My heart is heavy that we are making a collective miscalculation in undervaluing the humanities - from my FT piece
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Hetan Shah
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Chief Executive, The British Academy Chair, Our World in Data Board, National Audit Office Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE Visiting Professor, Kings College London Fellow, Birkbeck College Views my own
@hetanshah.bsky.social Pinned@hetanshah.bsky.socialThis triptych did not go as I expected
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@hetanshah.bsky.socialHow do you tackle a problem like the Houthis? Our latest paper for our Global Disorder programme explores how their ability to harness decentralised networks makes them resistant to traditional policy responses
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@hetanshah.bsky.socialReposted by @hetanshah.bsky.social‘The English belief that they have the oldest and firmest nation-state, or the Spanish belief that they are on the front line with Islam – go straight back to the middle ages. The medieval period lies at the origin of modern myth-making.’ Chris Wickham RIP
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@hetanshah.bsky.socialThat’s a lovely portrait!
@hetanshah.bsky.social‘The English belief that they have the oldest and firmest nation-state, or the Spanish belief that they are on the front line with Islam – go straight back to the middle ages. The medieval period lies at the origin of modern myth-making.’ Chris Wickham RIP
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@hetanshah.bsky.social‘My wife died and didn't know. I never told anybody.’ Restores your faith that there are people who act with honour and integrity
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@hetanshah.bsky.socialReposted by @hetanshah.bsky.socialAnne Carson seriously raising the bar here for ‘what I was doing when I got that surprise call that I’ve won the Nobel Prize’
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@hetanshah.bsky.socialCongratulations on all you and your colleagues have achieved- it’s been fantastic. You’ve shown how research can really engage with public questions in a timely way which will continue to inform the way many others will work into the future
@hetanshah.bsky.socialAre you an early career researcher who might want to spend a year or two conducting research in Japan? We've opened the call for the JSPS postdoctoral fellowships which covers airfare, monthly stipend and a research grant. Apply by 2nd Dec
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@hetanshah.bsky.socialAnne Carson seriously raising the bar here for ‘what I was doing when I got that surprise call that I’ve won the Nobel Prize’
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@hetanshah.bsky.social‘The Treasury’s actual calculation “was probably zero”’
Pretty extraordinary
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@hetanshah.bsky.socialAh yes, the classic lead indicator of so many bad things: The Flydubai co-pilot historically posted misogynistic content including calling women “rotten meat”
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@hetanshah.bsky.socialReposted by @hetanshah.bsky.socialSewers are one of the most transformational interventions to human health in history, yet they are rarely understood or recognised for their impact. So we are holding an event about them next Tuesday. In person in London or watch online!
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@hetanshah.bsky.socialOverall visa applications in the crucial three-month July-to-September recruitment period are down by 24.7 per cent on 2022 levels, with 230,300 students applying in this window this year compared with 305,800 five years earlier…
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@hetanshah.bsky.socialOr you can watch on catch up later
@hetanshah.bsky.socialGo watch Backrooms
@hetanshah.bsky.socialOof. $20bn especially big as a revision when you realise the annualised revenue figure now stands at $50bn
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@hetanshah.bsky.socialSewers are one of the most transformational interventions to human health in history, yet they are rarely understood or recognised for their impact. So we are holding an event about them next Tuesday. In person in London or watch online!
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/searc...
@hetanshah.bsky.socialThank you!
@hetanshah.bsky.socialIf you care about the British Library, consider applying to join the Board!
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