Reposted by John Hogan MorrisUniversity and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 17hLSBU wants to sack 66 academics and rehire them on worse contracts before Christmas. That's fire and rehire. Our members rallied on campus today. LSBU has now agreed to talks at ACAS. Management needs to come ready to listen. 03521
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisUnfitforpurpose @unfitforpurpose.net · 21h*Looks at UK universities* I can answer that, but you're not going to like it. 15024
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisLiz McFall @allartmarkets.bsky.social · 21hI kind of also want to say it was probably 100000s, large OU foundation courses at their peak reached 10000 students a year and the course teams Stuart was part of spanned 18 years. 1124
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisMichael Wehner @michaelfwehner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Day 1 of our class on the Detection and Attribution of Human Induced Changes to Extreme Weather Introduction to attribution. Detection and Attribution of trends in climatic variables. Pearl Causal Inference Extreme weather event attribution using Pearl Causal inference Extreme value statisticsyoutu.beDetection and Attribution of Human Induced Changes to Extreme Weather, Part1YouTube video by Michael Wehner 133
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisLenore Palladino @lenorepalladino.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I have a new article in Intl J of PE, as part of a symposium on expanding our thinking about public banking & democratic finance it's called "The Potential of Public Credit Funds" & builds on work by @stomarova.bsky.social & many others www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CAIZH...tandfonline.comThe Potential of Public Credit FundsThis article proposes a public credit fund as a new institutional form within an emerging ecosystem of public banking in the United States. State and local public pension funds hold nearly $6 trill... 12810
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisLiz McFall @allartmarkets.bsky.social · 07/10/2026See @tgpb.bsky.social actually brilliant walk through in @jcultecon.bsky.social of how books like the Story of the Walkman were part of a creative, political and collective pedagogy that is now lost to us www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comUndoing cultural studies: cultural economy at the Open University (1979–1997)This introduction article establishes the territory for the Symposium What Was Cultural Economy? After setting out the reasoning behind the collection and its eight contributions, the introduction ... 035
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Archive of @britishacademy.bsky.social Fellow Stuart Hall is now live. Includes looking at his impact on the history of communication theory, culminating in the architecture of contemporary AI models www.theguardian.com/society/2026... Archive link: stuarthalldigital.bham.ac.uk/archival_mat...theguardian.comThatcherism via the Walkman: Stuart Hall’s British cultural studies preserved onlineProject lead says it celebrates ‘incredible contributions’ Jamaica-born sociologist made to Britain’s culture 5232152
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisMia Gray @mia-gray.bsky.social · 07/10/2026New journal article out -- Power without Capacity? On English local government and the contradictions of the council tax regime. Free access. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comPower without Capacity? Despotic Centralism, Local Government, and the Contradictions of the English Council Tax RegimeThe financing of English local government has become a critical aspect of centre-local relations during a period in which austerity has produced great… 0125
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026muircheartblog.wpcomstaging.com/2026/10/07/j...muircheartblog.wpcomstaging.comJust how much of Future Nottingham 2 was written by vastly overpaid consultants?PA Consulting misled a government department, threatened the press, and charged the NHS up to £2,500 a day per consultant. So why is a PA consultant listed as the author of the Future Nottingham 2 … 010
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisDaniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026yesterday I spoke at the TS Lombard conference on Capital Markets, and it was shocking how little investors talked about the AI bubble, at least on the stage. everyone is pretending that 40% growth in US tech stocks in the past 6 months is not a mania but God's productivity gift. 0165
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comThe politics of neutrality in climate adjudication: Scientific consensus, judicial legitimacy and equity in rights‐based European climate litigationThis article examines two European rights-based climate litigation cases—Klimaatzaak v Belgium and Milieudefensie v Shell—where courts were asked to set quantified climate mitigation targets. Such de.... 010
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisEric Tolladay @e-tolladay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Such a fun peak into the machinations behind insurance company finance, and how it is rapidly changing. Yes AI is involved, and no, you’re probably not going to like the implications. Best to know anyway. This could be the same kind of surprise as credit default swaps, and just as damaging. 112
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisOli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just heard an academic suggest to a PhD student they upload their completed thesis into an LLM to give pre-viva advice and even conduct a 'mock' viva. What are we doing here people? What happened to, you know, reading stuff? 111
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisSavannah Cox @savannahcox.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I don’t post a ton here these days but figured I would share that I’ll be giving a lecture on cities, finance, climate change, and hope (of all things). As ever, my thinking has changed a bit since writing the abstract, but you should get the gist. Register here: sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit... 063
