Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #academicculture, aggregated by home.social.
Stigmatization at University: What Students in Ukraine, Spain, and Switzerland Think About It
Read more in our new article in Social Sciences & Humanities Open:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2026.102907
#HigherEducation #Stigma #Inclusion #AcademicCulture #StudentVoices
[Online event] "Academic Culture: Facing the dark side, nurturing the light"
Loraleigh Keashly, professor of communication at Wayne State University, will lay out the values and qualities of academic culture and explore its “dark side” expression . She will also discuss how institutions and their members can nurture the strengths and mitigate the challenges.
🗓️ Tomorrow, October 3rd | 13:00-14:00
📍 Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/62520343268#success
➡️ Info: https://memento.epfl.ch/event/academic-culture-facing-the-dark-side-nurturing-th/
NEU: #WerkstattGeschichte 92 »prekäres wissenschaften«!
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Der einflussreiche #Historiker Karl Brandi (1868–1946) idealisierte eigene #Prekaritätserfahrungen an der #Universität als »Persönlichkeitsbildung«. @LenaOetzel arbeitet heraus, wie diese autobiografische Selbststilisierung dazu beitrug, akademische Hierarchien und Zugangsbeschränkungen zu stabilisieren:
▶ https://werkstattgeschichte.de/abstracts/nr-92-lena-oetzel
#Histodons #Unigeschichte #AcademicHistory #AcademicCulture #Wissenschaftskultur
A brilliant new paper in #ResearchEvaluation 📄 compares how the UK, Norway, and Poland implemented research impact assessment - with very different results:
🇬🇧 UK built infrastructure, #REF became a strategic tool.
🇳🇴 Norway took a soft, formative approach.
🇵🇱 Poland copy-pasted, spent big - got confusion, “point-chasing” and no culture shift.
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvaf010
🇺🇦 A lesson Ukraine risks ignoring again.
#ImpactAssessment #SciencePolicy #ResearchImpact #AcademicCulture
… and perhaps occasionally be mindful of the fact that you are not inviting people from groups that are over represented to give up their time like this. Speaking about and advocating for a better #AcademicCulture can make colleagues (senior and junior) think we’re less serious about our scientific research. If it’s during the day, we’ve got to make up that lab time somewhere else in the week. And on top of that, you don’t even bother to email to say thanks. 🥲 #ScienceMastodon
Like most #WomenInSTEM, I get a lot of requests to do talks/workshops about #AcademicCulture and #Inclusivity. Preparing and delivering these is exhausting and emotionally draining, and can impact on lab and teaching time. I have a salary and would feel uncomfortable taking a fee, but it’s really crushing when the people who invite you don’t message to say thanks. Please, please thank your speakers. #ScienceMastodon
Things I didn’t like about Twitter: relentless self-publicity (without amplifying others), endless platitudes about #AcademicCulture, or performative demonstrations of a commitment to #diversity. It celebrated people who were good at shouting loudly and repeating other people’s experiences as their own rather than championing people doing meaningful work.
Here's my #introduction!
Assistant Professor of #Economics at Western Washington University, Ohio State before that. I conduct research on ag + food systems + teach classes on enviro + resources. I care a lot about #inclusivity + #equity in our society + the profession.
I left Twitter for good + hope we migrate only the best parts to Mastodon.
As long as I'm here, expect occasional toots about econ of ag, #FoodSystems, #environment + resources plus #AcademicCulture, #mentorship, + #pedagogy.