Mari Elken

Mari Elken

@marielken.bsky.social

Associate prof in higher education at University of Oslo @unioslo-uv.bsky.social. Side gig at NIFU @nifu.bsky.social. #Highered stuff on org, policy and governance, but mostly distracted..

487 Followers 298 Following 161 Posts Joined Nov 2024
3 days ago

The last paragraph is a good indication of the state of reality...

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5 days ago
Picture of man with two trays (the kind you bring to an informal potluck) of pastries. He is surrounded by journalists.

Here's the state attorney in charge of the case against the son of the future queen of Norway trying to cheer people up by bringing some home-made pastries for everyone. Norwegians really believe in the power of pastries to make things better, if not only for a few minutes.

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6 days ago

Rutte for sure seems to be the only one who thinks Trump&co know what they are doing in Iran..

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1 week ago
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Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course? The human subconscious is such an interesting thing. No matter how much you think you’ve got it figured out, it’ll always spit out the most random stuff. Take me, for example. After coming home from a...

Commentary: Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course?

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1 week ago
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US threatens Anthropic with deadline in dispute on AI safeguards The AI developer laid out red lines on military use of its products, a source said.

just finished writing a column on something else but if i hadn't been, i'd have been writing about this, because if you think AI chatbots are an issue (fair) then meet 'allow Pete Hegseth, an idiot, to use your not that stress tested AI as he sees fit in weaponry'

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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2 weeks ago

If Bodø Glimt continue like this, I might have to start watching fotball again. That's amazing. #bodoglimt

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2 weeks ago

This is frankly quite scary.

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2 weeks ago

So I just realised panda was actually trending on Bluesky. For good reason, that performance got instant legend status. Landing a jump in that costume is amazing.

#Olympics #figureskating

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2 weeks ago
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Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it.

Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:

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In 1975-1977, the Swedish Government carried out an official investigation into the future of electronic music. Where is this kind of leadership today I ask

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3 weeks ago

Kjenner eg nokon som kunne tenka seg å henta ein bil I Grimstad og køyra den til Oslo?

Me dekker diesel og billigaste reise til Grimstad. Elles så kan du sitja på med meg når eg køyrer frå Oslo og forbi Grimstad på fredag.

Bilen skal klargjerast til Ukraina.

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3 weeks ago

One cannot help but wonder, is Waltz a very good actor or does he actually believe what he says... ?

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3 weeks ago
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Excellent Paper Competition 2025 European Consortium for Political Research

📢 Calling all emerging scholars in the field of Knowledge Politics and Policies

Please consider applying for the 2025 excellent paper award of the ECPR Knowledge Politics and Policies Standing Group

Deadline 15 March, more info on how to apply here ecpr.eu/news/news/de... @ecpr.bsky.social

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3 weeks ago

Ikke sett før men dette er jo slik jeg husker internett 😍

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1 month ago

Curious how this will eventually end up.

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1 month ago

Ok. How is it possible for 41% of people with college degrees to vote Republican with the current administration?

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1 month ago
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

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1 month ago

Interesting moment in the post-Trump succession struggle. 1/

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1 month ago

As there are no penguins on Greenland this must be the Penguin from DC universe. This somehow makes more sense...

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1 month ago

Thought provoking while this also leaves me with a sense of dread, as it is difficult to see a path out.

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1 month ago
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Special Address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada | World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026 YouTube video by World Economic Forum

Carney's speech sure was one for the ages.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=flsg...

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1 month ago

Apropos GH: da har du ikke sett en ganske middles Guitar Hero spiller prøve seg på Diamond Head "Am I Evil?", for det finnes veldig veldig mange ting jeg for en eller annen grunn bruker tid på som ikke er like underholdende.

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1 month ago

Yeah, making it pretty terrible to sit in selection/hiring committees as you have to filter through this somehow.. 😵‍💫

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1 month ago

Yeah, I suppose this is just elaboration and tailoring existing systems.

Had I gotten that one I would be seriously pissed... why want to do a PhD if there is not even an interest to produce a proposal..

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1 month ago

I just hope it is not very good. But I dread the next time we have to hire a PhD student, as we require research proposals. I am not suspecting all the applicants because naively I still assume there is scholarly integrity too, but I am dreading having to read through a far too large bunch of these.

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1 month ago

yikes.

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1 month ago

Wait, I thought they closed the Education Department. Its so hard for us outsiders to keep up with all the preparations for war and all.. <_<

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1 month ago

Ser man på boligpriser er det vel en parallelsamfunn for studenter med foreldre som kan hjelpe med egenkapital. De trenger vel egen parallelsamfunn de og.

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