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Ji-won Lee 이지원 @g1lee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

[Reminder / Sep. 25] Beyond Capacity-Building Myths and Coordination Fetishes

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Laura K. Nelson @lauraknelson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New preprint! A review article on Generative AI and Society, with the fantastic @thomasdavidson.bsky.social & Danny Karell (smartly not online!) osf.io/preprints/so... The lit on genAI is sprawling and mostly not in sociology. Our goal is to synthesize core themes relevant to sociologists. +

GENERATIVE AI AND SOCIETY
Laura K. Nelson,
Daniel Karell,
and Thomas Davidson

ABSTRACT
For sociologists, generative AI inherits the legacy of earlier computational technologies: it is an advancement of machine learning already adopted as a methodology, and it intervenes in a society already shaped by algorithmic systems. Yet it also has a dimension that distinguishes it from previous computational methods, and one that makes it inherently sociological: its interactivity. In this review, we conceptualize the interactivity of generative AI and introduce a framework for understanding how it operates across individual, organizational, and institutional life. Specifically, the framework specifies how generative AI expands users, functions as a proxy for society, and expresses power,
both in sociological practice and in society. We conclude by suggesting three dynamics driven by generative AI that sociology will face in the near future: the transformation of scientific practice, the reorganization of social interaction, and the acceleration of algorithmic governance.

Keywords: generative AI, interaction, computational sociology, methods, algorithms, algorithmic governance

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Ji-won Lee 이지원 @g1lee.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

How can sociology contribute to addressing the crisis in Palestine? Join our #ProblemSolvingSociology panel on "Perspectives on Solving the Crisis in Palestine" with Lisa Hajjar, Areej Sabbagh-Khoury, Gay Seidman & Joseph Kaplan Weinger (Oct 9, 11am EDT): sites.google.com/view/problem...

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Ji-won Lee 이지원 @g1lee.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Why do urban anti-poverty plans fail? Join Tommaso Vitale for a #ProblemSolvingSociology talk on "Capacity-Building Myths and Coordination Fetishes" (Sep 25, 11am EDT): www.problemsolvingsociology.com/virtual-even...

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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 19/08/2026

I do not want to read an email that the sender didn't write, or a blog post that they commissioned from model X--even if in my own work I find value in that same model. My rejection is not a judgement on the prose, but a judgment about the rules of human interaction. Cogent spam ... is still spam.

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Work In Progress @wipsociology.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Why do audiences accept AI avatars in some streaming studios but not in others? Jun Zhou's latest post, "Undervalued Work, Replaceable Worker: What AI Reveals about Emotional Labor" examines how organizations' metrics of authenticity impact their adoption of AI tech. Read more at the WIP blog:

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Undervalued Work, Replaceable Worker: What AI Reveals about Emotional Labor – Work in Progress

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

"Jina Lee’s article (“Claiming Novelty, Claiming Authority”) shows that scientific authority is performed through routine rhetorical practices." doi.org/10.1177/0891...

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How does gender shape who can successfully claim authority in science, and how does this vary across disciplines? Drawing upon theories of doing gender and feminist epistemologies, I examine a key mechanism through which scientific authority is established: novelty claims, defined as rhetorical statements that frame research as novel, distinct from actual novelty. These claims operate as gendered professional practices linking gender to scientific impact. Through analysis of 106,125 papers from SciSciNet and Microsoft Academic Graph databases, I find that novelty claims mediate gender gaps in citations differently across disciplines. In STEM fields, women first and last authors make fewer novelty claims than men, and this is associated with fewer citations. In humanities and social sciences, novelty claims remain positively associated with citations, but there are no gender differences in their use or in citations. These patterns persist after controlling for women’s representation in each field, indicating that gender hierarchy gets reproduced through deeper epistemic power relations rather than demographic imbalance.

