Alex Örtegren

Keep posting, please. I'm yet see engagement across my research fields build up on Bluesky (which limits my engagement too — I'm part of my problem), but following your posts is a joy, whether soccer or elections. Hoping serious users on X will see this too. 🙂

Vacant positions Welcome – apply for a position at Södertörn University! Here, we combine subjects, perspectives, people and experiences. We are worldminded, curious and questioning, searching for surprising syntheses...

Interesting postdoc opportunity (in critical data studies) at Södertörn: www.sh.se/english/sode.... Deadline: Nov 25, 2025.

it's not good for kids to read books because it will prepare them for college, or for work, or for seminary, it's good for them in the moment because it helps them grow, in any number of unpredictable directions

People are losing faith in democracy’s ability to deliver social progress. But are democracies better than autocracies at promoting economic growth, alleviating poverty, and creating healthier, more educated, and more peaceful societies? On all counts, the answer is yes.

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Är du lärare i sve/sva eller SO-ämnen (7-9, gy), eller skolbibliotekarie, som vill bidra med en timme av din tid per termin till ett forskningsprojekt om informationssökning och AI? I så fall söker vi dig, oavsett var du bor i landet. Mer information finns i bifogad fil. Dela gärna vidare!

Is academic research becoming too competitive? Nature examines the data Applications for European research grants increased in 2025. Scientists say they’re feeling the competition.

"securing a grant has become less about advancing science and more about staying in science" — doi.org/10.1038/d415...

Call for panels open for 4th International Conference of the journal Scuola Democratica. Great place for dialogue for anyone interested in democracy and education: www.scuolademocratica-conference.net/call-for-pan...

Martin Gelin: Nu flyr allt fler unga från internet till verkligheten I dag söker sig många tillbaka till en analog kultur. Martin Gelin ser ett försök att återta maken från Silicon Valleys techjättar.

Alltid intressant att läsa Martin Gelin.
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PhD student in Political Science with an orientation towards Politics & AI The Department of Political Science is a dynamic and strong education and research department at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Stockholm University. The Department aims to be nationally leading an

Interesting opportunity to do a #PhD in #politicalscience at Stockholm Uni, focusing on AI and politics: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Uppföljare på gång. Behöver er hjälp! Planerna på en uppföljare till "Ta din tid" börjar ta form. Men än finns det chans att vara med och påverka. Läs om vad som är på gång och ge din input när den kan göra som störst skillnad.

Input önskas! Nytt blogginlägg om en ny bokidé som börjar ta form. 👇

davidlarssonheidenblad.substack.com/p/uppfoljare...

#tadintid #görettgenombrott

Registration Read more about the registration for NERA 2026 - Courage and Agency in Education for the Present here.

🔊 CfP for the NERA 2026 conference in Denmark: nera-conference-2026.via.dk/registration. Deadline for abstracts: Nov 3, 2025.

NOKSA: Nordisk konferens i samhällskunskapsdidaktik – Call for papers - Institutionen för ämnesdidaktik Deadline för bidrag är den 9 januari, 2026.

🔊 CfP for the NOKSA 2026 conference (Stockholm) on social science education: www.su.se/institutione.... Deadline for abstracts: January 9, 2026.

Tickets bought to Refused's farewell gig in December. Millencolin to support. Almost feel like 15 again.

Riktigt underhållande!

🔊 Controversies of AI society conference in Copenhagen in April 2026. CfP and deadlines: www.dasts.dk?tribe_events...

Intressant seminarium för dig som är i Stockholm 7 oktober: barns och ungas medborgarskap - www.iffs.se/kalendarium/...

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

Inspired by @roberttalisse.bsky.social, I tried to find some of my old concert tickets the other day but haven't found the right box so far. One of my social media apps then reminded me of this, posted on this day 12 years ago. Cornell's voice and lyrics are dearly missed.

Call for papers - Algoritmer ADD-projektet arbejder for, at demokratiet styrkes af den digitale udvikling gennem forskning, øget teknologiforståelse, digital dannelse og dialog.

Cool new Call for Papers from Algorithm, Data & Democracy project:

Conference April 9-10, 2026, Copenhagen 🇩🇰

Deadline December 1, 2025

🚀

algoritmer.org/call-for-pap...

Stuck in the middle with you The middle is a hard place to be. The middle of a thesis or a book can be excruciating. Things are underway, but not finished. The end is in sight, but not yet reached. In the middle, it’s easy to …

Braving myself for impact with this blog post: thesiswhisperer.com/2025/08/30/s...

Scientists Are Flocking to Bluesky Academics once loved Twitter—but in the age of X they’ve abandoned it in droves.

Bluesky is for sure the (?) top platform for scientific chatter currently (with LinkedIn).

But frankly, more engagement is needed here and transitioning from #academictwitter is part of broader fragmentation. And 🦋 is still incredibly US based, also for research.

www.wired.com/story/bluesk...

Friday morning's pop-up message with data-for-training pre-selected. I prefer the typical "Claude and Coffee" welcome message. Opting out. #Claude

Democracies often fail to reverse authoritarian takeovers.

"Autocratizing leaders have an inherent advantage over their democratic counterparts: They may simply break the rules to achieve rapid political change."

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I agree. I just can't shake the feeling that Bluesky isn't really taking off, at least not in my field where most migrated to LinkedIn. While you can see quite some reposts (your original post an example), these generate comparably little dialogic exchange, generally. That's what's missing, I think.

Läsvärt ang. lärarutbildningsutredningen. Bitvis är debatten rejält polariserad just nu.🤦‍♂️ Lärarutbildningarna, lärarutbildningsprofessionen och inte minst läraryrket förtjänar bättre.
#skola #lärarutbildning

YouTube video by TED Audio Collective Ed Helms on The Office, comedic snafus, and learning from failures | ReThinking with Adam Grant

Enjoyed this conversation between Adam Grant and Ed Helms. Might resonate at times with academia - applications for funding, rejection, peer-review, etc. - learning to deal with "a festival of failtures", "building calluses" and the importance of community: youtu.be/hYYNCYmlbVA?...
#AcademicSky

This.

When people throw around "evidence-based practices" and "science of ______," they aren't engaging in conversation or nuance. They aren't acknowledging complexity or, consequently, reality.

These have become euphemisms for "My way or the highway" in education. And they're being weaponized.

As people in the northern hemisphere are beginning to return to work, I'm bumping a post about our new paper on #postdigital GenAI literacy that came out earlier this summer. Close to 4000 accesses on Springer already! Hope it can contribute to interesting discussions. 🌱 doi.org/10.1007/s424...

This. 👇 Only had positive experiences — some only a few exchanged emails, others grew into research collabs. I hope to send more such emails this coming semester.

I spent seven years writing a book on this and she just… said it in three succinct paragraphs to politico.