Yingnian Tao
@yingniantao.bsky.social
Senior RA, Wellcome-funded project on sustainability, ethics and inclusion. Linguistics PhD at Lancaster University. #sustainability discourse #greenwashing #Greenlash #corpus linguistics #pragmatics #ethics #responsible AI.🏃🏻♀️ in training
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Yingnian Tao
@yingniantao.bsky.social
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Happy to share that our paper on corpus analysis of sustainability statements in fashion is out, finally. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... We also identified seven greenwashing indicators commonly used by fashion firms. All examples come from our purpose-built corpus.
Grateful for the space you have provided and glad to run a session on voices in sustainability with @myc-eco.bsky.social 🥳🥳🥳
What a #LUResearchCulture week! 🙌
Thank you so much to the over 200 colleagues who presented, volunteered and engaged in this year's amazing programme - www.lancaster.ac.uk/research/res... 🤩
We're already excited for RCW2026! If you are too, please get in touch - researchculture@lancaster.ac.uk 👋
Thank you so much to the over 200 colleagues who presented, volunteered and engaged in this year's amazing programme - www.lancaster.ac.uk/research/res... 🤩
We're already excited for RCW2026! If you are too, please get in touch - researchculture@lancaster.ac.uk 👋
September 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Grateful for the space you have provided and glad to run a session on voices in sustainability with @myc-eco.bsky.social 🥳🥳🥳
True, but hundreds of times more positive than Trump claims climate change is a con job” and green energy is a green scam. One is at least working towards the right direction, and the other is running wildly towards “god knows what he is doing” path. Mad, sad bad-i’ll delete this post bf entering US
Xi Jinping announced China's new climate targets personally, a positive gesture, but the targets brought little clarity on China’s future emission pathway. Targeting a 7-10% emission reduction by 2035 from an undefined "peak level" undersells China's current clean energy boom.
September 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
True, but hundreds of times more positive than Trump claims climate change is a con job” and green energy is a green scam. One is at least working towards the right direction, and the other is running wildly towards “god knows what he is doing” path. Mad, sad bad-i’ll delete this post bf entering US
So this is working on #cleanenergy transition with #windturbine and #nuclearpower station right in my view- all spontaneous 🏖️ 🏄♀️
August 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
So this is working on #cleanenergy transition with #windturbine and #nuclearpower station right in my view- all spontaneous 🏖️ 🏄♀️
Reading this for a media study, shocked to know 83% of UK oil is exported and the UK has to buy back at market prices. This undercuts the right-leaning newspapers' claims that more North Sea drilling will secure domestic supply during the cost of living and energy crisis.
What does more North Sea oil and gas mean for UK energy supply and net zero?
By Paul Ekins
By Paul Ekins
What does more North Sea oil and gas mean for UK energy supply and net zero? - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
The current UK Government has granted hundreds of new licences for further exploration of North Sea oil and gas, and...
www.lse.ac.uk
August 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Reading this for a media study, shocked to know 83% of UK oil is exported and the UK has to buy back at market prices. This undercuts the right-leaning newspapers' claims that more North Sea drilling will secure domestic supply during the cost of living and energy crisis.
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For early career #researchers, #impact is more than data. It’s about making a difference. Here’s how to bring your research to life:
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/early... #Academia #Highered #Academicsky @bournemouthuni.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/early... #Academia #Highered #Academicsky @bournemouthuni.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social
An early career researcher’s guide to impact
Research impact can often be reduced to an administrative task, yet looking past metrics and seeing your work come to life can be incredibly rewarding. Here’s how to connect with the ‘why’ of your res...
www.timeshighereducation.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
For early career #researchers, #impact is more than data. It’s about making a difference. Here’s how to bring your research to life:
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/early... #Academia #Highered #Academicsky @bournemouthuni.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/early... #Academia #Highered #Academicsky @bournemouthuni.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social
"vague, generic, overly emphatic" - a classic greenwashing tactic in fashion, as highlighted in my study on sustainability communication. But outright "false" statements? Ignorance of #environmentalregulations or assumption that consumers are sustainability-illiterate? #greenwashing
August 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM
"vague, generic, overly emphatic" - a classic greenwashing tactic in fashion, as highlighted in my study on sustainability communication. But outright "false" statements? Ignorance of #environmentalregulations or assumption that consumers are sustainability-illiterate? #greenwashing
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I would deeply enjoy supervising a PhD thesis about this advertisement… please get in touch 😅
(Yes, it’s a real advertisement!)
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July 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I would deeply enjoy supervising a PhD thesis about this advertisement… please get in touch 😅
(Yes, it’s a real advertisement!)
