Christopher R. Matthews

@drcrmatthews.bsky.social

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▪︎ Reading, writing & thinking about the moral foundation of scholarship
▪︎ Author of Doing Good Social Science: http://bit.ly/3EgFA2z
▪︎ More about my work: immersiveresearch.co.uk
▪︎ DM for speaking/workshop requests

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 4h

I spent a decade as an academic not understanding truth and i didnt even know. Do you think most academics spend much time deeply considering the nature of truth?

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 3d

Scholarship is sacred, research is part of that. ✊️

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 4d

@declanfahie.bsky.social I have a teaching and learning project which is connected to the above approach, could have a quick chat about it?

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 4d

I'm convinced that much of academia has lost contact with what really matters. Why would this be the case? An overly confident faith in a reductively understood notion of science born of the enlightenment, I think. So, we need a reenchanting & I'm working to make that happen. Anyone fancy joinin me?

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 4d

I find myself hoping for spelling mistakes 🙃

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Kyle Green @kylethegreen.bsky.social · 5d

new GTaC! @drcrmatthews.bsky.social joins for a wide-ranging conversation on the co-production of knowledge, radical honesty in the methods section, finding inspiration in the work of Simone Weil, and understanding research as sacred.
thesocietypages.org/theory/2025/...
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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 5d

@kylethegreen.bsky.social is a hero for providing nerds like me 🤓 a space to get into ideas. Here we discuss loads of stuff but specifically a 'soulful approach to the sacred act of scholarship' - thesocietypages.org/theory/2025/...

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 6d

One of the giants of social psychology was a serial sexual harasser.

This new report reveals how Miles Hewstone touched, bullied, and sexual harassed numerous women during his 18 years at the University of Oxford. It's amazing how often bullying and sexual harassment go together in academia.

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 8d

🙏🤙✊️

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 8d

Very gratified to learn that we were nominated for UNC Press' inaugural Readers' Choice Award.

We'd appreciate it if you would consider voting for *The End of College Football*!

uncpress.org/readers-choi...

Vote for The End of College Football in the UNC Press Readers' Choice Award

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 9d

Similar happened when I tried to get key parts of my ten year plan into my cv and a job application last week. So much of the humanity had to be cut. It was replaced by the absolute (audit) bollocks that will be assessed by the panel.

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 12d

Its the lord's work 🙌 🙏

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 12d

Causally putting 90s pop music themed puns into scholarship is peak academia, and I am very proud of myself for doing so.

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 16d

Can you send me your email address?

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 16d

A wee bit of history

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 18d

Lower the maximum wage.

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 19d

Sorry, ill take some minus points for scholarly integrity

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 19d

Sorry, I apologise for setting a bad example

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 19d

Colleagues, I might be speaking too soon, but it looks like I might hit a writing deadline! Its only taken 45 years.

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 21d

Its a myth that putting money into performance-sport helps with public health. Anyone who tells you otherwise usually has a reason to belief the myth - thesocietypages.org/engagingspor...

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 23d

If you keep working hard at the art and craft of academic writing it can become a super power. So speaks a boy who barely passed English in school, still cant spell well and knows nothing of grammar beyond feel. Dont let AI close down your ability to become a great writer.

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 29d

I told a 3rd year student yesterday (who had only attended 1 of 11 sessions) that he could catch up most of the stuff he needed to pass by watching a recorded lecture and reading an accessible book chapter - it was like I'd told him to invent the enigma machine

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