Mike Ryder
@RobotTheory
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Writer, editor, philosopher and book geek. I teach Marketing at Lancaster University. Interested in robots, technology, science fiction, and biopolitics.
Lancaster
Joined April 2014
Another cool article about Warhammer Conference published on PC Gamer this morning >> https://t.co/UI4z9qFqGH
pcgamer.com
Only a few of the papers are heretical.
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The academic conference that I co-founded, Warhammer Conference, has just been cited in the Financial Times. Pretty cool I think! https://t.co/6PwQnRH4yJ
ft.com
The maker of the fantasy figurine game is now valued at £5.25bn. What keeps the battle raging on?
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Just clicked 'submit' on the final revision of my new textbook, 'Advertising: A Practitioner Perspective' to be published by Bloomsbury in 2026. Exciting times!
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Just arrived in Heidelberg ready for our second ever #WarhammerConference. I'm really excited to see the diverse topics covered across the two days. For more details and for a free live stream, visit
warhammer-conference.com
Hello and welcome to Warhammer Conference – the world's first academic conference dedicated to all things Warhammer!
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The Warhammer Conference starts this Friday, and I’m remote presenting my first 40k seminar! #WarhammerCommunity
https://t.co/uI8wLoMLRS
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Great new article on electric car charging by my colleague Dr Nicole Bulawa in The Conversation: https://t.co/83p0CfO44j
theconversation.com
It’s not only the appearance of petrol stations and fuel pumps that has been imitated. The basic principles of charging and refuelling are very similar.
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It's incredibly hard to do 'gold standard teaching' and 'world leading research' when most of my day is taken up with form filling and admin. There is literally a whole bureaucratic class of people in HE whose job seems to be to make work for others but not do any themselves...
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Great article about the forthcoming Warhammer Conference and its importance to online discussion of Warhammer, particularly on YouTube. As a YouTuber who is also presenting a paper at the conference I hope it has the positive impact Timothy suggests! https://t.co/9TM9bOwOTt
wargamer.com
The second ever Warhammer conference brings together academics from many disciplines - and gives me hope the global fandom can ascend.
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Jeremy Clarkson says his cows have TB. Again. He also claims to have already killed the badgers on his farm. So what now? This is the ugly truth about bovine TB that the government and the farming lobby don’t want to admit: killing badgers doesn’t work. For over a decade,
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This has been a really moving case to follow over the last few weeks. If you believe in women's rights, as I do, then I encourage you to read into it. @tribunaltweets is a great resource; as is @boswelltoday. The whole story is shocking. #istandwithsandie
As Sandie Peggie returns to the witness stand for the final time, I’ve taken a moment to gather some final thoughts. My last update from the tribunal will be out this afternoon - but in the meantime, here is one I prepared earlier. The Case That Spoke Too Plainly🧱 I won’t be
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New #academicWarhammer book out today! Check out The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: Warhammer available via Play Story Press, and featuring a chapter by yours truly. You can pay to buy a copy, but also download for free via open access
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🔊The Complete University Guide 2026 has been released today, with two LUMS subject areas featuring in the Top 10. ⭐Accounting and Finance - ranked 8th ⭐Marketing - ranked 8th Overall, Lancaster University is ranked 10th in the UK and the top university in north-west England.
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Classic HE: In July 2024, I was contacted by a dept. at my uni asking me to write up some case studies for the website. I was asked at very short notice with very quick turnaround. Now, **almost a year later**, I have been sent the preview of these cases ready to go live (!)
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I am so *done* with so-called 'curriculum transformation'. I thought I was done, but apparently not. I've just been sent *another* 26-page form to fill out. 'Nothing but a simple administrative formality.' Why does HE have to be like this?! https://t.co/T7Py3zYwtl
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PC Gamer has published an article about the conference I'm organising in September: https://t.co/XV76HTAKiB
pcgamer.com
In the grim darkness of the 21st century, there is only scholarly analysis of the grim darkness of the 41st millennium.
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Each year uni sends out a survey to ask if the workload we are assigned matches the actual work we do. The data is used by OFS/UKRI. Many of us answer 'no'. This year we've been emailed by our dVC to remind us of the financial necessity of answering 'yes'. A worrying precedent.
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So this is quite nice... Just spotted that my 'online first' publication in Medical Humanities sits alongside a paper from the wonderful @JessJCox, who supervised my UG dissertation way back in 2010. What a funny ol' world it is!
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In other, more positive news, Alexandra Krendel and I have just published an OA article in Medical Humanities all about the role of science fiction in conceptualising the reproductive future. See more here: https://t.co/jgL3Qi5IVd
mh.bmj.com
In this paper, we explore how members of the public invoke science fiction tropes and references in response to the topic of complete ectogenesis (where the entire development of a fetus takes place...
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The Office for Students (OfS) has fined the University of Sussex £585,000 after an investigation found the university’s governing documents failed to uphold freedom of speech and academic freedom, as well as failings in the university’s management and governance processes.
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