Reposted by Andreana "Addy" DrenchevaHelen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 10/01/2026This was a good starter pack when I joined, has lots of smart people beyond academia as well as in it. Sharing here for anyone joining or becoming more active here, because of…you know… go.bsky.app/L5vQVkd 0113
Andreana "Addy" Drencheva @addydren.bsky.social · 02/09/2025🎵 SELF ESTEEM TICKETS FOR SALE 🎵 2x tickets for Manchester Academy 📅 Saturday 27th September, 7pm 💷 Paid £83, open to offers Can't make it anymore - gutted! Self Esteem shows are incredible 🔥 DM me if interested! #SelfEsteem #Manchester #TicketsForSale #LiveMusic 000
Reposted by Andreana "Addy" DrenchevaLucas Amaral @drlucasamaral.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Working on social issues in management and attending AOM this year? Submit your work in progress to our workshop and receive excellent feedback from specialized mentors :) 043
Reposted by Andreana "Addy" DrenchevaEsther Bintliff @estherbintliff.bsky.social · 22/03/2025"Several distinct cultural changes have created a situation in which many men who hate women do not have the access to women’s bodies that they would have had in an earlier era." Brilliant, incisive, very necessary piece by Jia Tolentino www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...newyorker.comThe Rage of the IncelsIncels aren’t really looking for sex. They’re looking for absolute male supremacy. 0227
Reposted by Andreana "Addy" DrenchevaPilot Theatre @pilottheatre.bsky.social · 12/03/2025"I hope audiences leave feeling deeply inspired by the production" Ahead of us opening at Wilton's Music Hall, our AD @estherichardson.bsky.social spoke with A Youngish Perspective about the processes, collaborations, & aims of creating #MaryAndTheHyenas. ayoungishperspective.co.uk/2025/03/11/i...ayoungishperspective.co.ukIN CONVERSATION WITH: Esther RichardsonWe sat down with director, Esther Richardson, to discuss her newest show, Mary And The Hyenas which premieres at Wilton's Music Hall on the 18th March. 013
Reposted by Andreana "Addy" DrenchevaShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Imagine: a Palantir company town where everyone’s on gene therapy + ketamine and lives to 200, where each cul-de-sac gets its own nuclear plant and data center, where nobody’s a citizen + everybody’s a customer, where the owners are unregulated but everyone else is governed by Lumon-esque policy!wired.com‘Startup Nation’ Groups Say They’re Meeting Trump Officials to Push for Deregulated ‘Freedom Cities’The architects of projects like Próspera are drafting legislation to create US cities that would be free from federal regulations. 1011643
Andreana "Addy" Drencheva @addydren.bsky.social · 07/03/2025In the spirit of co-creation, insights and outputs will be shared with all contributors with opportunities for collective reflection. Please share widely with colleagues who conduct co-created research! 010
Andreana "Addy" Drencheva @addydren.bsky.social · 07/03/2025By sharing your research, you will help develop our collective understanding and application of co-created practices and increase the visibility of such approaches. Share your published or accepted outputs here: bit.ly/CoCreatedRes... by March 21, 2025. Just 2 minutes to submit your work!forms.office.comMicrosoft Forms 111
Andreana "Addy" Drencheva @addydren.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Because traditional database searches can miss co-created research, we need direct input from scholars doing this type of work. Your contribution matters - whether your work explicitly mentions co-creation or uses different collaborative principles. 100
Andreana "Addy" Drencheva @addydren.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Co-creation of research is one way to include stakeholders in the research process: develop research questions, (re-)design methods, collect and analyze data, co-author outputs. Our goal is to strengthen collaborative approaches that combine theoretical rigor with practical impact. 110
Andreana "Addy" Drencheva @addydren.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Do you conduct management research WITH rather than ON organizations? Are you working with workers, entrepreneurs, activists, or communities to conduct research together? We want to hear from you because we are mapping co-created research in management studies. 222
Reposted by Andreana "Addy" DrenchevaSophia Parker @mssophiaparker.bsky.social · 28/02/2025last year, we supported a mapping project that revealed a beautiful, hopeful ecosystem of around 2000 uk orgs building regenerative futures. some thoughts from me on how funders and wealthholders should respond: www.jrf.org.uk/imagination-...jrf.org.ukSurviving on breadcrumbs: resourcing radical hopeThis reflection looks at new research on the scale and nature of efforts across the UK to build alternative futures. How can wealth holders like JRF do more to better support and shield this essential... 22111
