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Leeds Institute for Societal Futures @societal.bsky.social · 21d

We are Leeds Institute for Societal Futures – find out what we do at societal.leeds.ac.uk

#Leeds #InstituteForSocietalFutures #LISF #HealthInequality #Polarisation #Trust #SocialCohesion

Fist punching the air - box with text saying polarisation, trust and social cohesion

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · Aug 2

Holiday, holiday, I declare a holiday.

Father and daughter riding a Bakfiets down a Swedish gravel road.

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Prof. Pam Birtill @diervilla.bsky.social · Jul 7

I love this so much. Something to think about…

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Jul 7

Also talked about The Onion being inefficient on purpose.

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What has it been like shifting from reporter to media executive, managing a staff instead of filing stories yourself? And do you write any of the jokes at The Onion? Or are you strictly managing the business?

The Onion’s process is deeply, beautifully inefficient. Every day, our writers take 150 headlines into a physical writers room in Chicago and whittle them down to maybe one or two. These people throw away the funniest sentence I will ever write in my life six times by noon every weekday.

The point of taking over this place was to preserve this process, which I learned this week is almost assuredly more rigorous than The New York Times.

That’s why I don’t touch any of it. I just try to get more people to pay attention to the output, and get our work into different mediums and new places. We brought back the paper, reinvested in the Onion News Network, bought a full page ad in The Times for something they were going to write anyway. The role is to make the world-class work they’re already doing seep into everyday American life more frequently, and that’s working.

You actually can do this, you know. You can just try to highlight the beauty of things you like and not try to vampirically extract value at every step.

If people get one thing out of this whole Q&A, I hope it’s that. You do not have to make an A.I. version of your own employees that operate at 1.5x speed but produce purely iterative garbage, especially in media and journalism. People don’t actually want that shit. Make a good, human thing and people will bend over backwards to support you. This is a valid way to run a company.

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · Jul 5

youtu.be/BDQbfHTgdxk @ukcge.bsky.social @the1752group.bsky.social #phdsky

Addressing harassment and sexual misconduct experienced by postgraduate researchers - Toolkit launch

YouTube video by The 1752 Group

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · Jul 3

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UK Council for Graduate Education @ukcge.bsky.social · Jul 3

For our Experiences of Doctoral Candidates panel session, trustee Luke Windsor welcomes Beth Meadows, Glasgow Caledonian University, and Adebolaji Nimyel, University of Glasgow. #UKCGEAC

Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · Jul 3

It’s been quite a day - my highlight was listening to two PGRs from this wonderful city talking about their experiences earlier today, but it was good to catch up with peers to discuss some current challenges. #UKCGEAC

UK Council for Graduate Education @ukcge.bsky.social · Jul 3

UKCGE Trustees Luke Windsor and Rachel Arnold chair a session for the Deans & Directors’ Network. Discussion underway on overseas PGRs. #UKCGEAC

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Economics Observatory @econ-observatory.bsky.social · Jul 1

How much does the UK spend on welfare?

🇪🇺 Relatively little compared to Europe: just 10.8% of GDP in 2023 (including sickness & disability benefits, pensions, etc.).

Meanwhile, 🇫🇮Finland spends 25.7% of GDP & 🇫🇷France 23.8%.

#ChartOfTheDay #Welfare

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Prof Damien Page @profdamienpage.bsky.social · Jun 28

Every UK resident is £355 better off per year as a result of international students.

Even for those who are not convinced by the immense cultural and intellectual contribution of international students, even for those unaware of the cross-subsidy ground breaking research they allow, 1/

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Leeds University Libraries @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social · Jun 27

@adamrutherford.bsky.social finishes our day with a flourish, with a history of people giving their most personal data, their genome, to private organisations, and how data is manipulated for racism & eugenics. "Data is never neutral. Science is always political. Race is social construct" #LKFS2025

Adam Rutherford at a podium in front of a screen saying: Data is never neutral. Science is always political.

Data checklist
Who is acquiring the Data?
How is it being acquired?
Who owns and curates the Data?
Who is using the Data and for what purposes?
Whom does it represent and were they involved in its collection?
Who vendors from its use?

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · Jun 27

He didn’t disappoint - really highlighting the importance of politics in how knowledge is collected, disseminated and interpreted.

Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · Jun 27

Now @adamrutherford.bsky.social is back to provoke us #LKSF2025 looking forward to this…

Adam Rutherford (@adamrutherford.bsky.social)

I had a marvellous time ruining everything. Scientist. President of @Humanists_UK Lecturer in Genetics @UCL Genetics, race, eugenics, books, cricket, +–=÷× @kbjmanagement adamrutherford.com

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · Jun 27

I’ve been finding today a bit much so in an unusual step I have been playing along with Masters of Reality in a break between sessions… (the seminar is great BTW it’s the other stuff ;-))

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Christopher Smith @christophersmith.bsky.social · Jun 27

here's my presentation to the super #LKFS2025; super important conversations. Many thanks to @masudk.com and colleagues for showing the way to knowledge futures. and here's Allan Ginsberg on the library dancefloor!

anatomiesofpower.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/k...

