Junior scholars: "I feel awkward citing myself" Senior scholars: "as I cleverly argued (1988; 1991), admirably reiterated (1993; 1995; 1996); and handsomely concluded (2001; 2004; 2007)..."

Neil Renic Citing oneself is essentially academic inception; you’re the source within a source. It's like giving a high-five to your past self for laying down the groundwork for your current insights.

Only a few days left to submit your abstracts! Please don't hesitate to share this post with your contacts who might be interested in this event.

Our project on Open Constitutional Democracy is hiring! For our Université de Lausanne project team , we're inviting applications for a postdoctoral position (100%, 2 yrs) funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Start date: 1 Jan 25. Application deadline: 23 Oct (not 15!). Apply here: t.ly/ALEf9

Am I the only one who feels tired just looking at these instructions?

I almost wrote "lastly but not leastly". I'm tired

How do & should academic researchers & the media interact with one another? Registration for our SYA media retreat is now open to all interested researchers. Aimée H. Zermatten, [email protected], Lea Briguet and I look forward to receiving your applications: tinyurl.com/2eccjtmk

Depuis le 30 août, les montants des rétrocessions versées par les juges aux partis sont désormais publics. Cette transparence mènera-t-elle à une prise de conscience accrue au sein de la population concernant cette pratique, voire à son abolition? Mon commentaire dans Le Temps:

So many red flags here, and so many questions about academic integrity and the future of academic publishing. Unfortunately, there are many other terrible examples of what looks like an unstoppable race to the bottom.

letemps.ch/suisse/explore…

Only a few days left to register for our media retreat! 👇

Only two days left to submit your application!

When norms turn into nuns... (it only works in German though!)

"what now comes under the notion of impact ends up equating societal relevance with plain practical usefulness (...). If the push towards societal relevance once had a progressive potential, it has today become reactionary. (...) it has become a mechanism of control."

Academic publishers urgently need to allocate more resources toward high-quality & efficient copy-editing. Because of the structural imbalance between publishers & researchers, authors spend hours double-checking poorly corrected proofs multiple times instead of doing research.

👇

Call for Abstracts “Accountability and its Practices in Law and Philosophy”