Today in #PredatoryPublishing: A predatory journal encouraging me to submit an editorial piece I wrote for *another journal* about being an editor of *that journal*, for publication in their predatory journal.

Chef's kiss

@academicchatter

Academics and Researchers !!

I'm running a study looking at how academics/researchers get feedback on their research and we need just a few more responses. If you'd like to help, the online survey is here:

https://greenwichuniversity.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9SwlPSLrgHg9dyu

You're compensated with twenty of the finest English pounds (or international equivalent) for a few minutes, and it's all anonymous!

"So the real comparison when contracting to a third party should be with what if we just left things as they are and not contract out to any one at all. "

https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/148/3/687/8058558?login=false

Hi! I'm a new #SciComm member.

I'm currently finishing my MSc in #Environmental #Economics at UCPH. My #research focuses on incorporating learning-by-doing and site-scarcity effects into #renewableenergy #policy design. Broadly, my interests lie in quantitative research around #sustainability.

On my profile, you'll mostly find content related to my #scientific interests and policy discussions in these areas. My own posts will likely share insights from my #academic journey.

So, #Academic / #HigherEducation people! Give me your tips on mentoring late-stage PhD students and/or early-stage post-docs. Feel the need to up my game a bit recently with the ones I have, but not sure how. Looking for ideas.
(Note, please remember I am not in the American/British system)

Happy to share another exciting #postdoctoral #academic #job #opportunity in #Vienna at WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) within the Bilateral AI #ClusterOfExcellence in #Vienna

https://wirtschaftsuniversitaet-wien-portal.rexx-systems.com/postdoctoral-Project-Staff-Member-eng-j2405.html

Help us boosting #AI research in #Austria's largest foundational research projects in this area in a great network and environment.

The position focuses mainly on #GraphBased #ArtificialIntelligence and #KnowledgeGraphs in (neuro-symbolic and data-driven) combinations with foundational models in #BILAI's Research Module 1 (cf. https://www.bilateral-ai.net/research-modules/)

Looking forward to your applications, please don't hesitate to reach out directly to me for any questions on the position and/or please do reshare with potentially interested colleagues!

#WorldBookDay

"The #Occult #Elvis: The #Mystical & #Magical #Life Of The #King"

By #MiguelConner (Host Of #AeonByte #GnosticRadio)

(#DrHermanSJr. acknowledged in book for #mentorship, #coaching & #academic #consulting)

https://drhermansjr.carrd.co

It would be cool if some academic "papers" started to be made in hypermedia format, like a mini-wiki, instead of a linear document.

This journey would not be possible without the people behind the pages:
Our brilliant authors,
Our dedicated peer reviewers,
And our passionate editorial team.

Special thanks to our Editor-in-Chief Dr. habil. Judit Beke for leading with vision, warmth, and purpose.

#thankyou for believing in #OpenAccess, #academic dialogue, and meaningful #research

Here’s to the next 5 years!
#thankyou #academiccommunity #openscience #gjsd #peerreview #editors #educationinnovation #lifelonglearning

It's Easter.

It feels strangely quiet this year. Last "Easter" was a lovely queer lunch with @JoscelynTransient , a celebration of TDoV; previous Easters generally involved church services. This year, I have no plans to celebrate with anyone, no plans to go to church. I will likely go into the office for grading, maybe stop in at another meeting briefly to drop off a small gift, probably watch a bluray of a particular opera, one appropriate for the day and the times (Dialogues des Carmelites... seriously, if nothing else, look up the "Salve Regina" finale. Chilling.)

The last few months have been a whirlwind. It has felt like fighting the world, as an #academic, as a #trans woman, as a thinking and feeling human being. My body has started to speak up recently that it is necessary to take care of myself as well. That's what I've been trying to do the past couple of days - see to things for home and self.

I have started preparing for the worst, in small ways. Not that it is imminent... but that it is a possibility, something I must consider. It is a heartbreaking moment to look at the library I'd spent decades cultivating, and realizing it is time to start divesting and selling to a used book store. So, I began packing up some of my books. I'm packing largely in order of "Things I can fairly easily live without." Books that were okay, but not great. Books that my previous incarnation liked, but that my current one is not afraid to find issue with.

