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Charlotte Högberg @chogberg.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

How can we study and understand AI transparency, not as a governance ideal, but as a practice? The aim of my new article in Big Data & Society is to increase the knowledge of how AI experts working on medical AI deal with opacity and make sense of their models... doi.org/10.1177/2053... #STS #AI

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Transparency tinkering: Working with opacities in the development of medical artificial intelligence - Charlotte Högberg, 2026

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are increasingly researched and applied in medicine and healthcare. The high stakes of these applications have raised ...

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Sorry chatbot lovers but the waning of Boolean operators in most search functions on websites has made my life actively worse. You can't find anything, you can only have things suggested to you.

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Charlotte Högberg @chogberg.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The International Conference on Machine Learning #ICML is currently taking place in Seoul and online. I am very happy to have a paper accepted: "Position: Every Ground Truth is a Human Construction, not an Objective Truth" co-authored by Kiri L. Wagstaff & Ericka Johnson.

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Charlotte Högberg @chogberg.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Very inspiring talk by Arvind Narayana @randomwalker.bsky.social at #ICML today, giving much food for thought about AI capabilities, simplified discourses, diffusion barriers, accuracy vs reliability & evaluation as the skill for the future – resonating a lot with our position paper on ground truths

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Ethan Plaut @ethanplaut.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

“…hallucinated references disproportionately assign credit to already prominent and male scholars, suggesting that LLM-generated errors may reinforce existing inequities in scientific recognition…” 🧪 arxiv.org/abs/2605.07723

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LLM hallucinations in the wild: Large-scale evidence from non-existent citations

Large language models (LLMs) are known to generate plausible but false information across a wide range of contexts, yet the real-world magnitude and consequences of this hallucination problem remain p...

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Charlotte Högberg @chogberg.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Publication alert! New article out in Big Data & Society on digital phantoms and synthetic data in medical physics. We explore the making of digital reference objects for human bodies and how they are used in construction of ground truths, as known, & even perfect truths. doi.org/10.1177/2053...

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Digital phantoms in medical research: Synthetic data and the pursuit of ground truth - Charlotte Högberg, Peter Winter, 2026

Digital phantoms are virtual representations of the human body used in medical research to test equipment, train medical professionals and develop or validate a...

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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures". Open panel submissions portal is open! ls! Deadline: 2nd February 2026 www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...

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About the Conference

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

JOB! I'm hiring a postdoc for 2 years on my ERC MaMo project. Looking for someone with strong quant methods, ongoing work close to the project's aims, and a desire to publish in sociology. Start flexible in the next 12 months. Formal call out shortly, but contact me first.

Markets and Mobility: How Employers Structure Economic Opportunity

Intergenerational mobility, measuring the ability to achieve economic success regardless of family background, is a critical reflection of a society’s commitment to equality of opportunity. Rising income inequality has raised concerns about the potential erosion of upward mobility. While education has traditionally been viewed as the path to mobility, its transformative power is facing challenges in a rapidly evolving job market. This project reorients the focus of intergenerational mobility research by highlighting the labor market as an arena for the reproduction of advantage. It employs a comparative approach, using administrative data from four countries: Sweden, Austria, England, and the United States. It also incorporates evidence from a broader set of nations through cross-national surveys, longitudinal household surveys, labor force surveys, secondary data, and digital trace data. The project employs cutting-edge empirical methods, including quasi- experimental designs, event studies, within-family comparisons, decomposition analyses, counterfactual simulations, and diagnostic checks to rigorously assess the extent of inequalities in the labor market. The research investigates how family background influences the sorting of individuals to employers and workplaces, accounting for education and occupation, and explores variations in career progression within and between employers. It comprehensively catalogues and assesses mechanisms shaping workplace inequality, contributing to the development of social closure theory. Additionally, the project evaluates intervention strategies, encompassing both employer practices and government actions, to promote fair opportunity in the labor market.

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Charlotte Högberg @chogberg.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Are you interested in synthetic data? Join us at the EASST conference in Kraków, 8-11 September 2026. The call for abstracts is open until end of Feb. Hope to see you and engage with your work in Kraków! #STS #EASST #syntheticdata nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...

