Petit đ§” rapido sur un des points importants du rapport, la mesure des expĂ©riences de la prĂ©caritĂ© en doctorat et leur ancrage socialâŹïž
23.01.2026 08:12 â đ 14 đ 3 đŹ 1 đ 2@jeremy-k-ward.bsky.social
Sociologist, vaccination, science, @INSERM @CERMES3 membre de la CTV de la HAS (French NITAG) https://www.cermes3.cnrs.fr/fr/membres/membres-permanents/jeremy-ward.html https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=-TaEKEUAAAAJ&hl=fr
Petit đ§” rapido sur un des points importants du rapport, la mesure des expĂ©riences de la prĂ©caritĂ© en doctorat et leur ancrage socialâŹïž
23.01.2026 08:12 â đ 14 đ 3 đŹ 1 đ 2Cette Ă©tude, commandĂ©e par l'UniversitĂ© Grenoble Alpes, explore de maniĂšre approfondie la prĂ©caritĂ© des doctorant·es en adoptant une approche multidimensionnelle qui va au-delĂ des simples aspects financiers. Elle combine une enquĂȘte quantitative auprĂšs de prĂšs de 1000 doctorant·es (soit un tiers de la population) et une enquĂȘte qualitative basĂ©e sur 45 entretiens. Les rĂ©sultats montrent un paysage contrastĂ©. Environ 75 % des doctorant·es sont dans une situation peu ou pas prĂ©caire selon l'indicateur EPICES, utilisĂ© pour Ă©valuer la prĂ©caritĂ© dans la population gĂ©nĂ©rale. Cependant, le quart restant cumule des difficultĂ©s : rĂ©elles contraintes budgĂ©taires pour les besoins Ă©lĂ©mentaires, isolement social et absence de complĂ©mentaire santĂ©. L'analyse identifie des facteurs qui augmentent significativement l'exposition Ă la prĂ©caritĂ©. Les doctorant·es originaires de pays hors Union EuropĂ©enne, celles et ceux qui sont inscrit·es en sciences humaines et sociales (SHS), et celles et ceux engagé·es au-delĂ de la quatriĂšme annĂ©e de thĂšse apparaissent comme les populations les plus vulnĂ©rables. L'enquĂȘte qualitative permet de dâapprofondir ce portrait statistique et de comprendre les expĂ©riences vĂ©cues. Elle rĂ©vĂšle une population fortement motivĂ©e par la recherche et l'idĂ©e de contribuer au service public, ce qui conduit parfois Ă lâacceptation de conditions matĂ©rielles difficiles. Les entretiens mettent aussi en lumiĂšre des dĂ©fis spĂ©cifiques : le stress liĂ© Ă l'incertitude de la recherche et Ă la compĂ©tition pour les postes acadĂ©miques, les difficultĂ©s financiĂšres en fin de contrat doctoral (notamment en SHS oĂč les thĂšses sont plus longues), et des situations d'isolement ou d'asymĂ©trie de pouvoir avec lâencadrement de thĂšse qui peuvent conduire Ă des abus.
Selon la nature de leur projet, les doctorant·es Ă©tranger·es ne sont pas tous·tes confronté·es aux mĂȘmes difficultĂ©s. Certain·es dâentre elles et eux, le plus souvent dans des parcours en sciences, techniques, ingĂ©nierie et mathĂ©matiques (STIM), nous ont confiĂ© avoir choisi stratĂ©giquement la France, pour ses faibles frais dâinscriptions et ses aides financiĂšres aux Ă©tudiants, sans nĂ©cessairement compter sây installer Ă terme, car les emplois dans la recherche y sont trop mal rĂ©munĂ©rĂ©s. Quelques-un·es rĂ©alisent mĂȘme leur thĂšse depuis lâĂ©tranger. A contrario, pour la majoritĂ© des doctorant·es qui sont dans une recherche dâintĂ©gration, au moins temporaire, peuvent subir des discriminations culturelles et linguistiques. Les doctorant·es Ă©tranger·es sont susceptibles dâĂȘtre confronté·es Ă de la glottophobie, câest-Ă -dire Ă des stigmatisations et discriminations Ă prĂ©textes linguistiques (Blanchet, Bergeron et Lebon-Eyquem, 2022), au sein du pays dâaccueil et de leur milieu professionnel. Ce sont les doctorant·es dont la langue native nâest pas latine qui rencontrent les difficultĂ©s les plus importantes dans leur vie quotidienne. Yumei 30 ans, doctorante originaire dâun pays dâAsie et spĂ©cialiste de sciences humaines et humanitĂ©s, peut Ă©viter les stigmates Ă lâuniversitĂ© oĂč elle sâexprime en anglais depuis le master, mais elle y a Ă©tĂ© confrontĂ©e dans les commerces par exemple.
đParution ce jour de notre rapport sur les conditions de vie des doctorant·es Ă @ugrenoblealpes.bsky.social.
Un tour à 360° des conditions doctorales (du point de vue financier, logement, sanitaire, relationnel, pro) assez inédit et mixant quanti et quali.
