iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Lu @lululeigh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” -Dolly Parton #DollyParton #rainbow #HudsonRiver #NY

A double rainbow dips into a river after a rainstorm.

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

What’s the most ridiculous accommodation that a full professor has asked you for, on account of their position as professor? #academicsky

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Hearing about universities (I’m looking at you @latrobe.edu.au ) having a love affair with LLMs at a time when we need to be highlighting the importance of our degree offerings, not devaluing them by rewarding AI slop in essays.

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Reading Anna Goldsworthy’s Quarterly Essay on AI and despairing 😩 #AGI

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

It’s been a hot minute since I’ve properly engaged with social media, and here’s a post to say that I’m in Spain for the @socriskanalysis.bsky.social Europe conference and loving it

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

C didn’t like it, but B loved that same bit, while A didn’t want to play with either of them. My #decra rejoinder sounding more like a Sesame Street episode than a grant application. @arc-tracker.bsky.social

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I’ve heard some people say that reviews under the ARC sociology code often have a tough time getting funded- mainly because reviewers are super critical. Any truth to this? #researchsky #academicsky @binarythis.bsky.social

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

If you're looking for a sign to switch careers: this is the sign.

Wikipedia sections of an article.

1: early life and career as a pirate.
2: archbishop of York.

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Trying very hard to stay motivated to apply for the DECRA after hearing only 13% were successful in the last round.🤯 #edusky #arc

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

What does 50% chance of at least 0mm even mean?! 50% chance of no rain or 50% of rain that is over 0mm (so there will be rain). My head hurts.

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Marks are in, what are we doing with ourselves now, people? #academicsky

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

One of my favourite parts of being employed at a university is the ability to work from beautiful libraries such as this one. #academicsky

Picture of a mug in the foreground next to a book on a desk. In the background, there are couches and many bookshelves covered in books.

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The ARC is updating its AI policy for grants to reflect continued developments and invites feedback from the research community www.arc.gov.au/news-publica...

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Well this is a new one for me. My research was apparently cited in an essay but this research doesn’t exist. 🤦‍♀️

Image of a screenshot with the citation (Kosovac, O’Neill & Rogers, 2017) listed.

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

How do other markers get past the demoralising feeling of yet another AI-generated essay? #highereducation

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Hannah McCann @binarythis.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Pretty amazing that over 1000 ANU staff and students turned up to the meeting about the VC’s resignation with only two hour’s notice. Hope Chancellor Julie Bishop is feeling the heat 🔥

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

This is so accurate that it’s frankly offensive

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Benjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

🎆JOB ALERT🎆 Come work with me & my lovely colleagues at Monash in Politics & International Relations - 3 year Level B Lecturer role, balanced 40/40/20 profile. We want someone to start in Semester 2 (i.e. July). Closes April 17. Happy to chat! careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

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Job Search

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

12 concurrent conference streams is objectively too many.

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Developing a lecture on Digital Taylorism within the three allowed hours according to the time-motion study.

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

Come join us for the best place to talk risk, resilience and decision making in Australasia: The Society for Risk Analysis conference in Ōtautahi Christchurch. All welcome. Registrations are open now! events.humanitix.com/society-of-r... #risk #riskanalysis #SRA #conference #riskrebooted #science

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

So applicants have to put in so much free time to develop course content or research plans for academic job interviews. We (as hirers) should be paying them an honorarium for this time or not ask interview processes to be so onerous. #academicsky

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 14/12/2023

It's probably been done, but...

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

I don’t think that “productive” is the right word to use here www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

Stoked to have been moved to a continuing (tenured) position at the Faculty of Arts Unimelb. I work with the very best people and love being here. Pinching myself. #academicsky #edusky

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

AcademicSky and #edusky : do you know of anyone doing work on Indigenous understandings of conceptualising and/or measuring risk? Looking to understand more in decolonising risk, struggling to find much...

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

Turns out setting myself 3000 words a day for writing *may* have been a little ambitious…

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

Free event for members (free to join on Shape website) on the future of humanities & social sciences in the ARC, and important trends shaping our disciplines. Held @unimelb 15 Nov, 2pm. Register below! 👇#Academicsky #ecrchat Please repost! 🎉 www.eventbrite.com.au/e/speaking-u...

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Speaking Up and Leading Change: SHAPE Futures EMCR 1st Annual Convention

Join fellow EMCRs at the inaugural SHAPE Futures Convention and hear what sector leaders think are the most impactful changes on the horizon

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 01/11/2023

The 10 of the 14 items most contributing to inflation were from non-discretionary spending, such as fuel, rent, electricity, council rates. @grogsgamut.bsky.social argues that an increase in rates is not going to curb this spend so will cause undue stress on communities. Let's hope RBA is listening.