There are many things that people don't tell you about transitioning, about this next stage of life, about this kind of resurrection. The need to let go of some of the older parts of it, including parts that might surprise you, is one of them.

Sice this actually worked really well last time, I have another question for STEM #academics: my PhD was a little funny in that my de jure advisor was different from the person whose experiment I was working on. Is it better to get a letter of reference from my higher-ranked advisor or the person I worked more closely with (and got along with better)?

Why you should avoid toxic labs.

Yes, they're out there. It's important to be aware of this. No, this won't go away and yes, this might also happen to you if you're not careful.

Feel free to share with whoever needs it or is looking for jobs...

#academic #mentalhealth

https://open.substack.com/pub/matthiasrillig/p/why-you-should-avoid-toxic-labs?r=1yu2t7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

"Why point out that the principle of freedom, that #Harvard upholds, is valid for **private** university?"

Is Garber - implicitly - suggesting that restrictions on freedom might be acceptable on public universities?

#Academic #freedom, from such a perspective, appears a means to an end - the final "product" - not a principle valid per-se.

Paraphrasing @brideshead

https://ilmanifesto.it/viva-la-liberta-se-non-e-lo-schermo-degli-investitori

Can any of you STEM professor types tell me how long a cover letter for a postdoc position should run?

My dear fellow researchers in #America.

If you are in the midst of finding a new #academic home and securing new #research #funding the Academy of Finland is preparing a funding call of at least €50 million in budget to cover the period from 2026 to 2030. Stay tuned!

https://www.aka.fi/en/about-us/whats-new/press-releases/2025/rcf-preparing-call-for-universities-to-invite-foreign-researchers-to-finland/

Academic Life Coaching: Empowering Students to Achieve Success and Fulfillment

https://www.wanderglobe.org/academic-life-coaching/

#Harvard professors sue #Trump administration over funding cut threats

by Katie Cole, April 14, 2025, #WBUR

"The Harvard chapter of the American Association of University Professors sued the Trump administration Friday over what they call an 'unlawful and unprecedented' attempt to use federal funding cuts to restrict #FreeSpeech.

"The #DepartmentOfEducation announced in late March that it would review $8.7 billion in federal grants and contacts given to Harvard, alleging that the school failed to prevent #antisemitic discrimination on campus.

"The Trump administration then unveiled a broad set of demands on April 4 the university must agree to in order to keep getting federal funding, including cutting all diversity, equity and inclusion programming, and modifying any programming and departments that 'fuel antisemitic harassment.' The administration gave Columbia University a similar set of demands in March, which the school agreed to.

"The lawsuit by the professors' group, filed in #Massachusetts federal court, alleges that the administration's federal funding review violates the #TitleVI of the #CivilRightsAct, which prohibits discrimination in programs that receive federal funds. The court filing says the law requires specific procedures to cut federal funds and that the Trump administration has not taken any of those steps.

"The group said in a press release that the administration's actions are in effort to create a chilling effect among universities and faculty to stop speech that the president does not like.

" 'Eliminating discrimination and protecting all students is important,' said Nikolas Bowie, a Harvard law professor and the secretary-treasurer of the school's #AAUP chapter, in a statement. 'But Trump is defying the Civil Rights Act, terrifying students, and illegally holding hostage grants for hospitals and scientific research so he can accomplish his real goal of punishing academics for our politics.'

"The lawsuit says that the actions by the administration have 'already caused severe and irreparable harm by halting #academic #research and #inquiry at Harvard.'

"This is the second suit that the Harvard AAUP chapter has filed against the Trump administration this year. The first was a joint suit with other chapters, including one from Columbia, over federal efforts to deport #MahmoudKhalil and students that engaged in #ProPalestinian #activism."

https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/04/14/harvard-aaup-trump-funding-cuts-lawsuit