The Sociological Review Annual Sociology Lecture Friday May 20th 2016, SOAS, University of London This event is free but it is essential to register. To reserve a place, please email Jenny Thatcher []. Keynote: Professor Éric Fassin (Université Paris-8) … Read More ›
Archive for April 2016
Workshop: Using the Morphogenetic Approach, June 21st @SocioWarwick
June 21st, 10am to 5pm The University of Warwick This one day workshop is intended for those currently using or planning to use the morphogenetic approach in their research. In the first half of the workshop, Margaret Archer will give… Read More ›
Symposium: Reorientating Sociological Thought
Re-orienting Sociological Thought? Glamorgan Council Chamber, Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University, School of Social Sciences Cardiff University 2pm to 4pm, Wednesday, May 11th 2016 In recent years, we’ve seen the proliferation of calls to reorientate sociological thought around new concerns, methodologies… Read More ›
The Promise (and Threat) of Algorithmic Accountability
This is a superb talk by what I think are the two top people working on this anywhere:
Would you like to recommend Social Media for Academics to your library?
I’d be ever so grateful if you did 🙂 There’s an online form which you can use to recommend the book here. Get touch if you have any questions or I can help with anything.
Call for Conference Committee Members for the Work, employment and society Conference 2018
We are seeking 4 committee members to join the Work, employment and society conference committee to serve for two years six months from June 2016 to November 2018. Applications must be submitted by Friday 6 May 2016, 17:00 (GMT). About… Read More ›
The Political Socialisation of Presidents and Politicians
Barack Obama quoted in The Deep State, by Mike Lofgren, pg 63. The demands of fundraising for US politicians are exceptional but I assume a similar process can be found elsewhere, as an elite gradually becomes one’s reference group if… Read More ›
Symposium: Reorientating Sociological Thought
Re-orienting Sociological Thought? Glamorgan Council Chamber, Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University, School of Social Sciences Cardiff University 2pm to 4pm, Wednesday, May 11th 2016 In recent years, we’ve seen the proliferation of calls to reorientate sociological thought around new concerns, methodologies… Read More ›
Two free workshops at the Centre for Social Ontology @SocioWarwick
The Morphogenetic Approach June 21st, 10am to 5pm The University of Warwick This one day workshop is intended for those currently using or planning to use the morphogenetic approach in their research. In the first half of the workshop, Margaret… Read More ›
Social Research and Intellectual Neglect: The Promise in Explicating the Philosophical Ethics Underpinning Our Research
by John-Paul Smiley This brief piece is a rallying call of sorts – for researchers to more clearly make explicit the fundamental philosophical ethics underpinning their research. Most research, as Kinsella (2006) points out, ‘…is informed by philosophical underpinnings that… Read More ›
A contagion of pivots reveals the hollowness of the sharing economy
Interesting analysis of the difficulties that many platform firms are facing now that venture capital is starting to dry up. I also love the phrase “a contagion of pivots” more than I can express: A contagion of pivots began happening… Read More ›
Academic Social Media in the Research Economy
It is increasingly hard to move without encountering the idea that social media is something of value for academics. The reasons offered are probably quite familiar by now. It helps ensure your research is visible, both inside and outside the… Read More ›
Cyberparty: popular politics in digital times – Fri May 13 2016, Centre for Digital Culture, King’s College London
// Cyberparty: Popular Politics in Digital Times // In recent years – and in particular since the explosion of the financial crisis of 2008 – we have witnessed the rise of an array of new political parties – sometimes described… Read More ›
Using Social Media to Manage Information
See endorsements of the book here and there’s a chapter available online here. This is the cheapest place to buy it online.
