iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Are you researching energy systems, critical national infrastructure, climate resilience or cybersecurity? ⚡ 📢 Contribute to the UK Parliament POSTnote on Security and Resilience of Energy Infrastructure to shape understanding of the risks facing the UK's energy networks: ow.ly/2oXv50ZMtep

Wind turbines stand tall on a grassy hill above a dense forest with a calm blue lake in the foreground under a clear sky.

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Ruth Machen @ruthmachen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Great to be at RTPI to hear some well informed discussion of how to work through the pros and cons of AI and digital tech - it was striking to see some councils almost acting as salespersons for systems whilst others raise bigger questions around end goals.

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Ruth Machen @ruthmachen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Had a wonderful time at NESS 2026 in the lovely Uppsala. So nice to be back out in the world again and engaging with 12 fantastic papers on AI and environmental governance- thanks to Malte Rodl for organising and for the invitation. Some great papers in the making here!

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Ruth Machen @ruthmachen.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Spot on messaging here - the researchers/ leading doctors are there but turning of research into treatment desperately needs government funding.

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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Important petition here on Britain's environmental transparency laws. www.crowdjustice.com/case/governm... A good number of my stories rely on these laws and wouldn't happen without them!

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Government must stop hiding the inconvenient truth on our environment

I am an environmental campaigner and formerly an award-winning environment correspondent. I'm bringing this case to win greater transparency on vital environmental issues.

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Schools in England have become testing sites for AI. I know it's common to say education is now an experimental lab for AI, but in England it's more methodologically true. 3 examples of escalating seriousness and an explanation coming up 🧵

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Varyl Thorndycraft @varylt.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

The Royal Geographical Society @rgsibg.bsky.social is hosting a discussion (in person & online) on the far right and climate policy on Tues 30th Sept. Details here - www.rgs.org/events/upcom...

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Climate change under political extremism

As far-right movements rise in Europe and the US, what’s at stake for environmental policy? Experts will discuss sustaining action amid political shifts.

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Louise Amoore @amoorelouise.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

We are looking for a Senior Manager for our Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life @leverhulmecal.bsky.social A key person in our team & a future valued colleague. Apply here durham.taleo.net/careersectio... & feel free to DM me. Also look out for our October research fellows posts.

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Senior Manager - Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life

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Anna Secor @ajsecor.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

We’re hiring again in Geography at Durham - an Associate Prof, Grade 9. This is part of the university’s strategic ‘Heritage 360’ initiative. Follow this link for more details and to apply! durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

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Associate Professor (Research %26 Education)

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Ruth Machen @ruthmachen.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

This is an excellent resource for those who would like to reach out to those with long Covid but don’t know how. Simple factual explanations of why social interaction can be more complex than it seems

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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Please sign and share this petition, calling on Newcastle University’s Executive Board to halt the threat of ill-considered and unnecessary redundances that are imperilling careers and the future of our institution. www.change.org/p/end-unnece...

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End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Thank you to everyone who has signed the petition which now stands at 10,000+! If you haven't added your name, #DoTheWriteThing -

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Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training

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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

The University of Manchester seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Environmental Politics. More info: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMM071/. Closing date: 8/5/2025. I am not involved in the search but would love to see more colleagues in environmental policy and governance. #PublicPolicy #Polisky #PolicyProcess

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Lecturer in Environmental Politics at The University of Manchester

Explore an exciting academic career as a Lecturer in Environmental Politics. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

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Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society @carsoncenter.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Big #RCCNews! The RCC is excited to announce our environmental writing competition "Tell the Untold!" Find out more here: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/news/news_ev... We are looking forward to your submissions! 🌱 #rccwritingcompetition #writing #envhum #creative #shortfiction

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Ruth Machen @ruthmachen.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Fantastic supported Marie Curie application dual opportunity (academic couples) for post docs working on environmental policy & technology/knowledge politics. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting...

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MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships candidates - public controversies over megaprojects, energy and environmental policies and techno-sciences; sociology of expectations; the role of expertise in policymaki...

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Ruth Machen @ruthmachen.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

“You’re only ever one step away from disability” (Stephanie Swanson) On Long Covid Awareness Day, please hear the voices of the 2 million (and counting) who have never been able to ‘move on’ from Covid …insight here into the worlds of some of us in UK with Long Covid www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

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Five years on: How Covid forced people out of work and onto benefits

As the government seeks to crack down on worklessness in the UK, perhaps ministers need to consider the people suffering with long-Covid.

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Ruth Machen @ruthmachen.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Brilliantly apposite piece by Masud Husain "we are sleepwalking into a disaster....losing sight of the academic mission...we don’t have to accept all this. We can...direct our critical thinking inwards...push back on the calamitous corporatization of our universities." doi.org/10.1093/brai...

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On the responsibilities of intellectuals and the rise of bullshit jobs in universities

You may never have considered yourself to be one. Why would you? But if you’re reading this, there is more than a likelihood that you are one. If you’re a

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Warren Pearce @warrenpearce.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Can AI be used to govern climate change while maintaining democratic values? New article on an urgent question by me and the mighty @ruthmachen.bsky.social :-) wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #AcademicSky #sts #ClimateChange

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Anticipating the Challenges of AI in Climate Governance: An Urgent Dilemma for Democracies

Four principles for democratic use of AI in climate governance.

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Ruth Machen @ruthmachen.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Great to see this perspective piece with @warrenpearce.bsky.social finally come out. Amid the rising interest in AI we reflect on AI and the democratic governance of climate change - what lessons might be taken from wider critical digital studies? wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Anticipating the Challenges of AI in Climate Governance: An Urgent Dilemma for Democracies

Four principles for democratic use of AI in climate governance.

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Veit Braun @toteraltermann.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Silke Beck at @tum.de's STS department is looking for a postdoc (full position, five years) specialising in environmental STS. Deadline for application is 15 March 2025. Salary is somewhere in the ballpark of €2.8 k and €3.8 k after taxes (depending on your job experience and marital status).

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Ruth Machen @ruthmachen.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Delighted to have contributed a chapter to this edited collection…I wrote about difficulties in algorithmically accounting for unquantifiable concerns in digital policy simulation models. Other contributors focus on relations with democratic participation, extractivism, ‘digital de-growth’ and more!

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Ruth Machen @ruthmachen.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Great opportunity for ECRs working on cities and climate change in the global south…

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Are you a Humanities or Social Science postdoctoral researcher within c 10 years of the PhD and in the North East or Northern Ireland? The resources of this @britishacademy.bsky.social ECR Network are designed for you (whether or not you're currently employed as a researcher or at a university). 1/2

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Early Career Researcher Network kicks off 2025 with North East and Northern Ireland expansion

The British Academy’s Early Career Researcher Network (ECRN) welcomes its sixth cluster as the North East of England and Northern Ireland join the rapidly expanding network.

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Louise Amoore @amoorelouise.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

When UK gov proposes a UK testing ground for AI this is but one political moment in a historically specific machine learning political order which “does not merely change the political technologies of governance, but is a reordering of what the political can be” www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Machine learning political orders | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core

Machine learning political orders - Volume 49 Issue 1

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Ruth Machen @ruthmachen.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Check out this RGS CCRG discussion of COP29 as an accessible multimedia teaching resource folks! Useful summaries and insights on key issues. Brilliant, thanks Laurie.

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