Reiner Grundmann (@reinergrundmann) 's Twitter Profile
Reiner Grundmann

@reinergrundmann

Professor of Science and Technology Studies (em.), University of Nottingham. Tweeting in personal capacity

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linkhttp://nottingham.academia.edu/ReinerGrundmann calendar_today19-02-2012 17:44:20

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How is it possible that Air Canada uses a fraud operation to extract visa fees (eTA) of $99 instead of $7? This was a compulsory step when I tried to get the boarding pass through their app.

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It's Nobel Day, and the prize goes to Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson! I believe AJR 2001 is the most cited economics paper of the 21st century (~20k!). A brief thread on why this literature was so influential, and slightly controversial, and my read on how AJR got here. 🧵1/x

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The new version of NZZ app is the worst media outlet at the moment, regarding functionality. Pages are stalling, content organisation is awful

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Fake News gemischt mit populistischer Hetze in der #NZZ Druckt man jeden Kommentar ungeprüft ab, liebe Redaktion? Schaut mal bitte nach dw.com/en/fact-check-…

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As @revkin concisely describes a wildfire [or flood] "where no one lives is not a disaster. A disaster is the interface between hazards and people." youtu.be/cHDXDYbC6Q4?si… See also this review article on why assigning blame to distal factors like CC deflects attention away from

As @revkin concisely describes a wildfire [or flood] "where no one lives is not a disaster. A disaster is the interface  between hazards and people." youtu.be/cHDXDYbC6Q4?si… See also this review article on why assigning blame to distal factors like CC deflects attention away from
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Very pleased to see the Chinese translation of my book Marxism and Ecology which originally appeared in 1991, published by Oxford University Press. The Chinese translation is published by The Commercial Press, Beijing. lnkd.in/dZfC8TZ9

Very pleased to see the Chinese translation of my book Marxism and Ecology which originally appeared in 1991, published by Oxford University Press. The Chinese translation is published by The Commercial Press, Beijing.

lnkd.in/dZfC8TZ9
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Michael Burawoy has been killed by a hit-and-run driver. This deprives sociology of one of its most brilliant advocates, guides, and teachers. It deprives many of us of a friend and all of us of both a warm human voice and a needed critical analyst.