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Matilda Hellman

@matildahellman.bsky.social

Professor of sociology, Uppsala university. Associate professor, university of Helsinki.

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Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | RGS Journal | Wiley Online Library Scientific excellence is clustering ever more tightly in a few ‘superstar’ cities. Four—New York, Boston, London and the San Francisco Bay Area—now host 12% of the world's top scientists. In contrast...

Last year we authored three reports on the difficulties for the global south to partake in science publishing - shows how important the topic is, even if er are aware that all authors reside comfortably in the dark purple zones.
- Wiley Online Library rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

08.02.2026 13:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Fifty Years of Cooperation: Towards More or Less Content? - Matilda Hellman, 2026

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05.02.2026 06:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A page from the foreword to a 1978 report that led to the founding of the Nordic Council on Alcohol and Drug Research, which coordinated >100 projects, dozens of PhDcourses, conferences, published 50+ books - with a staff of 3-4 persons.
Small budgets, massive outputs! Link to editorial in comment 🔽

05.02.2026 06:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.

Annus horribilis 2025
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

21.01.2026 19:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Addiction Discoveries: Hyping and Spinning the Superiority of Neuroscience This chapter examines popular online news items that report on neuroscience discoveries in the field of addiction. It uses the concepts of hype and spin to help frame this genre as a force of (bio)med...

Our colleague @matildahellman.bsky.social has recently published an interesting chapter analyzing how popular online news report on neuroscience discoveries in the field of addiction. Read the chapter here link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
#AddictionStudies #SociologyOfScience#Research

16.01.2026 02:17 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Addiction and the Medicalisation of Conspicuous Behaviour This edited collection critically examines the proliferation of the concept of addiction by psychiatry and other allied professions and its cultural use.

New year, new discoveries! 💥

The book ”Addiction and the Medicalisation of Conspicuous Behaviour: New Critical Perspectives” is out now!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

🧠 I have contributed with a chapter on ”Hyping and Spinning the Superiority of Neuroscience”
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

06.01.2026 07:25 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Tampere casino: The last bizarre synergy between addiction capitalism and a state gambling monopoly? Abstract. In the early 2020s, despite growing public concern about gambling harms, the Finnish city of Tampere hosted a state-monopoly-operated casino as part of a new entertainment arena complex. Thi...

In the early 2020s, despite increasing public concern about gambling harms, the city of #Tampere hosted a casino.
🎰 Read our study on the legitimisation of this last bizarre synergy between addiction capitalism and the state monopoly. With Paula Jääskeläinen.

direct.mit.edu/ecps/article...

15.07.2025 06:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Yes, there are convincing and good interpretations and translations . Also analysis of heglian roots for other (ideological) thinking — which must be some of the the most important contributions

22.06.2025 16:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Arguing Hegelian geist to be intelligible, naturalistic, intersubjective, historical, non-metaphysical… etc etc

22.06.2025 14:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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📢 Our college @matildahellman.bsky.social has recently published two timely pieces on the challenges facing science under the second Trump administration: a call to resist anti-science policy and an editorial on DEI in research.
🧪 doi.org/10.1177/1455...
🌍 doi.org/10.1177/1455...

02.04.2025 19:22 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Grattis! Fint jobbat 💪

24.03.2025 05:43 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

You can do it! 🫶

23.03.2025 10:34 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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@nordicwelfare.bsky.social is hosting an alcohol policy webinar in Helsinki today 🍷 with @who.int

18.03.2025 08:09 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How Measles Causes Immune Amnesia | Harvard Magazine Michael Mina explains “immune amnesia” and the lasting impact of infection.

Measles: What has not been widely reported is what comes next for those who have been infected —
www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/03/meas...

12.03.2025 12:48 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Watch my brilliant colleague @bradby.bsky.social speak about the intersection of sociology and health⚕️🏥🩻

05.03.2025 15:03 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Addiction discoveries: Hyping and spinning the superiority of neuroscience

📖 Kicking off this week by sharing new research from our department on addiction from a sociological perspective. Check out more work on this topic here: uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.... #Sociology #AddictionResearch

27.02.2025 11:05 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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New Research from our Department! 📢
📝 Tripping in the Happiest Country of the World ,Use Values of Psychedelics According to Finnish Users
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
This study explores how psychedelic use is understood and valued in Finland.#Sociology #DrugStudies #SocialScience

24.02.2025 10:36 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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New Research in our department:
📄 “A Double Decline in Character”: A Grounded Theory Analysis of Female Drug User Experiences in Iran
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
#DrugResearch #Sociology #NewPublications@matildahellman.bsky.social

21.02.2025 08:51 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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What if Trump Just Ignores the Courts? Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 11/02/2025 · 1h 35m

Tässä podcastissa tehdään melkein sama analyysi. Varsinkin kongressin valta/ rooli nyt vaakakupissa
podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/t...

13.02.2025 07:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0