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I've found a funny way to stay motivated for writing: imagining myself is the bell pepper on the right (and yes I am), and the left guy is my goal 😏😱🤥🤑🥳 Seriously, the left one is abnormally big.
July 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I've found a funny way to stay motivated for writing: imagining myself is the bell pepper on the right (and yes I am), and the left guy is my goal 😏😱🤥🤑🥳 Seriously, the left one is abnormally big.
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We found that Reform's plans to attack renewable energy industries could wipe £92bn off the UK economy and destroy 60,000 jobs by the end of the decade.
These plans would damage our economic health and the health of our climate. 1/2
These plans would damage our economic health and the health of our climate. 1/2
July 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We found that Reform's plans to attack renewable energy industries could wipe £92bn off the UK economy and destroy 60,000 jobs by the end of the decade.
These plans would damage our economic health and the health of our climate. 1/2
These plans would damage our economic health and the health of our climate. 1/2
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EU: Commission proposes to double Horizon budget for 2028-34.
Ursula von der Leyen also sets out planned 50 per cent increase for Erasmus+ scheme.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
Ursula von der Leyen also sets out planned 50 per cent increase for Erasmus+ scheme.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
Commission proposes to double Horizon budget for 2028-34 - Research Professional News
Ursula von der Leyen also sets out planned 50 per cent increase for Erasmus+ scheme
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
EU: Commission proposes to double Horizon budget for 2028-34.
Ursula von der Leyen also sets out planned 50 per cent increase for Erasmus+ scheme.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
Ursula von der Leyen also sets out planned 50 per cent increase for Erasmus+ scheme.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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we would be in a much better state in this country if we stopped focusing on anointing a chosen few working class students into Oxbridge, and instead properly funded all the different sorts of universities that attract students from a wide range of backgrounds already
Oxford University and @cam.ac.uk have each received a £6.25 million gift to expand their outreach work with socio-economically disadvantaged students in STEM subjects.
Find out more ⬇️
Find out more ⬇️
Joint donation to Oxford and Cambridge helps young people overcome
The University of Oxford has received a £6.25 million gift to expand its outreach work with socio-economically disadvantaged students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
www.ox.ac.uk
July 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
we would be in a much better state in this country if we stopped focusing on anointing a chosen few working class students into Oxbridge, and instead properly funded all the different sorts of universities that attract students from a wide range of backgrounds already
An interesting metaphor, in that sense I am looking forward to leaving the “single market” 🫣🥳
Summer can offer space to reflect – or return to that grant proposal. Read practical guidance for navigating the process: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/love-... #Researchfunding #academiclife #academicsky #edusky
Love and money: why the search for funding is like romance
Funding is a relationship of sorts. You and your research project funder will enter into a finite symbiosis. It’s a joyful, exciting, uncomfortable and occasionally scary co-dependency, writes Laura B...
www.timeshighereducation.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
An interesting metaphor, in that sense I am looking forward to leaving the “single market” 🫣🥳
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AI's energy demands drive Texas data centers to construct new gas-fired power plants, bypassing renewable energy pledges.
#AI #DataCenters #FossilFuels
#AI #DataCenters #FossilFuels
Data Centers Are Building Their Own Gas Power Plants in Texas - Inside Climate News
Not so long ago, developers of the massive server farms talked about powering them with wind and solar power. But now, with the coming of power-hungry AI platforms, they’re bypassing the grid, building their own gas-fired power plants on site.
insideclimatenews.org
July 16, 2025 at 3:01 AM
AI's energy demands drive Texas data centers to construct new gas-fired power plants, bypassing renewable energy pledges.
#AI #DataCenters #FossilFuels
#AI #DataCenters #FossilFuels
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Our President, Professor Dame Julia Black, sat down with @financialtimes.com. Describing the government's approach to universities as "confused, if not incoherent", she calls for regulatory reform and a cross-party commission to look at the future of higher education www.ft.com/content/3162...
Universities in England at risk of long-term decline, says British Academy
Outgoing president Dame Julia Black calls on ministers to overhaul their ‘confused’ approach to higher education
www.ft.com
July 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Our President, Professor Dame Julia Black, sat down with @financialtimes.com. Describing the government's approach to universities as "confused, if not incoherent", she calls for regulatory reform and a cross-party commission to look at the future of higher education www.ft.com/content/3162...