Reposted by Andreana "Addy" DrenchevaPatrick Reinsborough ❌👑 @giantwhispers.bsky.social · 24/02/2025The trial of an oil company SLAPP suit to literally destroy Greenpeace begins today in N. Dakota. Make no mistake this is the iron fist of petrofascism trying to crush our movements to defend water, climate & Native rights. We must all fight back. Action Link in post below. #ClimateSkynytimes.comGreenpeace Is Going to Trial in $300 Million Suit That Poses Bankruptcy Risk (Gift Article)In a closely watched case, the owner of the Dakota Access Pipeline is claiming the environmental group masterminded protests that hurt the company’s business. 5250120
Reposted by Andreana "Addy" DrenchevaLanre Bakare @lanre-bakare.bsky.social · 22/02/2025New project launches today looking at class, the arts and the leadership of some of our biggest institutions. Our analysis shows: Nearly a third (30%) of artistic directors and other creative leaders were educated privately compared with a UK average of 7%. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...theguardian.comWorking-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warnExclusive: Analysis by the Guardian shows a third of major arts leaders were educated privately 34624
Reposted by Andreana "Addy" DrenchevaWill Allen @willallennz.bsky.social · 21/02/2025🌍 Participatory action research: Tackling complexity Top-down solutions aren’t enough—collaboration, iteration, and shared learning matter. 👉 Explore how participatory action research (PAR) helps teams navigate uncertainty, co-create solutions, and adapt. #co-design #actionresearch #systemschangelearningforsustainability.netParticipatory action research: tackling today’s complex challenges - learningforsustainability.netParticipatory action research (PAR) offers a practical and inclusive approach to tackling today’s complex challenges. By combining collaboration, critical reflection, and iterative cycles of inquiry a... 086
Reposted by Andreana "Addy" DrenchevaDr Alexandra Woodall @alexandrawoodall.bsky.social · 20/02/2025gov.ukMajor investment to boost growth and cement Britain’s place as cultural powerhouseOver £270 million Arts Everywhere Fund for arts venues, museums, libraries and the heritage sector in major boost for growth 011
Reposted by Andreana "Addy" DrenchevaAnnayah M.B. Prosser @annayahprosser.bsky.social · 19/02/2025So excited to be participating in this event! 031
Reposted by Andreana "Addy" DrenchevaDirkvL @dirkvl.bsky.social · 18/02/2025PhD Studentship at King's Business School "Urban Agora and the Search for Authenticity – London’s Street Markets as Alternative Retail Experiences" www.findaphd.com/phds/project...findaphd.comUrban Agora and the Search for Authenticity – London’s Street Markets as Alternative Retail Experiences at King’s College London on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - Urban Agora and the Search for Authenticity – London’s Street Markets as Alternative Retail Experiences at King’s College London, listed on FindAPhD.com 032
Andreana "Addy" Drencheva @addydren.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Turkey said it would become a ‘zero waste’ nation. Instead, it became a dumping ground for Europe’s rubbish www.theguardian.com/news/2025/fe...theguardian.comTurkey said it would become a ‘zero waste’ nation. Instead, it became a dumping ground for Europe’s rubbishWhen China stopped receiving the world’s waste, Turkey became Europe’s recycling hotspot. The problem is, most plastics can’t be recycled. And what remains are toxic heaps of trash 010
Reposted by Andreana "Addy" DrenchevaJonathan Koomey @jgkoomey.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Offsets are mostly a scam, and nobody should be talking about them as an alternative to emissions reductions. High quality offsets with verification are very expensive, but that's not what most people are buying. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...newyorker.comThe Great Cash-for-Carbon HustleOffsetting has been hailed as a fix for runaway emissions and climate change—but the market’s largest firm sold millions of credits for carbon reductions that weren’t real. 22511
Reposted by Andreana "Addy" DrenchevaKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 15/02/2025"Oil and gas companies are the most active acquirers of climate tech startups. According to research by Sightline Climate, Shell made the most acquisitions globally between 2020 and 2024, buying up 8 companies. That was followed by BP, which snapped up 7" sifted.eu/articles/cli... 1214666
