Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University. Researching and teaching on Russian politics and security, and gender and conflict. Expect cat photos.
Jenny Mathers
"83% of LLM users could not quote a single line from essays they had written minutes earlier. When the LLM group was forced to write without AI in a follow-up session, their brain activity did not bounce back to baseline; the researchers coined the term 'cognitive debt' for the lingering deficit."
My latest for @uk.theconversation.com is out, asking whether #Russia's war against #Ukraine might contribute to political change at the top
theconversation.com/could-the-wa...
The war is increasingly becoming a public humiliation for Russia.
Shadow settles in to spend the morning napping while I get on with some writing.
Thanks to Sebastian Seibt for interviewing me (alongside Elisabeth Schimpfossl) for this article for @france24.com about Abramovich's role as a back channel between #Zelensky and #Putin
www.france24.com/en/europe/20...
Just pre-ordered my copy and looking forward to reading this important book! 📚
www.littlebrown.co.uk/titles/zahra...
Give us one example of a country that took a turn for the better after shrinking its opportunities for young people and deliberately reducing access to critical thought and analysis.
We’ll wait.
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Claire Langhamer
Jenny Mathers
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed reports that he asked Roman Abramovich to pass on an offer of direct talks to Vladimir Putin. A Russian oligarch loyal to the Kremlin may be a surprise choic...
'A memoir that doubles as a warning. Zahra Joya writes for the women the world abandoned to the Taliban's brutal gender apartheid - and refuses to let us for...
🎙️This morning I spoke to Emma Nelson on Monocle Radio's The Globalist about the latest package of EU sanctions against #Russia and about #Ukraine's increasing capacity to strike deep into Russian territory. The segment begins 12 minutes and 20 seconds into the recording.
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'Student numbers at UK universities should be reduced 30 per cent, with cuts targeted at institutions whose graduates go on to earn the least and those with the highest dropout rates, a new report has recommended.'
Policy Exchange is back on the warpath. 1/3
www.timeshighereducation.com
Five-year tuition fee freeze, ban on franchising and introduction of new national entry test among other recommendations from Policy Exchange
Call for papers: for a panel or a roundtable on women's protest (any issue, any location) for the #BISA virtual conference in January 2027. Expressions of interest please by 16 June to make the 19 June deadline for submission. Please share with your networks!
virtualconference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers
Jenny Mathers
The call for papers for the BISA virtual conference 2027.