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Laura K. Nelson @lauraknelson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Who's up for a good old fashioned (but short, bc I'm tired) paper thread? Thrilled to be in this special issue of Gender & Society (an absolute dream!), where we propose a feminist-inspired extension of how to theorize and model the spread of ideas in science + journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

What Gets Lost in Translation? Epistemic Tensions between Translation and Diffusion in Practice-Oriented Scholarship

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This paper proposes a feminist-informed metascience theory to explain the interconnected processes of idea creation, translation, and diffusion. Drawing on feminist critiques of science centered on perspective, power, and praxis, we develop a creation–diffusion model that jointly examines how ideas are created and then how the content of ideas influences their spread across academic fields. Using a nationally funded gender equity program as a case of a practice-oriented knowledge-production community, we analyze how gender equity research concepts were translated and diffused through the program-funded publications. We operationalize substantive engagement with gender equity research using word embeddings and Concept Mover’s Distance. Then, with additional contextual variables, we measure (1) the predictors of this engagement (ideas) and (2) the impact of engagement on citation counts and citation interdisciplinarity (the diffusion process) across social science and STEM fields. Our findings show that, in addition to context, the content of the idea matters for diffusion: Engagement with critical dimensions of gender equity research, such as feminism and structural concepts, diffused less often, whereas other dimensions, such as gender and methods, achieved broader uptake. Our empirical findings highlight the role of perspectives and epistemic power in shaping both knowledge production and diffusion. Our theoretical framework and methods demonstrate how metascience can incorporate feminist theory directly into diffusion studies, and why it should.

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Just got word that my proposed session on “Labour, Power, and Politics” has been approved for the XXI ISA World Congress of Sociology, which will be held in Gwangju, South Korea from July 4-10, 2027. 1:

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Laura K. Nelson @lauraknelson.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

We've seen this over and over again. Why don't women negotiate more? Because they're punished when they do. Why don't they network with more people? Because they're punished for it. Women don't need to change the way they act. They're acting rationally based on the way the world reacts to them. +

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turgut keskintürk @tkeskinturk.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

early on I was happy that LLMs can proofread my writing so that I can fix my broken English, but now I feel the need to keep it broken just to signal that I just wrote the damn thing myself.

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turgut keskintürk @tkeskinturk.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

here is something (I think) interesting: ANES has been asking people what they like and dislike about Democratic and Republican parties since 1952. here is a simple model on the *number* of considerations, showing that, with age, people have a lot more ideas to offer about each party.

a coefficient plot, showing that with each year of age the number of considerations on Democratic and Republican parties increase, until about ~age 35, after which the numbers stabilize.

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Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility (ASA Section) @asa-ipm.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Don’t forget to nominate your favourite inequality paper in 2025!

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Ji-won Lee 이지원 @g1lee.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Oh my god, he was one of the most sincere people I have met in this academic online sphere. I truly hope he rests in peace.

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International Sociological Association (ISA) @isa-sociology.org · 01/06/2026

Only 3️⃣ weeks left! ⏰ CALL FOR SESSIONS 🔊 #ISAWCS27 XXI ISA World Congress of Sociology 'Global Sociology in Turbulent Times' July 4 – 10, 2027 Gwangju, Republic of Korea

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Ji-won Lee 이지원 @g1lee.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Everyone who wants to learn how to make a better organization, see you tomorrow!

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Ji-won Lee 이지원 @g1lee.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

How can we stop scapegoating and channel our collective energy into real solutions? Join the Problem-Solving Sociology coffee hour with Maurizio Catino (Univ. of Milano-Bicocca; NYU visiting scholar) on May 15. sites.google.com/view/problem...

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Check out my new article in the Review of Higher Education! Based on the incongruity between which college graduates use skills at work and which have good employment conditions, I advance a framework for the college-to-work transition that considers majors as unique sites of cultural value. Link 👇

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turgut keskintürk @tkeskinturk.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

we have a new paper in the April issue of Political Psychology. in this (admittedly quite lovely) new paper, @stephenvaisey.com, @pablobellode.bsky.social and I make a simple point: using panel data to understand belief change is very hard. we highlight an empirical intractability in the process:

the front page of the paper, which can be read in:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/pops.70056

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David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

We’re delighted to announce a tenure track ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SEARCH. Fields: public management, implementation, governance, institutions & policy process. We will start reviewing applicants immediately & until position is filled. Start date is negotiable. usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...