Et une équipe de recherche au top!
Quels enseignements tirer des expérimentations locales de Sécurité Sociale de l'Alimentation?
Interview sur Euradio
euradio.fr/emission/Kej...
Macron in a hoodie.
Macron with sunglasses in Davos.
Left: writing the damn paper in the shadows of an archive nearby.
Right: presenting the said paper as a keynote at a fancy conference.
#academicchatter
NEW: AJ Alvero, Dustin S. Stoltz, Oscar Stuhler, Marshall A. Taylor, "Generative AI in Sociological Research: State of the Discipline" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13...
20.01.2026 18:03 â đ 18 đ 8 đŹ 3 đ 3#Lyon #Sociologie #Handicap Nouveau sĂ©minaire ce vendredi Ă 10h Ă la @mshlyon.bsky.social
L'Ă©quipe "Politiques de la Connaissance" du Centre Max Weber invite Myriam Winance (INSERM / Cermes3) pour une confĂ©rence intitulĂ©e: "Raconter le quotidien, analyser lâordinaire. Autour du polyhandicap"
One of the issues that has come up again and again in my reporting on misinformation and social media is the massive influence social media companies have on research in the field.
Last night a preprint dropped that tries to get at this with some numbers. My piece in @science.org (and đ§Șđ§” coming):
Des sites de faux mĂ©dias đ«đ· diffusent de la propagande đ·đș. La Fondation Descartes a analysĂ© la circulation sur les rĂ©seaux sociaux des articles Ă©manant de ces sites âĄïž elle demeure encore limitĂ©e.
Article de Francesco Paolo Savatteri et Francesca Hemery. www.fondationdescartes.org/2026/01/faux...
Listening now...
18.01.2026 17:53 â đ 33 đ 9 đŹ 1 đ 0It's been just over a year since many academics and sociology folks came over to Bluesky. Thought Id share for some more community building and the later arrivals. Feel free to add other sections and areas to the list and or request to be added to any packs!
16.01.2026 18:41 â đ 80 đ 36 đŹ 6 đ 2Le genre la durĂ©e des thĂšses. Une Ă©tude de cas Ă lâUniversitĂ© Grenoble Alpes Pierre Bataille, Manon Baheu, Robin Casse, Margot DĂ©age, Pierre MercklĂ© Abstract Le constat rĂ©curant de la reproduction des inĂ©galitĂ©s sexuĂ©es dans les institutions dâenseignement supĂ©rieur a quelque chose de dĂ©courageant. MĂȘme si certaines mutations de fond se sont opĂ©rĂ©es - notamment la large fĂ©minisation des premiers cycles, du doctorat et de certains postes universitaires -, les inĂ©galitĂ©s dâaccĂšs Ă certains sous-espaces disciplinaires et hiĂ©rarchiques perdurent. Pour dĂ©passer cette sensation dâinertie, nous proposons de mettre en place une approche organisationnelle, mieux Ă mĂȘme de saisir oĂč se logent concrĂštement les mĂ©canismes de production-reproduction de ces structures genrĂ©es. Notre article se basera sur lâanalyse dâun objet encore trop peu connu: la durĂ©e des thĂšses. A partir de plusieurs analyses des durĂ©es de thĂšses des docteur·es ayant soutenu leur thĂšse Ă lâUniversitĂ© Grenoble Alpes entre 2017 et 2023, nous montrons quâune approche efficace contre les inĂ©galitĂ©s sexuĂ©es en thĂšse devrait se baser sur une approche par les matrices disciplinaires.
BientÎt sur vos écran #teasingdefindesemaine
16.01.2026 14:05 â đ 39 đ 12 đŹ 6 đ 4J'avais loupĂ© ce chiffre, Ă©norme: un quart des mĂšres en France seraient concernĂ©es par des soins irrespectueux en maternitĂ© (paroles, gestes ou comportements) presse.inserm.fr/un-quart-des...
15.01.2026 08:51 â đ 63 đ 35 đŹ 5 đ 5Remember that exploitative and unethical clinical trial of HepB vaccine in Guinea-Bissau that RFK Jr. funded?
Itâs been cancelled.
Deadline: January, 31st 2026.
www.css.cnrs.fr/assistant-or...
Increasing prevalence of AI adoption in science. a, Increasing performance of AI paper identification during the two-stage fine-tuning of BERT pre-trained models, where we use rough training data in stage 1 to evolve precise assessments in stage 2. We independently train two models on titles (green) and abstracts (purple), and then integrate them into an ensemble (orange) that selects the optimal models during both stages (red stars) to identify all relevant papers. b, Accuracy evaluation of our identification results by human experts. For samples spanning three eras of AI, experts reached consensus, with Îșââ„â0.93. Our model identification results have strong accuracy in validation against expert-labelled data, with an F1-score â„0.85.
c, Relative adoption frequency of the top 15 AI methods across all disciplines for all selected AI development eras. Convolutional neural network (CNN) Support vector machine (SVM) Random forest (RF) Long short-term memory (LSTM) Principal component analysis (PCA) Generative adversarial network (GAN) Gradient boosting Large language model (LLM) k-nearest neighbours (KNN) Logistic regression (LR) Reinforcement learning (RL) Unsupervised learning Transfer learning (TL) Graph convolutional network (GCN) Linear discriminant analysis (LDA)
⊠that the paper defines âAIâ very expansively, including many kinds of analysis that, for most of the data, is not what we now think of as âAIâ. Like logistic regression, PCA, LDA, and KNN methods. đ€š So I feel just a little baited-and switched.
