Better (Practical) Social Change to UQ

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Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642

Abstract

In the 2026–2025 Times Higher Education Subject Rankings for Arts and Humanities, the University of Queensland and Griffith University are doing poorly in two categories: Research Environment and Teaching. In 2025 the University of Queensland’s ranking research environment was 32.0%, it has only now reached 35.2%. In 2025 Griffith University’s ranking research environment was 18.0%, it has only now just reached 21.2%. In 2025 the University of Queensland’s ranking for teaching was 32.0%, it has only has now reached 40.8%. In 2025 Griffith University’s ranking for teaching was 22.4%, it has only now just reached 23.7%. The marginal improvement might be due to the Vice-Chancellors recognition of some Dr Buch’s comments without paying him for his consultancy.

The stagnation of these institutions is a symptom of proletarianization and the “technical abyss” described by Bernard Stiegler. By reducing education to “measurable utility” and “institutional bullshit,” management has short-circuited the libidinal energy required for genuine intellectual progress. Applying Stiegler’s philosophy, this essay argues that practical social change at the University of Queensland (UQ) requires a neganthropic turn through the implementation of a Contributory Economy and Contributory Research models. Drawing on Joshua Kyle T. Rovero’s analysis of revolution as a universal mode of disclosure, the path forward involves transforming UQ from a “technostructure” focused on administrative calculation into an “associated milieu” that prioritizes the care of the mind (panser).

Featured Image: The University of Queensland, circa 1963.

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Neville Buch

Professional Historian at Professional Historians Association (Queensland) Inc.

Neville Buch (Pronounced Book) Ph.D. is a certified member of the Professional Historians Association (Queensland). Since 2010 he has operated a sole trade business in history consultancy. He was a Q ANZAC 100 Fellow 2014-2015 at the State Library of Queensland. Dr Buch was the PHA (Qld) e-Bulletin, the monthly state association’s electronic publication, and was a member of its Management Committee. He is the Managing Director of the Brisbane Southside History Network.

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