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Preparations for the 2026 Corpora and Discourse International Conference at Lancaster University are under way! We will be sharing information on dates for your calendars, plenary speakers, and the upcoming call for papers very soon. Follow here for updates, and please share widely! #CADS2026
July 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Preparations for the 2026 Corpora and Discourse International Conference at Lancaster University are under way! We will be sharing information on dates for your calendars, plenary speakers, and the upcoming call for papers very soon. Follow here for updates, and please share widely! #CADS2026
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How well can AI grasp what’s left unsaid in everyday conversation? In a surprising study born over tea in Vienna, a team pitted GPT-4 and other language models against humans to see who reads between the lines better. Read more in this Behind the Paper in our Springer Nature Research Communities:
When AI Reads Between the Lines: Pragmatics, Robots, and the Unexpected Superiority of GPT-4
How well can AI grasp what’s left unsaid in everyday conversation? In a surprising study born over tea in Vienna, our team pitted GPT-4 and other language models against humans to see who reads between the lines better—and found that AI's subtlety may now rival, or even surpass, our own.
spklr.io
July 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
How well can AI grasp what’s left unsaid in everyday conversation? In a surprising study born over tea in Vienna, a team pitted GPT-4 and other language models against humans to see who reads between the lines better. Read more in this Behind the Paper in our Springer Nature Research Communities:
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Come work with us at Liverpool!
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@livunienglish.bsky.social
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Lecturer in TESOL and Applied Linguistics (Teaching and Scholarship) - Grade 7 (0.8 FTE) at University of Liverpool
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July 7, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Come work with us at Liverpool!
@liverpooluni.bsky.social
@sotauol.bsky.social
@livunienglish.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNT935/l...
@liverpooluni.bsky.social
@sotauol.bsky.social
@livunienglish.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNT935/l...
Open science is the trend; glad the CL community is embracing it, slowly. 😉
Martin Schweinberger and Michael Haugh introduce the IJCL Special Issue on #reproducibility, #replicability and #robustness in corpus linguistics.
Writing in relation to FAIR and CARE principles, the authors provide actionable strategies for enhancing rigor.
#openscience
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
Writing in relation to FAIR and CARE principles, the authors provide actionable strategies for enhancing rigor.
#openscience
doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...
Reproducibility, replicability, and robustness in corpus linguistics | John Benjamins
Abstract
This introduction to the special issue Reproducibility, Replicability, and Robustness in Corpus
Linguistics calls for more transparent and robust research practices in the field. It situates ...
doi.org
July 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Open science is the trend; glad the CL community is embracing it, slowly. 😉
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#CL2025 is over! See you all at #CL2027—if it happens and wherever it ends up being.
July 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
#CL2025 is over! See you all at #CL2027—if it happens and wherever it ends up being.
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It seems that the Cambridge Elements in Corpus Linguistics series is free to download for the duration of #CL2025 again — including my own. I’m never one to pass up a freebie, so do take a look: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies
Cambridge Core - Applied Linguistics - Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies
www.cambridge.org
July 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
It seems that the Cambridge Elements in Corpus Linguistics series is free to download for the duration of #CL2025 again — including my own. I’m never one to pass up a freebie, so do take a look: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Curious about the new term “greenlash”, check out our paper Greenlash in the Media using corpus methods #greenlash #cl2025 #farmerprotest#EUgreendeal
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Greenlash in the media - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Greenlash in the media
www.nature.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Curious about the new term “greenlash”, check out our paper Greenlash in the Media using corpus methods #greenlash #cl2025 #farmerprotest#EUgreendeal
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
One positive thing about jet lag is you wake up at the same time as 🐦, so by the time of sunrise, you've already worked for half a day and posted tweaks about two conference presentations😏😜 An amazing experience attending both #ipra25 and #CL25, lots of intersections and cross-references happening.
July 1, 2025 at 4:41 AM
On my way to Brisbane for IPrA 2025! First time ever in the southern hemisphere 🌏✈️
June 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
On my way to Brisbane for IPrA 2025! First time ever in the southern hemisphere 🌏✈️
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University librarians need to understand how to guide students and faculty in using #AI ethically and effectively. Yinlin Chen of @virginiatech.bsky.social offers advice on laying the groundwork: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/ai-sk... #GenAI #libraries #highered #edusky
AI skills for tomorrow’s university librarians
University librarians need to understand how to guide students and faculty in using AI tools ethically and effectively. In the future, they will be not only information experts but also AI facilitator...
www.timeshighereducation.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
University librarians need to understand how to guide students and faculty in using #AI ethically and effectively. Yinlin Chen of @virginiatech.bsky.social offers advice on laying the groundwork: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/ai-sk... #GenAI #libraries #highered #edusky