🧵 I recently spoke with Taylor Owen @theglobeandmail.com Machines Like Us podcast about an urgent question: How do you make a technology safe when the political will to govern it has evaporated? And what happens if we don't? www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/mac...
24.02.2026 13:34 — 👍 43 🔁 19 💬 1 📌 0This is the type of shit that makes it 100% clear this has nothing to do whatsoever with "law enforcement."
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Pew Research Center is seeking a Data Archivist to support our commitment to open science and data transparency. This newly created role will play a key part in enhancing the accessibility, usability, and reproducibility of our research data while continuing to protect the privacy and identity of our survey participants. As Data Archivist, you will lead efforts to create and implement best practices for preparing, documenting, and disseminating datasets. These best practices should maximize FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles while minimizing disclosure risk. You will work across teams to ensure our data is well-organized and thoroughly documented. You will serve as an internal advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are not only accurate and comprehensive but also easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public. This is a full-time, Pew Research Center position. The position is funded by an external grant and limited to a two-year term.
Primary Responsibilities Develop optimization procedures to improve discoverability of our datasets on internal and external platforms Develop and maintain standards to improve accessibility of our microdata and tab plans by changing/adding formats and/or adding documentation Identify metadata documentation best practices and a process to implement those best practices at the Center Work with Legal to evaluate most appropriate license to publicly share the Center's survey data, including Creative Common options Identify and correct processing inefficiencies in our data publication process Sit on the internal Disclosure Risk Taskforce Document analytical decisions and code to support transparency and replicability, including the development of a RACI chart for publishing code to recreate derived variables that are used in reports but are not included in the microdata Manage/create merged time series datasets for select Center datasets Identify a process for internally archiving data and projects that are no longer in active use Identify and implement a process to assign Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) to microdata Prepare and upload public-facing datasets and restricted-use datasets for external sharing. Train staff on FAIR principles and best practices in data archiving.
Education/Training/Experience Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in library sciences, organizational management, or a related field. 5-7 years of experience with data archiving, database management, or survey research. This may include graduate training at the MA/PhD level or equivalent experience in an applied setting. At least 3-5 years of experience applying FAIR and open science principles. Background in social science research or data curation. Experience in data management, archiving, or research support. Familiarity with FAIR principles, Creative Common licensing, data privacy principles, and exposure risk. Proficiency in metadata standards and documentation tools. Experience managing research projects, including working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team. Experience with statistical software (e.g., R, Python, Stata) and reproducible research workflows. Knowledge, Skill and Workplace Requirements Strong organizational and communication skills. Detail oriented with exacting standards to maintain accuracy and impartiality in all work products. Ability to work independently to carry out special projects from start to finish. Ability to balance numerous tasks simultaneously. Ability to work collaboratively and collegially with other team members, as well as with staff from other Pew Research Center teams. Ability to balance competing priorities and identify optimal solutions FLSA Status: Exempt Compensation: Starting salary is commensurate with experience within the range of $100,000 - $120,000. Hybrid Work Schedule: Pew Research Center staff are required to be present in the Center’s Washington, D.C., office three core days weekly (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday). Staff may work virtually from remote locations on other days in a typical work week.
Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.
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Contrary to fears of indoctrination www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...
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20 Seed Grants for 1-Year Doctoral and
Post-Doctoral Researcher Positions @ TransforM with @tum.de & @lmumuenchen.bsky.social ; feel free to contact me for questions
#STS #Sociology #Technologies
Call for Submissions – ISRE 2026
We’re excited to welcome the emotion researchers to Brisbane, Australia, 11–14 July 2026. Get connected, share your work & shape conversations across disciplines.
📝 Abstract deadline: 21 Nov 2025
✨ Talks, symposia & posters invited
🌐 More info: www.isre2026.org
New paper in PNAS! With @phuang.bsky.social and Carter Butts. This paper highlights an overlooked mechanism, when multiple infectious individuals compete to infect the same susceptible person, the disease can reduce its own effective reproductive rate. #articles www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
06.06.2025 18:01 — 👍 17 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
My department is hiring an assistant professor of environmental behavioral sciences. The research area is open but we are particularly interested in people with research on collective action or computational social sciences.
