David Stark

Video evidence and eyewitness accounts: The science behind why people see different things Why can people watch the same video footage and see different things? Neuroscience can help explain

How your brain changes what you see & how bias can affect a viewer

As CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social explains in @sciam.bsky.social , “Seeing is not just what our eyes physically see but also the experiences and ideas that viewers bring to images.”

www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

Just in time for Christmas: a great interview with an absolute legend.

Theda Skocpol and Edwin Amenta on her career, US politics, the erosion of democracy, and most of all, what to do about it.

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! NEW ISSUE OUT !

Our latest issue (and the last issue of this 2025) is OUT and ready for you to enjoy here: lnkd.in/euHFDNvZ
Inside you will find a conversation between Edwin Amenta and Theda Skocpol on U.S. politics, higher education, and the relationship between sociology and political science.

Another day, another reading recommendation from our new issue (Vol. 19 No. 2). In this piece, Emily Erikson (@emilyerikson.bsky.social) reflects on some core concepts of Harrison’s theoretical work.

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#socialtheory #sociology #HarrisonWhite

Read "Practicing Sociology" (@columbiaup.bsky.social). CASBS fellow David Stark (photo) is its editor.

Tons of fmr fellows contribute! Paul DiMaggio, Neil Fligstein, Marion Fourcade, Eric Klinenberg, Michèle Lamont, Jennifer Lee, John Levi Martin, Richard Swedberg, Marta Tienda, Christine Williams

photo of Michel Callon

Together with his family, his cherished colleagues, many friends, admiring readers, and grateful students, we mourn the loss of Michel Callon, who passed away on July 28th. He was one of the intellectual giants of our era. See this insightful interview sociologica.unibo.it/article/view...

Inside our latest issue, you will find a terrific Special Feature on Harrison White. Here is a snippet of the introduction by Peter Bearman (@incitecolumbia.bsky.social) and Ronald L. Breiger. Enjoy!

Read the whole issue here: sociologica.unibo.it/issue/view/1...

Check out our latest issue (Vol. 19 No. 2) and the included Special Feature on Harrison White. Here's one of the insightful pieces you will find, by John Levi Martin.

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#sociology #socialtheory #HarrisonWhite

YouTube video by Music Box Films FAMILIAR TOUCH | Official Trailer | In Select Theaters June 20

For those who are aging, those who are caring, and those who have been cared for — in other words, all of us. A groundbreaking coming-of-old-age film starring Kathleen Chalfant from writer-director Sarah Friedland, FAMILIAR TOUCH opens in select theaters June 20. youtu.be/NY7qpocVWZE

Desire Never Goes Away: Sarah Friedland and Kathleen Chalfant on "Familiar Touch" | Interviews | Roger Ebert The writer-director and star discuss “the politics of embodiment,” the fine nuances of scripting movement, and disrupting old narratives of decline.

"I don’t think we have a cinema in America that shows us that experience of selfhood. I think we should all be anti-ageists."

Writer-director Sarah Friedland & star Kathleen Chalfant talk to @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social about narratives of decline in FAMILIAR TOUCH: www.rogerebert.com/interviews/f...

For AI-powered social transformation, we can’t just listen to big tech developers’ voices – Gina Neff in Kyunghyang Shinmun Professor Gina Neff spoke to 경향신문  (Kyunghyang Shinmun) about climate change, workers' rights, and the future of AI governance prior to The Kyunghyang Forum in Seoul.

"For AI-powered social transformation, we can’t just listen to big tech."❗

Our ED @ginasue.bsky.social delivered the keynote at the Kyunghyang Forum on 'The Age of Hyper-Acceleration - Beyond Fear to Hope'. Prior to the forum, she spoke to 경향신문 about AI regulation.

➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/for-ai-power...

Fabian Muniesa, 2024, Paranoid Finance, Polity Press.

Hello Oxford, copies of 'Paranoid Finance' available at Blackwell's Oxford Broad Street @blackwelloxford.bsky.social blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

Find this interesting piece by Prof. Grabher on the platformization of industrial production in our latest issue: sociologica.unibo.it/issue/view/1...

Sociologica's latest issues also features a focus section titled 'Problems of Democracy', in which an ensemble of brilliant international scholars critically reflect on democracy and its challenges in contemporary society.

Dont't miss it! Find it here: sociologica.unibo.it/issue/view/1...

Superbe dossier sur l'encadrement et le "mentoring" en sociologie 👀

Have you already read the special focus on the problems of democracy in Sociologica's latest issue?
Here is a 'bit' of the insightful essay by László Bruszt.

Do not forget to check the entire issue here: sociologica.unibo.it/issue/view/1...

Read @ginasue.bsky.social's related @sociologica.bsky.social paper: Can Democracy Survive AI❓

She examines the tension between AI and democratic governance, arguing that AI’s tendencies toward centralisation and control pose urgent challenges to our democracies.

www.mctd.ac.uk/can-democrac...

The last 'bit' from our focus 'Problems of Democracy' is a reflection on poverty and its representation in public discourse, by Pablo J. Boczkowski's.

You can find this and the other pieces in Sociologica's latest issue: sociologica.unibo.it/issue/view/1...

Can Democracy Survive AI? – Sociologica A new article in Sociologica from our Executive Director Professor Gina Neff examines the fundamental tension between AI and democratic governance.

Revisit @ginasue.bsky.social's 'Can Democracy Survive AI?' in @sociologica.bsky.social.

She argues that AI’s tendencies toward centralization and control pose significant challenges to democracy, but there is hope in how people adopt, resist, and modify AI tools.

➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/can-democrac...

Such an interesting piece by Vertesi and Enriquez from our latest issue. Don't forget to check out the other fascinating contributions: sociologica.unibo.it/issue/view/1...

Third time is not a charm—calling the NYPD to arrest the Butler protesters was wrong - Incite at Columbia University Yesterday around 100 student protesters occupied one of the Butler library reading rooms to call attention to Columbia investment policies and for the on-going tragedy in Gaza.

My Columbia Sociology colleagues, Peter Bearman and Gil Eyal on the misguided actions of university officials in a time when democracy is being threatened.

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📡New Issue Out!📡
Among other things, the issue proposes an amazing Special Feature titled “On Mentoring”, edited and introduced by David Stark, with seven contributions.

Find it here: sociologica.unibo.it/issue/view/1...

STATEMENT: CAP’s Alondra Nelson Condemns Dangerous Repeal of AI Executive Order

My statement on the repeal of President Biden's Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...

A wonderful group of authors with lively essays tot de-mystify important aspects of the sociological craft. .https://cup.columbia.edu/book/practicing-sociology/9780231214018

A wonderful set of authors writing lively essays to de-mystify important aspects of the sociological craft. cup.columbia.edu/book/practic...