A/Prof of Narratology @Sydney_Uni | expert on how stories change reality | trying to disrupt thinking when in the media | aka the academic @GoggleboxAU
Emerald City, Land of Oz
Joined June 2012
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Looking for something to dive into summer with? From classic Aussie cinema and new twists on old classics, our critics have you sorted.
🎬 Featuring recommendations from experts at @notredameaus, @jcu, @UCNZ, @RMIT, @Sydney_Uni + @UniversitySA. theconversation.com/classic-…
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Thanks @SydneyUni_Media team for the write up of our @CHASS_Aus #CHASS2023 opening plenary on the Future of HASS in our Universities, hosted by @ArtSS_Sydney and featuring @AdkinsProf @RhondaItaoui @gabrielbmiller @fbongiornoanu
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Ministers will no longer approve Australian Research Council grants under bid to stop ‘political interference’ 👇👇👇 theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Science is essential for human flourishing – why does so much science communication paint a bleak, nihilist picture of the world?
As Chris Ellis (@Sydney_Uni) writes, science communicators need to stop telling everybody the universe is a meaningless void. theconversation.com/science-…
Gisterenavond gaf ik mijn #CleveringaLezing aan de @Sydney_Uni. @SBS Dutch was erbij en sprak na afloop met mij. Ook vroegen ze ambassadeur @NLinAustralia en enkele aanwezigen wat zij hebben opgestoken van deze lezing.
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IF we don’t fit in then we are seen as problematic, justifiably promoting a punitive approach to cultural diversity & its differences. This is where the concept of whiteness wins. Our society is set up to believe western & white views are correct. White is right & West is best 👀
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2/5 of time of top scientists is spent on other things than science (often looking for funding). One reason is the science system is full of complicated bureaucracy.
What to do about it?
Article in The Economist this week.
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📖The winners have been announced in the revamped Prime Minister's Literary Awards and they're a diverse bunch of books, with a focus on reconnection, regeneration, questioning and beauty. #PMLA2023
theconversation.com/the-reva…
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Even experts struggle to tell which social media posts are evidence-based. So, what do we do?...spoiler alert, I'm one of the experts ! Check out the piece in the @ConversationEDU @EB_Madden @katprior1 and I wrote based on the findings of our new paper. theconversation.com/even-exp…
Dit jaar wordt er voor het eerst door @UniLeidenNews en @NLinAustralia aan @Sydney_Uni een #CleveringaLezing georganiseerd en die wordt gegeven door ...
ik zei de gek.
Wil je meer weten? Luister dan naar @SBS hier:
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The words that have served as a rallying cry for pro-Palestinian protesters have also attracted accusations of antisemitism. How did a call for self-determination become divisive? trib.al/ng3k9Lc
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What's insomnia like for most people who can't sleep? 🤔
It's rarely depicted as an illness that can be treated.
🎬 Instead, most movies portray insomnia at extremes, with people suffering hallucinations or delusions, write experts from (@Sydney_Uni). theconversation.com/whats-in…
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University of Sydney has been ranked the top institution across 20 fields by The @australian's 2024 Research Magazine.
18 researchers have also been named leaders in their research areas.
See the results: sydneyuni.co/40uEAyQ
#LeadershipForGood #USYD #Research
I have accepted the high honour to deliver the local #CleveringaLezing at the @Sydney_Uni on Monday 27 November. Hosts @UniLeidenNews and the @NLinAustralia are delighted to invite you to attend. Please register here:
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Looking forward to seeing you all!
Wonderful news:
both @ABCbigideas and @SkyNews Extra have confirmed they wish to broadcast the address!
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"The choices & actions we take now will have impacts for thousands of years" @climatemorgan in her keynote @Sydney_Uni 🇦🇺yesterday ahead of the upcoming UN Climate Summit #COP28. Here are some of the key messages from the speech👇1/9
ALT Photo: Copyright: University of Sydney
ALT Photo: Copyright: University of Sydney
ALT Photo: Copyright: University of Sydney
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How big is science’s fake-paper problem?
Analysis suggests that there are hundreds of thousands of bogus ‘paper-mill’ articles lurking in the literature go.nature.com/471a4PJ
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Yes, words can matter but more often they are just thought-terminating devices - my opinion in today's Sydney Morning Herald
My @aconsres boss gummed a note for me on the #ACR2023 #GratitudeGumWall. Thank you Rajiv for encouraging, inspiring and motivating me, and simply making me smile🙂