14.01.2026 23:39 â đ 61 đ 16 đŹ 5 đ 2Fig. 2 | AI enlarges paper impact and enhances researcher careers. a, Average (insets: top 1% and 10%) annual citations after publication of AI (red) and non-AI (blue) papers (nâ=â27,405,011), where AI papers attract more citations. b, Average annual citations for researchers who useîAI and their counterparts who do notî(Pâ<â0.001, nâ=â5,377,346), where researchers who adopt AI receive 4.84 times more citations. c, The probability of two role transitions between junior scientists who adopt AI and their counterparts who do notî(nâ=â46 year observations for each field). Junior scientists who adopt AI have a higher probability of becoming established researchers and a lower probability of exiting academia compared with their counterpartsîwho do not adopt AI. d, Survival functions for the transition from a junior to an established researcher (Pâ<â0.001,înâ=â2,282,029). The survival functions can be well-fit with exponential distributions, where junior scientists who adopt AI become established earlier. For all panels, 99% CIs are shown as error bars, with the insets of a centred at the 1% and 10% percentiles and other panels centred at the mean. All statistical tests use a two-sided t-test.
Chat about this paper naturally focuses on the headline about AI being high âimpactâ but also narrowing science; a nice something-for-everyone (including the haters) story. Looking at Fig 2, you might ask âHow can they have 30 yrs of impact data for AI?â Well, ⊠www.nature.com/articles/s41...
14.01.2026 23:39 â đ 43 đ 16 đŹ 1 đ 4Thank you, @jeremyfaust.bsky.social, for this public service; we have all wanted to see the protocol of this deeply unethical trial being funded by RFK Jr in Guinea-Bissau, Iâm grateful you obtained it and have published it
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
Ten days left to apply!
15.01.2026 10:22 â đ 6 đ 4 đŹ 0 đ 0Hot off the press in @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social!
In (Un)intended Consequences, we conduct a #socsci stocktake of 10 years of research on #AMR interventions, highlight the need for more contextual #antimicrobial governance & make recommendations #GAP'26! #IDSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
[ #VeilleESR #LRU ] Assises du financement des universités : va-t-on sortir du tabou ?
Certes, on va s'attaquer trÚs fort au tabou des frais d'inscription... Mais aurons-nous le courage de nous attaquer aux autres tabous qui entourent le financement des universités ?
New longitudinal study finds no evidence that either #videogames nor #socialmedia use lead to later mental health issues in youth.
I look forward to the extensive news media coverage this receives: academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/a...
"Liberal elites often mobilise this ahistorical polarisation narrative because it downplays their involvement in processes of democratic erosion"
@juanroch.bsky.social & @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social discuss our article on polarisation hype on @reacpolrn.bsky.social
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New personal view article
(Un)intended consequences: a social sciences stocktake of a decade of Global Action Plan-inspired antimicrobial governance
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#IDSky #ClinMicro #AMR #OpenAccess #OA
Dr. Prasad send an email to CBER suggesting changes to the approval for respiratory vaccines based, apparently, on the conclusion of an unpublished investigation into VAERS report by unknown people. A few thoughts beyond what was already reported, based on the full email: 1/n
29.11.2025 16:21 â đ 285 đ 124 đŹ 6 đ 16Thereâs a big story everyone is missingâbut this article hits on it.
We arenât just seeing public health dismantled bc weâve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What weâre really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
Les effets de la rĂ©introduction du jour de carence sur les arrĂȘts maladie ? IntĂ©ressante publication de connaissance de l'emploi (Mohamed Ali Ben Halima, Joseph Lanfranchi et JosĂ©phine Mayans). Spoiler : ça touche les plus prĂ©caires. Qui aurait pu prĂ©dire ?
ceet.cnam.fr/publications...
Want to get the data out of a PDF figure? As in, the actual data â not a rough trace-along-the-lines version?
I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/
It all started a few years ago... đ§”
"The Russian Foreign Ministry, in a statement released on Monday, January 5th, imposed an indefinite entry ban on the individuals, accusing them of advancing what it calls the âcriminal neo-Nazi ideologyâ espoused by the Kyiv government." socialmedialab.ca/2026/01/12/r...
12.01.2026 23:33 â đ 13 đ 9 đŹ 1 đ 0And sometimes they just say it out loud: business and profit > human life
12.01.2026 18:51 â đ 64 đ 25 đŹ 1 đ 1Bravo Samuel!
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