Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 10/09/2026www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comSecret systems used by Israel in mass killings of Gaza civilians revealed in new filmTestimony from Israeli military insiders involved in surveillance and remote killings features in documentary produced by the Guardian 000
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Cory Doctorow on the Big AI Lie | Downstream with Michael Walker www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTqC...youtube.comCory Doctorow on the Big AI Lie | Downstream with Michael WalkerYouTube video by Novara Media 000
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I only just caught news of Gregor McLennan's passing. I knew him during my short time at the Uni of Bristol 10 years ago. He was then the head of department and I confirm he was very generous with his time and inspiring to all colleagues and students www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUniversity of Bristol professor found dead after hike in heatGregor McLennan disappeared after going on a hike in Snowdonia during a record-breaking heatwave. 000
Reposted by Dr Raphaël NowakDepartment of Sociology, University of York @uoy-sociology.bsky.social · 21/07/20268 Raphaël Nowak (@raphahead.bsky.social) has published on railway modelling, object-relations, and the materiality of serious leisure in the ‘Journal for Cultural Research’. buff.ly/wLf9zNUtandfonline.comBrowse all journalsBrowse all journals 111
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 08/06/2026🚨New publication alert🚨 'Railway modelling as object-relation. Examining the discursive framing of a serious leisure' in The Journal for Cultural Research. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.com 000
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Is RECORD Heatwave Sign Of Climate Catastrophe?! via @novaramedia.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ2t...youtube.comIs RECORD Heatwave Sign Of Climate Catastrophe?!YouTube video by Novara Media 000
Reposted by Dr Raphaël NowakDepartment of Sociology, University of York @uoy-sociology.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Raphael Nowak ( @raphahead.bsky.social ) has published on academic misconduct, GenAI, and the everyday work of investigation in UK higher education in the ‘Journal of Academic Ethics’. buff.ly/XgOJb64link.springer.comThe Procedures of Investigating Academic Misconduct: Perspectives from Academic Staff at a UK Russell Group University - Journal of Academic EthicsJournal of Academic Ethics - This article sociologically explores the issue of students’ academic misconduct at a UK Russell Group University, specifically through how academic staff are... 101
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 21/05/2026University Professors Disturbed to Find Their Lectures Chopped Up and Turned Into AI Slop www.404media.co/asu-atomic-a...404media.coUniversity Professors Disturbed to Find Their Lectures Chopped Up and Turned Into AI SlopASU Atomic, a new tool in beta at Arizona State University, takes faculty lectures and chops them into extremely short clips, that AI then attempts to turn into learning materials. 000
Reposted by Dr Raphaël NowakBig Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social · 29/04/2026🚨 New in Big Data & Society 🚨 “Artificial intelligence, conceptions of distillation and the reframing of reasoning” by David Beer and @bnjacobsen.bsky.social. 🔓: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/.... #AI #reasoning #DeepSeeek #ML 064
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Deezer: AI-generated tracks now represent 44% of all new uploaded music newsroom-deezer.com/2026/04/ai-g...newsroom-deezer.comDeezer: AI-generated tracks now represent 44% of all new uploaded music - Deezer NewsroomAs the only streaming platform tagging AI-generated music, Deezer now reveals that nearly 75,000 AI-tracks are uploaded every day 000
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Why Spotify has no button to filter out AI music www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWhy Spotify has no button to filter out AI musicMusic streamer Deezer allows users to filter out AI music, so why does Spotify not offer the same? 000
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Revealed: Nigel Farage Cameo videos show support for neo-Nazi event and far-right slogans youtu.be/9C6AGYSXHW0?...youtu.beRevealed: Nigel Farage Cameo videos show support for neo-Nazi event and far-right slogansYouTube video by The Guardian 001
Reposted by Dr Raphaël NowakRomain Molina @romain-molina.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Donald Trump has just implicitly threatened the Iranian football team regarding their safety if they come to the World Cup. As Infantino would say #FootballUnitesTheWorld 1127
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 10/03/2026🚨 Publication alert 🚨 I just published an article in the Journal of Academic Ethics that examines how academic staff investigate and sanction suspected cases of academic misconduct. link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...link.springer.comThe Procedures of Investigating Academic Misconduct: Perspectives from Academic Staff at a UK Russell Group University 011
Reposted by Dr Raphaël NowakProf Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 15/02/2026“Above all, it has long had Europe's biggest university campus. Everything comes back to this. The knowledge and the educated workforce are the essential raw ingredient upon which this growth has emerged.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukCould Manchester be a model for the UK to kickstart growth?With an annual growth rate of 3.1%, Manchester's economy has performed twice as well as that of the UK as a whole. 0164
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 14/02/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comGender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach ScottTexas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why 000
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 25/01/2026www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comGoogle AI Overviews cite YouTube more than any medical site for health queries, study suggestsExclusive: German research into responses to health queries raises fresh questions about summaries seen by 2bn people a month 010
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Sociology graduation today. This time I got some blue on my gown. W. @drfuturity.bsky.social @deathandculture.bsky.social 050
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Management team of @uoy-sociology.bsky.social (minus Sarah, Katie, Mary, Gareth, James) being super cold for the whole of its Away Day. @emmahcasey.bsky.social @deathandculture.bsky.social 020
Reposted by Dr Raphaël NowakOli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Good luck to everyone on a REF2029 panel 041
