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Dr Gemma Hughes

@gemhughes.bsky.social

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Social scientist. Co-Director Centre for Healthcare Innovation, Policy & Management, University of Leicester School of Business. Editor-in-Chief Journal of Health Services Research & Policy https://journals.sagepub.com/home/HSR

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Dr Gemma Hughes @gemhughes.bsky.social · 4h

Also in Cornwall: Mousehole

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Leicester UCU @leicesterucu.bsky.social · 4d

A quick overview of our industrial action:
What we are doing, why we are doing it, and how you can support us.

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Dr Gemma Hughes @gemhughes.bsky.social · 4d

But there is also health services research and policy journals.sagepub.com/toc/HSR/curr...

Journal of Health Services Research & Policy - Volume 30, Number 4

Table of contents for Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 30, 4

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 5d

Yesterday the Royal Society held a series of panels & keynotes in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Turing Test. The unanimous critical takes on AGI, big tech's power concentration & the call for urgent action left me w hope things might be turning

Watch here m.youtube.com/live/GmnBTCK...

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Dr Gemma Hughes @gemhughes.bsky.social · 5d

I had a swim and felt 9 million times better for it

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 7d

“I will tell you, my daughter, of your worth”

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Dr Gemma Hughes @gemhughes.bsky.social · 7d

‘Reach for the book: it is a weapon’
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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 7d

We are outraged by the findings of this evening’s BBC Panorama investigation into the Metropolitan Police.

There can be no other logical conclusion than that the Met Police is irredeemable.

A statement from us 👇
www.runnymedetrust.org/news/the-met...

Birds-eye image of police officers with the statement "the metropolitan police is irredeemable" over the top

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Leicester UCU @leicesterucu.bsky.social · 10d

Are you ready to join us on the pickets?
Check out our activities for week 1, starting tomorrow:

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Leicester UCU @leicesterucu.bsky.social · 26d

Leicester UCU will be on strike from Monday 29 September until Friday 17 October.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 21d

In London, hate will never win.

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 14d

Ooh - my new paper on case study is out! What’s a case study, how do you do one, how do you spot a good one? Includes niche examples like the REF impact case study (though it’s mainly about research case studies).

BMJ Medicine @bmjmedicine.bsky.social · 14d

Calling all researchers and educators📣 This new RMR by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social on how to conduct effective case studies, offers guidance for using them for learning & decision-making.

Essential reading for robust research!

https://bit.ly/47PL01l

Promotional graphic for BMJ Medicine featuring an illustration of a person with a magnifying glass, analysing icons representing research methods and reporting, including charts and gears. The image includes text that reads 'NEW: Research Methods and Reporting,' with a call to action reading 'READ NOW.' There's also a reference to case studies and a guide for researchers

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Dr Gemma Hughes @gemhughes.bsky.social · 19d

This is a really helpful post as I try to think through how to engage public/patients in critical discussions about AI

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Brigitte Nerlich @bnerlich.bsky.social · 19d

In today's post I take a proposal by Alondra Nelson for AI ELSI as a springboard to reflect on obstacles and opportunities for community engagement with AI makingsciencepublic.com/2025/09/19/p...

Participation at the core: AI, ELSI and community engagement

Alondra Nelson, a sociologist, STS scholar and expert on AI policy and ethics, recently published a letter in Science proposing that artificial intelligence (AI) should adopt the Ethical, Legal, an…

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Gerry McCartney @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social · Aug 27

David Walsh and I will be presenting the findings of our book, 'Social Murder? Austerity and life expectancy in the UK', at the Scottish Parliament at 6pm on Tuesday 16th September. If you'd like to come, message me and we can add you to the invitation list!

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Dr Gemma Hughes @gemhughes.bsky.social · Aug 27

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What Ifá, an Indigenous binary knowledge system can teach us about AI - Impact of Social Sciences

Uyiosa Omoregie argues, Indigenous knowledge systems, such as Ifá, provide an alternative lens through which to understand AI & its impact on society.

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Dr Gemma Hughes @gemhughes.bsky.social · Aug 23

I’m constantly referring to this book as a (witty and well-written) explainer to anyone I have a conversation with about AI

Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · Aug 22

We're seeing sales creep up for The AI Con (thecon.ai) and for that, we're really thankful!

Let us know if you've put it on a syllabus, or shared with your AI skeptic friends who are wondering what all this mess is all about.

@emilymbender.bsky.social