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Funded by @erc.europa.eu‬ and hosted by @ibei.org‬, we explore variations in nation-building policies on a global scale and identify their unique consequences for identity, conflict, and development. #NationBuilding Visit us: http://ethnicgoods.org

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EthnicGoods @ethnicgoods.bsky.social · Feb 5

Hi Bluesky! 👋

We are EthnicGoods, an #ERC project putting together the first-ever group-level dataset on Nation-Building!

Follow us to get insights into #NationBuilding, #Identity and #MinorityGroups.

#Introduction #AcademicSky #EduSky #Sociology #PoliticalScience #InternationalRelations

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 2d

Just to be absolutely clear:

The President of the United States has absolutely no power to “take away” any right enumerated in the Constitution from any person.

And that is how every single article, blog post, and social media commentary should start when discussing this ludicrous statement.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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EthnicGoods @ethnicgoods.bsky.social · 2d

#EuropeanResearchersNight was a great success!
Three of our researchers participated, giving talks in the “Conversations with International Researchers” session.

We were impressed with the engagement and many interesting questions!

See you next year!
#AcademicSky

Photos from #EuropeanResearchersNight — an overview of the event, and Matthias vom Hau and Emre Amasyali presenting.

EthnicGoods @ethnicgoods.bsky.social · 8d

The @apsa.bsky.social conference was fruitful!

Several people spoke to our researchers to say how excited they are by our dataset.

It seems there is broad interest in data projects, and we’re thrilled to contribute to this burgeoning field!
#PoliticalScience #AcademicSky
@emreamasyali.bsky.social

EthnicGoods was proud to participate in the 2025 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition, where we presented two forthcoming papers:

VARIETIES OF NATION-BUILDING: A NOVEL TYPOLOGY AND GLOBAL DATASET

A WAR OF WORDS: EXAMINING THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE STATUS GRIEVANCES IN CIVIL WARS

EthnicGoods @ethnicgoods.bsky.social · 16d

From workshops to talks with experts, the evening is designed to bring researchers into the spotlight!

Join us tomorrow, 6-8 pm at CosmoCaixa in Barcelona.
We’re excited to tell you more about what we do!

In collaboration with: @erc.europa.eu & MSCA
#ERN2025 #EuropeanResearchersNight #AcademicSky

26 Sep 2025
La noche de la investigación
Bringing researchers into the light

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHERS SESSION: ENGLISH-LANGUAGE CONVERSATIONS
6:00-8:00 PM AT COSMOCAIXA, BARCELONA

Funded by the EU and organised by ESCIENCIA and “la Caixa” Foundation, La Noche de la Investigación (European Researchers’ Night) is a simultaneous event taking place in cities across Europe to celebrate science!

We hope to welcome over 1.5 M people into museums, universities and research institutions across 25 countries.

Join us to find out more about how government policies affect identity, conflict, and development.

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Join EduC @joineduc.bsky.social · 25d

Someone asked me about this quite recently — so we thought it worth reiterating.

Scientific agreement on #ClimateChange has steadily increased over time: scientists, universities, and laboratories contribute to the scientific opinion via peer-reviewed publications, while... 1/2
#GreenSky #EduSky

Do scientists agree on climate change?

Yes.
There is >99% consensus on human- caused climate change across peer-reviewed scientific publications.

Source: IOP Science » https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac2966
NASA: Scientific Consensus » https://science.nasa.gov/climate-change/scientific-consensus/

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Fernando Blanco 🦋 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @fernandoblancopsy.com · 24d

We are offering a 2-year postdoctoral position at CIMCyC (Granada, Spain) to work on the psychology of dis(mis)information.

Apply before 26th September. Nice city, great environment ☺️

Please share! 🔃

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#cogpsyc
#PsychSciSky
#PsychJob
#PhDJob

Job Offer: Postdoctoral Researcher in Disinformation

As part of the strategic plan linked to the María de Maeztu Seal of Excellence award, the CIMCYC is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher with experience in the field of the psychology of disinformatio...

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EthnicGoods @ethnicgoods.bsky.social · 18d

2/2 Join us in Sarajevo, BIH, a city deeply marked by the legacies of war and peace-building, to discuss the role of textbooks in reflecting and reshaping contested histories.

To apply: ethnicgoods.org/cfp-workshop...
#History #PoliticalScience #AcademicSky

CfP | Workshop: Textbooks, Identity & Conflict - EthnicGoods

Call for Participation Workshop: Textbooks, Identity & Conflict Sarajevo, BIH | 12-13 Nov 2025 How do school textbooks shape national identity, conflict narratives, and reconciliation in divided socie...

