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Katy Stoddard

@katy-bird.bsky.social
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Researcher developer at Sussex Uni. academia • culture • media • archaeology • genealogy • sea swimmer • stitcher Brighton northerner, ex-librarian @ Guardian. She/her

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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 19h
another year where all the science nobels went to men, as was the case in 2024 much of this piece, about the structural barriers women face in doing innovative research and receiving credit for it, holds up (I think) www.statnews.com/2024/10/11/n...
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Men won all the science Nobels this year. There's an even bigger problem
The Nobel's gender gap reflects larger barriers faced by women in science
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/09/2026
Higher education regulator apologises for imposing £585,000 fine on university
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Higher education regulator apologises for imposing £585,000 fine on university
Office for Students made decision to punish University of Sussex with fine last year after claiming it breached free speech regulations England’s higher education regulator has apologised for a string of mistakes in its decision to punish the University of Sussex with a record fine that was later overturned by the high court. The Office for Students (OfS) tried to impose a £585,000 fine against Sussex last year after claiming the university breached free speech regulations involving its former professor Kathleen Stock. It was forced to back down in April after a judicial review initiated by Sussex found the OfS “had closed its mind” and acted with bias. Continue reading...
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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Applications now open for our Leverhulme *funded PhD studentship* on Rethinking Epidemic Models: Integrating Human Behaviour and Psychology Based at @sussex.ac.uk & working with colleagues at Northeastern University London Utrecht University/RIVM Please share! www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
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magpie TRICKS @magpie.tips · 26/08/2026
"what a week, huh?" / "lemon it's Wednesday" meme
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com
NASHVILLE, TN (August 25, 2026) – Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.

 

Dolly is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years Carl Thomas Dean (1942 – 2025), her mother Avie Lee Caroline Owens (1923 – 2003), and father, Robert Lee Parton, Sr. (1921 – 2000). 

 

A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration not only through her timeless music and prolific songwriting, but also her wit, warmth, and kindness that made us all feel like family. Dolly Parton’s legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience. With a seven-decade career, she inspired multiple generations of artists and fans with her music and an unwavering commitment to making the world a better place. Her songs will continue to resonate with people of all ages, and her philanthropic work will have a lasting impact.

 

At Dolly’s request, a small, private service will be held for immediate family. Dolly’s fans and friends from around the world are encouraged to pay tribute to Dolly on social media by tagging @DollyParton or by leaving a message at www.dollyparton.com.         

 