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CB027: Synthetic data and representation: The politics of AI generated computational practices

Synthetic data are touted as fixes to technical, ethical, and political challenges. But what do they mean for the politics of representation in knowledge

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵 Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 27/11/2025

"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se

Infographic with AI slop published in Nature Scientific Reports

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Fia Ewald @fiaewald.se · 21/11/2025

"To my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so." www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...

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I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.

"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Just catching up with this amazing bit of London Centric reporting and this is such an excellent description of the weird epistemic ambiguity produced by AI: "There’s clearly something political about it but nobody knows what it is." www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...

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London's giant AI artwork to be torn down

The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.

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easst.bsky.social @easst.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Call for panels now open until 31 Oct 2025. We invite you to join us for EASST’s Biennial Conference, to be held in Krakow, Poland easst.net/conference/e...

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EASST2026 Home

The conference will take place on the main campus of AGH University of Krakow, walking distance from the Krakow’s vibrant city centre.

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dylan baker @dylnbkr.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

We're seeing lots of headlines about the catastrophic impact of massive data center expansion. But what else could data centers look like? In my perpetual quest to seek out alternative technofutures, I want to highlight the really cool work of Keolu Fox. 🧵

A worker sorts through a large pile of e-waste in an industrial facility,
highlighting the environmental impact of discarded electronics.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 08/10/2025

In 1996, Brewster Kahle wrote "Preserving the Internet" for Scientific American. Nearly 30 years later, it’s striking how many of his predictions about digital preservation came true—and how many challenges remain. Let’s compare 1996 vs 2025 🧵

Page from March 1997 Scientific American featuring Brewster Kahle’s article 'Preserving the Internet.' Text describes the Internet Archive’s mission to save digital information. Includes a photo of a Smithsonian exhibit with 1996 U.S. election web memorabilia.

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Charlotte Högberg @chogberg.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

When you re-read a submitted manuscript and finds that you have accidentally written 'the shit towards' instead of 'shift towards'... #academiclife

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Charlotte Högberg @chogberg.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Struggles when being in academia: The constant battle in your (or maybe it is just my) mind about whether to do the very necessary admin stuff or to read Simondon in the sun when one unscheduled hour approaches. #STS #academia

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Charlotte Högberg @chogberg.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

The most inspiring read of my summer. James Bridle’s Ways of Being is a beautiful and thought-provoking essay on the entanglement of humans, nature and technologies, and ideas about what intelligence is and how to build ”smart” machines. #STS #AI

A paperback copy of the book Ways of being by James Bridle.

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Charlotte Högberg @chogberg.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Hi #STS peers and other ethnographers! I am looking for good work on ethics of ethnographic research. In general but also particularly in healthcare/medical settings. Do you have any suggestions? Please, let me know! #STS #ethnography #research #researchethics

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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

So sad, Callon was such an important figure in STS. Who can forget those scallops? I met him once at the École des Mines, Bruno Latour introduced us, around 1990 - that was it. I wish I'd gotten to know him, too late now - yet the scallops and ANT live on #STS @4sweb.bsky.social @aussts.bsky.social

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Charlotte Högberg @chogberg.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Lost genre identified on my dad’s old book shelf: The academic conference CD-ROM #academiclife

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Charlotte Högberg @chogberg.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

The cold river and the hot sun in my hometown in Northern Sweden right now ❤️ #Lycksele

A sandy beach by a river, surrounded by trees, and a sunny blue sky

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Charlotte Högberg @chogberg.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I am happy to share that I am starting a position as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Technology & Society, with a specialization in #STS & medical AI, at Lund University. I will work in two research projects exploring ethical & epistemological dimensions of AI-supported predictive precision medicine 😊

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Charlotte Högberg @chogberg.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Very happy to see that this special issue of Sociologisk Forskning is now out in the world and I am honored to have my paper included! "This ground truth is muddy anyway: Ground truth data assemblages for medical AI development" Check it out here doi.org/10.37062/sf.... (Open access)! #STS

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“This ground truth is muddy anyway”: Ground Truth Data Assemblages for Medical AI Development | Sociologisk Forskning

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Charlotte Högberg @chogberg.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Yesterday was a major milestone for me as I passed my PhD defense, making me a doctor in Technology and Society! So grateful to everyone involved in the defense and to all that have supported me on this journey. The thesis is available here: portal.research.lu.se/en/publicati...

