Reading Paul Gilroy on how "Britain imports dismal, anti-political energy from elsewhere".

Cult Classics: Celebrating the Enduring Magic of ‘To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar’ blackgirlnerds.com/cult-classics-…

We're into the final few months of this project We've collectively watched about 80 films, interviewed about 50 people, and been to lots of geeky events.

A 14 year-old boy on why he's not interested in a career in science: “I’d find it boring. Wearing a white coat, walking around with glasses”. Data from UCL ASPIRES Research

I really like this as a way of communicating research: youtu.be/NDuEZFRt59M

I watched Genius an old Disney film about a child genius who goes to university to do particle physics. He registers at a local school because he fancies a student there. He's cool at school & geeky at uni, finally reconciling these identities & finding friends, love, happiness.

Just found out that 11 of the 12 people to have walked on the Moon were once Scouts. Not sure what that means.

On the way home from ECER 2023 where Maria presented our research. A train ride is perfect for reflecting on relevant questions.

delighted to share our research report: Mind the gender gap: Inequalities in the emergent professions of artificial intelligence (AI) and data science - Young, Wajcman and Sprejer, New Technology, Work and Employment - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nt…

The next ESERA conference in 2025 will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark! 🎉

An end of an era: put our online event in your calendar!

The project is coming to an end, last chance to get geeky x-mas gift suggestions from @MarioBarioBerge ! geekequity.org/marias-final-g…

In his (possibly) last post to our blog, Andreas reflects on our end-of-project event and what we have learnt about geekiness from our project. Merry x-mas! geekequity.org/weve-spent-fou…

Why are geeks who think it is a golden age to be a geek nostalgic over a time in the margins? Our paper on geek nostalgia is out now: "Geek nostalgia: The reflective and restorative defence of white male geek culture” doi.org/10.1177/146144…