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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Greetings from Warsaw! Where you get to eat a sociology branded apple (a delicious one, while we're at it) and very cool conference merch! #ESA2026

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This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The media machine will continue to harness clicks and engagement, whether it builds someone up or tears them down. Doesn’t matter: they are just a path towards profit. The machine won’t make our lives fairer or more equal. It will just make them monetizable assets to be bought and sold.

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Catherine Herfeld @cherfeld.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

This was a lot of fun; thanks for the wonderful questions!

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Join us tomorrow for the last Jour Fixe lecture of the semester! We're happy to welcome Catherine Herfeld (@cherfeld.bsky.social), who will give a talk entitled "Model Transfer and Its Role in Awakening Sleeping Beauties in #Science" Feb 4 | 11 AM CET | Zoom Link and abstract on the event page 👇

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RMZ Jour fixe/ Model Transfer and its Role in Awakening Sleeping Beauties in Science

Catherine Herfeld (Institute of Philosophy, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany)

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

An important update on the latest accomplishment of the criminal organization known as the Serbian political regime.

Jelena Kleut—an outstanding scholar and a wonderful colleague—has been dismissed from her position at the University of Novi Sad.

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Stefan Skupien @stefansk.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

hey dear history-of-science-community: is there an equivalent to the Solvay-conference on physics 1927 (Brussels) in other disciplines that can be regarded as forming moment of a research field? Any in the SSH? @jelena3121.bsky.social @martinreinhart.openbiblio.social.ap.brid.gy

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Seva @seva.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I just finished a three-year term as an editor at an international relations journal. I began at the start of the LLM era but ended right in the middle of it. Our volume of submissions tripled and our desk reject rate rose to 75%. I have some thoughts. open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...

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The Age of Academic Slop is Upon Us

what happens when AI automates "normal science"?

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

You may think about diploma mills what you will, but a diploma in "Divine Healing"—obtained through <check notes> hard work "with God and angels" (how else!)—may as well be just what one sometimes needs.

David Allan Robertson, “Degrees for Dollars”; Educational Record, Volume 7, No. 1, January, 1926, pp. 11-24.

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Brendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Ok higher education students and adjacent people, what’s new to read?

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

It's 1928, and you're about to travel to the United States to study. Here's all you should know about its climate and food, such as that "salads in great variety are characteristic of the American table" and "obviously, clothing appropriate for zero out-of-doors is uncomfortable at 37° indoors."

Climate conditions and clothing instructions for foreign students coming to US universities, 1928.

Information on food options and practices, prepared for foreign students coming to US universities, 1928.

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Join us tomorrow for a talk by @willemhalffman.bsky.social & Serge Horbach: "The library and the database: two imaginaries for the #research literature" Jan. 7 | 11 AM CET | on Zoom or at Schönhauser Allee 10-11 in Berlin More in the link below 👇

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RMZ Jour fixe/ The library and the database: two imaginaries for the research literature

Willem Halffman (Radboud University, Netherlands) & Serge Horbach (Radboud University, Netherlands)

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

can't believe I'm writing this, but well done, Jared, good call

Jared Kushner Drops Plan to Build a Trump Hotel in Serbia.

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

to all my English(men?) friends out there, greetings from 1918:

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Eric Gordy @ericgordy.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Just a reminder to everyone that you can download our new book by scanning the code below. It's FREE! You won't find a better price than that.

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

We're starting in less than one hour!

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Interested in the history od scientific #publishing? Join us tomorrow for a talk by Marco Seeber: "The evolution of the scientific publishing market, its drivers and implications" Nov. 26 | 11 AM CET | on Zoom or at Schönhauser Allee 10-11 in Berlin More in the link below 👇

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RMZ Jour fixe/ The evolution of the scientific publishing market, its drivers and implications

Marco Seeber (Department of Political Science and Management, University of Agder, Norway)

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Today in cool visuals from the past: A 1933 diagram of 39 National Commissariats of Public Instruction in the early Soviet Union, published in a British book on educational statistics.

