Author Archives
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Critique and Agency in the Accelerated Academy, June 8th @CPGJCam
June 8th, 12pm to 2pm, DMB 2S4 Faculty of Education, Hills Road, Cambridge In the fifth event in the Accelerated Academy series, the Cultural Politics and Global Justice cluster at the University of Cambridge’s Faculty of Education hosts an afternoon seminar… Read More ›
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Undisciplining: Conversations from the Edges
The Sociological Review are organising a conference unlike any other next month in Gateshead, UK. There will be sociological walks, a film festival, art work, participatory workshops, a diverse array of plenary sessions and much more. It will be preceded by… Read More ›
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Platform Capitalism Reading Group at the University of Cambridge
In recent discussions of capitalist transformation, the notion of the ‘platform’ has come to play a prominent role in conceptualising our present circumstances and imagining our potential futures. There are many criticisms which can be raised of the platform metaphor,… Read More ›
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After eight years, we are closing down the blog
We’re going to be taking our blog offline within the next couple of months. We’ll be compiling an eBook of highlights over the eight years we were active but please take this opportunity to save anything more ephemeral which you… Read More ›
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Bourdieusian Field Analysis Training: Theoretical Basis and Empirical Applications
7th and 8th June 2018, Aston University, Birmingham, UK. Bourdieusian field analysis continues to make a key contribution to both the theory and methodology of cultural sociology. The approach not only utilizes a relational sociological analysis of complex cultural patterns… Read More ›
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Crowd Sourcing the Advertising of the Accelerated Academy
I’m currently trying to collate a wide selection of examples of university advertising in the UK at the Accelerated Academy Instagram feed. Would you like to take part? Just ping me an e-mail with a photo of advertising for UK… Read More ›
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FUTURESEX 2018: University of Surrey, 27th-28th June
We seek to interrogate the shifting norms of sex, gender and sexuality, while questioning how research methodologies can properly attend to these shifts. The conference’s focus straddles historical, contemporary and future imaginations, and thus encourages interdisciplinary contributions. The conference will… Read More ›
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CfP – Digital Economy: Ubercapitalism or Post-Capitalism? Conference, London, 11 May 2018
The Digital Economy: Ubercapitalism or Post-Capitalism? King’s College London, 11 May 2018 This international conference aims at exploring the digital economy, understood as the new forms of production, work, consumption, distribution, and finance ushered in by the diffusion of digital… Read More ›
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Digital Cultures: Knowledge / Culture / Technology
International Conference / Leuphana University of Lüneburg 19–22 September 2018, Lüneburg, Germany co-hosted by the Centre for Digital Cultures (CDC), Leuphana University of Lüneburg, and the Institute for Culture and Society (ICS), Western Sydney University, as part of the Knowledge/Culture… Read More ›
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CfP: Using Creative & Visual Methods in Comparative Research
A one-day seminar funded by the International Journal for Social Research Methodology Friday, 15th June, University of Surrey CALL FOR PAPERS Keynote speakers: Agata Lisiak (Bard College, Berlin) and Rita Chawla-Duggan (University of Bath Increasing use is made of both creative… Read More ›
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Answering social science questions with social media data
March 8th, 2018 9:30am to 5:00pm Wellcome Collection, London After last year’s successful ‘Introduction to tools for social media research’, the SRA and #NSMNSS are teaming up again to deliver this one-day conference. As social media research matures as a… Read More ›
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CfP Changing Political Economy of Research & Innovation Workshop 2018
6th Annual CPERI Workshop, 29-30 July 2018 Institute for Social Futures, Lancaster University, UK We cordially invite submissions to the 6th workshop on the Changing Political Economy of Research & Innovation (CPERI), following previous events at Lancaster (2012), Toronto (2013),… Read More ›
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‘Social Listening’ Workshop: building qualitative skills in social media research
10am – 4pm, Saturday 24 February 2018 Palmer 101, Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading ‘Social Listening’ Workshop Following the interdisciplinary showcase conference ‘’Social Listening’ in the past, present and future’ in November 2017, we are pleased to announce a British… Read More ›
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Understanding the political economy of digital technology
