#Academics

Dave Jamieson

jamieson

We recently performed a diversity review of sourcing in our stories. As a labor reporter I found a dichotomy I'm trying to address. Workers in my stories: Very diverse, disproportionately

Dr Peter Olusoga

PeteOlusoga

We really need to talk about research papers. (Most) research is important. And broadcasting findings to the academic community (and beyond) is important too. I fully understand that. But we

Sam Rocha

SamRochadotcom

As a teacher, one of my promises is to take full responsibility for my words. This means that any question about anything I say at the level of “what do

Onsi A. Kamel

onsikamel

"Academic writing does not exist in order to communicate with a reader. In academia, or at least the part of it that I inhabit, we write, most of the time,

Rev. Chris Huriwai

RevChrisHuriwai

These non-Maori academics throwing around pepeha is getting really old. I don't care how "connected" you feel to mountains and rivers, to claim these as your own not only cancels

Lauri Myllyvirta

laurimyllyvirta

Strong criticism from @antonioguterres on COVID-19 recovery spending targeted at fossil fuels, calls it a moral test to align spending and investments with 1.5oC degrees target and carbon neutrality. A

Sunny Singh

ProfSunnySingh

I realise experts are much hated in this country but this is at best a partial, half-baked idea. And yes, I realise that ‘bail out universities’ is not nearly as

Geoff Shullenberger

daily_barbarian

The irony of the Canon Wars is that those who dismantled the teaching of the old cultural canon in the name of anti-imperialism thereby aided the rise of a new

Dr. Elizabeth Sacha Baroness Cohen

alixabeth

Many academics (US?) grant automatic respect to poets, painters, musicians, and other artists but think nothing of casually insulting a sport or athletics in general. Has someone made a good

Jin Russell

DrJinRussell

“Māori and Pacific academics have been saying this for so, so long. We are not being promoted, and we are not being paid as much, and it is not to

Dr Zuleyka Zevallos

OtherSociology

An article commenting on the science/ policy divide that interviews only scientists is a good illustration of why this divide exists in the first placeThis doesn't explain how policy is

Brittney Cooper

ProfessorCrunk

I do think folks should reflect on why a tweet that was really about me asking to be addressed by my name and title as a Black woman in academe

Dan McLaughlin

baseballcrank

A conservatism that is not against riots - unflinchingly, uncompromisingly, without reservation - has given up even trying to conserve anything. If you read the history of conservatives in the

Vinay Prasad MD MPH

VPrasadMDMPH

What does 'medicine by press release' mean?When can you trust it, and when are you skeptical?Two press releases came out todayCheap dexamethasome in COVIDCostly Abemaciclib in breast cancerYes, I want

Christopher J. Slaby

CJSlaby

You know what's one of the biggest tells that someone is actually an expert on something? When they get to something they don't know, they tell you. Knowledge and ignorance

Low-Carbon Birding

BirdingClimate

'we’ve become mitigation-deniers' – Prof Kevin Anderson @KevinClimateEssential reading – Threadhttps://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/turning-delusion-climate-action-prof-kevin-anderson-interview 'I'd like to hear much mor

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