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European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) @europeanjournalists.org · 12/11/2025

#Italy: The EFJ joined its @mediafreedomeu.bsky.social partners in sending a letter to Agenzia Nova, demanding the immediate reinstatement of sacked journalist Gabriele Nunziati. He was unfairly dismissed following a question deemed “inappropriate” to a representative of a political body. 🧵

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Italy: Letter calling for journalist Gabriele Nunziati’s reinstatement following unjustified dismissal

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins its partners from the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in expressing, in a letter to the Agenzia ...

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

A must read for anyone interested in the dynamics of social sciences in the Global South! Congrats @metacramer.bsky.social 👏

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Join us on Wednesday for a talk by @c-bz.bsky.social & Jie Xu: "The big transformation? Early Career Researchers as they race in the open scholarly world. Perspectives from France and China" Nov. 12 | 11 AM CET | on Zoom or at Schönhauser Allee 10-11 in Berlin More in the link below 👇

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RMZ Jour fixe/ The big transformation? Early Career Researchers as they race in the open scholarly world. Perspectives from France and China

Chérifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri (Département Informatique, Université Lyon, France) & Jie Xu (School of Information Management, Wuhan University, China)

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

In a remarkable act of solidarity, students at @humboldtuni.bsky.social have dedicated the entire November issue of their magazine #UnAuf to the student-led protests in #Serbia ✊ ❤️

Cover page: Student magazine UnAuf, run by students of Humboldt University in Berlin, dedicates the entire November issue to the student-led protests in Serbia

Contents: Student magazine UnAuf, run by students of Humboldt University in Berlin, dedicates the entire November issue to the student-led protests in Serbia

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Emil Kerenji @emilkerenji.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Novi Sad, November 1, 2025. One year of impunity of the lying, violent, authoritarian, ghoulish regime. Руке су вам крваве 🩸🩸🩸

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VBG @256bit.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

#NoviSad on November 1st 2025 #Serbia

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

No amount of repression, however brutal and violent, can stop this force. #Sеrbia today.

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

No amount of repression, however brutal and violent, can stop this force. #Sеrbia today.

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Jovan Davidović @jovan-davidovic.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Absolutely breathtaking sight, thousandsof students walking through the night. Route from Belgrade to Novi Sad. #Serbia #Student #Light

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Meanwhile, in #Serbia, the regime cancelled all trains to Novi Sad, in an effort to prevent people from reaching the city ahead of tomorrow's gathering to commemorate one year since the tragedy. But, worry not, tens of thousands of people are already heading there by other means—including on foot.

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Serbian Students March to Novi Sad to Mark Deadly Station Collapse Anniversary | APT

YouTube video by APT

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Meta Cramer @metacramer.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

In two hours, our guest speaker @alexcsiszar.bsky.social will present his work on E. Garfield's global travels providing insight into how standards such as ‘peer review’ were exported beyond the USA and Britain. much looking forward to this global history of science talk - come & join (link below)

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Interested in the history of scientific journals? Or curious why journals became more similar in format over time? We're starting in about 2 hours 👇

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I am thrilled to invite you to tomorrow's (Oct. 29) lecture by @alexcsiszar.bsky.social: "Exporting publication standards: Eugene Garfield's global travels" We're starting at 11 AM (CET). You can join us on Zoom or, if you're around, at Schönhauser Allee 10-11 in Berlin. More in the link below 👇

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RMZ Jour fixe/ Exporting publication standards: Eugene Garfield's global travels

Alex Csiszar (Department of the History of Science, Harvard University, USA)

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Excellent piece - it's really hard to "follow the data" in education and it should not be so "We often talk about transparency in higher education, yet the private actors that are in the business of university data collection operate almost entirely in the dark."

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

The secret life of university data? In this article, I argue that universities must work together to demand transparency and openness in how their data are transformed and used, and ensure university data serve the public mission, not private interests. www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

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Together, universities can take back control of their data

A single university can do little to demand accountability from rankings companies, but together institutions can demand reciprocal transparency, nego...

