We need to seriously grapple with questions about the responsible consumption of tech. The parallels to plastic pollution are helpful. People and ecosystems are also being destroyed in mining rare earth metals. undark.org/2025/12/15/e...
I am hiring a postdoc for a DFF-funded project on social influence, and the decision processes that fuel rich-get-richer dynamics in the online/offline world. The position is for up to a year, competitive Danish salary, remote work possible. Interested or know somebody? DM me or share!
🧪 Feel honoured that 'Our Voices' was highlighted as a case study for engaging communities in addressing issues of justice and equality by UCL Grand Challenges in their impact report this week. The full ‘Our Voices’ report can be accessed via the following link: discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
✍️ New article! What do a tonne of potatoes, gravel, coal, and copper have in common? Not much, except that they all weigh the same, and are treated exactly the same in a metric called the “material footprint”.
1 day left to submit an abstract to present at this!
Did you know that although most #bicultural people are consciously unaware of it, they develop distinct sets of personal #values that automatically shift in real life to fit the dominant cultural #context?
More about this exciting new #psychology research can be found here doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
NEW: The UK social security system offers relatively little income protection after job loss.
THREAD on Martin Mikloš and @xiaoweixu.bsky.social's IFS Green Budget chapter on the options for introducing ‘unemployment insurance’:
Without an immediate and sustained ceasefire by all parties there will be no end in sight to civilian suffering.
we could... and we do!
Glad to know I’m not alone in frustrations of dealing with ‘workslop’. Time to reclaim our critical thinking!
www.cnbc.com/2025/09/23/a...
Our new study in
@jwpp.bsky.social
shows that online abuse on social media discourages young women from pursuing political offices—before their actual political careers have even begun.
with @dahoehmann.bsky.social and Tomoko Latteier
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
Thoughts and prayers to all who are facing Typhoon Ragasa. Hope you and your families manage to find shelter at this difficult time.
Young people who’ve experienced homelessness possess strengths that are often forged through adversity. Read our report co-authored by homeless young people to understand how their career aspirations can be supported: doi.org/10.14324/000...
#SocialJustice #EquityInEducation #InclusiveEmployment
Timeless words of wisdom that are worth remembering now. “The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity” - NRM
The final event of the ‘Palestinian Childhoods’ exhibition is this Sunday, September 14th at UCL East, from 4.00-5.30pm. This is an incredible opportunity to hear young people from the West Bank and Jerusalem speak about their lives under occupation. www.outsavvy.com/event/29254/...
Don't miss this week's @tcru-ucl.bsky.social seminar with Prof. María López! Thursday at 12:00 👇
It is deeply worrying that speaking out against genocide is being met with condemnation. Proud to be from the nation that brought these charges to ICJ and a supporter of a club that won’t be bullied into silence. We now need meaningful political action. www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/...
🚨 PhD and Post Doc positions incoming 🚨 Received 3 million Euros from WASP-HS for an interdisciplinary (Econ, Sociology, Business) research cluster on AI, Structural Change and the Future of Work. PhD call coming very soon - start Jan 2026, fully funded in an amazing research team w fantastic data!
💰 Shell has made BILLIONS extracting oil from the Niger Delta.
🌳 The communities of the Niger Delta have had their farmland and water POISONED.
And now Shell has sold off their onshore assets in the Niger Delta, meaning they could just walk away.
Just 13% of homes built in England and Wales in 2024 had heat pumps installed (58% had gas boilers).
New homes are by far the easiest part of the home heating puzzle to solve; regulations that prevent the installation of high-carbon heating in new homes should be a Government priority.
I’m at @hayfestival.bsky.social later this month with my @lr-foundation.bsky.social colleague David Reid on his new book and I’ll be talking about the #WorldRiskPoll Resilience and adapting to climate change.
Join us on 27th May
www.hayfestival.com/p-23668-nanc...
The number one thing being promoted to my 9 year old on Disney Plus last night was the ABC Trump interview. We discussed Trump’s policies, their implications, and the subtle ways media can shape attitudes before agreeing to cancel our subscription. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...
The Israeli authorities have illegally banned all aid and goods into Gaza for two months.
This constitutes a genocidal act, a blatant form of unlawful collective punishment, and the war crime of using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare.
Interesting read
