Sociologist, writer, educator, Legitimation Code Theory, occasional medievalist, hustler. Don’t want to be part of the X universe so find me on threads.
@jhaushofer Research on social mobility has found that college can serve as a great equalizer, but Zhou (2019) found that this is largely due to the selection process of working class students that end up completing college degrees: https://t.co/UQJxicNjM8
Sam Crompvoets, the sociologist whose investigation into the Special Forces would ultimately lead the downfall of Ben Roberts-Smith, is now trying to rebuild her life after intense backlash.
1. Bruno Latour’s “After Lockdown: A Metamorphosis” (2021) is a crucial statement of his new political ecology, his re-orientation of ideas of the "global" and the "local", and his doctrine of “engendering” as a re-thinking of what he previously called "Actor-Network Theory".
Are you planning to vote "No" because you don't like the idea of an entity giving advice to the Federal Parliament? If so, here is a list of some entities that do exactly this right now, that you will also have to abolish:
ABARES - Australian Bureau of Agricultural & Resource
"Gone to those least in need": Private school funding has increased almost twice as much as public schools in the decade since the Gonski review recommended changes designed to fund Australian schools according to need.
What will you ask? | @GuardianAus https://t.co/5QYVjGxJ4l
Conservatives haven’t shrunk the public sector. They have instead grown a shadow, for-profit consultant sector - fed on public funds. It puts profit before purpose, riddled with conflict of interest. It surrenders fearless advice. The task ahead: rebuild. https://t.co/o1TrJMRtSE
Last night, renowned writer @benokri honoured the memory of Victoria Amelina by reciting her poem, ‘Poem About a Crow’ on stage after the #PillowmanPlay. Amelina was killed following a Russian missile strike in #Ukraine on 27 June 2023. Our thoughts remain with her family and friends. @hattiehattie @arshi_mona@estreetprods@lilyallen
.@MSEI_UniMelb is seeking EOIs from candidates interested in undertaking doctoral research on social equity issues. People with lived experience of the area of disadvantage or inequity that they intend to research are strongly encouraged to apply. https://t.co/0dk7JuojZI
"For I now realise that what I was coming up against was more than the horrific acts of a few rogue soldiers. It was the cult of brand SAS, the cult of the male warrior"
@SCrompvoets on the enormous price she paid for calling out Australia's war crimes
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https://t.co/Jj8LmBHHht
We had a world record beating run of economic growth and it's gotten us where exactly? Could it be that distribution is more imporant than growth after all? Time to rethink how we manage the economy and the role of government #WellbeingEconomy#auspol https://t.co/Qbtz2S66iS
More evidence that allowing a segregated schooling system to become entrenched as it has in Australia negatively affects the least advantaged students the most https://t.co/JHCn4aBrjo
The AARE Sociology of Education SIG invites you to our 2023 ‘Lunch and Learn’ Seminars to be held over August, September and October!
For more information on the series of seminars and to register, please click here: https://t.co/OfyBm1MCy2
Thank you! 🙂
"More than 40 leading scientists have resigned en masse from the editorial board of a top science journal in protest at what they describe as the 'greed' of publishing giant Elsevier"
Hopefully others will follow, we must change this exploitative industry https://t.co/dOKZqktQrf
@cjdenial Very interested to know about boundaries, gender and kindness in practice. I keep@thinking of those student surveys of academics that consistently show female academics who aren’t perceived as nurturing get rated lower.
Lessons to be learnt from events such as Australia’s #robodebt disgrace are touched on in this quote from @martinwolf_ in his new book, which should be compulsory reading for anyone in public policy in this country. https://t.co/oeEBEOuOup