#Sciences

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nimalan

Macron sounds like when two white guys talk about brown people in private.https://twitter.com/jshahryar/status/1322776774413963270 Apart from the casual racism, they betray an amateur understanding of history, and as already mentioned, fail

Public Lives of Science in South Asia

PubLifeofSc

When re-reading a two-decade old essay returns one to sources with new insights: a thread on re-reading David Arnold’s, ‘A Time for Science: Past and Present in the Reconstruction of

Stephen🔺Molldrem🌹

StephenMolldrem

I can stomach framing my work through the lens of "social justice" and even "health equity," but it still turns my stomach to say that my work is about the

Ed Carr

edwardrcarr

This is absolutely appalling - the statement from the NSF/HEGS program is one of the most pathetically reductionist framings of both geography and science I've seen in a long time.

Ted McCormick

mccormick_ted

History often reveals the specificity and contingency of social, cultural, intellectual or political arrangements that appear natural or universal. At the same time, historical contextualization and comparison often undermine categorical

Francesco Battaglia

Francescob

https://twitter.com/TheEconomist/status/1295959585572950018?s=20Here the Economist leading the charge to take advantage of the covid pandemics to further normalize universities: Get rid of "useless" (for them) subjects, online cou

Nik Gunn

Nik_Gunn

One pernicious thing about the perceived "use" or "relevance" of academic subjects is the frequent imbalance between the way humanities/soc sciences and STEM subjects are treated, so it's sad to

Philip Loring

ConserveChange

I'm reviewing a paper today that has me wondering about whether interdisciplinary fields have worsened silos rather than breaking them down. (1/n) Its written with the literature of rural development,

Alexandre Truc

alxndr_trc

1/ Is economics insular to external influence? Is it becoming more interdisciplinary? We measured the ratio of extradisciplinary citations (COC) of economics and compared it to other social sciences and

Claudia Kemfert 😷

CKemfert

Very exciting discussion and very exposing! Thank you for making this discussion possible @PluralEcon! Anna's question about climate change mitigation in particular was spot on! Some thoughts on this@BachmannRudi @PeterBofinger

Valerie Bauman

valeriereports

"I don't want to die in here with the #coronavirus."The fear is palpable in California’s largest state-run psychiatric facility. (thread) #COVID19 #mentalhealth https://news.bloomberglaw.com/pharma-and-life-sciences/psychiat

Javeed Sukhera MD PhD

javeedsukhera

A few thoughts about research funding pertaining to systemic racism, structural bias, and inequity in health sciences and related disciplines... As a qualitative researcher with a PhD in education, finding

Kevin R. McClure

kevinrmcclure

Two quick things about these cuts happening in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Vermont.https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/12/04/boulder-arts-and-sciences-dean-wants-build-back-faculty-post-pandemic-one-non-tenure

Prince Kropotkin

Prince_Kropotkn

Nobody is mad that Austrian school economists "use logic", they're mad that they use logic badly and also don't use anything else in areas where logic doesn't apply.https://twitter.com/PerBylund/status/1328799981667545

Ned Stock

swingtr8er

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Matt Denny (he/him)

Matt_Denny

This feels less like a funny joke and more like politically a irresponsible statement. I am, most certainly, reading too much into this and I will always joke about how

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