Happy to answer questions about the Doerr School or the department.
Professor Alondra Nelson, Biden's former head of science and technology policy and one of the most brilliant sociologists today, joins Reimagining for what is one of our best ever episodes.
AI, race and medicine, Trumps' research cuts, and so much more.
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Berkeley Sociology is hiring faculty! Sept 1 application deadline. Two positions: (1) open area junior search. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05013, (2) associate or full professor in Anti-Black Racism and Social Inclusion aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05012 Please help spread the word!
25.07.2025 03:51 — 👍 77 🔁 60 💬 1 📌 2
The sociology & criminology dept at gonzaga is hiring! We're searching for somebody with a focus on criminology, law, or social control (broadly conceived).
We're a liberal arts teaching university. Very collegial department. Spread the word to interested folks. I'm happy to answer questions!
Postdoctoral Positions in Quantitative Labor Market Research (60-80 %)
The Department of Sociology offers a 2-year postdoctoral position (60–80%) with the prospect of extension, starting October 1, 2025, or earlier, or by arrangement.
Screenshot of the SICSS Paris logo
Next week, CREST is hosting another edition of the Summer School in Computational Social Science (SICSS).
Check out the speakers and participants here: sicss.io/2025/paris/p... and some here:
@bartbonikowski.bsky.social @eunjikim.bsky.social
@austin-van-loon.bsky.social @dirkhovy.bsky.social
Call for papers for Emotions and Society
Special issue - Masculinities and Emotions: Changing Times and Contexts
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Please share!
#Emosoc @jonathangheaney.bsky.social
excerpt from Chana Teeger's article, (Not) feeling the past: boredom as a racialised emotion.
👏Congratulations to @cteeger.bsky.social, whose article "(Not) Feeling the Past: Boredom as a Racialized Emotion" has won the Recent Contributions Award from the Sociology of Emotions Section of the @asanews.bsky.social 🏆
Read the article here ➡️ www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
#Emosoc
04.06.2025 16:06 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
This might be of interest to #emosoc scholars and others researching emotions and politics
#polisky
I've just heard that Tom Scheff, a pioneer in the sociology of emotions, died a few weeks ago at the age of 95. He made a huge contribution, especially to our understanding of shame & pride (and violence), and to microsociology more generally.
Ar dheis dé...
#emosoc
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University of Pennsylvania Press @pennpress.bsky.social has selected my book, For the Love of Humanity, as one of their 20 favourite books. This means that the book is available now at a 75% discount.
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@lsesociology.bsky.social @lsehumanrights.bsky.social
The Machine Penalty by Daniel Shank.
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We're hiring! We have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated and professional Research Coordinator to support all research administrative activities within the Department and provide comprehensive support for the Sociology MPhil/PhD programme.
📆 Applications close 29 June.
We could've had home care for seniors covered for those who need it. Instead we live in a police state.
08.06.2025 06:35 — 👍 2559 🔁 542 💬 43 📌 22
Application open for postdoc positions in the social sciences/psychology in the COFUND programme Migration, Diaspora, Citizenship at the University of Münster!! 🥳 Please share with potential applicants (must have PhD & been away from Germany/international) 🙌🏼
www.uni-muenster.de/COFUND-MDC/a...
This fun little article about Affect Control Theory and The Troubles got an honorable mention for the Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award from the Mathematical Sociology Section.
Currently celebrating with ice cream.
#sociology
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Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
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Odd how much of what's going on in US is captured by Tom Petty song titles:
stocks: Free Fallin
tourism/immigration: Don't Come Around Here No More
tariffs: Runnin' Down a Dream
court orders: I Won't Back Down
science: You Wreck Me
foreign policy: Breakdown
cabinet picks: Tweeter and the Monkey Man
Hey GenderSky and PoliSky!
The ERC project @gendersuccess.bsky.social is hiring!
Interested in gender & representation and skilled in survey methods?
Join us for a 2-year research position — great conditions, exciting project, fantastic team of colleagues!!
Feel free to DM me for more info 🚀
Nice to see this succeed. Seems like this strategy could be applied in any state where this happens, and doesn't necessarily need to go through the university system (considering they might not stand up for their students).
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