Jacob Ward

No longer on Twitter, find me @[email protected].

Asst. Prof. in History and STS @MaastrichtU. History of science, technology, neoliberalism. He/him.

[Jacob Ward @jcobward]

I'm no longer using Twitter, find me on Mastodon at @[email protected] instead (where hopefully I'll be more conversational than on here...)

[FASoS Maastricht @FasosMaastricht]

We are #hiring a #PhD candidate in the History of Public #Cybernetics supervised by @jcobward and @ccmmody

Apply now 👇https://t.co/LBHlUd5IBW

[Jacob Ward @jcobward]

I'm hiring for a funded PhD position in the history of public and/or political cybernetics. Deadline is 5 April and advert is here: https://t.co/NIAdPhUcLF. Please share with students, retweet, etc. Thanks!

[Dr Rachel Boon @rj_boon]

Exciting news from @ArchiveBt! This diary was key & rich source for my PhD. Now the world can read Gordon Radley's account of wartime Dollis Hill & the incredible work of Tommy Flowers, Jimmy Doust & hundreds of Post Office engineers & scientists 👨🏻‍🔧☎️👩🏻‍��

[Jacob Ward @jcobward]

Hmm, do you think the editor of the 'See also' section on the Smiling Sun Wikipedia page has an agenda? https://t.co/aqSFJgmQ9z

[Jacob Ward @jcobward]

@MassSimons @FasosMaastricht Welcome, looking forward to meeting!

[0.7 @0pointseven]

TEACHERS, ACADEMICS, STUDENTS, JOIN US!

Thursday 12/05 13h at Domplein, Utrecht.

We will hold a demonstration outside the window of the last CAO negotiation.

This is our change to have an impact. Have your free coffee with us!!

See-> https://t.co/ODwsy2raeZ

[Jacob Ward @jcobward]

@farkasjohan Absolutely, and it's a positive feedback loop. Moving was good professionally (so far), but uneven privately (COVID didn't help and things are looking up). Now the anxiety is being "trapped" abroad, reinforcing the "move or perish" loop.

[Jacob Ward @jcobward]

@VSNUtweets De koepel lekt. Ik denk dat ik een nieuwe paraplu nodig heb. 😉

[Jacob Ward @jcobward]

@faisal__hamadah @FasosMaastricht Congrats and welcome! Nice to meet you in the garden earlier today to talk about unions as well!

[Jacob Ward @jcobward]

In NL, only 2-3% of university staff are unionised. This week, the unions and Dutch universities re-negotiate our collective labour agreement. With more members, we have more decision power on salaries, pensions, casualisation, overwork.

Join a union! Word lid van de vakbond!

[Jacob Ward @jcobward]

@HPSGlonk I was going to say "sorry to hear that", but don't think this should be framed as something bad/sad. Instead I'll say "good luck!", and looking forward to hearing more. (You're also tempting me to finally look into Mastodon, but I'm so bad at social media, not sure if it'll help)

[Jacob Ward @jcobward]

@technocene Thanks! I'm actually back in London for the first time in a while from 26 April, planning on visiting BL at some point too. Would you be around for a catch-up?

[Jacob Ward @jcobward]

I don't update on here nearly enough, but today I'm really delighted to say that I've received a Veni grant from @NWO_SSH to fund my project 'The Prediction Machine' on the history of futurology and neoliberalism in British government. Thanks to all who gave support and advice!

[Jacob Ward @jcobward]

@historikarin @NWO_SSH @naomiwoltring @onzichtbarehand Thanks, especially for the recommendations - following now!

[Jacob Ward @jcobward]

@JamesBSumner Thanks James! Sadly missing @BSHSNews conference this year but hope to bring updates @ESHSBrussels22 and next year's BSHS conference

[Jacob Ward @jcobward]

@TazukoVanBerkel Thank you! I'm trying to tweet better so I hope to bring semi-regular updates!

[Jacob Ward @jcobward]

@DaniShanley Thanks and definitely, especially now the sun's out!😎

[Jacob Ward @jcobward]

@wyatt_sally That is gorgeous! Still looking for a cover and the tower really looks like a lighthouse in this - love it.

[Jacob Ward @jcobward]

Just finished Alex Garland's DEVS (2020). Really liked it but is it a Silicon Valley retelling of Pullman's Dark Materials? #devs #hisdarkmaterials