Nathalie Weidhase

Join us! If you can't make that date, but would like to participate, get in touch with me - we might be able to arrange another/alternative session.

My Politics and Popular Culture class is updating itself this year

I don’t really pay attention to charges of doomerism. I don’t know what it means offline.

I do know that refusing a version of how the future will unfold forecloses on the power that actually shapes that future. That’s not disavowing that tech changes are happening but they are in now a given.

We’re back with our research profile series! Next up is network member and PhD student @isabel-sykes.bsky.social who presented this research at MeCCSA 2025

Consultation closes Wednesday; please respond if you can.

Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming

Another NFC defensive player: “Florence & The Machine. But I don’t know if everybody would rock with that.”

who is this diva

If anyone doubts how prescient and important the German Constitutional Court‘s 1983 decision on self-determination regarding information was - the US offers a powerful example of how things can go wrong

The thing which we all said was happening but apparently never was until it did

I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!

We cannot aim at Digital Sovereignty or even some degree of digital autonomy if both students and workers are trained to serve the interests of Big Tech. And they are influencing every curricula and capacity building program in private, public and social sector!

Techne Student-Led Event Series: 'Uneven Ground' Through the diverse and nuanced perspectives of researchers across the arts and humanities, this seminar series explores how class, place, and identity intersect, encouraging critical reflection on ho...

Sign-ups are currently FREE and OPEN for the next two seminars in the class-themed online seminar series I have been co-organising with fellow PhD student Samantha Dick. More info and how to sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/cc/techne-st...

work with me and @drdaveobrien.bsky.social as part of @creativepec.bsky.social! we're recruiting a postdoc to work on the arts, culture and heritage sectors using quantitative methods. please share, please feel free to email me directly with any Qs! jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Sheffiel...

The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...

Blue to green gradient image with text reading: "Technomoral Conversations: What's the Story with AI? Exploring AI Narratives and Counter-Narratives. Wednesday 11 February, 18.00 - 19.30 GMT. Location: Edinburgh Futures Institute (in person & online). Chaired by Dr Alex Taylor (University of Edinburgh), this event will feature Dr Abeba Birhane (Trinity College Dublin), Professor Louise Amoore (Durham University) and John Thornhill (Financial Times)."

What's the story with AI?

Find out at the next event in our Technomoral Conversations series, exploring AI narratives and counter-narratives!

🗓️ Wednesday 11 February 18.00-19.30 GMT
📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute & online
🎟️ edin.ac/3MZEm0a

Künstliche Intelligenz in der Begutachtung

DFG erlaubt Einsatz von KI in der Begutachtung.

Wenn wir jetzt noch die AI dazu kriegen, die komplette Forschung zu machen, haben wir den Menschen komplett von der Last des Forschungsprozzeses befreit und er kann sich komplett auf wichtige Dinge wie Reisekostenerstattungsanträge konzentrieren.

Conducting sociological research on students and politics?

Then do submit an abstract for our special issue of @bjse.bsky.social - deadline 1st Feb, and details below

think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

Anna Aslanyan | On the Picket Line On Monday morning, more than a hundred people formed a picket line outside one of the entrances to the British Library...

British Library staff asked for a decent pay. Instead they got ‘a few money-saving present ideas’, such as ‘consider not giving presents this holiday season’. They are on strike this week. I wrote about it for @lrb.co.uk. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...

A reminder of our last writing group session for the year tomorrow!

It's revealing about taboos around racism that the visceral bullying racism of schoolboy Farage cuts through while the much more consequential thinly veiled racism of adult Farage doesn't. Many people need that veil and flinch when it's removed. You can advocate racist policies but not say the words

This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started

Qualitative Researcher at The Ada Lovelace Institute Searching for an academic job? Explore this Qualitative Researcher opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

This is an absolutely cracking job for someone:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPN334/q...

I know folks love to pretend that 10 year wait for indefinite leave to remain doesn’t already exist, but it does and folks like me get stuck on it due to our time as students in this country.

And I can tell you from experience, a 20 year wait is fucking indefensible.

Exposing Russell Brand: navigating allegations of sexual misconduct and appealing to the manosphere On 16 September 2023, Channel 4’s Russell Brand in Plain Sight: Dispatches aired allegations of the celebrity comedian’s sexual misconduct with women over the course of his career. The documentary,...

My article for Celebrity Studies has gone live - Exposing Russell Brand: navigating allegations of sexual misconduct and appealing to the manosphere. Open access so fill yer boots. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The feminist politics of Meghan Markle: Brexit, femininity and the nation in crisis - Nathalie Weidhase, 2022 This article examines the relationship between femininity, popular feminism and the monarchy in the United Kingdom in a time of national and political crisis. S...

Thank you! I have written about the media reception of Meghan Markle here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... (happy to send a pdf if it's of interest as unfortunately it's not open access) and other academics such as Laura Clancy have written about the royals + their relationship with the media.

Crisis and capitalism: discourses of British royal celebrity in the 21st century Royals are often considered the first kind of celebrity. However, the ceremonial powers of the institution, their generational wealth, and the elevated status based on birth privileges alone separa...

It's always a bit weird having a publication come out when the topic is in the news anyway, especially when it relates to the royals. If you're interested in the monarchy's relationship with celebrity, do have a look at my new article! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In it, I analyse how Meghan and Harry construct their celebrity personas after 'Megxit', and how UK media received Prince Harry's 2023 autobiography Spare as another part of their transition from royals to celebrity.

Crisis and capitalism: discourses of British royal celebrity in the 21st century Royals are often considered the first kind of celebrity. However, the ceremonial powers of the institution, their generational wealth, and the elevated status based on birth privileges alone separa...

It's always a bit weird having a publication come out when the topic is in the news anyway, especially when it relates to the royals. If you're interested in the monarchy's relationship with celebrity, do have a look at my new article! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....