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Dejan Mihajlović @mihajlovicfreiburg.com · 19/10/2025

SO wurden gerade die Student*innen aus Novi Pazar in Kraljevo (Ort mit ca. 57 000 Einwohner*innen), einer ihrer Etappen auf dem Weg nach Novi Sad, empfangen. #Serbien

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Interested in peer review? We're starting in about one hour 👇

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Next Wednesday, October 15 (11 AM CET), we're kicking off the fall semester Jour Fixe lecture series! The first speaker will be Christian Greiffenhagen, with the talk "Judging importance before checking correctness: quick opinions in mathematical peer review.” Join us in Berlin or on Zoom!

RMZ Jour Fixe lecture series, winter semester 2025/26

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I don't know about the "modernness" of universities in Frankfurt and Hamburg, but the rest of it...

A quote on universities in Germany, from a 1950 book.

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Rankings, now coming after your children too.

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I was pleasantly surprised to read in this text that @timothysnyder.bsky.social traveled to Serbia in July, where he followed the student-led protests. I look forward to the longer chronicle. Also - today marks 10 months since the student blockades started. The fight goes on. ✊

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Youth Protest in Serbia

And some thoughts for America

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

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Youth Protest in Serbia

And some thoughts for America

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andy hines @andyhines.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

It's publication day for UNIVERSITY KEYWORDS. Across 27 sharp essays, the book offers a critical account of the political economy of US higher education, how it came to be structured this way, and how together we might build a better university together.

green and yellow cover of University Keywords, ed by Andy Hines

Table of contents for University Keywords

University: An Introduction, Andy Hines

Academic Freedom, Jennifer Ruth and Ellen Schrecker
Adjunct, Heather Steffen
Admissions, Scott Gelber
Alternative Institutions, Andy Hines and Eli Meyerhoff
Athletics, Wayne L. Black
Board of Trustees, Asheesh Siddique Kapur
Budget, Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra
Campus, Davarian Baldwin
Classroom, Richard Simpson
Critical University Studies, Rana M. Jaleel, Isaac Kamola, and Heather Steffen
Debt, Eleni Schirmer and Jason Wozniak
Degree, Christopher Newfield
Discipline, Vineeta Singh
Diversity, p.s. kehal
EdTech, Annie McClanahan and Louise McCune
Endowment, Dennis M. Hogan
Entrepreneurship, Jesse Goldstein

Table of contents for university keywords

Fiction, Jeffrey J. Williams
Legislation, Elizabeth Tandy Shermer
Noncitizen Student, Abigail Boggs
Police, Yalile Suriel and Grace Watkins
Ranking, Jelena Brankovic and Stefan Wilbers
Revenue, Dan Nemser and Brian Whitener
Risk Management, Mattie Armstrong-Price
Sustainability, Kai Bosworth, Jesse Goldstein, Andy Hines, and Eli Meyerhoff
Title IX, Rana M. Jaleel
Union, Zach Schwartz-Weinstein

Appendix: Questions to Consider for Composing a Keywords Entry

Contributor Bios
Acknowledgments
Index

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RMZ HU @hu-rmz.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

We're super excited to announce the programme for our Jour Fixe in the upcoming semester! Every other Wednesday at 11am, guest speakers will present their current work on science and we are thrilled to welcome fantastic colleagues! Everyone is welcome, zoom links on our website. @ibi-hu.bsky.social

a poster announcing the programme of the upcoming Jour Fixe at the RMZ Berlin

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Meta Cramer @metacramer.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I've co-organised our bi-weekly lecture series for the upcoming winter semester together with @jelena3121.bsky.social and could not be more excited about the wonderful speakers who will present their work! :) Come and join - participation always open both in person in Berlin and via zoom!

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Events

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

today in how it started how it's going

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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

No words. Btw, these are all young people, students and high schoolers. Some are minors, some reportedly under 14. Some had nothing to do with protests, but were picked up randomly in the streets last night. All that so that they could be filmed like this as an "example" to intimidate the public.

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