Call for abstracts to the workshop "The environment in times of AI hype: Interrogating digitisation in and for environmental governance, policy, and its constitutive processes".
To be held during the Nordic Environmental Social Sciences (NESS) conference, 9–11 June 2026, in Uppsala, Sweden.
Abstracts due 8 Dec CET.
🆕 📄 in Nature Machine Intelligence. We argue that environmental considerations must be explicitly mentioned in foundation models' use policies and similar documents.
It has been 6 months since I passed my viva, yet I forgot to share my thesis here 
(due to it feeling unreal af... until... today :)
It's called 'The Image at the End of the World: Communities of practice redefining technology on a damaged Earth'. In it I describe communities which give voice and shape to different definitions and roles for technology within the polycrisis: permacomputing, computing within limits, collapse informatics, salvage computing, slow tech, redundant technology, low-tech, feminist technology, convivial computing, disability driven development and more.
With contributions by so many amazing people! Including @ccl @alcstrt @anglk @amelia @decentral1se @cmos4040 @p_p @mara @reni @diacritter @constant @snisioi @rra @320x200 @wendy @kattrali @praxeology @michal @viznut @sister0 @pixouls @msavoritias @jonuriarte @smmrcr @hellocatfood @neauoire @rek @dougschuler @solderpunk @titipi @xocffoeg @aaaannet and more!
#happy #phd #permacomputing #lowtech #feminist #tech #smolweb #sustainability
Are rare species more common than common species? 🔎
A study by Callaghan et al., downloaded all GBIF-mediated occurrence records between 1880 - end of 2020 🤯to analyze global abundance distributions for 39 classes of eukaryotes. 🐝
It was found that improved sampling and greater data availability over time unveiled the true shape of species distributions. This was most clearly evident in birds.🦆
🏞️📲 Call for contributions to Digitizing nature - a workshop on the use of digital environmental technologies in everyday life. October, 23 at Lund University.
Please see the full Call for Contributions at https://environmental-communication.org/news/digitizing-nature-a-workshop-on-the-use-of-digital-environmental-technologies-in-everyday-life/
🏞️📲 Call for contributions to Digitizing nature - a workshop on the use of digital environmental technologies in everyday life. October, 23 at Lund University.
Please see the full Call for Contributions at https://environmental-communication.org/news/digitizing-nature-a-workshop-on-the-use-of-digital-environmental-technologies-in-everyday-life/
How do researchers in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences make use of research services and tools? Participate in this survey from the EU funded research project ATRIUM (Advancing fronTier Research In the arts and hUManities).
🏔️ Mountains cover approximately 27% of the Earth’s land surface and host about 1/2 of the world’s #biodiversity hotspots. This #InternationalMountainDay, explore data records of iconic mountain species on GBIF. 🏔️
🐆: http://spkl.io/6007fXqFX
🐦: http://spkl.io/6009fXqFZ
❤️ : http://spkl.io/6001fXqFb
🐒: http://spkl.io/6003fXqFd
”Our analysis of a selection of questionable GPT-fabricated scientific papers found in Google Scholar shows that many are about applied, often controversial topics susceptible to disinformation: the environment, health, and computing. The resulting enhanced potential for malicious manipulation of society’s evidence base, particularly in politically divisive domains, is a growing concern.”
Academic journals, archives, and repositories are seeing an increasing number of questionable research papers clearly produced using generative AI. They are often created with widely available, general-purpose AI applications, most likely ChatGPT, and mimic scientific writing. Google Scholar easily locates and lists these questionable papers alongside reputable, quality-controlled research. Our analysis of a selection of
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Erik Stattin
Austin Kocher, PhD 🌎