Alex Beattie

Bring Back Landlines: Are Gen Z Going Analog? | Capsule NZ Some Gen Z are over constant connection — and parents are too. Could bringing back landlines be the answer? An expert weighs in.

🌀 Feeling nostalgic for the landline era? I had the pleasure of sharing my thoughts in this Capsule NZ piece on why Gen Z (and some of us millennials!) are craving media with boundaries. 📞

Read the full article here: capsulenz.com/be/parenting...

10 reasons why banning social media for New Zealanders under 16 is a bad idea – and will affect adults too There is global interest in limiting social media access for young people. But the arguments for a ban for people under 16 don’t really stack up.

🚫📱 Banning social media for under-16s in NZ isn't the solution! In this article I suggest 10 reasons why it shouldn't happen theconversation.com/10-reasons-w...

Done! Co-governance fear-mongering from the organized right is misguided. As a recipient of @internetnz.bsky.social funding, I can say firsthand: there's nothing to fear. In fact, #TeTiriti strengthened my research and made it better.

ADHD and digital disconnection: Exploring inclusive and practical approaches - Alex Beattie, 2025 Digital disconnection is increasingly sparking widespread debate and action, with social media age restrictions and phone bans being enacted around the world. A...

Pleased to share that my first article about ADHD and screen time has been published: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Did AI help co-write your grant application? Do you use CoPilot to brainstorm ideas? Or Chat GPT to edit your writing? How about Otter to automate transcriptions? And how else are we automating aspects of qualitative research? Come tell us and contribute to this special issue!!

CFP! I'm co-editing this special issue in QRIP. Our aim is to generate critical discussion regarding the impact of AI on the ontology, epistemology, and methodology underpinning qualitative research in the social sciences think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

YouTube video by Inspired by Iceland OutHorse Your Email to Iceland’s Horses

Back at work this week. Feeling annoyed I only just discovered this gem of an out of office service after the summer hols! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbfD...

Seems like the current New Zealand government doesn’t even want overseas funders to fund the country’s humanities and social sciences researchers instead of them.

Vision Wellington's 'back to basics' approach isn't neutral—it's a pro-business, anti-climate action, right-wing agenda. Most concerning its exploiting its privileged access to the public sphere

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First time puarangi / hibiscus richardsonii is flowering in our garden 😊

Save Humanities and Social Sciences Join us in building a better world

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She’s threatened by your research. A badge of honour?

At a time when the NZ government making concerted attempts to defund social sciences and humanities in favour of a few physical sciences alone, I particularly appreciate this ‘airline safety video’ pitch from Bryony James of VUW

Juliet Gerrard: Funding the whole pie It's a tiny portion of our overall funding, yet social sciences and humanities research makes a massive impact. Without it, the pie starts to crumble.

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Downstream effect of the Marsden cuts: a lot of the fixed term teaching contracts I've been able to pick up have been buy-outs funded via humanities or socsci Marsdens - as well as being devastating for ECR and mid-career academics, this also means a path for the most junior evaporates too

Thanks Dan (and good to see you at AANCZ) - it shouldn’t be a surprise but it still is unsettling😔

As a scientist who has a Marsden through the social sciences panel this is so so so fucked up. It will have massive implications for Māori research being funded.

Appalling news & a sad day for research funding in NZ. There were some amazing humanities and social sciences projects that were funded this year that will each change the world in their own unique way www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

This is so small minded

@binarythis.bsky.social have you ever considered this? Still remember my tarot reading at AOIR2019!!

Thank you! That means a lot 😃 I can’t wait to get stuck in!!

Such important scholarship!

Swimming in Wellington?!

Everytime I hear riroriro i get transported back in time! The birdsong of my youth

Such a good #AANZCA conference at RMIT!! Thank you to @dbossio.bsky.social @jammh.bsky.social @dhutchman.bsky.social for organising and @katemannell.bsky.social your #digitalchild research. Stoked to share my early research on ADHD and screen time

Pondering when Australia’s social media ban for under-16s will be coming to NZ. The ban will disproportionately affect marginalized groups and undermine essential digital literacies. I’m all about disconnecting but not forcing it on people, especially young people!

An open letter about the future of The Spinoff An important announcement from the CEO, the editor and the founder of The Spinoff.<br />

In my short time working at The Spinoff, I met people who I’d argue are more important to NZ society than you can imagine.

It’s a flipping hard job, especially in this environment, and there’s no similar media org in New Zealand. They need our support. thespinoff.co.nz/media/28-11-...

Lovely to see you Kim! Thanks for hosting our session 😊