Inlay

I agree 100% with Steven Vickers that authors will be falsely accused of using AI in the coming years. In particular, authors like myself whose works were stolen to train AI systems are at risk. When we write in our own unique styles, AI trained on us will quite likely flag us as using AI.

Fingers crossed that academia is smart enough to change course from its overwhelming dependency on metrics. 🤞🏽 #AcademicSky #ResearchLife #ECRchat

"This is the most essential technology ever created in all of human history. Don’t mercilessly ridicule it just because it steals the joy out of your hobbies and creates sexually explicit images of women without their consent. Seriously, please stop! It really hurts my feelings."

“[Nvidia CEO] Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI” — Headline from Gizmodo - - — Guys, enough is enough. Bullying is a s...

I wrote a piece for 'Future Campus' in which are argue that for academic publication to have a future, a radical departure from current productivity-focused models and incentives is needed: futurecampus.com.au/2026/03/10/t...

Share your views towards building a shared understanding of AI disclosure in research. The survey is the first consultation round which will feature as a focus track at the @wcrifoundation.bsky.social in May. 🗓️ Survey closes: 28 February 2026 council.science/our-work/ai-...

FYI, Academia.edu has changed its terms of service to give an irrevocable worldwide license for anything uploaded to its site to be used for generative AI. I do not consent to this and have pulled all my papers.

High levels of publication output are not necessarily a reason to celebrate. In order for them to continue to be a valued part of academic work, a radical departure from current productivity-focused m...

While Artificial Intelligence (AI) can play a valuable role in research, its use must remain transparent, traceable, and responsibly integrated within scholarly practices. Help us map the needs for AI...

UniSuper says change was made ‘to expand the investible universe’ but complaint to Asic claims members were not properly informed * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A major Australian super fund has been accused of greenwashing after it continued to badge an investment option as “sustainable” despite quietly halving its environmental criteria. UniSuper, which invests $158bn on behalf of 670,000 members, promotes its Global Environmental Opportunities option as a portfolio “selected on the basis of environmental considerations”. Continue reading...

Academia.edu is the platform to share, find, and explore 50 Million research papers. Join us to accelerate your research needs & academic interests.

Get onto this, folks. If you lament the metricisation of academic work, this is valuable. What should be counted, and how does the counting happen? #AcademicSky

Who gets left behind in Australia's #OpenAccess strategy? "The whole arrangement starts to feel uncomfortably like paying protection money to the incumbents while neglecting the parts of the ecosystem that could genuinely turn the situation around." - T. Shafee researchwhisperer.org/2026/05/05/a...

Do we need a wealth and labour acknowledgement in the UK? "land acknowledgements should not be tokenistic, learned by rote and delivered with as much feeling as a station announcement that the train on platform 2 is ... 5 mins late" - @drhelenkara.bsky.social researchwhisperer.org/2026/03/24/d...

I’ve been thinking about Australian’s recent Open Access (OA) deal now that the dust has settled on the recent showdown with Elsevier. After all, we’d been spending some $500 million to $1 billion …

DORA has launched an introductory course on responsible research assessment! 🤩 🤓 What is it? A free online self-paced course ❓ Who is it for? Anyone who wants to learn more about the basics of research assessment, regardless of career level or discipline 🌐 Explore the course 👉 bit.ly/DORA-Intro-C...