Béatrice Cointe

@beatricecointe.bsky.social

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Solar-powered Science & Technology Studies researcher and IAM ethnographer at CSI - CNRS, Mines Paris-PSL.
"Well the world of research has gone berserk, too much paperwork" (Dylan 2006)
Soundtrack: t.ly/0V77d

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Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · Apr 30

"In the midst of perpetual debates on most issues of the climate change problem, one refreshing exception is the consensus on our ignorance..."

(from the report on a 1993 Workshop on Integrative assessment of mitigation, impacts and adaptation to climate change)

"In the midst of perpetual debates on most issues of the climate change problem, one refreshing exception is the consensus on our ignorance about the biophysical impacts on unmanaged ecosystems and the difficulties of monetizing non-market damage. One possibility to include ecosystemic"
(highlighted in yellow from beginning to "ignorance")

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · 2d

One of my favorite - read: most "😮-inducing" - Nordhaus point to casually mention in lectures:

(from 1993, Reflections on the economics of climate change, I guess the same paper and section you're discussing in these pages)

This survey of impacts will concentrate primarily upon the United States,
because that is where the evidence is most abundant. In reality, most of theU.S. economy has little direct interaction with climate. For example, cardiovascular surgery and parallel supercomputing are undertaken in carefully controlled environments and are unlikely to be directly affected by climate change. More generally, underground mining, most services, communications, and manufacturing are sectors likely to be largely unaffected by climate change—sectors that comprise around 85 percent of GDP.

Reposted by Fredrik Albritton Jonsson, Matthias Schmelzer, Béatrice Cointe

Venus Bivar @vbivar.bsky.social · 8d

A few of us got together for a forum on degrowth in
@envirohistory.bsky.social. Here is my bit: "It's the Economy Stupid." And check out the entries from
@fredrikjonsson.bsky.social, @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social, and

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

It’s the Economy, Stupid | Environmental History: Vol 31, No 1

www.journals.uchicago.edu

Reposted by Béatrice Cointe

CNRS Sciences humaines & sociales @cnrsshs.bsky.social · 9d

Agir avec les #archives : comment rendre disponible le fonds Bruno Latour ?

Un fonds d’archives est un objet intellectuel unique qu’il faut respecter en tant que tel. La #Lettre revient sur la méthodologie exigée par un tel procédé.

👉 urls.fr/uQYUv_

Reposted by Fabián Muniesa, Benjamin Braun, Brett Christophers , and 1 more Fabián Muniesa, Benjamin Braun, Brett Christophers, Béatrice Cointe

daniela russ @ueberdruss.bsky.social · 10d

what do we talk about when we talk about energy? my answer features (among many others) adorno, bogdanov, and the austrian communist wilhelm frank, who experimented with national exergy balances in the 1950s. out april 2026.

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · 16d

Ok, to be fair I have actually heard of most of these, except the newest ones... (maybe I can still skip signing up to eurograd!). there is also one in Switzerland I think. So agree with you about the massification/fragmentation dynamic, with not that much thematic diversity on top of it...

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · 16d

Oh wow I must be out of the loops, only heard of the big one this year. Maybe I'm not doing STS anymore 😵‍💫 (or maybe I just should sign back into the eurograd mailing list....)

There were at least four last year too, and none annual, so that is likely a few too many indeed...

Reposted by Béatrice Cointe

This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 17d

Since people don't like my "create a financial disincentive for submitting AI to journals", how about a compact of research intensive institutions and academic societies based on the principle of banishing anyone found out to have submitted AI papers without reporting it?

Reposted by Béatrice Cointe

Glen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · 17d

How are scenarios used?

Scenarios are used for contrasting purposes but are often actively interpreted and processed by informed users who are aware of different scenarios’ strengths, limitations and uncertainties.

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Analysing the use of emissions scenarios in practice - npj Climate Action

npj Climate Action - Analysing the use of emissions scenarios in practice

www.nature.com

Reposted by Béatrice Cointe

Fire Draw Near @firedrawnear.bsky.social · 17d

I made this episode all about the song The Greenland Whale Fishery last year just before I fulfilled a lifelong not-even-a-dream-because-its-too-mad and sang it with the Pogues in the 3 Arena. Listen to it at all the usual places (but not Slopify please) and enjoy! X
campsite.bio/firedrawnear

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · 29d

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Venus Bivar @vbivar.bsky.social · 29d

Easily the creepiest vintage plastic ad I've seen thus far.

