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Srravya

@srravya.bsky.social
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researching data work, AI production networks interested in critical data/AI studies, tech + labour, feminist STS, HCI currently research fellow, planetary AI project @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

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Srravya @srravya.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Quality = complying.
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Srravya @srravya.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As with Meta glasses, so with Co-pilot.
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Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung (MPIfG) @mpifg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🚨 Call for Applications: Postdocs We’re looking for postdoctoral researchers for the following research areas and topics: - Political Economy - Economic Sociology - Technology and Statehood - Wealth and Social Inequality 🗓️ Application deadline: Dec. 11 📢 Please share widely! s.gwdg.de/UzLEpr
Job Opening: Postdoctoral Researchers. Application Deadline: Dec. 11, 2026
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
4-year postdoc(s) at Copenhagen Business School on project The Business of Corruption: Why Business Elites Collude or Combat Political Corruption, led by @mkjustesen.bsky.social. Start: summer 2027, deadline 18 September. www.cbs.dk/en/about-cbs...
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Srravya @srravya.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
What goes around, comes around... folded
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SUPERRR Lab @superrrnetwork.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
One of the policy areas we highlight on our recently re-launched Feminist Tech Policy site is ‘Digital Violence’. One of our main points is: What if we connected the dots between online and offline violence? feministtechpolicy.org/en/spotlight/digital-violence
purple background, screenshot of website feministtechpolicy.org showing 3 deepdives: digital fairness, digital violence, feminist tech policy, each with colorful illustrations next to them. Arrow pointing at Digital Violence, text "Deep dive on digital violence now on feministtechpolicy.org
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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"This talk explores several sociological projects whose methodological and theoretical approaches place work, labour, and exploitation at the heart of understanding the social effects of new technology, including Turkopticon, Fair Work, the Workers Observatory, and Worker Info Exchange"
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Srravya @srravya.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Amazon is shutting down MTurk in under a month! And that's all the heads up it gave to all the workers who use the platform to earn their livelihood! They make AI possible, they make AI work! @krystalkauffman.bsky.social's piece 👇 putting it in context & outlining the hard Qs that we must confront
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Data workers will lose vital income when Amazon's Mechanical Turk shuts down. Krystal Kauffmann calls for lawmakers to protect AI's hidden workforce. buff.ly/qOfG2tu
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Mechanical Turk is Closing. The Workers Who Built AI Are Still Here
Data workers will lose vital income when Amazon's Mechanical Turk shuts down. Krystal Kauffmann calls for lawmakers to protect AI's hidden workforce.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 06/09/2026
We should triple the NSF funding for social sciences and the humanities.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 06/09/2026
I often talk about how the narrative of an "AI race" is actually just a bunch of people aimlessly running without a plan for direction or destination, so thank you to China's robotics industry for this visual metaphor
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CASTAC @castac.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
In this post, Sridhar Raghavan traces coasts (karai) as produced by silt, sea and coastal engineering. As an agent of history, siltation in the Kaveri Delta renders the karai, where (post-)colonial engineering attempts control, as a site of dialectic of land and water.
A woman in a saree standing on the shore surrounded by boats, bending into a blue bag of fish.
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This 🧵 will have readings that I assign in my Sociology of AI class.
A flyer for the class Sociology of AI

