U.S. President Donald Trump has fired all 24 members of the National Science Board, the body that oversees the National Science Foundation. Many science advocates see it as the latest step by his administration to erode—some would say destroy—the independence of the 76-year-old research agency. https://t.co/5LrByFdzHz
3) Rock, Joeva Sean. 2026. "Stewardship and the Difficulty of Shared Responsibility." Theorizing the Contemporary, Fieldsights, April 7. https://t.co/wf80gXhIz7
📣New series alert! They explore how humans care for and control plants, questioning responsibility in these relationships. Through case studies, they show how human-plant interactions shape ecological, cultural, and political dynamics. Find them⬇️ https://t.co/HiqfVEbEFJ
BREAKING: In response to huge cuts in Trump's budget request, NSF is closing its social sciences directorate. Staff will be transferred elsewhere in NSF, and "grants that align with Administration priorities" will be kept.
W/ @dangaristo for @Nature
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Happy to be quoted in a @LeMonde_Afrique article on Ghana's ambitious plan to reduce pasta imports (while still relying on wheat imports):
https://t.co/Gf3RIA92Mq
Call for applications -- Antipode Foundation "Right to the Discipline" grants -- due date 10 April 2026 -- funding available for imaginative, daring, and unruly scholarship and praxis, including scholar-activism, workshops, and much more https://t.co/8zeNnOt3XY
For scholars working at the intersection of food, environment and health, this is a great opportunity. Montpellier is a major hub in France for Global South research. I received this fellowship in 2021 and had a wonderful experience
https://t.co/zVOYcm8qvQ
Ghana has agreed to accept West African nationals deported from the United States and 14 have already arrived in the country, President John Dramani Mahama told reporters late Wednesday. https://t.co/QmQK4kJ9w7
After a seven-year hiatus, the Department of Anthropology at American University is excited to announce that the Public Anthropology Conference is back!
Call for Papers: https://t.co/cKWFT8AUcb
Registration: https://t.co/okt9htfjwI
Deadline: Sept. 8th 2025.
More very bad news for researchers in the US. New executive order:
▪️pauses new federal funding
▪️places political appointees at federal agencies
▪️requires grants to "advance the President’s policy priorities"
▪️allows cancelation of active grants
https://t.co/sclpzIhCUi
Trump signed executive orders on Wednesday which, of many things, "bars the U.S. government from buying, using or promoting A.I. models that contradict the views of the president or his supporters"
#PoliticsofAI
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