Mike Young

@mkeyoung.bsky.social — author of 📘 Social Media for Research Impact. Workshops for researchers & universities. Ex-University Post editor, Copenhagen.

[Mike Young @MkeYoung]

I’ve been circling around this box from @routledgebooks for days. I was nervous about opening it. It was, after all, the end result of a full year of thinking, writing, and rethinking. It is a book about using social media slowly. So I approached it … slowly 🙂

[Christine Møller @MedWritingList]

Book signing on a sunny day in Mike’s garden!
SOCIAL MEDIA FOR RESEARCH IMPACT
Mike Young & Marcel Bogers
@MkeYoung @Bogers

[Mike Young @MkeYoung]

My 'Research Impact with LinkedIn' workshop at DTU in Copenhagen last week focused on one thing: Finding the right people. We work with profiles and with posts, but it is mostly about linking up with the EXACT people who matter. Thanks for inviting me DTU Engineering Technology!

[Mike Young @MkeYoung]

More about the book here: https://t.co/YY85inQveM

[Mike Young @MkeYoung]

Book launch of #SocialMediaforResearchImpact (by me and @Bogers, @routledgebooks ) Please tell your colleagues!
It will be 19 February 2026, 15:00–17:00
at📍 Munkekælderen, Frue Plads 4, University of Copenhagen #UCPH
🖊️ All are welcome! Just register: https://t.co/Y42QjUm1ih

[Courtney Herms @courtney_herms]

Come join the book launch where I will join the panel discussion on #SocialMediaforResearchImpact
📅 19 February 2026, 15:00–17:00
📍 Munkekælderen, Frue Plads 4
🖊️ Registration link: https://t.co/EzBU6eBaat

[Mike Young @MkeYoung]

You can pre-order from Routledge here: https://t.co/RJnhgCDYzU Use the discount code 26SMA1 and you get 20 per cent off: #SocialMediaForResearchImpact #Unboxing

[Mike Young @MkeYoung]

I’ve been circling around this box from @routledgebooks for days. I was nervous about opening it. It was, after all, the end result of a full year of thinking, writing, and rethinking. It is a book about using social media slowly. So I approached it … slowly 🙂

[Mike Young @MkeYoung]

In 'Social Media for Research Impact', Marcel @Bogers and I explore how researchers are using social media to meet peers, listen to stakeholders, and build relationships over time.

[Marcel Bogers @Bogers]

A small milestone: the first copies of Social Media for Research Impact arrived today.

The book is about moving beyond visibility toward connection, dialogue, and meaningful engagement.

Short unboxing video 👇https://t.co/IZtGxzMFMS
#SocialMediaForResearchImpact

[Mike Young @MkeYoung]

3/💡DISCLAIMER: Goes without saying, I am not making any political statement one way or the other.

[Mike Young @MkeYoung]

How to avoid politics on Bluesky 🦋 [THREAD] When scientists left X, many hoped for a quieter space. But politics will take over your feeds there also unless you actively do something about it: https://t.co/jQqLJOnb55

[Mike Young @MkeYoung]

2/ An analysis by my colleague @lassehmadsen shows that among 200 highly influential scientists on Bluesky worldwide, the posts with the most reposts and likes are overwhelmingly about US politics: https://t.co/6YlHwO5MMC

[Marcel Bogers @Bogers]

It was a great pleasure to present our forthcoming book "Social Media for Research Impact: How scholars can share ideas, build networks, and make a difference" (with @MkeYoung) during a seminar at @FGV_EAESP in São Paulo, Brazil.

[Mike Young @MkeYoung]

4/ These are the questions I am pursuing, and I'd love to hear my followers' take! Here is their paper: https://t.co/QRzfqvatNs

[Mike Young @MkeYoung]

1/ IS KINDNESS CONTAGIOUS? I had a philosophical conversation with Tri-Long Nguyen — an epidemiologist with an interest in #Zen #Buddhism — about his recent paper with Ji Young Lee on 'Kindness as a public health action'. [THREAD]
https://t.co/gQoHpFb0ZJ

[Mike Young @MkeYoung]

3/ So how would their theory apply to scholarly social media?
• Do kind actions really proliferate on social media?
• How do algorithms help or hinder them?
• Do scholars' generosity on the platforms make academia a better place?

[Mike Young @MkeYoung]

I just submitted a book with @Bogers to Routledge. Here is the link to my latest blog post on what I learned from co-authoring it: https://t.co/pjxzs7QThK

[Mike Young @MkeYoung]

BEYOND HANDSHAKES: THE FUTURE OF NETWORKING — My workshop at the @DigitaltLiv conference in September in Stavanger, Norway, is on how researchers can use social platforms to:
• meet the right people
• share work well
• build sustainable routines
https://t.co/WoOChOuNGy

[Mike Young @MkeYoung]

This course is FREE for PhDs at Nordic universities! Email them to let them know about it, because they are definitely not here 😀 Still a few places left:

[Mike Young @MkeYoung]

Social media networking — a course for health science PhD students — mostly relevant for those in the Nordic region. My two-part workshop is in Copenhagen and is FREE for PhDs at most Nordic unis! https://t.co/10YUAz9vcm I appreciate any reposts 😀!