Dr Ola Michalec
The absolute pinnacle of British engineering • unprofessional account of a Bristol Uni STSish researcher interested in energy innovations, cyber security and stem lords • cover by disect.me
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- Reposted by Dr Ola MichalecCome work with us at @ucl.ac.uk Institute for Sustainable Resources. Looking for a new lecturer in Environmental Policy. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
- 🔔 Reminder! Hype Studies Conference (10-12th Sept in Barcelona/online) is accepting abstracts until 10th May! You can submit your contribution here: hypestudies.org/conference/a... The event is free and open to academics and practitioners alike. We hope to hear from many of you soon 🫵 💜
- Reposted by Dr Ola MichalecHad such a great chat with Gemma and Mél talking hype. If you're interested to find out more, check out hypestudies.org and consider coming to Barcelona for our first event in Sept!
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- Will the bubble burst? ...check out my recent blog on the 4S website, "Backchannels". 4sonline.org/news_manager... Part reflection from the EASST/4S 2024 conference in Amsterdam, part promo for our upcoming event in Barcelona, in this blog, I'm reflecting on my hopes for the future of hype studies.
- Hello bsky hivemind! I'm going to be applying for ERC starting grant this autumn and admittedly, I'm quite terrified at the prospect of coming up with a 'ground-breaking, frontier, high-risk' research idea... Any tips, experiences or copies of grant applications would be much appreciated 🙏🏼
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- Check out the artwork commissioned by the Hype Studies! DiSect, “Stroud-based abstract surrealist outsider collage Artist and idiot” has been collaborating with us on a poster which conveys the atmosphere of outer space desires, hyper galactic promises and interplanetary conspiracies. zzzzoooom🚀
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- 🌳 My first solo article is out! Check out "Models vs infrastructures? On the role of digital twins’ hype in anticipating the governance of the UK energy industry", now out in Environmental Science and Policy doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
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- Reposted by Dr Ola MichalecRemember when academic publishers signed multi-million dollar AI training data deals with big tech and promised great AI-driven transformations to publishing services from looting academic work without notice or consent? Here's how that's going.
- So, @elsevierconnect.bsky.social added an AI question and answer to my article in Computer & Education. The answers are wrong! They did not ask permission! The answers are WRONG! How is this science?!
- Reposted by Dr Ola Michalecif you are interested in government, this is the best internship going... apply or RT
- Interested in making government more effective? Applications for our 2025–26 research internship programme, starting in September 2025, are now open. Closing date: Tuesday 29 April, 11:00 ⏰ Find out more: www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/about-us/car...
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- 🦄 Conference Call : (DON'T) BELIEVE THE HYPE Submit an abstract to the newly founded Hype Studies Group! We're organising the first edition of a Hype Studies Conference in Barcelona, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, the 10th-12th of September 2025. More info: hypestudies.org/conference
- What are *hype studies* about? We are a group exploring the frenzies, gurus, attention cycles and waves of excitement and disappointment we're experiencing when interacting with contemporary science and technology. To learn more, follow hypestudies.org P.S. Credit to Pierre Depaz for web design! ☀️
- What are *hype studies* about? We are a group exploring the frenzies, gurus, attention cycles and waves of excitement and disappointment we're experiencing when interacting with contemporary science and technology. To learn more, follow hypestudies.org P.S. Credit to Pierre Depaz for web design! ☀️
- Coming soon...hype studies group! Over the next few days I will be posting about our new exciting initiative. Keep your eyes peeled for announcements of resources and events and, in the meantime, enjoy this cheeky artwork by alexwifi! 👻
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- So *this* is the framing of this supposedly left populist cool european movement...???
- Reposted by Dr Ola MichalecLast week, a group of our BRAID researchers led by Dr Paula Westenberger & Dr Anna-Maria Sichani submitted a response to the UK govt #copyright & #AI consultation, advocating for the rights of creatives & transparency in AI development. Read the response: zenodo.org/records/1494... Well done team!
- 🎨 check out our artworks! The outcomes of the @bdfi.bsky.social project "Against Digital Fatalism" are now on our website! Together, we've created * Unwind: a short film about VR hype * Hololand: a VR game about metaverse and democracy * Cozy Cloud: a playful prototype crip infrastructure
- Tomorrow! ⤵️ Still time to register!
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- Reposted by Dr Ola Michalec"Europe continues to spend billions of euros more on Russian oil and gas than it sends to Ukraine in aid". Worth bearing in mind when you notice who is campaigning against heat pumps, wind farms, or cycle infrastructure.