Andreana "Addy" Drencheva @addydren.bsky.social · 05/02/2025What's the polite version of "Did you read the paper?!" in response to a reviewer's multiple comments? Asking for a friend. That friend is me. Yes, I acknowledge that sometimes the issue is the quality of our own writing as authors and we are in a peer review crisis. 030
Reposted by Andreana "Addy" DrenchevaAndreana "Addy" Drencheva @addydren.bsky.social · 31/01/2025I am developing a resource hub for our doctoral researchers in sustainable business. Where do you go to connect, learn, and grow? Seeking recommendations for networks, training, reading groups, or regular events that have enriched your research practice. Will share once we have a list.media.tenor.comtwo penguins holding ice cream cones with the words sharing is caring written below themALT: two penguins holding ice cream cones with the words sharing is caring written below them 063
Andreana "Addy" Drencheva @addydren.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Sending your strength. Looking forward to reading the book when the time comes. 110
Andreana "Addy" Drencheva @addydren.bsky.social · 31/01/2025I am developing a resource hub for our doctoral researchers in sustainable business. Where do you go to connect, learn, and grow? Seeking recommendations for networks, training, reading groups, or regular events that have enriched your research practice. Will share once we have a list.media.tenor.comtwo penguins holding ice cream cones with the words sharing is caring written below themALT: two penguins holding ice cream cones with the words sharing is caring written below them 063
Reposted by Andreana "Addy" DrenchevaClientEarth @clientearth.bsky.social · 31/01/2025🧡A huge moment for human rights🧡 The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled for the first time that country's governments failng to properly address environmental pollution is a violation of the human right to life. www.clientearth.org/latest/press... (1/4) 14705262
Reposted by Andreana "Addy" DrenchevaLouise Woodruff @louisewoodruff.bsky.social · 29/01/2025The UK has the worst paternity leave offer in Europe. Glad that Luke Charters MP is raising this issue in the Commons today. We found increasing statutory paternity leave to a better paid 6 weeks offer could boost the UK Economy by over £2bn in the near term. www.politicshome.com/news/article...politicshome.comImproving Paternity Leave Provisions Could Boost The Economy By £2.6bnExpanding the statutory level of paternity leave for fathers could deliver £2.6bn of long-term growth to the UK economy, according to new research. 187
Reposted by Andreana "Addy" DrenchevaBobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Wow. it must feel terrible when someone takes something you made and uses it without permission or payment 180188425038
Reposted by Andreana "Addy" DrenchevaRachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 28/01/2025As everyone's becoming an expert on Nvidia stock prices and moats and Jevons paradox, I've got a new Green Paper out on inclusive innovation, social capital, and technology diffusion - three things that literally no one is talking about! www.careful.industries/inclusive-in... 716961
Reposted by Andreana "Addy" DrenchevaNick Hedley @nickhedley.bsky.social · 25/01/2025We have all the solutions we need to beat climate change and create a sustainable, equitable, and prosperous world — as these countries, cities, and organisations have proven: theprogressplaybook.comtheprogressplaybook.comHomeThe Progress Playbook is focused on the policies and projects that are succeeding in driving sustainable development and could be replicated elsewhere. A solutions journal, we report on proven ideas f... 69022
Reposted by Andreana "Addy" DrenchevaJonatan Pinkse @jonatanpinkse.bsky.social · 14/01/2025The Centre for Sustainable Business at King's Business School is looking for a Research Fellow to join our team and drive impactful, practical research at the Centre. Foster collaboration, co-create solutions, and help shape sustainable practices that make a difference. www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/103607-...kcl.ac.ukResearch Fellow 045
Reposted by Andreana "Addy" DrenchevaRachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Bringing some LinkedIn energy over here - @carefultrouble.bsky.social has a v unexpected gap for new projects in February. If you have an end-of-year underspend for tech ethics training or a tricky problem that needs some strategic foresight, let us know! We're not nearly as scary as we look 12913
Andreana "Addy" Drencheva @addydren.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Ummm... maybe just pay your taxes and stop lobbying for policies that benefit the few. Just an idea... 240