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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

Are you working on matters related to technology and governance? Are you looking for a postdoc position? You might want to consider to go for a Swiss Postdoc Fellowship and come work with me at @ethzurich.bsky.social All info below

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Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships

Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships - Grants for early career researchers.

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Hannah McCann @binarythis.bsky.social · 01/11/2023

We have two ongoing T&R Lecturer in Cultural Studies jobs open now for applications at The University of Melbourne. Applications close 30 November. Come work with us 🙏🏼📚🌈

jobs.unimelb.edu.au

Details : Lecturer in Cultural Studies (Multiple Positions) : The University of Melbourne

Careers at The University of Melbourne

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 01/11/2023

Sure, while in-text citations may be straightforward, have you ever considered the elegance of footnotes? They're beautiful. 🥹 academicsky #edusky

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

The only day of the year when this font is appropriate

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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

It's harder to get funding for basic research projects than ever before in Australia. The @arc_gov_au Discovery Projects scheme now has the lowest “success rate” ever: 16.3%. Only 1 in 6 grants are funded. Why? The funding available has plummeted. Please help, Jason Clare MP❗️

Graph showing funded providing to Australian Research Council Discovery Projects, and the success rate of proposals, each year since 2002. The success rate has declined sharply since 2020, and is now at its lowest point ever (16.3%). The funding in this graph has been adjusted for inflation to 2023$.
Data: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AyITNrCVt7pdLiUzyvC99q7l_X99rCS68r8_3i3h85s/edit?usp=sharing

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 30/10/2023

Water people! Job opening 👇 Lecturer in Sustainable Urban Water at The University of Melbourne #academicsky #edusky jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91432...

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 30/10/2023

"Correspondence from the water district to residents on the municipal system usually begins, 'Dear water customer,' never ''Dear member of our water community.' " Written 30 years ago, still relevant today. How US individualism and capitalist culture has infiltrated Australian water authorities.

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Cultural Values Affecting Risk Perception: Individualism and the Perception of Toxicological Risks

Cultural assumptions and values shape the way members of a society characteristically perceive and respond to risks. As new risks arise, they are perceived through existing cultural orientations. Indi...

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 29/10/2023

"Climate adaptation is not a neutral or apolitical process. It can perpetuate problematic approaches, including colonial land practices and the exclusion of Indigenous voices." Yes! Such impt work—we badly need frameworks, thinking tools & examples of how to & how not to approach climate adaptation

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

So we all have parts of our job we love, parts we think are ok, and parts we hate. All just depends on their proportions that we’re willing to accept.

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Carla Winston @carlawinston.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

JOB KLAXON: Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Political Theory at the University of Melbourne. Stay tuned for several more jobs (more Political Theory and a bunch of Public Policy). jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91448...

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

I love writing in coffee shops - anyone else have a go-to writing spot? #academicsky #edusky

Picture of a coffee cup with a long black, a glass of water and a notepad filled with writing

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

Your daily reminder 🍋🍋🍋 (From David Shrigley instagram.com/davidshrigle...)

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

My kid equates Halloween to the same importance as the birth of Christ. This is particularly funny in an Australian (not Halloween heavy culture) context. “He was born, He was risen, He spooked”

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

As an interdisciplinary researcher, this article really speaks me. Especially the academy's over-obsession with wanting to pigeonhole researchers into neat little categories that aren't relevant anymore. www.science.org/content/arti... #academicsky #edusky

science.org

How I fused my disparate passions as an interdisciplinary researcher

“For a while it seemed an impossible mission,” this Ph.D. student writes

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

When your nails match your coffee cup 💅

Picture of a pastel pink disposable coffee cup with the words “the cart co” written on it. Hand holding the cup has each fingernail painted with different pastel colours.

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 23/10/2023

(One tip I found online and always tell my students: play Strauss' "Thus Spake Zarathustra" ie the music from 2001: A Space Odyssey while you read the introduction out loud. If it sounds right, you need to tone the writing down.)

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

Getting my head around Governmentality approaches to risk — are the water restrictions of SE Australia during millennium drought a good example of this? Ie. Gov shape and regulate behaviour, changed social norms, creating panopticons (monitoring neighbour garden watering activities) #academicsky

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Dr Anna Kosovac @annakosovac.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Writing on my first academic love: risk. Hello Beck, Slovic, Foucault, (and others)- it reminds me why I love doing what I do.

Person with light brown hair and fringe sitting in front of a computer smiling with books on risk laid out on the desk

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