LEMBRETE: Amanhã, 24 de Outubro, Rafael Faraco Benthien apresenta a segunda conferência do ciclo “Sobre a história cruzada das ciências sociais e a coleção Biblioteca Durkheimiana”.
Tem início às 10h, na Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, com entrada livre.
https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/events/historia-cruzada-ciencias-sociais-02/
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Na próxima semana, vamos acolher Rafael Faraco Benthien, para um ciclo de duas conferências em torno do seu programa de investigação intitulado “por história cruzada das ciências sociais”.
A primeira conferência é já na segunda-feira, dia 20 de Outubro!
Ambas terão lugar na Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal com entrada livre.
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COMPRENDRE LE FASCISME POUR COMPRENDRE MACRON
"It disenchants us with everything which cannot be measured in dollars and cents" — George Monbiot on his new book, Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=see5c5Sgi14 By Chris Hedges The Chris Hedges Report The current world order is designed to
I thought I’d share a paper entitled Academic anomie: implications of the ‘great resignation’ for leadership in post-COVID higher education, which presents a new study of 167 academics who quit UK academia, finding they often blame the declining quality of academic management. The abstract is here:
The full paper can be found here (Open Access). In case you weren’t aware the word anomie according to Durkheim, being a state of “normlessness”, in general means the lack of social cohesion and solidarity that often accompanies rapid social change. I’d say there’s a lot of that about these days.
The study relates directly to UK universities, many of which are struggling and some of which are on the verge of collapse as a result of several factors, not just those stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic. One of the surprising (and depressing) things about Ireland is that the people in charge of third level education here seem to be determined to repeat here the terrible decisions being taken across the Irish sea despite all the evidence of the damage they have done in the UK. Many of the comments made by individuals mentioned in the paper will definitely resonate with colleagues in Maynooth.
This bit particularly caught my eye:
All too often dangerous managers simply skip from one university to the next causing havoc wherever they go. (RS2 – Male, former Senior Lecturer, pre-1992 institution)
Tell me about it!
https://telescoper.blog/2024/07/22/the-cause-of-academic-anomie/
The experience of the COVID-19 pandemic has ignited a near universal rethink of what is tolerable or desirable in work settings. In higher education—where discontent has been exacerbated by the pandemic—the potential for a ‘great resignation’ is a very real threat. The long-term impact of a crisis management approach in universities has led to a state of ‘pandemia’, according to Watermeyer et al., (British Journal of Sociology of Education 42:651-666, 2021b), whereby academics feel alienated and subjected to a ‘toxic’ work environment that lacks shared purpose and values. This article draws on Durkheim’s notion of ‘anomie’ to explore what leads academics to leave the sector and to consider how the outward migration of staff could be addressed through changes to leadership and management practice. Evidence is taken from an online survey distributed in the United Kingdom (UK), which collected demographic information of n = 167 academics and open-text responses to a question which asked respondents to provide their reasons for quitting higher education. Four key themes emerge which elucidate a trajectory of academic anomie: (i) declining quality of academic management, (ii) the pandemic as a disruptive awakening, (iii) the erosion of values and meaning and (iv) a sense of being ‘trapped’ within academia. Potential resolutions are suggested in respect of what respondents identify as the root cause of staff attrition—toxic management culture. Collective and inclusive governance and commitment from academics at all career stages to the leadership of groups, departments, institutions and the wider higher education sector are advocated as antidotes to academic anomie.
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