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Notebook with info about my talk tomorrow, on Jan 21 at 12 PM on zoom

Cover of my book Science in Resistance

Worried about the role of science in a world on fire and under rising fascism? Then come to my lunch talk tomorrow, Jan 21 at 12 PM CET, with @jeannetteeggers.bsky.social on Researcher's Desk, where we'll talk about my new book Science in Resistance. Open to all! us02web.zoom.us/j/6639856178

May I once again not-at-all-humbly reiterate what I said back in 2022: the centrist brain-worm that "energy security" comes from crawling from dependence on one fossil fuel supplier to another is absolute bullshit: Europe could and should have been reducing gas reliance faster for the past 3 years

On Wednesday Jan 21 at 12 noon, Fernando Racimo will present his new book “Science in Resistance: The Scientist Rebellion for Climate Justice” at a @researchersdesk.bsky.social lunch seminar.

The Zoom link is: us02web.zoom.us/j/6639856178.

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Thanks Aaron! Hope you enjoy it. There are several citations peppered throughout the book to your (super valuable) work!

This one by @ferracimo.bsky.social ...

"If you're a researcher & want to have real-world impact, this is essential reading"- @charliejgardner.bsky.social

"A vital read for academic relevance in our century of climate, ecological & political crises'- @jksteinberger.bsky.social

A preview of the new year — in 12 new books » Yale Climate Connections A toolkit of books to help you survive 2026.

Thanks to Yale @climateconnections.bsky.social for featuring Science in Resistance in their "toolkit of books to help you survive 2026" among great titles, incl @lukekemp.bsky.social's Goliath's Curse & @amitavghosh.bsky.social's Wild Fictions. Check it out yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/a-pr...

Interview with Abi Perrin: "academia isn’t responding robustly to a world that’s literally and metaphorically on fire" - All Our Yesterdays Dr Abi Perrin, who was one of the advised the presenters at November’s National Emergency Briefing kindly did an email interview. Her website is here. This post is especially worth your time. She is o...

"It’s far from unreasonable to expect scientists and the academic community to act in line with their own knowledge and warnings, and I think it’s fair to say that (like most other parts of society) academia isn’t responding robustly to a world that’s literally and metaphorically on fire."

SMBE2026 Symposium L05 | The role and responsibilities of the SMBE community in facing the polycrisis

SMBE2026 Symposium L05 | The role and responsibilities of the SMBE community in facing the polycrisis

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Beginning of Science in Resistance's Chapter 6 - "The Enemy Within"

Cover of the book Science in Resistance

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧: 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥
We often think of universities as sites of knowledge creation & critical thinking. And in a (decreasing) number of ways, they are still so. But as I explain in my new book Science in Resistance, they are also pillars of the fossil economy 1/n

Science in Resistance by Fernando Racimo Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

To learn more about the many fossil ties running within university hallways, and how students, academics and civil society groups are organizing and fighting back, check out my new book Science in Resistance: www.ucpress.edu/books/scienc... n/n

Student protest against EACOP

Climate protest by SR Uganda

Many students and academics have risen in resistance in Uganda and Tanzania against the EACOP pipeline, many suffering violence & arrest in prisons where cholera is widespread. 10/n

Student occupation of Erasmus University Rotterdam

But students & academics are fighting back. Erasmus was host to a climate occupation back in 2023: management responded by calling for the arrest of their own students. 9/n

Ayo Fola is a Nigerian academic I interviewed, witnessing similar university donations to cover up Shell's pollution in the Niger delta. As he says: "They are taking advantage of poverty. They use money to close people's eyes." 8/n

Photo of Total's EACOP pipeline

Total sponsors PhD programs in Makerere University in Uganda, even as it builds the EACOP pipeline on that same territory, destroying people's livelihoods and ecosystems at a massive scale, to be able to daily pump as much oil out of the continent as Finland consumes in a day. 7/n

UK universities take £40m in fossil fuel funding since 2022 FoI requests show Shell and BP among firms giving funds to institutions which have pledged to divest

These are not isolated cases. In 2022 alone, oil & gas companies funneled over 40 million pounds to UK universities in what has been termed a "colonization of academia". www.theguardian.com/environment/... Still, oil companies are practicing the old-fashioned form of resource colonization too... 6/n

Protest at the University of Cambridge denouncing its fossil ties.