Reposted by Andreana "Addy" DrenchevaRachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 06/01/2025If you have a passion project of some kind and fancy talking about it at Conway Hall, @undermanager.bsky.social is doing Interesting again and looking for speakers. It's a great event and a lovely venue in which to do a short talk to a biggish audience. russelldavies.typepad.com/planning/202...russelldavies.typepad.comInteresting 2025 - what's it all about?It's time to start thinking seriously about speakers for Interesting 2025. And this time, for a bunch of reasons, that means more than just asking people I know. And you lot. I need to start asking mo... 11612
Reposted by Andreana "Addy" DrenchevaMother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/01/2025There is money to be made off climate disasters: 🚨shoddy infrastructure repair 🚨utility privatization 🚨scammy insurance 🚨exploitative credit offers Guess who is set to benefit?motherjones.comTrump won't confront the climate crisis. He'll feast off it.Floods, fires, financial collapse—the MAGA crowd can't wait. 11404165
Reposted by Andreana "Addy" DrenchevaBrielle Harbin @brielleharbin.bsky.social · 01/01/2025My latest Substack post is now live—check it out! In it, I discuss the importance of community for faculty members and educators. It takes work that isn’t often formally rewarded but it can make the difference between surviving and THRIVING in academia. #edusky open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...open.substack.comCommunity is not just important for our students. We need it too.On intentionally investing in community-building in 2025. 012
Andreana "Addy" Drencheva @addydren.bsky.social · 01/01/2025I tracked the hours I worked a few years ago and discovered my working hours were the equivalent of 1.7 FTE. Seeing that number broke me but also helped me to deal with some of the guilt of not “publishing enough”, not “working enough”, not meeting the ever increasing expectations. 030
Andreana "Addy" Drencheva @addydren.bsky.social · 31/12/2024What made you feel and think differently in 2024 so I can add it to my list for 2025? What is on your to read list for 2025? 000
Andreana "Addy" Drencheva @addydren.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Caledonian Road – For capturing life in England today across class, ethnicity, and age (less so based on gender). 100
Andreana "Addy" Drencheva @addydren.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Paolo Alto – On the harmful toll of Silicon Valley capitalism, not as a trend, but as deeply embedded through its history. Such a Fun Age – A brilliant narrative that interweaves reflections on friendship, marriage, motherhood, and racial tourism. 100
Andreana "Addy" Drencheva @addydren.bsky.social · 31/12/2024When McKinsey Comes to Town – While there is a lot written about consultancy firms, this was a fantastic read with rich details and nuance into the numerous ways one consultancy firm causes harm and how this is justified. 100
Andreana "Addy" Drencheva @addydren.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Power and Progress – for reflecting on when and how technology can be a source for shared prosperity and how far from such use of technology we are today. 100
Andreana "Addy" Drencheva @addydren.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Matrescence – I may still struggle to pronounce “matrescence” (or spell it for that matter), but this book was an empathy building read for a glimpse into what becoming a parent involves for women and how our structures and systems today do not support (or even accommodate) this process adequately. 100
Andreana "Addy" Drencheva @addydren.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Crying in H Mart – Admittedly, I should have not been reading this while both my dad and my partner’s dad were undergoing cancer treatment, but in many ways it was cathartic and an excellent excuse to cry in public. 100
Andreana "Addy" Drencheva @addydren.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Never Had a Dad – As someone who has always taken having a good dad for granted, this prompted a lot of reflection on what makes a good dad, who gets to occupy that role, and how they come into the role. 100
Andreana "Addy" Drencheva @addydren.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Made of Guilt (Направени от Вина) – as someone who grew up in post-communist Bulgaria during the transition years, I always thought my experiences were too niche and idiosyncratic. This booked articulated so much of those experiences and the “baggage” that comes with them. 100
Andreana "Addy" Drencheva @addydren.bsky.social · 31/12/2024I did not have as much time as usual to read this year, but these nine books stayed with me. They made me feel and think differently. #goodreads 130