Archive - What Katy Did

In praise of books

More on how academic incentives have gone awry

May 6 •

April 2025

Social proof and getting things wrong

Thoughts on belief and the importance of accepting error

Apr 6 •

March 2025

Private law blues

The succession problem (again)

Mar 29 •

Bad men do what good men dream

Thoughts on the Gaiman controversy

Mar 19 •

February 2025

Vale Professor Harold Luntz AO

25 February 1937 – 29 January 2025

Feb 28 •

The Hidden People

Character sketches

Feb 21 •

January 2025

December 2024

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah

And best wishes to all

Dec 24, 2024 •

[REPOST] Activism versus Advocacy

Why activism and academia are oil and water

Dec 14, 2024 •

November 2024

Foxes and hedgehogs

Being a fox in academia

Nov 24, 2024 •

[Repost] Lecturer’s duty of care

Representing all students

Nov 19, 2024 •

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