulthood" - closes 21/02/25: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLN128/p...
PhD Studentship: Digital Gaming/Gambling Harms and Students: Financial Literacy and the Transition to Adulthood at Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership
Discover a PhD Studentship: PhD Studentship: Digital Gaming/Gambling Harms and Students: Financial Literacy and the Transition to Adulthood Explore more PhD opportunities and apply today!
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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As the U.S. shifts into a volatile political landscape targeting critical thinking, I want to share an important reminder to the #booksky community:

The only way to preserve literature is by collecting physical copies.

I know, Kindle users, it sucks—but your digital copy can be deleted any time.
January 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
January 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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‘Each of Polanyi’s sweeping claims tends to make modern historians’ hackles rise, the interpretation of the industrial revolution in particular.’

Stefan Collini on Karl Polanyi’s ‘The Great Transformation’:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Stefan Collini · The future was social: Karl Polanyi’s Predictions
The Great Transformation was an exceptionally bold effort to make sense of contemporary developments on an international...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Interesting piece by @aveek18.bsky.social arguing that Labour does have a coherent growth strategy (if not an overarching theory). www.smf.co.uk/commentary_p...
The government does have a coherent strategy for economic growth, if not a holistic ‘theory’ - Social Market Foundation.
On Wednesday, political economist Ben Ansell provoked discussion by publishing an essay exploring whether Labour have a theory of growth. It’s a good question. In fact, it’s the question that prompted...
www.smf.co.uk
January 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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One public opinion mistake people make is assuming 'being tough on pensioner benefits' appeals to young people. It doesn't it appeals to young (and old) policy wonks. Most young people say i worry about my gran - and they're the most likely to say triple lock should be more generous.
January 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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The Institut Pasteur has decided to leave X (formerly Twitter) to join BlueSky! 🦋
The Institut Pasteur made this decision due to several serious issues observed on the X platform since its acquisition. Join us here to continue advocating for science. www.pasteur.fr/en/home/pres...
Institut Pasteur decides to leave X
The Institut Pasteur, a research organization which for more than 130 years has been committed to tackling infectious diseases, sharing knowledge and defending science, has decided to leave X because ...
www.pasteur.fr
January 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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'Ewart Keep, emeritus professor of education...at the University of Oxford, told delegates at the Independent Higher Education conference that banks were the “invisible funder and regulator” of UK universities, and said questions would be asked about big spending decisions made in past years.' 1/5
Failed projects ‘mean banks less likely to lend to universities’
‘Invisible regulators’ to ask harder questions of UK sector investment decisions, professor claims
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:26 AM