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EthnicGoods @ethnicgoods.bsky.social · 18d

🔴 Update! We’re extending the deadline for the Sarajevo workshop until Oct 3rd!!

📚 School textbooks are powerful political tools. They shape how societies remember the past, imagine their future, and understand their place in the world... 1/2

#History #PoliticalScience #AcademicSky

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Sarajevo | Nov 2025

WORKSHOP: TEXTBOOKS, IDENTITY & CONFLICT

Apply by 3 Oct 2025

How do school textbooks shape national identity, conflict narratives, and reconciliation in divided societies?

Join us in Sarajevo for an interdisciplinary workshop exploring the role of educational materials in mediating political and social change.

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EthnicGoods @ethnicgoods.bsky.social · 23d

🌃 EthnicGoods will be collaborating with international researchers in Barcelona as part of European Researchers’ Night on Sept 26th.

Join us from 6—8:00 pm at CosmoCaixa in Barcelona.
Come and chat! We’re excited to tell you more about what we do!

With @erc.europa.eu
#PoliticalScience #AcademicSky

26 Sep 2025
LA NOCHE DE LA INVESTIGACIÓN

La Noche de la Investigación (European Researchers’ Night) is a simultaneous event taking place in cities across Europe to celebrate science!

Together, we hope to welcome over 1.5 million people of all ages into museums, universities and research institutions in 460 cities, across 25 countries.

We'll be presenting and participating in English-language Conversations during the International Researchers portion of the event, from 6:00-8:00 pm at CosmoCaixa in Barcelona.

Join us to find out more about how government policies affect identity, conflict, and development.

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RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social · 25d

PhD position on urban studies at the University of Barcelona. Deadline to apply: 7 October 2025 seu.ub.edu/ajutsPublic/... #urban #sociology

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 26d

A conversation in the hotel elevator between an elderly couple and me:

-Are you with the tour?

+No; the political scientists are gathering.

-I hope you guys make good decisions.

+We study other people's bad decisions.

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EthnicGoods @ethnicgoods.bsky.social · Sep 11

🙏 Our thanks to everyone who joined us in Salta — we were delighted by the considerable public interest!

The presentations were insightful, including some in-depth anthropological work—studying distinct communities over an extended period of time.

Overall, a valuable experience for all attendees!

PUBLIC POLICIES IN CONTEST

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP: August 28-29, 2025
Salta, Argentina

[Photo of our esteemed and stylish presenters!]
Our thanks to everyone who attended the EthnicGoods Workshop, co-hosted with ICSOH-CONICET, in Salta.
The high level of research presented showed that there has not simply been a uniform multicultural turn in Latin America. Rather, the meaning and degree of implementation varies not only across the region but also within countries and policy areas.

We were declared "of municipal interest" and here's a plaque to prove it!

Some of the team dining out in a beautiful Argentinian restaurant.

EthnicGoods @ethnicgoods.bsky.social · Sep 9

From Salta!
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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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EthnicGoods @ethnicgoods.bsky.social · Sep 4

🔴 Reminder! Apply by Sept 15th!

📚 Join us in Sarajevo to discuss the role of textbooks in how societies remember the past, imagine their future, and understand their place in the world.

To apply: ethnicgoods.org/cfp-workshop...
or contact [email protected]

#PoliticalScience #AcademicSky

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Sarajevo | Nov 2025

WORKSHOP: TEXTBOOKS, IDENTITY & CONFLICT

Apply by Sept 15 2025

How do school textbooks shape national identity, conflict narratives, and reconciliation in divided societies?

Join us in Sarajevo for an interdisciplinary workshop exploring the role of educational materials in mediating political and social change.

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · Aug 28

Find a way to tell your students: we are at a point in time where we will decide if we want a future of diversity or a future of conformity. #EduSky #AcademicSky

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EthnicGoods @ethnicgoods.bsky.social · Aug 28

❤️ Where would we be with them?

Well...🤔 uninformed and frustrated, obviously!

Amy Johnston, PhD @amydjohn.bsky.social · Aug 28

Shout out to all the librarians in the Bluesky universe 💪

#AcademicSky #ScienceSky

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Shunyan Lyu @shunyanlyu.bsky.social · Aug 28

"The framework requires a commitment to actively fighting racism; choosing to be simply 'non-prejudiced' or 'non-racist' can unintentionally support passive racism." (Inzlicht, 2025)

#EduSky #PsychSciSky #Psychology #PsychSky #SocialPsych #SocialPsychology #AcademicSky

Michael Inzlicht @minzlicht.bsky.social · Aug 27

Interesting research finding: when trying to reduce prejudice, the how matters as much as the what. Coercive approaches can sometimes backfire. New post exploring the psychology of persuasion and a frustrating academic story.

