Erin O’Brien

AusPSA

@auspsa.bsky.social

🏆 Nominations are now open for the 2025 APSA Awards!

Recognising excellence in political studies — from standout PhDs to lifetime contributions and policy impact.

📅 Deadlines:
– 1 Aug: PhD Thesis & Mayer Book Prize
– 11 Aug: All other awards
🔗 auspsa.org.au/2025-apsa-co...

#APSA2025

APSA Prizes and Awards 2025 - Australian Political Studies Association

In recognition of the contributions made to all areas of political science, APSA will award the below prizes in 2025. These prizes cover a wide spectrum of achievement, from the PhD Thesis Prize award...

auspsa.org.au

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by Erin O’Brien

Erin O’Brien

@erinobrien.bsky.social

A short piece from me and Justine Coneybeer on the boycotts to protest Trump administration decisions. Not surprising in this Trump 2.0 era where the line between government and corporate America is dangerously blurred. #boycott #divest #Trump #Tesla #Musk

theconversation.com/trouble-at-t...

Trouble at Tesla and protests against Trump’s tariffs suggest consumer boycotts are starting to bite

If Donald Trump appears deaf to the protests of other governments over his policies, he may still hear the voice of corporate America should consumer boycotts spread.

theconversation.com

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emilyrosefoley.bsky.social

@emilyrosefoley.bsky.social

CALL FOR PAPERS

Our annual APSA Political Organisations and Participation
@popgroupaus.bsky.social research group workshop is being held 5-6 June at the Uni of Canberra.

Limited financial support available for ECRs and HDRs travelling from outside Canberra.

Short abstracts due 7 April.

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Jens Rydgren

@jensrydgren.bsky.social

New position at our department: Senior Lecturer in Sociology with specialization in Personnel, Work and Organization

Department of Sociology, Stockholm University

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Universitetslektor i sociologi, inriktning personal, arbete & organisation

Mer information om oss finns på: Sociologiska institutionen Arbetsuppgifter Arbetsuppgifterna består huvudsakligen av undervisning, kursutveckling, handledning och examination främst inom kurser

su.varbi.com

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Brendan Keogh

@brkeogh.bsky.social

I have updated the Academic Workload Tracker for 2025. I strongly encourage all academics to track how long you actually work, and at what tasks. It's a crucial way to counter the deliberate wage-theft of obfuscatory university workload models.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Academic Work Tracker Template v2.2 (2025)

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by Erin O’Brien

Erin O’Brien

@erinobrien.bsky.social

Thanks Luke.

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by Erin O’Brien

Erin O’Brien

@erinobrien.bsky.social

For anyone interested in research in this area, here are our latest papers on proxy advisors: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
and political investorism: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/XAHZN...

The Political Influence of Proxy Advisors in Campaigns for Ethical Investment: Guiding the Invisible Hand

Large, listed companies are under increasing pressure to respond to critical issues such as climate change, modern slavery, and the protection of First Nations' heritage. Much of this pressure is exe....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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by Erin O’Brien

Erin O’Brien

@erinobrien.bsky.social

I'm very excited that I, and wonderful collaborators @ainsleyelbra.bsky.social + @martijnboersma.bsky.social, have been awarded an ARC Discovery Grant to investigate proxy advisor influence on campaigns for ethical investment on #climatechange, #modernslavery, and First Nations people's #landrights.

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by Erin O’Brien

Erin O’Brien

@erinobrien.bsky.social

Over the last few days I had the privilege of attending the United Nations Business and Human Rights Forum in Geneva. It was great to speak with others around the world who are also interested in how the state, civil society, investors, and corporations can work together to combat #modernslavery.

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by Erin O’Brien

Erin O’Brien

@erinobrien.bsky.social

Thanks Jess!

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by Erin O’Brien

Erin O’Brien

@erinobrien.bsky.social

Thanks Duncan.

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by Erin O’Brien

Erin O’Brien

@erinobrien.bsky.social

Thanks so much Jill!

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by Erin O’Brien

Erin O’Brien

@erinobrien.bsky.social

I am so terribly sorry for your loss Roland, and for the world’s loss. Emma was a wonderfully bright and generous scholar and person. There are no words sufficient enough to convey the sadness of this loss. I’m grateful to have known Emma.

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by Erin O’Brien

Erin O’Brien

@erinobrien.bsky.social

So glad my brief visit to Oxford was timed well to catch some lovely snow! Good weather for archival research.

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Thesiswhisperer

@thesiswhisperer.bsky.social

For obvious reasons, re-upping this Thesis Whisperer post from
@zeblarson.bsky.social thesiswhisperer.com/2023/11/01/m...

More thoughts on the enshittification of academic social media

A couple of months ago I wrote a post called ‘The enshittification of academic social media’, riffing on ideas put in the world by Cory Doctorow. It’s fair to say, this post was a…

thesiswhisperer.com

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by Erin O’Brien

Erin O’Brien

@erinobrien.bsky.social

So heartened to see the academic community spilling into this refuge from X.

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by Erin O’Brien

Erin O’Brien

@erinobrien.bsky.social

Please add me. Thanks so much for the fantastic list!

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Brendan Keogh

@brkeogh.bsky.social

For years now, @hmberents.bsky.social and I have been using this spreadsheet template we made to track where and how we are working. It's hugely valuable and something I strongly encourage salaried academics to do.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...