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com.
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Katy Stoddard @katy-bird.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Not Dolly - what an all-round good human being. If you haven’t listened to the Dolly Parton’s America podcast it’s incredible. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dol...
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Dolly Parton's America : Episodes | WNYC Studios | Podcasts
The story of a legend at the crossroads of America’s culture wars.
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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The loss of search structure is devastating for knowledge retrieval. I teach basic lit searching and it's always felt like a really core transferable skill for students to know boolean operators and "exact phrase searching" and now google, microsoft etc have just killed it to force us to use slopAI.
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jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · 19/08/2026
7/7 If we want scientists to stop chasing journal prestige, we have to stop rewarding them for chasing journal prestige. Change the incentives, and the culture can follow. @hannaherf.bsky.social and I make the case in @sciencepolitics.bsky.social: sciencepolitics.org/2026/08/17/s...
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Science Doesn't Need Better Journals. It Needs Better Incentives. - Science Politics
Journal prestige shapes what science gets done, how fast it moves, and whose work gets seen. Pushing institutions to engage in open science can make the system more equitable.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026
This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.
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Jason Arday found dead
2 hours ago — Mr Arday was found •unresponsive• at an address in Battersea. south London. on Froy
afternoon. He was uter pronounced dead at the scene. A Read rnore
Jason Arday says he was an illiterate, mute child. His .
6 hours ago — Jason Arday says he was an i&erate. mute child. Cambridge's youngest-ever black
professor in 2023. Arday attended from the age of four to 11
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A PhD is no longer a sign of brilliance — take it from Dr Arday
1 day aeo — Juon Arday resigns from the Unwersity of Cambrdge after The Telegraph reports he had
falseb• claimed to have pubåshed a book
We are all Jason Arday now
S days ago — Jason Arday resons from the University of Cambridge after The Telegraph reports he had
falsew cGimed to have published a book Aug 7.2028. Read more
Cambridge professor claimed he was on Seven Up..
2 Aug 2026 — He was not bom until 1985. Prof Arday is at the centre of a row about academk
plagiarism after The Tekgragh that he had been accused
The Jason Arday 'memoir' that now appears to be more .
7 days ago — Instead of tales of triumph over adversity. the now-fomer Cambridge professors
autob"qraphy is a case study in self-rnythobgising,
Arday failed to mention 'months-long coma' in autobiography
8 days ago — Jason Arday toz publishers he was k•ft a three-month coma fohwhg a car gash. but
never wrote about the ordeal his memoirs_
Jason Arday is living proof that you reap what you sow
6 Aug 2028 — The Cambridge professor feed plagiarism alegations and made fantastical clä'ns about
his life. so what did he expect woUz happen? Read rmre
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Arday 'accused student of Miite privilege' after she
4 days ago — Forrner Cambrdge professor alleged* htplied that Roehamptm student was racist after
cornplaint about essay SOOre.
Jason Arday is rnerely a symptom of the Leffs corruption
Aug 2026 — Lab-curs on school standards is on the same toxic assumptions that created his
academic career.
Cambridge hired Arday after 'listening to black stu…
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I hope every person who made the editorial decisions around this story has a long, hard look in the mirror, and then resigns.
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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
plagiarism is bad and it is also, critically, not a multi-week national and international story
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If you know you know @privatechand.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I keep thinking about this gorgeous essay about how LLMs- so often trained by inheritors of colonial English- has now rendered the kind of language that is natural to us (“fancy” vocabulary, passive voice, reduced relative clauses) artificial and suspect. marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
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I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.
I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise.
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Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social · 29/07/2026
Reading articles on the amounts HE has spent in APCs over the last 5-10 years, and slowly watching my blood pressure rise. Millions upon millions, on something WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO OURSELVES FOR A FRACTION OF THE COST - what universities couldn't do with that kind of money now... 😠 And breathe...
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"Public research institutions are as vital to the national research enterprise as their billion-dollar–endowed private counterparts...keeping national research efforts strong means supporting all R1 universities...When they falter, there is a ripple effect on everyday lives."
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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Our Research Software Engineer Harry Lloyd has blogged about his time in post, what being a Digital Research RSE at the British Library is like, and why you should apply for his role! Applications open until 19th July www.bl.uk/stories/blog... ce0752li.webitrent.com/ce0752li_web...
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Research software engineering at the British Library
Why should you apply for the job of Research Software Engineer in the Digital Research team at the British Library?
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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 09/07/2026
Has Westminster just given up on education and learning? All of these courses seem pretty essential to a functioning society. England is in real trouble.
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
It's exhausting.