Knowledge Futures

I want to start in a singular place of culture, the British Museum. From the Great Court one can now peer into that symbol of human knowledge, the round reading room. We all somehow have it i…

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Masud Khokhar @masudk.com · Jun 27

The final panel session on “International Perspectives on Knowledge” starts now. Chaired and beautifully started by @jsendall.bsky.social and with wonderful panel members including Jonathan Bengtson, Dr. Rangashri Kishore, Patti Cheung, and Lindiwe Soyizwapi. #LKFS2025

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · Jun 27

This has been great, sadly I have had to dip in and out but my dips in have been good!

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · Jun 27

This talk was the highlight of my day.

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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · Jun 27

Hugely entertaining talk from @adamrutherford.bsky.social at #LKFS2025

“Information transfer is definitional human”

(unlike e.g. toolmaking, use of fire)

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Masud Khokhar @masudk.com · Jun 27

I am delighted that @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social and @lulgalleries.bsky.social are hosting the inaugural Knowledge Futures Symposium today. An amazing speaker lineup discussing the future of knowledge in a world full of mis/dis-information, fake news, and other contemporary challenges. #LKFS2025

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · Jun 26

Fantastic to see this - wonderful to work with @whiteroseuc.bsky.social on delivering this exciting programme - and with such a lovely group too!

White Rose University Consortium @whiteroseuc.bsky.social · Jun 26

Curious about the power of collaboration? We caught up with @truzaar.bsky.social from @york.ac.uk, a participant in our #CrucibleProgramme.

They shared how the programme is enriching their research and fostering new ways of thinking.

whiterose.ac.uk/news/spotlig...

The greatest value of Crucible comes from the unexpected connections and they ways your own research will be stretched and transformed by others." Truzaar Dordi

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · Jun 25

Let’s compare notes next week after I attempt to get to Glasgow and back. Although I’m quite hardened by my daily experience of TransPennine glory so my tolerance is high :-(

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European University Association (EUA) @eua.eu · Jun 24

Professionals who work to support doctoral candidates, whether in managerial or academic roles, have key roles to play in embedding inclusive practice to support gender equity in universities.

Read this EUACDE #DoctoralDebate article at buff.ly/tTpzYjO

@uniofnottingham.bsky.social

The Doctoral Debate

The Doctoral Debate: commentary and analysis on trends in doctoral education

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Institute for Medieval Studies Leeds @leedsims.bsky.social · Jun 23

Our PhD alumnus Dr Yinwen Mai reflected on his experience of the International Medieval Congress last year ahc.leeds.ac.uk/medieval/new.... Attendance is free for our students. Looking forward to seeing everyone this year. Come to the IMS reception on 7 July at 6 pm #medievalsky #IMC2025

IMS alumnus Dr Yinwen Mai reflects on the International Medieval Congress 2024

The International Medieval Congress for 2024 took place 01-04 July. Here, Institute for Medieval Studies alumnus Dr Yinwen Mai discuses his experience of attending and participating in the Congress.

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · Jun 19

I may be revisiting the recording of today’s launch - which was packed full of insights… @ukcge.bsky.social @annabull.bsky.social @the1752group.bsky.social

UK Council for Graduate Education @ukcge.bsky.social · Jun 11

We've just published a free toolkit in collaboration with Dr Anna Bull, Dr Kelly Prince and @the1752group.bsky.social‬. It covers how reports of harassment and sexual misconduct by postgraduate researchers should be addressed by universities. bit.ly/3ZYPi1q

Addressing harassment and sexual misconduct experienced by…

From August 1st 2025, higher education institutions in England will be required by the regulator, the Office for Students, to comply with a set of…

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UK Council for Graduate Education @ukcge.bsky.social · Jun 12

Have you booked yet for our Annual Conference: Transitions and Transformations in Postgraduate Education? It takes place in Glasgow in July and the programme is now available online. ukcge.ac.uk/events/a...

UKCGE | Annual Conference 2025

Higher education is undergoing a period of significant change, accelerated by the current financial crisis, declining international student numbers, new…

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UK Council for Graduate Education @ukcge.bsky.social · Jun 19

Read Dr Anna Bull's comment piece in Nature about the toolkit for addressing harassment and sexual misconduct experienced by PGRs (it's available for free download on both the UKCGE and the 1752 Group websites). www.nature.com/artic...

PhD students face high risk of sexual harassment — can universities stop perpetrators?

Nature - A toolkit outlines how academia can prevent various forms of misconduct.

www.nature.com

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