The overview says: SOC 3900 Sociology of AI uses a sociological lens to study what is popularly called "artificial intelligence." In this class students will learn about cutting edge research examining the origins, impacts, and struggles over the broad set of technologies and practices involving AI. Through an international focus, this class will cover numerous topics related to AI, including: gig work, algorithmic bias, data colonialism, resource extraction, digital labor, data center studies, and environmental and climate effects. This class will primarily focus on sociological research, but will also include scholarship from geography, history, international studies, and environmental studies, as well as other social scientific and humanistic disciplines. No prior knowledge of AI is required for this class
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danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
PhD candidates/new grads: Postdoc opportunity with me focused on political economy and tech. See details here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32502
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Cornell University, Department of Communication
Job #AJO32502, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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Srravya @srravya.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The whole series is great and I especially find the fifth post in the series insightful, thinking about the how we, as labour/tech researchers, might relate to workers in our research. Link below 👇
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Arya Thomas @aryawa.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
www.csds.in/researching_... Summer school alert ⚠️ Doctoral students are welcome to apply to the 1 month long summer school at CSDS, Environmental Entanglements. Last date of application 5 July 2026
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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
A depressingly long list of universities who are implementing cuts and redundancies, as well as the petitions and actions against them (via @onslies.bsky.social) qmucu.org/qmul-transfo.... This is a national emergency that should be responded to with national policy.
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UK HE shrinking
a live page of all the redundancies and restructures happening across UK Higher Education. Page is updated regularly.
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Gautham Rao (pronounced: Knicks in 5) @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Come be my colleague! American University's History Department is searching for a tenure-track assistant professor of science, tech and society. I am chair of the search and pleased to answer any questions either on here or email (grao at american) american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AU/job/Main-...
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Assistant Professor
American University is a student-centered research institution located in Washington, DC, with highly-ranked schools and colleges, internationally-renowned faculty, and a reputation for creating meani...
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Srravya @srravya.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
“Instead of innovation, let’s talk about AI financial responsibility,” Lol.
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‘We created a monster’: companies rein in AI usage as costs strain budgets
Amazon, Walmart and Uber are among early adopters that have introduced caps or discouraged wasteful activity
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Srravya @srravya.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Looking forward to the discussion tomorrow. Happening online, details below 👇
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Mitchell Volk @mvolk.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Well holy crap. Erin Brockovich (yes, the same one the led the Hinkley, CA toxic groundwater lawsuit in ‘93) launched a website tracking AI data centers across the US and the ecological impacts to the environment and drinking water. MN is riddled with them. www.brockovichdatacenter.com
Erin Brockovich leading the charge on tracking AI data centers across the US
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Srravya @srravya.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
What is it with workers increasingly being asked to wear cameras like this? Glad that in this particular instance the project has been shelved but there are other cases including in factories where the same is happening. Not how companies should be collecting data.
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Labor Tech Research Network @labortechresearchnetwork.org · 11/05/2026
Call: 3 PhD positions on a project on algorithmic warfare & kill clouds at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Deadline May 29. For more info: drive.proton.me/urls/07B1G9G...
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Proton Drive
Securely store, share, and access your important files and photos. Anytime, anywhere.
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Sophie Mützel @sophiemuetzel.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
We are hiring at the Dept of Sociology @uniluzern.bsky.social ! Applications for Assistant Professor of Sociology with a focus on “Communication and Sociological Theory" (100%, tenure track) are due May 29, 2026 www.unilu.ch/en/universit...
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Assistant Professor of Sociology with a focus on “Communication and Sociological Theory" (100%, tenure track) - Vacancies - University of Lucerne
Assistant or doctoral positions, employment or internship: Looking for a job at the University of Lucerne? Find our listed open positions and apprenticeships here.
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Rest of World @restofworld.org · 03/05/2026
Gig workers in Africa helped train AI systems for a company that performed work for a secretive U.S. military unit. Many were never told their work could be used for military purposes restofworld.org/2026/gig-workers-us…
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Gig workers in Africa have been helping the US military. They had no idea
Data labelers for the company Appen say they have little insight about how their work is used.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The major tech and human rights conference RightsCon "will not proceed" after Zambian government officials announced they would postpone the conference in order to “ensure full alignment with Zambia’s national values, policy priorities, and broader public interest considerations.”
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RightsCon Canceled After Zambia Requires ‘Full Alignment’ With 'National Values'
Organizers canceled the event just days before thousands were set to descend on Lusaka to discuss issues at the intersection of technology and human rights.
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RightsCon @rightscon.org · 29/04/2026
It is with heavy hearts that we share: RightsCon will not proceed in Zambia or online.
STATEMENT:

It is with heavy hearts that we share: RightsCon will not proceed in Zambia or online. We understand this news is deeply upsetting for our community and while we know everyone has questions, our goal right now is to notify you of the event’s status because many of you have imminent travel plans. We do not recommend registered participants travel to Lusaka for RightsCon.