A BSA Digital Sociology Study Group event hosted by the Web Science conference at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam May 27th 2018 In more optimistic times we thought of ourselves as masters of digital technology: we told ourselves it was empowering, liberating,… Read More ›
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Answering social science questions with social media data, March 8th in London
After last year’s successful ‘Introduction to tools for social media research’, the SRA and #NSMNSS network are teaming up again on 8 March to deliver a one-day conference in London on ‘Answering social science questions with social media data’. What… Read More ›
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CfP: Marketization and the digital economy
Submissions are now open for SASE’s 30th annual conference, Global Reordering: Prospects for Equality, Democracy and Justice, hosted by Doshisha University from 23-25 June 2018. This is for a special section on digitalisation: Global reordering in the economy is occurring… Read More ›
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The Sage Research Methods Open House, with @einterview
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Answering social science questions with social media data
What role can social media research play in the social sciences? What are the questions it can help us to answer? Speakers from a range of backgrounds will talk about their experiences of using social media in their research, providing… Read More ›
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How do we imagine our collective future? A series of public events in the UK
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CfP: Articulating Voice
The Philosophy, Theory and Critique (PTC) Division of the International Communication Association Event date: 24 May 2018, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Prague, Czech Republic Deadline for proposals: 10 January words abstract) Location: Main Conference Hotel Organizers: Christian… Read More ›
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CfP New Research Network: ‘Alternatives to Capitalism’
Dear colleagues, Attached you find the call for papers for the annual conference of our newly established research network on ‘Alternatives to Capitalism’, which is part of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) and will run for five… Read More ›
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Call for blog posts: the value of graphic social science
The Graphic Social Science Network blog is calling for contributions. Each month, we would like to open the floor to discuss issues relating to producing social science research in comics form. Comics offer scholars a unique opportunity to communicate their… Read More ›
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CfP: Accelerated Academy
Accelerated Academy #4 Academic Timescapes: Perspectives, Reflections, Responsibilities May 24-25, Villa Lanna, Prague, Czech Academy of Sciences After meetings in Prague, Warwick and Leiden, the fourth Accelerated Academy conference calls for a more nuanced perspective in order to advance our… Read More ›
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Ann Oakley’s lessons for social scientists
Four lessons offered by Ann Oakley in her Father and Daughter: Patriarchy, Gender and Social Science. This is a wonderful, thought-provoking and deeply human series of essays on the unfolding of her life in relationship to her father Richard Titmuss, the… Read More ›
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CFP: Diagrams (Edinburgh, 18-22 June 2018)
The 10th conference DIAGRAMS will take place in Edinburgh on 18-22 June 2018. It will include presentations of refereed Papers, Abstracts, and Posters, alongside tutorials, workshop sessions, and a graduate symposium. It provides a united forum for all areas concerned… Read More ›
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CFP: 8th Annual What is…? Conference
WHAT IS UNIVERSE? COMMUNICATION • COMPLEXITY • COHERENCE April 19-21, 2018 * University of Oregon in Portland, USA The _WHAT IS UNIVERSE?_ [1] (2018) conference-experience examines communication, complexity/simplicity, coherence/incoherence and, how they may or may not contribute to “a pluralistic… Read More ›
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Undisciplining: Conversations at the Edges
Undisciplining: Conversations at the Edges The BALTIC, Gateshead, UK; 19-21st June 2018 Call for Participation In 2018 The Sociological Review will be hosting our largest conference to date! This is a long-overdue celebration of our renewed commitment to fostering collaborations and dialogues… Read More ›
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Helen Margetts: How social media (and other platforms) can promote equality in 2027
Thu 16 November 2017, 18:30 – 20:00 GMT Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Professor Helen Margetts, director of the prestigious Oxford Internet Institute, presents her personal, positive vision – and then leads discussion – on how the UK’s social media can… Read More ›
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CfP: Sharing and Storing: Everyday relationships with digital material
CALL FOR PROPOSALS Sharing and Storing: Everyday relationships with digital material Special Issue of New Media & Society Edited by Heather A. Horst The University of Sydney, Australia Jolynna Sinanan RMIT University, Australia Larissa Hjorth RMIT University, Australia Abstract Submission… Read More ›