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisTom Hancock @tomhancock.bsky.social · 03/10/2026On a similar topic, analyst CEO meetings onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comBeyond Old Boys' Clubs: Financial Analysts' Utilization of Professional ConnectionsWomen often lack the opportunity to join exclusive social clubs, limiting the benefits they derive from their social networks. We investigate whether, when given the opportunity to interact with the .... 012
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisThomas @quintonthomas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"This idea of a human merger with machines has been a motif in Musk’s intellectual life, which has remained in many ways (and with many terrible results) that of an arrogant and cloistered adolescent boy."nybooks.comSpace Oddity | Mark O’ConnellQuinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff’s Muskism examines how Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire, by selling a vision of the future that very few people would want to inhabit. 0103
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisPatrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“There is an unignorable irony in the fact that Ireland intervened in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the ICJ, but cannot recognise the issues that a genocide would pose for students providing original documents in a visa application.” www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-st...middleeasteye.netGaza students take Ireland to court over visa refusalsA legal team says the justice minister's decision is irrational and discriminatory, with 26 more cases in the pipeline 083
Reposted by John Hogan Morrismickbyrne.bsky.social @mickbyrne.bsky.social · 02/10/2026There's been more research recently on the relationship between housing & issues like energy & health. Today's post looks at link with water poverty/precarity, based on a new report @pbresnihan.bsky.social @orla-hegarty.bsky.social theweekinhousing.substack.com/p/housing-pr...theweekinhousing.substack.comHousing precarity shapes water insecurity in DublinThe Week in Housing: 02/10/26 144
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026youtu.be/xpDU-Ib8VaA?...youtu.beWhat happens when countries stand up to the superpowers? | Bandung 1955YouTube video by Al Jazeera English 010
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisJim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Political campaign language finally catches up with the rise of the new finance capital. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... 053
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026I believe that Dr. Ellora Derenoncourt is the first Black woman economist EVER to be named a MacArthur Genius. My heart is bursting. I am OVERJOYED. 31357238
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...independent.co.ukClimate aid driving up public debt of poorest nations by billions of pounds each yearNew Independent analysis reveals how many of the poorest and most climate-vulnerable countries are being priced out of the climate aid system, while countries able to access aid are seeing billions ad... 000
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisDaniel Driscoll @danieldrisc.com · 29/09/2026Why Carbon Taxes Failed is on the road! See book talk dates below (more to come). Next week is Central European University and Copenhagen Business School! Can't wait to see some dear friends at both places <3 2199
Reposted by John Hogan Morrishannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'm on strike for the next five weeks with @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social because management continues to threaten mass compulsory redundancies. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukEdinburgh University lecturers begin five-week strike over cutsMembers of the University and Colleges Union are walking out in part of a long-running dispute over job and course cuts. 711850
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisRobin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 26/09/2026I know I’ve hardly been shy about talking about my new book, but wanted to share some more nice things that people have said about it. 1358
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisJohn Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 26/09/2026On the risks and opportunities facing the building trades unions from the data center boom. The industry is choosing unionized labor because it is far more effective in winning social license than the industry itself. “It’s almost like we’re doing their advocacy and business development for them.”phenomenalworld.orgMark Erlich | Construction's Data Center GambleIs the data center boom the solution to the problems faced by buildings trades unions? 001
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisKim A. Wagner @kimatiwagner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Having just started teaching new undergraduates at uni, I think we're missing a key issue in the debate about AI: these kids do not know how *not* to use AI, full stop. We assume they are 'digital natives' but they are not and a Google Scholar search is as alien to them as an archival card-index. 415030
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisDr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Why is the UK’s suppressed #climate national security report significant? Report warns of food shortages, conflicts, mass migration and other threats to the UK’s national security, including going as far as the risk of nuclear war or the breakdown of society. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comWhy is the UK’s suppressed climate national security report significant?Warnings about the catastrophic effects of vital ecosystems collapsing were not published under previous prime minister 10205138
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisPaul Langley @paullangley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026All surveys show most people don't want autonomous AI agents to run their lives, but the 'revolution' gets ever closer anyway. Next step will be platforms and apps that only work for people who use AI agents, enforcing uptake www.ft.com/content/e60b... via @FTft.comThe AI agent revolution has moved a big step closerLaunch of Muse by Meta has provided a glimpse of how the technology could be turned into a mass-market product 051
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 25/09/2026www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgThe History and Legacy of British Colonial Looting | The Historical Journal | Cambridge CoreThe History and Legacy of British Colonial Looting 000