Over the last 48 hours we have experienced an overwhelming surge of support from civil society, government representatives, sponsors, and our community as a whole. For this, we wholeheartedly thank you. We’ll communicate more information soon.
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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
A good summary why UK HE has ended up in such a mess. I’d also add the growth of a managerial layer who refuse to take any responsibility for things they are responsible for; fall in available research funding, which wastes huge amounts of labour; and the pointless hamster wheel of REF! 🫠
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Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft @hiigberlin.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
#CfP! Submit your papers for our 3rd Workshop on “Public Interest AI” at the 49th German AI Conference in Bremen. We welcome reports on work in progress, case studies, tools or present a synthesis of empirical insights on #AI for the public interest. Deadline: 1 June. 👉 www.hiig.de/en/call-for-...
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Srravya @srravya.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This is going to be a fun, engaging showcase, happening in Manchester in June! It's a great excuse to plan a trip to Manchester this summer! Read about the first queer data showcase held last year in Edinburgh: www.gender.ed.ac.uk/blog/2025/qu...
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The Queer Data Showcase: queer data as an adjective and as a verb | GENDER.ED
Kaveri Qureshi reflects on how the Queer Data Showcase organised by the Gender + Sexuality Data Lab, AI Ethics & Society and Pride in STEM addressed queer data as an adjective and as a verb.
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 20/04/2026
Why are colonial histories often sidelined in our understanding of the modern world? Join us on 27 May with Gurminder Bhambra, Imogen Tyler @imogentyler.bsky.social & Les Back @academicdiary.bsky.social Part of our Conversation Series. Free & online! 🔗 buff.ly/lTcfQjW
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Select tickets – The Modern World after Colonialism – Zoom
The Modern World after Colonialism – Zoom, Wed 27 May 2026 - What does it mean to take colonial histories seriously in the making of the modern world? Why does it matter that processes of colonialism,...
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Julián Posada @posada.website · 20/04/2026
#PlatformExtractivism is available for 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 (out Oct 20)! Thrilled to share what @geoplace.bsky.social has to say about the book: "A grounded and uncompromising account of the infrastructures and workers that sustain AI." 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤: www.ucpress.edu/books/platfo... #BookRecommendation #Books
This image features a vibrant yellow promotional graphic for a book titled "Platform Extractivism: Data Work and the People Powering Artificial Intelligence" by Julián Posada.

The top of the graphic displays the text "PRE-ORDER NOW! COMING OCTOBER 20, 2026" in bold blue capital letters. Centered in the middle is a 3D rendering of the book cover, which includes three vertical photo strips showing people working in office settings and server racks.

Below the book image is a quote in large, bold black and red font:

"A GROUNDED AND UNCOMPROMISING ACCOUNT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURES AND WORKERS THAT SUSTAIN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE."
— Mark Graham, co-author of Feeding the Machine: The Hidden Human Labor Powering A.I.