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 19/12/2025I submitted 3 articles this week with the last one just now before logging off. Fingers crossed I don't come back to 3 desk rejects in early January! 000
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 06/12/2025AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...currentaffairs.orgAI is Destroying the University and Learning ItselfStudents use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education. 010
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 10/11/2025And a happy birthday to @rivalconsoles.bsky.social open.spotify.com/track/6dtXF2...open.spotify.comFluctuations 020
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Oh look, it’s @deathandculture.bsky.social on the telly! 020
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Today I learned that saying that 'culture has positive effects' is a banality whereas saying that 'culture reproduces inequalities' is cutting-edge scientific knowledge. The things you learn... journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 000
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 22/10/2025🚨New publication alert (for those who speak French), a book on music tastes of French people 🚨 Les goûts musicaux des français par Hervé Glevarec et Raphaël A. Nowak 110
Reposted by Dr Raphaël NowakDr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 02/10/2025I’m really looking forward to speaking at this event at LSE alongside Lois Shearing and chaired by Rachel O’Neill. All welcome! Link to register is below. @lsemedia.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social forms.office.com/pages/respon... 065
Reposted by Dr Raphaël NowakDepartment of Sociology, University of York @uoy-sociology.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Raphael Nowak ( @raphahead.bsky.social ) has co-authored and published a book titled “Music Tastes of French People: Preferences, Use Values, and Competence” with ‘Le Bord de l’Eau’. #France #French #Musiceditionsbdl.comLes goûts musicaux des Français.es – Le Bord de l'EauAucun produit dans le panier. 124
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Why would anyone need to watch Black Mirror since we are already living in it? 'French streamer dies live online after months of apparent mistreatment' www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...theguardian.comFrench streamer dies live online after months of apparent mistreatmentJean Pormanove featured regularly in videos in which he appeared to be assaulted or humiliated as viewers watched 021
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 19/08/2025🚨 new publication alert 🚨 New book chapter, co-authored with Jo Haynes, 'when is a music audience?', published in Mike Dines, Shara Rambarran, and Gareth Dylan Smith's edited collection Handbook of Popular Music Methodologies. 010
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Mehdi Hasan Breaks Down the Trump-Epstein Friendship, With All the Receipts www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAE4...youtube.comMehdi Breaks Down the Trump-Epstein Friendship, With All the ReceiptsYouTube video by Zeteo 000
Reposted by Dr Raphaël NowakResearch Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Universities urged to hasten ‘quiet retreat’ from X after Grok outcry. Fresh analysis shows increasing numbers of UK universities going silent on Elon Musk’s platform. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...researchprofessionalnews.comUniversities urged to hasten ‘quiet retreat’ from X after Grok outcry - Research Professional NewsFresh analysis shows increasing numbers of UK universities going silent on Elon Musk’s platform 38645
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 14/07/2025What a terrible idea / tournament / bunch of people. 000
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Remembering 1985 - The Year of Live Aid, EastEnders, Madonna, Whitney, Back to the Future, The Sinclair C5, and much more! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...bbc.co.ukBBC - Remembering 1985 - The Year of Live Aid, EastEnders, Madonna, Whitney, Back to the Future, The Sinclair C5, and much more!Radio 2 looks back at memorable moments of 1985 030
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 04/07/2025'Positive review only': Researchers hide AI prompts in papers archive.md/UJIGh#select...archive.md 010
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Today in AI world... 'He Had a Mental Breakdown Talking to ChatGPT. Then Police Killed Him' archive.md/QbPXz#select...archive.md 000
Reposted by Dr Raphaël NowakDepartment of Sociology, University of York @uoy-sociology.bsky.social · 12/05/2025MA Social Research gives you the ideal platform to showcase your capabilities to future employers and PhD programmes alike – so you can break new ground in the worlds of professional and academic research. Want to know more? buff.ly/wLQF0zR #UoY #Sociology #Research #Postgraduate #SocialSciencebuff.lyMA Social ResearchDevelop the skills and knowledge to become a highly skilled social science researcher. 021
Reposted by Dr Raphaël NowakDepartment of Sociology, University of York @uoy-sociology.bsky.social · 02/05/2025The Department of Sociology is turning 60 years old! 🎉 Join us on the 18th June for lively discussions and conversation on Sociology past, present and future, as we celebrate 60 years of legacies and sociological ideas at York. Sign up and schedule here 👉 buff.ly/mzLFh0a #UoY #Sociology #60yearsbuff.lyCelebrating 60 Years of Sociology at YorkPlease join us at the University of York as the Department of Sociology turns 60 years old! 0167
Reposted by Dr Raphaël NowakDr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 18/11/2024My book The Return of the Housewife is now available to pre-order, has an appropriately angry front cover and some lovely early endorsements @manchesterup.bsky.socialmanchesteruniversitypress.co.ukManchester University Press - The return of the housewifeThe return of the housewife - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of The return of the housewife by Emma Casey 58420
Reposted by Dr Raphaël NowakDr Death and Bones (she/her) @memorieschild.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Look what arrived today! Super pleased to see this in print. I think it's a really timely and important collection and I'm so proud of my fellow editors @simoned.bsky.social and @benlitherland.bsky.social as well as our amazing contributors for all of the work they put into it. 0357
Reposted by Dr Raphaël NowakDepartment of Sociology, University of York @uoy-sociology.bsky.social · 09/05/2025The MA Global Culture & Society combines classical theories with cutting-edge research practice. You'll acquire first-hand experience of social scientific research alongside a range of transferable skills useful for academia, the market, and industry. 🔗 buff.ly/bFkxmdw #UoY #Sociology #Postgraduate 031
