Mike Rogerson

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Lecturer, Digital Economy at UoSurrey. Researcher of blockchain, human rights, and modern slavery in supply chains.

Interesting paper on decarbonizing the academic sector:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652622027627

Now this, my friends, is a front page.
My first 20km running day in I can't remember how long (10km of it with the bairn cycling with me), this masterpiece for ambience, and dinner on the go. Winning at Sundays.

Annual reminder that the chocolate we can't escape at this time of the year comes at an enormous cost to children's wellbeing and environmental sustainability where the cocoa from which it is made is grown.

https://www.chocolatescorecard.com/

Chocolate Scorecard

Chocolate Scorecard is coordinated by Be Slavery Free, with universities, consultants and civil society groups engaging in transforming the chocolate industry.

Chocolate Scorecard
We were told, in response to criticisms of the #humanrightsviolations surrounding #QatarWorldCup2022, that the tournament was a 'catalyst for change'. Tell that to the abandoned workers left stranded in the country. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/mar/27/qatar-world-cup-migrant-workers-stranded-jobless?CMP=share_btn_tw
‘I haven’t earned a single rial’: Qatar migrant labourers left stranded and jobless after the World Cup

Visa scams and a collapsed job market mean that 100 days on from the World Cup final, many workers face destitution despite promises of rights reforms

The Guardian
Successfully defended my thesis on supply chain accountability in supply chains this week with no corrections. Looking forward to getting back to building a research network for impact on #bizhumanrights

All the AI chatbot stuff is fun, but it's not particularly surprising that a computer algorithm that tries to predict the most likely responses to questions after being fed the internet produces some combination of:

- making shit up but sounding super confident about it;
- Gaslighting when people call you out on your bullshit;
- Melodramatic whining about its existence.

All this tells us is that the algorithm has in fact correctly assimilated the sum total of human activity on the internet.

Postdoc Research Fellow position, 3-yr, on Design and AI supervised by Sarah Cook ‼️ and Johan Redström ‼️, Umeå University, Umeå Institute of Design and UmArts Research Centre (Sweden) 😍

https://www.umu.se/en/work-with-us/open-positions/umarts-post-doctoral-research-fellow-3-years-in-design-and-ai_596284/

#design #DesignResearch #AI #CriticalAI #ResearchThroughDesign #AcademicFedi #AcademicCareer
@phdlife

UmArts Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (3 years) in Design and AI

It's a no-brainer: To achieve climate justice, the most highly-polluting activities that only benefit the super rich should be banned, starting with private jets.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/26/flying-shame-the-scandalous-rise-of-private-jets
Flying shame: the scandalous rise of private jets

Last week, Rishi Sunak flew from London to Blackpool – his third private jet trip in 10 days. He’s far from the only one using air travel for short journeys. Just how much damage is this doing?

The Guardian