How to ‘network’ without chipping away at your soul
‘Networking’ is a horrible term. I’m sure I’m not the only person who hates it. It nonetheless refers to something important, albeit perhaps pervasively misunderstood. The usual connotations of the term ‘networking’ are insincerity, instrumentalism and general creepiness. There have been a… Read More ›
Are you studying the internal conversation? Get in touch soon for a free workshop
We still have one place left for this workshop. Get in touch very soon if you’d like to take part: Reflexivity Forum 10am-5pm, May 24th 2016 R1.04, University of Warwick Following from a successful initial meeting last year, this event… Read More ›
Are you coming to @thesocreview’s Annual Lecture?
The Sociological Review Annual Sociology Lecture Friday May 20th 2016, SOAS, University of London This event is free but it is essential to register. To reserve a place, please email Jenny Thatcher []. Keynote: Professor Éric Fassin (Université Paris-8) … Read More ›
Workshop: Using the Morphogenetic Approach
June 21st, 10am to 5pm The University of Warwick This one day workshop is intended for those currently using or planning to use the morphogenetic approach in their research. In the first half of the workshop, Margaret Archer will give… Read More ›
Do we need to reorientate Sociological thought? Or are perpetual calls to do this part of the problem?
Re-orienting Sociological Thought? Glamorgan Council Chamber, Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University, School of Social Sciences Cardiff University 2pm to 4pm, Wednesday, May 11th 2016 In recent years, we’ve seen the proliferation of calls to reorientate sociological thought around new concerns, methodologies… Read More ›
Shared Sociology
by Les Back We all know we are struggling within the institutions in the academy where metrics and audit culture is tied to the hierarches of a value. Even if you did well in REF 2014, success is followed quickly… Read More ›
The Challenge of Public Engagement Projects and the Role of New Intermediaries Like @Soc_Imagination and @TheSocReview
In a recent article on the LSE Impact Blog, Martha Henson reflects on the challenges which typify digital projects and the implications this has for the uptake of social media in higher education. She highlights a pattern which occurs with depressing frequency,… Read More ›
The Aristocracy of the Digital Celebrities and the Magical Thinking That Props It Up
This is possibly the most depressing blog post I’ve ever read. It’s the earnestness with which the author conveys the message that “influencers are rarely the people who move the needle in our life”, as if this was a genuine… Read More ›
DEADLINE TOMORROW: Sex and Sexualities in Popular Culture: Feminist Perspectives 2016
Sex and Sexualities in Popular Culture: Feminist Perspectives 2016 Call for Papers for a 1-day postgraduate symposium hosted by the Digital Cultures Research Centre Abstract deadline: April 15th, 2016 Conference date and location: September 3rd, 2016, Digital Cultures Research Centre, The Watershed,… Read More ›
So what is ‘networking’?
This is an extract from Social Media for Academics by Mark Carrigan To talk of ‘networking’ raises the inevitable question of what your ‘network’ is and why it matters. This is a theme which cuts through the book given that the… Read More ›
Engines of Knowledge from the First Information Age: Medicine and the Hospital
By Hamish Robertson and Joanne Travaglia Introduction While we now live in an era marked by the emergence of big data, this is not the first ‘big’ information age but the second. The first big data information age occurred in… Read More ›
Call for chapter abstracts: Digital Technology and Sustainability
Call for Chapter Abstracts Working Title: Digital Technology and Sustainability: Acknowledging Paradox, Facing Conflict, and Embracing Disruption Edited collection to be published by Routledge Editors: Mike Hazas, Lancaster University, UK Lisa Nathan, University of British Columbia, Canada Important dates 28… Read More ›
Slow Scholarship in Fast and Austere Times
http://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/events/faculty-events/slow-scholarship-in-fast-and-austere-times/ 13 April 2016 15:00 -16:30 BPA GO2, Broadcasting Place, City Campus Leeds Beckett University
Theorizing Social Inquiry: Contemporary Debates
Theorizing Social Inquiry: Contemporary Debates University of Edinburgh, Friday 6th May, 2016, 1-5.30pm Summary: This symposium will address contemporary theoretical debates about social science as a form of inquiry – as an active, ongoing process of knowledge production. Areas of… Read More ›