Reposted by Béatrice Cointe

Venus Bivar @vbivar.bsky.social · 29d

Easily the creepiest vintage plastic ad I've seen thus far.

Reposted by Fabián Muniesa, Bruno Cousin, Béatrice Cointe

Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · Jan 8

🚨 Job Alert 🚨

We are seeking to recruit an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Political Science – Ecological Transitions in / of Europe and the EU.

Applications welcome until February 5 (4 PM, Paris time).

Full Job Description and Recruitment Process ⤵️

#AcademicJobs #PolSci

Recruitment - Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Political Science 2026

Recruitment 2026 - Sciences Po is recruiting an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Political Science / Politics and/or policy of the ecological transitions in/of Europe and the European Union.

www.sciencespo.fr

Reposted by Béatrice Cointe

Valérie Masson-Delmotte @valmasdel.bsky.social · Jan 8

Secession also from IBPES, IUCN, UN Oceans and UN Water...

Valérie Masson-Delmotte @valmasdel.bsky.social · Jan 8

Secession from IPCC and UNFCCC

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States

MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United

www.whitehouse.gov

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · Jan 6

It would (probably) be a good STS question to ask why we do that.

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · Dec 28

Faudrait pas qu’ils donnent des idées à Vault City Brewing…

Reposted by Glen P. Peters, Mattias Hallquist, John Hogan , and 2 more Glen P. Peters, Mattias Hallquist, John Hogan, Stefan C. Aykut, Béatrice Cointe

Bård Lahn @bard.lahn.no · Dec 23

New paper! How are emissions scenarios 📉 from the IPCC (and other sources) actually used by decision-makers? We asked them, and the results are out just in time for the holidays 🧑‍🎄🤶🧑‍🎄 (with @idasogn.bsky.social & @climansen.bsky.social)

Analysing the use of emissions scenarios in practice - npj Climate Action

npj Climate Action - Analysing the use of emissions scenarios in practice

www.nature.com

Reposted by David Underdown, Béatrice Cointe

Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · Dec 22

Music, materials, weather and climate - a great story about a set of organ record books from the 1960s to now. Are there older ones? When did recording temperature and humidity become a common part of the tuner's practice? www.theguardian.com/environment/... #histSTM #envhist

Organ-tuning books in English churches provide notes on a warming climate

Researchers have realised the records are a ‘goldmine’ to study changes in environmental conditions

www.theguardian.com

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · Dec 20

ParanoiAI

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · Dec 20

I’ve reached the point where I’m questioning co-authoring papers because what if one co-author uses it without my knowing

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Dec 20

I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Dec 20

I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.

Reposted by Béatrice Cointe

Lucie Rondeau du Noyer @lucienoyer.bsky.social · Dec 19

💼 Au 1er semestre 2026, le projet #ETRANHET du @cired.bsky.social recrute un·e stagiaire niveau Master SHS pour étudier comment les économistes ont pensé la ❓énergétique pendant la décolonisation 🇫🇷 (1946-80).

🗓️ Candidature avant le 15/01/2026

Tous les détails : www.centre-cired.fr/wp-content/u...

www.centre-cired.fr

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · Dec 18

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Jake Berg @jacobsberg.bsky.social · Dec 18

Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.

We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.

An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.

www.wsj.com

Reposted by Peter Thorne, Steve Peers, Mark D. White , and 9 more Peter Thorne, Steve Peers, Mark D. White, Scott A. Imberman, Christine Kooi, Michael D. McDonald, Greg Linden, Daxton R. Stewart, Aviel Roshwald, Juliet Johnson, Jesse D. Berman, Béatrice Cointe

Jake Berg @jacobsberg.bsky.social · Dec 18

Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.

We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.

An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.

www.wsj.com

Reposted by Fabián Muniesa

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · Dec 17

[3/3] The other one in Œconomia on the history of climate economics, that I co-edit with Antoine Missemer and Christophe Cassen.

Deadline for *abstracts* Jan 15, 2026
Full papers expected July 5, 2026

journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...