And in the University of Cambridge, generous donations from oil corporations have resulted in a "BP professorship", a "Shell professorship" and a local branch of the Schlumberger company, all while claiming to be a "green university" 5/n

Investigative article on Shell's ties to Erasmus University Rotterdam

Another example is Erasmus University Rotterdam, which secretly received hundreds of thousands of dollars for oil giant Shell to have a say in its curriculum, as well as power to decide who could be allowed in the university, and featured spots in campus career fairs. 4/n

Image from SR action at DTU campus protesting the university's ties to the fossil industry

A classic example of this is the Danish Technical University, which has signed several multi-million kroner contracts with oil company Total, to build research centers to extract and burn more fossil fuels, like the DTU Center for Oil and Gas, recently rebranded to DTU Offshore: offshore.dtu.dk 3/n

Investigative reporting article from Investigate Europe about fossil fuel money being poured into academia

Second page of the chapter The Enemy Within

In Chapter 6 of the book, I explore how extractive industries have infiltrated academia, to influence curricula and research agendas, and greenwash their own image. 2/n

Beginning of Science in Resistance's Chapter 6 - "The Enemy Within"

Cover of the book Science in Resistance

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧: 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥
We often think of universities as sites of knowledge creation & critical thinking. And in a (decreasing) number of ways, they are still so. But as I explain in my new book Science in Resistance, they are also pillars of the fossil economy 1/n

My interview at @ceis20.bsky.social in Coimbra is now online! I talk about my book Science in Resistance, about how universities must stop being ruled by extreme hierarchies, and the crucial role of collective action and labor power in this transformation, which is needed now more than ever.

Picture showing the cover of the book this post is about.

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading Science in Resistance: The scientist rebellion for climate justice by Fernando Racimo. Maybe not very surprising, after all, it was reading a paper by Fernando that made me join Scientist Rebellion three years ago.

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Book cover of the mentioned book

Photo of Fernando and Frederik

Today @ferracimo.bsky.social visited #Læderstræde20 to discuss his new book ‘Science in Resistance’ w/ @frederikappelolsen.bsky.social

“Science is never neutral” was one of Racimo’s arguments for scientists engaging in activism.

And, I reflect: Not objecting to status quo isn’t neutral either.

'Science in Resistance: Scientist Rebellion for Climate Justice'
Fernando Racimo
9th Dec 7pm
@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
Peter Froggatt Centre 02/018

Free and all welcome but registration required: www.ticketsource.co.uk/qubseca/t-ej...
Any questions or queries, please email j.barry@qub.ac.uk

Guest Talk: Monday Dec 8th: “Science in Resistance: the Scientist Rebellion for Climate Justice” with
@ferracimo.bsky.social @clarekelly.bsky.social @scientistrebellion.bsky.social
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👏Huge thanks to Dr. Fernando Racimo @ferracimo.bsky.social for an inspiring talk today at ICTA-UAB on Science in Resistance: The Scientist Rebellion for Climate Justice!

🌍💥 Highlighting how scientists are rising together for climate & social justice—truly empowering!

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Guest Talk: Monday Dec 8th: “Science in Resistance: the Scientist Rebellion for Climate Justice” with @ferracimo.bsky.social

@clarekelly.bsky.social @scientistrebellion.bsky.social @climatejusticeuni.bsky.social

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My university's management: "Hurray! We're providing you with new tools to detect plagiarism."

Also my university's management: "Hurray! We're providing you with new tools to plagiarize as much as you can, while burning the planet in the process"

Guest Talk & Q&A: “Science in Resistance: the Scientist Rebellion for Climate Justice” with Dr Fernando Racimo on Dec 8th. Hosted by @clarekelly.bsky.social for more see here:

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