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Katy Stoddard @katy-bird.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Vote YES and vote NOW! Let’s show a strong front and get compulsory redundancies off the table. #OnWeGoThen #EveryJobMatters #DefendSussex @sussexucu.bsky.social
A white and green envelope containing a UCU Sussex ballot paper, being posted into a red postbox. The day sign has been reversed to read ‘NOW’ not Mon.
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Sussex UCU @sussexucu.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Our ballot is now open. If you want to protect jobs at Sussex, the most important thing you can do right now is to vote! A strong turnout puts us in the strongest possible position. Check your post and vote today. Let’s meet the threshold strong and early. #EveryJobMatters #DefendSussex
Every Job Matters graphic. Black and white text on red background.Every Job Matters graphic. Red and white text on a black background.
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Katy Stoddard @katy-bird.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Pondering ways to build accountability into a postdoc training programme, while I’m writing a chapter on the Women’s Leadership Academy. How much can we expect of participants when they’re already pulled in so many different directions? Do we make things mandatory or is opt-in the radical approach?
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
'"The new structure will better enable us to improve performance, increase efficiencies, remove duplication, and increase consistency to our processes and governance," the university said.' Four faculties. That'll fix it. It's the UK university equivalent of 'the new black'.
bbc.co.uk
What will Aberdeen University's new structure look like?
The university court - its highest governing body - approves a three-year financial plan.
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🔥 Published today, and just in time for summer conferences, here are your guidelines for presenting badly www.nature.com/articles/s41... rdcu.be/fqa92
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Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts @elliemackinroberts.net · 23/06/2026
I am once again begging universities to realise that staff - academic, professional services, estates, all of them - are the product they are trying to sell. Without staff there is nothing to sell. No amount of flashy buildings will replace staff in universities. UKHE is in freefall.
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Lee Savage @leesavage.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I mean, does the UK really need a world class export industry and centres for R&D? I'm sure there's a plan in place for what will replace all that, a secret plan so that no other country copies it
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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Academic departments deserve to be saved, supported, resourced, allowed to grow even if they're not "best in the country," "first in the REF," "top-ranked," "at a Russell Group uni," or whatever other austerity-brained nonsense senior managers have been using to flimflam you out of solidarity
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke Thursdaye Ich care not for thee Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love [dreamye lute riff] Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I saw this article and was immediately charmed by the image of Dr. Tanashi holding the bat she's just discovered. I thought, I bet our researchers have some similar great photos. So, to break up a dreary Tuesday morning, share your favourite image of yourself with your research, just for fun 😀
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Katy Stoddard @katy-bird.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
‘It was so suburban, and everyone’s so northern.’ Brutal takedown of Manchester #OverheardOnTheTrain
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Josh Halliday @joshhalliday.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
My colleague @hannahalothman.bsky.social is in Belfast tonight. This is what she’s seen. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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University of Sussex @sussex.ac.uk · 27/05/2026
Soapbox Science returns to Brighton seafront! 🧪🌊 Celebrating the work of women and non-binary scientists, 12 researchers will share their latest discoveries with beachgoers - head to the seafront from 11am on Saturday 30 May. Find out more: ow.ly/4GRO50Z4IRR
University of Sussex researcher, Dr Rhiannon Mae Armitage talks to beachgoers about her work into how we taste.
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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 12/05/2026
· #AcademicSky · Experienced researchers are less likely to produce ‘disruptive’ science than are those just starting their careers, finds an analysis of the scientific papers published by 12.5 million researchers over 60 years.
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Early-career researchers do more ‘disruptive’ science than veterans
Analysis of papers from millions of scientists shows that older researchers tend to stick with ideas from their past.
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 08/05/2026
Happy 100th birthday to the world's most beloved nature broadcaster! @‌UN Champion of the Earth Sir David Attenborough has devoted his life to documenting the bond between humanity and nature, and sharing it with the world. Thank you for inspiring millions to care for our planet.
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Claudia Hammond @claudiahammond.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
If you can’t stand the sound of people eating, you could be the perfect person to take part in my colleagues’ study on misophonia at Sussex University. You can see if you can take part here universityofsussex.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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University of Sussex @sussex.ac.uk · 29/04/2026
Today, the University of Sussex won a resounding victory against the Office for Students (OfS) in the High Court, successfully overturning a £585,000 fine. Read more: www.sussex.ac.uk/news/focus/f...
Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Sasha Roseneil
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Christyn Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A strong statement from @ucu.org.uk on the University of Sussex win against the OfS. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1449...
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Sussex ruling shows why Office for Students has lost sector's trust