The bottom of the graphic features the logo and name for the University of California Press.
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Centre for Technomoral Futures @technomoralfutures.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
📣 Postdoc opportunity with Dr Nayha Sethi, CTMF Affiliate 📣 The Medicine without Doctors Project is recruiting a postdoc fellow with a background in law/regulation/socio-legal studies to work on a case-study exploring socio-legal elements of AI. Closing date: 8 May Info & apply 👇 edin.ac/3Qf8VQX
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
We are looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow to undertake socio-legal work in relation to the Artificial Intelligence (AI) component of the project. In collaboration with Dr Nayha Sethi (line manager), th...
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Jeffrey Yost @justcode.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Call for Papers for CBI's MOSAICS Symposium: cse.umn.edu/cbi/call-pap... Thrilled to announce this & to work with Sareeta Amrute, @babintsevak.bsky.social, @anitachan.bsky.social & Gerardo Con Diaz!! MOSAICS Symposium: October 15-16, 2026 Proposal Deadline: May 29, 2026 #AIstudies #histtech
CBI's MOSAICS logo, basic information on the MOSAICS Symposium, and list of the members of the Program Committee.
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Centre for Technomoral Futures @technomoralfutures.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
📢 Just under 1 week left to apply! 📢 More info & apply 👇 3-year PDRA: edin.ac/4edC20O 2-year PDRA: edin.ac/4cjuhnQ Closing Date: Monday, 20 April 2026 @schoolofppls.bsky.social @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @shannonvallor.bsky.social #PhilJobs #PhilScience #Ethics
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Srravya @srravya.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Online seminar by @grohmannrafael.bsky.social starting in an hour! Join us if you're interested in digital labour, collective governance and what worker power in AI can look like! Details to join below 👇
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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Here's a collection of trans/queer focused papers at #CHI2026! 🌈🏳️‍⚧️📝 padlet.com/haimson/chi2...
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trans/queer CHI 2026!
a guide to trans and queer-focused papers etc. at CHI 2026! feel free to add your paper if I missed it :)
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John Alexis Guerra Gomez @johnguerra.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The CHI Papers Explorer is back for #CHI2026! As every year, you can explore all 2,769 papers using semantic search. Type any topic, see papers ranked by relevance, and build your schedule. Try it and please share with everyone heading to Barcelona: johnguerra.co/viz/chi2026P... @chi.acm.org #HCI
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Srravya @srravya.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
📢 Join us next week for an online seminar on alternative futures in AI by @grohmannrafael.bsky.social discussing "Do workers have a voice in AI systems? Worker-led AI governance and participation" April 14 (Tues), 1.30 pm BST! Register here: 👇 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/03189f...
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Srravya @srravya.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I hoped to join a park run this morning, less than 10 mins away from where I live. Instead, I chose jumping.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
“Labor Tech Research Network invites submissions for our fifth annual Book, Graduate Student Paper, and Social Justice Awards. The deadline is June 1.” Via @labortechresearchnetwork.org labortechresearchnetwork.org/awards
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Labor Tech
Labor Tech Research Network - A collection of leading experts on technology and work with a commitment to feminism, anti-racism, and social justice
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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Planetary AI Spring Seminar Series: Dr. Rafael Grohmann via @ibalilebali.bsky.social @srravya.bsky.social events.teams.microsoft.com/event/03189f...
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Srravya @srravya.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
📢 Join us next week for an online seminar on alternative futures in AI by @grohmannrafael.bsky.social discussing "Do workers have a voice in AI systems? Worker-led AI governance and participation" April 14 (Tues), 1.30 pm BST! Register here: 👇 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/03189f...
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Srravya @srravya.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
"The questions we are litigating now are less ‘is this AI product good or bad’ and more ‘we have seen what it can do, and do we want AI to exist in this space at all?’" writes @bcmerchant.bsky.social on the shift from rejection to refusal of AI that he documents across different domains.
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It's open season for refusing AI
There's been a wave of successful efforts to ban, reject and shut down AI.
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 03/04/2026
🎙️ Research beyond the page! Join our Introduction to Podcasting workshop on 18 May (online). Learn to shape ideas, find your voice, and start podcasting. Only 12 spots—hands-on & supportive. Book here:https://buff.ly/Ks6Y236 #Podcasting #PublicEngagement #ECRs #Research
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Introduction to Podcasting
A full-day online workshop by The Sociological Review Foundation guiding academics on how to create, produce, and launch research-focused podcasts.
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Lisa Nakamura @lnakamura.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Here's the link to the free pdf of my new book The Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internet. Access is so important and I'm grateful that the press is platforming it as one file that is easy to download. www.upress.umn.edu/978081669906...
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The Inattention Economy
Revealing the unheralded contributions of women of color to the foundation and development of the digital economyThe Inattention Economy challenges the wides...
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Hagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
@commonnotions.bsky.social presents: Raging Against the Machine: A Popular School Against AI! Thanks to @danmcquillan.bsky.social, @zeerak.bsky.social, @ali-alkhatib.com, @melhogan.bsky.social, @tamigraph.bsky.social, @olivia.science, @irisvanrooij.bsky.social, and @notnaughtknot.bsky.social!
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Raging Against the Machine: A Popular School Against AI - YouTube
Cohosted by Hagen Blix, coauthor of WHY WE FEAR AI, Raging Against the Machine: A Popular School Against AI will address the problems, possibilities, and pol...
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justine zhang @tisjune.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
some writing on AI as a war issue and war as a workers issue, and how the middle term does not simply cancel out
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Good news: not just one open job, but two! Both are postdocs in philosophy of science/ML working with my @technomoralfutures.bsky.social co-Director Dr Emily Sullivan on issues in ML scientific understanding and explanation. Ads for a 3 year post and 2 year post are linked below, apply by 20 April
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Postdoctoral Research Associate
The Philosophy Department in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences is seeking a full time, fixed term Postdoctoral Research Associate. This post is available from May 2026.
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Steffen Mau @steffenmau.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
We are hiring! The Department of Inequality, Transformation and Conflict is looking for Postdoc & Doc Researchers (m/f/d). Find out more & apply via www.ips.mpg.de #MaxPlanck #Postdoc #PhD #Sociology #SocialScience #PoliticalScience #Inequality #Conflict www.ips.mpg.de/13135/stelle...
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