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026‘This is playing into his hands’/‘this will allow him to play the martyr card’/‘this will help with his fundraising’ are all really bad takes. Criminals should be arrested and charged with crimes. 161775280
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisStuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026See also his open access article 'Geography and the Classics?' in Progress in Human Geography. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comGeography and the classics? - José Luis Romanillos, 2026This paper examines the interdisciplinary relationship between geography and ‘the classics’. It attends to the relative paucity of (re)engagements with antiquit... 032
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisStuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026José Luis Romanillos, Speculative Earth: Geophilosophy and Ancient Geographical Thought - @edinburghup.bsky.social, November 2026 An expensive hardback and e-book only, at present edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-specula...edinburghuniversitypress.comSpeculative EarthSpeculative Earth 254
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...academic.oup.comThe curious genealogy of stranded assets: how deregulation debates invented ‘stranding’Abstract. Over the last 15 years, the concept of stranded assets has become increasingly prominent in analysis of the climate crisis and green transition. 001
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026blog.actuaries.org.uk/2026/9/devel...blog.actuaries.org.ukDeveloping central climate scenarios: transition risk workshop findings | Institute and Faculty of Actuaries BlogWorkshop series to share insights on current thinking on what could constitute climate central ‘best estimate’ scenarios. 000
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026eu.dispatch.com/story/opinio...eu.dispatch.comMeta's massive plants may spell massive health problems for Columbus area | OpinionIf Google can power its data centers with clean energy, why can’t Meta? 000
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/canary-...journaloflawandsociety.co.ukCanary Wharf, Capitalism and Spatial Uncertainties | Journal of Law and SocietyNegar Mansouri In January 2025, The Guardian published an essay on 'the office-to-home conversions' reshaping the landscape of the world's mo ... 010
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisPolly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Some things are so evil and foul that they defy language. This is one of them. 27219
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisJana Bacevic 🌲🌳✊🏴 @unsocialtheory.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"anti-migrant" is a euphemism. migrants are not vaccines, mosquitoes, wars, or racism (all nouns for which the prefix anti- is commonly used to denote opposition to, or action designed to kill/harm/obstruct). migrants are human beings. "anti-migrant protesters" are "pro-crimes-against-humanity". 0219
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026dissentmagazine.org/article/ai-d...dissentmagazine.orgAfter the Data Centers - Dissent MagazineData center opponents have assembled a potent political force. But without a more expansive vision, there is a risk that this techlash could be co-opted and fizzle out. 000
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisProf Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The worst El Niño in recorded history is brewing — here’s how governments must prepare From southern Africa to the Amazon, the risks are mounting and the window for action is rapidly closing. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comThe worst El Niño in recorded history is brewing — here’s how governments must prepareFrom southern Africa to the Amazon, the risks are mounting and the window for action is rapidly closing. 23623
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisPeter Johnson (Michel Serres: Ecology) @peterj5319.bsky.social · 22/09/2026@stuartelden.bsky.social Hi Stuart My new book: “In my reading, this is the best introduction to Serres’ complex, imaginative, and profound thinking ..." Dipesh Chakrabarty, author of The Climate of History in a Planetary Age (2021). more information: michelserresclimatecrisis.com 032
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026www.theguardian.com/news/2026/se...theguardian.comNearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable onlineExclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad 000
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWe’re not in a new Gilded Age in America: inequality is now far worse | Casey MichelToday’s wealth gap is much bigger, and the country’s richest have much more power than they once did. It’s an Age of Oligarchy 000
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisCaroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Ditto 30,000 roles in universities in the past three years. 7491180
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisDr Chris Smith @spyhistorian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"The British historians wrote almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it." Eric Williams, still on point all these decades on. All is changed while everything has stayed the same. 819465
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisClimate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Why Climateflation Will Drive Food Prices More Than War It is expected to drive food prices higher in 2027, surpassing the impact of war-related supply chain disruptions like the Strait of Hormuz closure www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...forbes.comWhy Climateflation Will Drive Food Prices More Than WarEconomists expect this summer's heatwaves to drive 2027 food prices more than the Iran war. Climateflation, explained: from your grocery bill to your mortgage rate. 01210
Reposted by John Hogan MorrisCLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 21/09/2026📣 New on the CLaSP blog by the Carbon Working Group 📣 The collective asks: what is carbon? www.claspblog.org/blogposts/ca...claspblog.orgCarbon as a question — CLaSP BlogThe Carbon Working Group collectively reflects on their first in-person workshop on carbon and biodiversity governance. 023