When Good Intentions Alienate: The Unintended Consequences of Anti-Racist Zeal

What if trying to fight racism made it worse?

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Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD @riverinelitter.bsky.social · Aug 28

🎉We're glad to share our latest paper on #microplastics in #bees with you.

🐝What about #pollination hindered by MPs in urban and rural sites?

💥Great collaboration with @abdaltunisik and @Damia_Barcelo

Read it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#research #Academia #AcademicBluesky

Pollination under attack: First insights from Türkiye Plain reveal microplastics in bees from both urban and rural areas

The increasing production and environmental release of plastics have led to the widespread presence of microplastics (MPs) in diverse ecosystems. Poll…

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Arwid Lund @arwidlund.bsky.social · Aug 28

Back at the start. European Sociological Association's mid-term conference, research network 18. #Media #Communication #DigitalLabour I present on Academia as a public sphere. Hoping to get collective writing on a manifest going #AcademicSky #AcademicFreedom rn18esa.wordpress.com/conference-a...

Conference Agenda

Download the full conference agenda here: Commumication and Capital(ism)_Full Conference AgendaDownload

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EthnicGoods @ethnicgoods.bsky.social · Aug 28

🚀 We’re kicking off our international workshop exploring how #multiculturalism has reshaped public policy in Latin America TODAY! 🇦🇷

Visit our website to find out more: ethnicgoods.org/salta-worksh...
#SocialScience #Governance

PUBLIC POLICIES IN CONTEST:
MULTICULTURALISM AND GOVERNANCE OF EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND TERRITORY IN ARGENTINA & LATIN AMERICA

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP: Aug 28-29, 2025 | Salta, Argentina

Over the past decades, many Latin American governments have adopted constitutional and policy reforms recognising the collective rights of Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples — ranging from land titling and bilingual intercultural education to culturally adapted healthcare. Yet beyond official rhetoric, how have these reforms been implemented, and with what political and social consequences?

The workshop will examine the “multicultural turn” through the lens of three key policy domains:
• Education: from the introduction of Indigenous languages to intercultural higher ed initiatives.
• Health: incorporating Indigenous medical knowledge into public health systems.
• Territory: legal recognition and governance of Indigenous communal lands.

Co-hosted with ICSOH-CONICET
Funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme (Grant No. 864333)

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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · Aug 22

New article!

Rural–urban divide in support for renewable energy policy: evidence from Nevada’s renewable portfolio standard ballot initiative in 2020, from Inhwan Ko, Nicolas Wittstock & Dawson Frost.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

ABSTRACT
Rural areas are critical venues for scaling up renewable energy (RE) development in the United States. Yet, data show rural Americans to be less supportive of government policies that promote RE development than urban Americans. Existing accounts have yet to provide adequate explanations for this rural–urban divide in support for RE policy. Drawing on precinct-level data from the 2020 Nevada State General Election, we examine the relative support for a statewide renewable portfolio standard (RPS) across rural and urban precincts. We find that rural precincts were significantly less supportive of RPS than urban precincts. Importantly, this pattern persists even after controlling for precinct-level partisanship as well as its distance to the closest RE projects. We conclude by discussing a possible mechanism that may lead rural residents to be especially averse to RE policy.

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Dr. Carlie Trott @carlietrott.bsky.social · Aug 20

Social psychologists will have a lot to say about AI in the coming years, especially bc ppl are *definitely* treating AI like it's another person, often highly knowledgeable or highly skilled. "Diffusion of responsibility" comes to mind on this one... #academicsky

Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · Aug 20

Good people, don't outsource anything you're not willing to lose....

For oncologists who incorporated AI into their practice, their ability to spot tumors fell by around 20% within just a few months of adopting it--Bloomberg

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EthnicGoods @ethnicgoods.bsky.social · Aug 21

🔖 REGISTER HERE for our International #Workshop in Salta, Argentina: *Public Policies in Contest: #Multiculturalism and #Governance of Education, Health, and Territory in Latin America.*

See you there!
#AcademicSky #EduSky #SocialScience #PublicPolicy

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Workshop Internacional: Políticas públicas en disputa: multiculturalismo y gobernanza de la educación, la salud y el territorio en Argentina y América Latina

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Aug 21

Today I had a paper rejected because it was not “novel” enough.

That's bizarre; it had a love story, character development, a plot twist, and a cliffhanger ending that set up a sequel.

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