Blogs - Mike Young Academy

10 (mostly sociable) years of Mike Young Academy

August 27, 2026

I asked 70 university communicators to respond to five provocative claims about social media

June 17, 2026

Book launch: Social Media for Research Impact

January 27, 2026

Tweetorials: Why they may still be worth it

December 9, 2025

Ice sheet or ice shelf: What’s the difference?

November 20, 2025

LinkedIn and social media networking — course for health science PhD students

October 14, 2025

Why niche social platforms like iNaturalist matter to science

October 7, 2025

Researchers are (also) stoking politics on Bluesky. Here is how to avoid it

September 18, 2025

For scholars, being kind could be contagious

August 19, 2025

What I learned from co-authoring a book

August 6, 2025

Call for experts: Social media for research impact

January 10, 2025

Bluesky is emerging as the new platform for science

November 14, 2024

How to be kind on social media – a guide for scientists

August 30, 2024

Mike Young Academy commits to excellence and kindness initiative

August 30, 2024

Communities of scientists are emerging on Bluesky

August 7, 2024

Boost your research career and networking with social media (new course!)

May 21, 2024

Ethics part 4: Ethical duties and commitments on social media

April 30, 2024

A global network of scientists on Bluesky Social

February 20, 2024

Ethics part 3: The mindful use of social media as a researcher

January 24, 2024

Ethics part 2: Why do scientists use social media?

January 3, 2024

Ethics part 1: Social media ethics for scientists – setting a new standard

December 14, 2023

Labs on social media: The most followed research departments in the Nordic region

August 1, 2023

Scientists on social media: The problems, the issues … and the solutions

March 15, 2023

Scientists in Denmark — the top 100 on social media in 2022

September 20, 2022

Peace and conflict professor: Twitter is my platform to influence decision-makers

September 1, 2022

Scientists in Sweden — the top 100 on social media in 2022

September 1, 2022

Climate researcher: You evolve on Twitter as your followers evolve

August 16, 2022

Scientists in Norway — the top 100 on social media in 2022

August 16, 2022

Danish scholar refuses to yield to the trolls on Facebook and Twitter

February 9, 2022

Scientists in Denmark — the top 100 on social media in 2021

September 7, 2021

Why do I tweet about lectures, webinars and conferences?

August 10, 2021

BioTiger

Health tech professor: LinkedIn is my connection to business and to other fields of research

April 9, 2021

The real time Twitter window: What you miss if you only pre-schedule tweets

September 17, 2020

Scientists in Denmark – the top 100 on social media in 2020

September 9, 2020

Copenhagen scientists – the top 100 on social media in 2020

September 3, 2020

The Science Stories podcast – getting people to listen

January 23, 2020

How a PhD student is using LinkedIn to find her next job

November 19, 2019

The TwiLi Index – a new method to count scientists’ social media following

August 16, 2019

Copenhagen scientists – the top 50 on social media in 2019

August 16, 2019

Marcel Bogers

Innovation professor: I am a Twitter hub for others’ research

November 7, 2018

Ia Kochiashvili

Astrophysicist is now a cybersecurity analyst (and on LinkedIn)

August 28, 2018

social network graph

The strength of weak ties – why researchers use Twitter and LinkedIn

March 20, 2018

Ian Burns and Rasmus Mortensen

So … someone secretly made a clone of you. Now what?

February 27, 2018

Maria biological experiments

143,000 people have seen Maria’s biological experiments

January 9, 2018

rasmus mortensen, that theatre

A Number by Caryl Churchill – a philosophical analysis

December 1, 2017

Jack Fisher

Here is how a Twitter campaign is putting global health on the agenda

November 15, 2017

How to keep track of news in your own scientific field

January 10, 2017

Editorial independence for newsrooms – the risks and the rewards

October 5, 2016

Crowdsourcing – getting readers to analyse, write, and send in photos

June 30, 2016

University Post reporters

English-language news in a non-English speaking country – why it makes sense

July 27, 2016