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Charlotte Högberg @chogberg.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Join The Digital STS Hub! The Digital STS Hub is a collaborative network of researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Linköping University, Lund University, and Södertörn University who share an interest in the digital from an STS perspective. ....

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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Very timely and necessary critical intervention by @katschwerzmann.bsky.social ‬– highly recommended: «By embracing LLMs before developing any critical framework for their use in pedagogical and research contexts, the University allows itself to be governed by the contingent, ever-evolving ... 1/

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Ruled by the Representation Space: On the University’s Embrace of Large Language Models

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Charlotte Högberg @chogberg.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Nailed my PhD thesis to the wall today as we do in Sweden in good time before defending. The public defence will be June 4th!

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Meet the winners of the 2025 Dance Your PhD contest. There are four broad categories—physics, chemistry, biology, and social science—liberally defined. arstechnica.com/science/2025...

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Meet the winners of the 2025 Dance Your PhD contest

There are four broad categories—physics, chemistry, biology, and social science—liberally defined.

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Sam Bennett @sj-bennett.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

📢 interested in how AI (re)enacts norms in medicine? Join this workshop I’m organising with @benedetta.bsky.social, @alexcampolo.bsky.social and @chogberg.bsky.social, supported by @amoorelouise.bsky.social & AlgoSoc - contact us for more info We can help with travel costs for PhD students/ECRs!

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Charlotte Högberg @chogberg.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Another (hopefully the last) weekend of PhD thesis writing at the office #academia #academiclife #phdlife

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Charlotte Högberg @chogberg.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Any students interested in critical perspectives on datafication? This fall I am giving a newly minted course: "The Data-driven Society: Social, Political, and Ethical Aspects of Datafication" (3 ECTS, in English, part-time) at Lund Uni. Apply before April 15! www.antagning.se/se/search?pe...

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Hitta utbildningar på Antagning.se

Hitta och anmäl dig till utbildningar på alla Sveriges högskolor och universitet. Du kan använda sökord och filtrera för att hitta dina utbildningar.

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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Delighted that Anna Tsing and @avastmachine.bsky.social have been awarded @4sonline.bsky.social Bernal Prizes for 2025! The John Desmond Bernal Prize is award annually for lifetime achievements in (or profound influence on) #STS

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Lukas Engelmann @engelmal.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

🚨Job Klaxon🚨 Seeking a post-doc for 5.5 years (!) on our brand new @medicinewithoutdoctors.org project! The candidate will be working with @cathm.bsky.social and the wider team to lead on playful, design-based methodological collaboration. Deadline 31 March 2025 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMD146/p...

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Medicine without Doctors) at The University of Edinburgh

Explore an exciting academic career as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Medicine without Doctors). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

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Kim TallBear @kimtallbear.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

A dear feminist science studies mentor passed on March 5. Have a good journey Sandra Harding. ❤️ Harding was UCLA Distinguished Professor Emerita of Education and Gender Studies, former Director of the Center for the Study of Women. Link is an oral history interview with Sandra on her career.

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Oral history interview with Sandra Harding

Sandra Harding was born in San Francisco, California, the first of five children born to Lloyd and Constance Harding. Her father's struggle to find work during the Great Depression led the family to L...

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Charlotte Högberg @chogberg.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Are you interested in the history of computer vision? Read my review of James E. Dobson's intriguing book, now published in the new issue of Tecnoscienza. #STS #criticaldatastudies doi.org/10.6092/issn...

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James E. Dobson, The Birth of Computer Vision, University of Minnesota Press, 2023 | Tecnoscienza – Italian Journal of Science & Technology Studies

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colleenkstone.bsky.social @colleenkstone.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

“But we must never confuse function for purpose. We must not mistake what AI can do with whom AI should serve.”

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Pause and enjoy the starling murmuration that I witnessed yesterday evening. Mesmerising

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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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