UCU welcomed a high court ruling that overturns the Office for Students' (OfS) £585k fine imposed on Sussex University for breaching free speech regulations. UCU said the judgment raises serious quest...
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Durham UCU @ducu.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Multiple UK universities took down their policies relating to trans inclusion after the OfS's unprecedented fine of Sussex over its wholly anodyne approach to discouraging transphobia. Today is a very good day to demand to know when those policies will be going back up.
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Brighton & Hove Archaeological Society @brightonhovearch.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Saturday 3rd October 2026, 10am-5pm The Ivan Donald Margary Legacy: a Memorial Conference (50 years after Ivan’s death) to celebrate Ivan’s life, work and ongoing legacies (an example being Fishbourne Roman Palace). Margary was a national expert on Roman roads, especially in the Weald/South-East
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 23/04/2026
🧵 We tend to think the internet is permanent, but VANISHING CULTURE—the new 📚 from Internet Archive—starts with a simple reality: our digital record is far more fragile than we think 🕳️ 📖 Read for free: archive.org/details/vani... 🛒 Purchase in print: www.betterworldbooks.com/product/deta... ⬇️
Book cover titled “Vanishing Culture” on a teal background. Pixel-art style graphics show a VHS tape, open book, film reel, chain link, and vinyl record dissolving into digital fragments. At the bottom, a cursor icon points to the word “SAVE,” alongside an archive-style building icon, evoking digital preservation.
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The doctoral experience doesn’t have to be isolated. Here, Maisha Islam and Natasha Palmer share four recommendations to enable an inclusive, collaborative #research culture and communities for postgraduate researchers: ow.ly/6sQm50YNwng #ECRchat #AcademicChatter #Academia
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Four ways to strengthen the PGR community and sense of belonging
The doctoral experience doesn’t have to be isolated. Here, Maisha Islam and Natasha Palmer share four recommendations to enable an inclusive, collaborative research culture and communities for postgraduate researchers
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 02/04/2026
the “combing through and finding weird little details that interest me” part of research is so crucial
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Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training @forrt.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
In case you missed it 👀 ❗ FORRT has launched the Open Research Games Portal — a collection of games and interactive activities for teaching open and reproducible science ! Explore it here: forrt.org/games/ and feel free to browse and use ✨
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Strong statement from UCU on principles for implementing AI in teaching, research and administration. This is much more reflective and comprehensive than the pervasive catch-all of 'responsible AI'. www.ucu.org.uk/media/15656/...
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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Let’s hope so. 10+ years to settlement is a terrible, terrible policy. Workers trapped in tied visas, families in relative poverty, massive damage to integration and social cohesion. This really matters.
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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 16/03/2026
Javier Bardem at the Oscars: No to war, and free Palestine.
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The Spectator published this attack on me & colleagues just as the High Court is considering Sussex’s request for review of the Office for Students fine. It accuses us of ‘repressing’ our students. The magazine ignored my request for to reply. Please disseminate. alanlester.co.uk/blog/smearin...
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Smearing Sussex (and Me): Responding to Nigel Biggar’s Latest Attack in The Spectator
The University of Sussex, Feb 2026, taken by the author. Alan Lester The Spectator has published an article by Nigel Biggar smearing the University of Sussex as repressing students who ‘don&#…
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DORA @dorassessment.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
DORA has launched an introductory course on responsible research assessment! 🤩 🤓 What is it? A free online self-paced course ❓ Who is it for? Anyone who wants to learn more about the basics of research assessment, regardless of career level or discipline 🌐 Explore the course 👉 bit.ly/DORA-Intro-C...
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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Women Leaders "Women are expected to promote gender equality and show communal behaviour, yet those who do so...are less likely to be selected for leadership." Derks et al. (2026). Don't rock the boat! Do men prefer women leaders who support the status quo? doi.org/10.1111/bjso...
Women remain underrepresented in leadership, particularly in traditionally masculine work settings. At the same time, the visibility of this imbalance has led to growing calls for diversifying leadership. This research examines how both men and women contribute to the preservation or disruption of gender inequality in masculine organizational contexts. Men remain the gatekeepers of change—deciding who rises to the top and under what conditions—while women face the strategic dilemma of fitting in by downplaying inequality (supporting the status quo, sometimes called ‘queen bee behaviour’) or ‘rocking the boat’ by advocating social change (challenging the status quo). Across five experimental studies (total N = 887), we examined how evaluators assessed male and female leadership candidates who either supported or challenged the status quo. Results revealed that although men favoured female over male candidates, they consistently preferred women who reinforced the status quo over those who advocated equality. By contrast, male candidates who supported the status quo were penalized, and female evaluators showed no such preferences. These findings highlight subtle mechanisms through which gendered power dynamics are maintained, underscoring both the strategic trade-offs women must navigate to advance and the conditional nature of men's support for gender equality.
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