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Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Management at USC

Learn more about applying for Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Management at USC

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Laura K. Nelson @lauraknelson.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

These are excellent guidelines

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turgut keskintürk @tkeskinturk.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

there is a fantastic visualization strategy coming from cultural evolution circles. I thought it'd be a perfect way to describe public opinion data, so I adapted it for aggregate survey data, created an R package, and wrote a post introducing it here: tkeskinturk.github.io/blog/publicopin

a plot showing % favoring laws against interracial marriage in the GSS.

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turgut keskintürk @tkeskinturk.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

cultural sociologists apparently study beliefs, attitudes, preferences, values, repertoires, schemas, orientations, worldviews, dispositions, boundaries, toolkits, norms, frames, logics, imaginaries, affects, motives, identities, discourses, categories, and vocabularies.

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Ji-won Lee 이지원 @g1lee.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

How can we fix the STEM gender gap? Join Elena De Gioannis (Uni Milano) for a #ProblemSolvingSociology talk on multiple strategies for equality. 🗓️ April 10, 11 AM ET / 17:00 CET sites.google.com/view/problem...

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International Sociological Association (ISA) @isa-sociology.org · 08/03/2026

#Conference ℹ️ ISA RC30 Online Seminar Series A series of 4 online seminars organized by ISA Research Committee on Sociology of Work (RC30) between March and May. Free inscription. 🗓️ March 13, March 27, April 24, May 22, 2026 at 2:30-4:30pm CET 🔗 www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge...

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

It's always a blast doing events for my book. Here I am presenting at the Labor Studies and Employment Relations department at Rutgers. Next stop, ESS in DC. If you're attending the conference this weekend, stop by and say hello, and/or come see my book’s AMC session this Sunday at 9:30.

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Ji-won Lee 이지원 @g1lee.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Join the #ProblemSolvingSociology virtual talk, "Problem Solving and Global Development: Fads, Fashions, Fantasies, Futility and Fixes?" with Sanjay Reddy (New School). 🗓️ Friday, March 6, 11 AM ET. sites.google.com/view/problem...

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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Join us next Friday!!!

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The Ethnography Atelier @ethnoat.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

AI 🤖 is becoming increasingly common in qualitative research, but many remain unsure about its use. On Feb 17 at 15:00 CET, join an open conversation to discuss questions, doubts, concerns, and experiences with #AI in #qualitative #research 🌹 Join us! www.ethnographyatelier.org/workshop/an-...

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Nick Wilson @nickhwilson.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Come work here! (This is a *great* postdoc-rolling-to-TT job.) apply.interfolio.com/180630

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Ji-won Lee 이지원 @g1lee.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Final reminder! 📢 Feb 6 at 11 AM ET. Let's talk about teaching sociology with a problem-solving lens. You won't want to miss this lineup! 🎓💻 #ProblemSolvingSociology

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

This is unfortunately, unsurprising. From my perspective, the best advances in education technology are those that broaden access to traditional learning (e.g., an online course that can best replicate an in-person course). There's just no substitute for traditional old-school learning.

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Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless

Independent research identifies few learning gains

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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

SOUTH KOREAN COURT SENTENCES EX-PRIME MINISTER HAN DUCK-SOO TO 23 YEARS IN PRISON IN CASE RELATED TO MARTIAL LAW

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TJB @tylerjbateman.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I will be part of this panel on teaching with a problem-solving lens in early February, with the #ProblemSolvingSociology group! Looking forward!

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Ji-won Lee 이지원 @g1lee.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

How can we bring sociological research to bear on real-world problems? Join our panel on "Teaching with a Problem-Solving Lens" with Erin McDonnell, Tyler Bateman, Subadevan, and Filippo Barbera. 🗓️ Friday, Feb 6, 11 AM ET. #ProblemSolvingSociology www.problemsolvingsociology.com/problem-solv...

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Fantastic piece from Youbin Kang in ⁦Lux Magazine‬⁩ exploring the intersecting solidarities of labour, queer, and feminist activists (bound together by K-Pop) that brought down the Yoon Suk-Yeol government last year 🫰✊🏳️‍🌈 lux-magazine.com/article/comr...