History of Climate Economics

Editors of the Special Issue Christophe Cassen (CNRS, CIRED Paris) Béatrice Cointe (CNRS, CSI Paris) Antoine Missemer (CNRS, CIRED Paris) Call for Papers In 2018, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Eco...

journals.openedition.org

Reposted by Fabián Muniesa

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · Dec 17

[2/3] One in Futures on "Constructing futures through climate modelling", that I'm co-editing with @dralaaclimate.bsky.social, @natasja.bsky.social, @a-nikas.bsky.social and Chris Groves

Submission deadline for *papers* : March 31

www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Futures | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Futures | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

Read the latest articles of Futures at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

www.sciencedirect.com

Reposted by Glen P. Peters, Fabián Muniesa

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · Dec 17

[1/3] Before everyone scatters away on holidays, a reminder to people here interested in the history of climate economics and/or the politics of climate modelling about two ongoing calls for papers.

One questions futures, the other is history-oriented, take your pick!

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · Dec 16

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Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · Feb 24

If I were to write SF now, I'd set it in a world were the digital is just AIs producing content for other AIs to process, while humans have reverted to largely analogue communication and organisation, because digital tools are so polluted now.

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · Dec 16

Coming next, AI-generated documents for historians, AI-generated maps for geographers, AI-generated telescope data for astronomers, AI-generated trade balances for economists, AI-generated 3D models or artifacts for archeologists, and AI-generated election results for political scientists.

Sabrina Norwood @sabrinanorwood.bsky.social · Dec 16

Did you know that from tomorrow, Qualtrics is offering synthetic panels (AI-generated participants)?

Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"

Text reads: About synthetic panels
Recruiting the right participants for a study can be difficult. You may not get the exact demographics you need, and the shorter the deadline, the less sure you can be that everyone will answer on time. One possible solution can be to use synthetic panels.

Synthetic panels are powered by a first party proprietary AI model developed here at Qualtrics. Our synthetic panel is trained on thousands of responses from a variety of demographic backgrounds in order to more accurately predict how certain populations would respond to a survey.

Our synthetic panel is based on the United States General Population, and is only available in English. This panel comes with ready-made quotas and target breakouts in order to represent your chosen population and make it easy to launch your survey right away.

Text reads:
Discussion
The current study aimed to conduct a meta-analysis of the TPB when applied to health behaviours which addressed the limitations of previous reviews by including only prospective tests of behaviour, applying RE meta-analytic procedures, correcting correlations for sampling and measurement error, and hierarchically analysing the effect of behaviour type and sample and methodological moderators. Some 237 tests were identified which examined relations amongst model components. Overall the analysis indicated that the TPB could explain 19.3% of the variance in behaviour and 44.3% of the variance in intention across studies. This level of prediction of behaviour is slightly lower than that of previous meta-analytic reviews which have found between 27% (Armitage & Conner, 2001; Hagger et al., 2002) and 36% (Trafimow et al., 2002)
of the variance in behaviour to be explained by intention and PBC.

Reposted by Robert Böhm, Brady T. West, Brendan Nyhan , and 43 more Robert Böhm, Brady T. West, Brendan Nyhan, Gordon Hodson, Carl T. Bergstrom, Richard Price, Steven Van de Walle, Mary Feeney, Jamie Morgan, Ian Hall, Fabián Muniesa, Jason Reifler, Kelly Smith, Ingo Rohlfing, Ian Hussey, James Grimmelmann, Smith, Rebecca Tushnet, David R. Miller, Patrick S. Forscher, Michelle L. Mazurek, Margot C. Finn, Michael D. McDonald, Sebastian Karcher, Martin Kreidl, Maria Abreu, Eric Hehman, Zen Faulkes, Joanna Tai, Madeleine Pownall, Damian Trilling, David Murakami Wood, Sofia Stathi, Johannes Breuer, Woodrow Hartzog, Greg Linden, Jack Stilgoe, Richard M. Carpiano, Aleksandra Urman, Juan Ramón, Gemma C. Sharp, Terry Gaasterland, Maksym Polyakov, Jake Anders, Jeannette Sutton, Béatrice Cointe

Sabrina Norwood @sabrinanorwood.bsky.social · Dec 16

Reposted by Mathias Girel, Béatrice Cointe

Nicolas Holzschuch @nholzschuch.bsky.social · Dec 11

JO du jour : ouverture des postes de CR au CNRS : www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORF...
Avec une coquille : le titre et la liste des postes disent "chargés de recherche de classe normale" mais l'article 1 dit "directeurs de recherche de 1ère classe". Rectificatif à venir.

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