Rhodri Leng

The Importance of Scientific Societies In this time of trial, when Science is again under attack, we must re-examine its foundations, and where necessary, rebuild its institutions

In 1938, the American sociologist RK Merton (at Columbia University) drew attention to political attacks on scientific institutions. He went on to ask “How should scientists respond”...

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Donna Haraway, elder intellectual white woman, speaking before a tight group of people with save science signs amidst the redwoods at UCSC.

Donna Haraway leading #StandUpForScience at #UCSC. Situating science in helping us live together in better ways. She's giving deets on cuts to science, incl #Indigenous science, ag, USAID, medicine, dangers to farm workers, dangers of data loss. Donna's a master at connecting all the relations. ❤️

YouTube video by Figo Fromage Simpsons Acid Rain Introduction for Teaching

Uncanny…
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Science and the Social Order on JSTOR Robert K. Merton, Science and the Social Order, Philosophy of Science, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jul., 1938), pp. 321-337

If you haven’t read it already, take a skim over Merton’s 1938 ‘Science and Social Order’. I stumbled across it again last semester when preparing a lecture on science funding and priority setting.

An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, 2nd Edition <i>An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, Second Edition</i> reflects the latest advances in the field while continuing to provide students with a road map to the complex interdisciplin...

A bit dated now, but my students tend to enjoy ‘An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies’ by Sergio Sismondo www.wiley.com/en-gb/An+Int...

Steve Yearley’s ‘Making Sense of Science’ is also a lovely read and also goes down well. sk.sagepub.com/book/mono/ma...

Love the "It doesn't work like that" theme. It would also work very nicely for a special issue examining common misconceptions about science...

What a welcome!

Ah great, can I join?

But also just a little over an hour since my first grant rejection since returning to academia. Funders should contemplate consolation lollipops #metascience

Five years to the day since Edinburgh University gave me a lollipop for handing in my thesis. @stis-uoe.bsky.social

On returning Returning to academia. September 2023

I’ve been asked a lot about my decision to return to academia, so I've tried explaining it
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Perhaps useful to read my reasons for leaving, if interested
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~10 months into the new job

#academicsky #sts

Pleasantly surprised that this place isn’t awful

Bem-AI, just what science needs…