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The Sting of Hornet Comrade

When Korea's president staged a coup, feminists, queers, and K-pop fans swarmed the barricades to join the labor movement.

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Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

We talked about running these numbers at UM soc when it became so obvious that women TAs got more complaints for the same classes. Glad someone tested it formally.

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Nathan Wilmers @natewilmers.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

I’m hiring a postdoc! Flexible in terms of details, but I’m looking for someone to collaborate with on research about labor market inequality. I’ll review applications as they come in and the posting just went up here: apply.interfolio.com/178873

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Laura K. Nelson @lauraknelson.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Part I: "Foundations" | |>Chapter 6: "Computational inductive research" In which I argue for the foundational place of inductive research in computational social science, rooted in interpretation, transparency, and validation. Thanks @tahayasseri.bsky.social for shepherding this handbook through

Screenshot of the typeset title (6. Computational inductive research"), author (Laura K. Nelson), and introductory paragraph.

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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

New podcast on my "Gender Uptake" article in @sociologicaltheory.bsky.social! Very excited to have this opportunity to talk about the conceptual development and theoretical/methodological intervention of this paper 🤩 #theory #sociology #genderstudies sagesociology.libsyn.com/sociological...

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Sage Sociology: Sociological Theory - Gender Uptake: Theorizing the Semiotics of (Un)Doing Gender

Author Yuchen Yang discusses the article "," published in the December 2025 issue of Sociological Theory. 

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Laura K. Nelson @lauraknelson.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

The ad is up for UBC. Canada Research Chairs are a sweet gig if you can get one. So apply, I guess? Vancouver is an awesome place to live. EOI due January 15, 2026 research.ubc.ca/federal-rese...

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The University of British Columbia is inviting expressions of interest from top-tier, internationally based researchers as

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Zach Griffen @runzach.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

New article based on my dissertation, which shows how economic experts have historically conceptualized and measured “quality” through a comparison of education and healthcare journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...

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From “Quality, Not Quantity” to “Quality as Quantity”: How the “Car...

At a time when seemingly every aspect of social life is being subjected to quantification in one way or another, “quality, not quantity” remains an omnipresent aphorism. Scholars have meticulously ...

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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

After 3 years, 14 drafts, and 3 paper awards, I finally published this paper on the semiotics of (un)doing gender in my favorite journal—Sociological Theory! @sociologicaltheory.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/0735...

Sociological Theory - Original Article
Gender Uptake: Theorizing the Semiotics of (Un)Doing Gender
Yuchen Yang
Abstract
“Doing Gender” is often read as a theory of how people signify femininity/masculinity via expressive “performances.” This prevailing interpretation falls short of what the theory calls for—an ethnomethodologically informed analysis of gender’s emergent “naturalness.” To further this agenda, I theorize the audience’s “gender uptake” as a central component of doing gender by elaborating ethnomethodology’s attention to interpretive acts. Integrating Dorothy Smith’s intellectual legacy for feminist interpretive sociology, ethnomethodology’s neglected insight on categorization, and cultural sociology’s recent rediscovery of Peircean semiotics, I argue the facticity of gender’s “naturalness” remains underdetermined until the audience makes a series of ideological moves that cannot be predetermined by the performer. With case studies of how feminist parents account for their children’s gender-stereotypical interests, I illustrate how this audience-centered approach helps us unpack the interactional production/naturalization of categorical differences processually as open-ended negotiation of sign relations, where meaning emerges from selective attention.
Keywords
accounts, categorization, childhood, doing gender, ethnomethodology, pragmatist semiotics

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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

My draft syllabus on the politics of public policy now includes in class activities, as well as assignments focused on implementation and political analysis. I’ll keep refining it as the semester approaches in January. All questions, comments, or feedback are welcome.

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Politics of Public Policy Spring 2026 Kim.pdf

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Laura K. Nelson @lauraknelson.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

I'm seeing a trend in our students at UBC as well. STEM students, but particularly CS students, looking to the humanities to provide more depth and meaning to their studies. Lean in and stay strong, humanities. Your time is here!

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