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ASA Medical Sociology @asamedsoc.bsky.social · 8h

Meet Gabriel, Medical Sociologist on the academic job market this year! #ASA #MedicalSociology

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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

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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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Noshir Contractor @noshir.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

1/ Co-directing the first @casbsstanford.bsky.social Summer Institute on AI Methods for Social Scientists (AIMS) with Lara Tiedens was one of the highlights of my sabbatical at CASBS. A month later, here are five key takeaways. 🧵

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Julien Migozzi @jmigozzi.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A beautiful thing in academia is the chance to meet and learn from smart people across disciplines, and let conversations simmer, allowing ideas to emerge and take shape. This was a great piece to write with a great team. Thanks to @ctwittekind.bsky.social and Elizabeth Resor for leading the charge!

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This morning at #ASA2026: a session on implications of AI for qualitative, quantitative, and computational research organised by @tinalaw.bsky.social from ASA Methodology Section.

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Tina Law @tinalaw.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I'll be presiding over a really fantastic panel on the Implications of AI for Qualitative, Quantitative, and Computational Sociology Research on Monday at ASA. Come join us and sorry it's so early!

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Tony Cheng @tonykcheng.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

New w/ @shelleyliu.bsky.social in Science Advances We show that a police trust-building proj: - raised police trust among non-Black respondents - lowered it among Black respondents - cut non-Black support for BLM + racial equity policies doi.org/10.1126/scia... Funding: @RussellSageFdn

Screenshot of a Science Advances article page titled 'When trust building looks like surveillance: Public polarization toward Chicago policing' by Tony Cheng and Shelley Liu, published July 17, 2026 in Vol 12, Issue 29. The abstract states: researchers used a preregistered survey experiment in Chicago to examine responses to the police department's 'Sentiment Dashboard.' Results show the dashboard increased trust in police among non-Black respondents but reduced trust among Black respondents, especially when framed as monitoring. Among non-Black respondents, dashboard exposure also reduced support for the Black Lives Matter movement and racial equity policies unrelated to policing, such as diverse hiring and climate justice. The findings suggest state legitimacy initiatives may widen racial divides and weaken coalitions for structural reform.

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BK Lee @letitbk.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Our team (Delia Baldassarri, Chris Barrie, and me) is hiring a Postdoctoral Associate at NYU! Join our project on social cohesion using neighborhood-based social media data, LLMs, and agent-based modeling. Starting Sept. 2026. Review begins Aug. 1. apply.interfolio.com/189355

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Catherine D'Ignazio (she/her/ella) @kanarinka.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The MIT Data + Feminism Lab is hiring a one year postdoc! We are working with Andrea Parker (GA Tech) and Brooke Foucault-Welles (Northeastern) on a project related to youth as co-designers of civic technologies to support neighborhood community wellness. careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...

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Postdoctoral Associate

MIT - Postdoctoral Associate - Cambridge MA 02139

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Tina Law @tinalaw.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Excited to share my new piece on AI policy in @contexts.org! In my 2024 article with Leslie McCall, we identified two emerging approaches to AI policymaking focused on safety vs. equity. Here, I discuss the rise of a third approach focused on hegemony and its implications. doi.org/10.1177/1536...

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Tina Law @tinalaw.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Thank you @irpwisc.bsky.social! So glad to be part of this cohort and looking forward to visiting the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality this upcoming year.

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Tina Law @tinalaw.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I taught a new seminar on AI & society with some excellent undergrads this year. Course was anchored by 3 awesome books and weekly modules on education, work, social relationships, medicine, policing, and the environment. Happy to share syllabus and trade notes with anyone designing similar courses!

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Sarah Brothers @sarahbrothers.bsky.social (Pennsylvania State University) is a recipient of the inaugural Early Career Award for Community-Engaged Scholarship,

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UC Berkeley School of Information @berkeleyischool.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Join us for a Bellwether Lecture! 🔔 University of Michigan School of Information Assistant Professor azjacobs.bsky.social will discuss structure, governance, and inequality in sociotechnical systems & hidden assumptions in machine learning. 📅 April 8, 12:10-1:30 pm 📍 210 South Hall & Online

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The Hidden Governance of AI and Other Threats to Democracy

Apr 8, 2026, 12:10 pm - Abigail Jacobs researches structure, governance, and inequality in sociotechnical systems and the hidden assumptions in machine learning.

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Tina Law @tinalaw.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Jacob Hibel and I have organized an upcoming conference on AI and Social Inequality, which will be held on 3/17 at the UC Student and Policy Center in Sacramento. This event is open to social scientists, computer scientists, and the policy community. poverty.ucdavis.edu/event/artifi...

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Artificial Intelligence and Social Inequality Conference - Center for Poverty and Inequality Research

The UC Davis Center for Poverty & Inequality Research is pleased to announce our upcoming conference, Artificial ...

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Thomas Davidson @thomasdavidson.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Our new paper is out today in @pnasnexus.org with colleagues at Yale (@matthewshu.com, Danny Karell, @keitarookura.bsky.social) We wanted to understand how using AI-generated summaries to learn about history influenced attitudes compared to existing resources like Wikipedia. 1/4

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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Back in the 1980s-2000s, there was an organization called Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility that worked to oppose irresponsible and dangerous uses of computers in warfare. Maybe it needs a reboot, in our new age of AI. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compute...

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Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility - Wikipedia

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Dallas Card @dallascard.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I'm a little late in sharing this news, but thanks to the extraordinary efforts of Amber Boydstun, @jilllaufer.bsky.social, and @nlpnoah.bsky.social, our book on media storms, "Catching Fire in the News", is now published and available fully open-access from Cambridge! doi.org/10.1017/9781...

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Catching Fire in the News

Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Catching Fire in the News

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Laura K. Nelson @lauraknelson.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Recent publications arguing against the use of genAI in reflexive qual research inspired us (Elida Ibrahim and @andreavoyer.bsky.social) to write our own perspective. Not to convince anyone to use genAI but for those who might be interested and are looking for guidance. osf.io/preprints/so...

Screen shot of title page of a preprint.
Title: Should generative AI be used in reflexive qualitative research?
Authors: Elida Izani Ibrahim, Laura K. Nelson, and Andrea Voyer

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Tina Law @tinalaw.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Hey sociologists, I'm organizing an ASA Methodology session on AI! Submissions are due by 2/25. Looking forward to a timely cross-method convo on emerging research best practices and disciplinary norms and ethics in August.

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Oscar Stuhler @oms279.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Now out in Sociological Science (How) do sociologists use GenAI for their research? Find out in our paper. Written with @ajalvero.bsky.social @dustinstoltz.com and Marshall Taylor. Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey!!

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Generative AI in Sociological Research: State of the Discipline

Article: Generative AI in Sociological Research: State of the Discipline | Sociological Science | Posted January 20, 2026

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Jamila Michener @povertyscholar.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

A book never feels real until you hold it in you hands. @profsorelle.bsky.social & I can now confirm that Uncivil Democracy is real! If you care about #peoplepower #housingjustice, #tenantorganizing & transforming our perverse political economy, this is a book for you. Order here: bit.ly/3NLYCCw

A side by side of two photos of the same book, being held by each author with a box of more books in the background.

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Rob Voigt @robvoigt.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

After a multi-year effort led by my brilliant PhD advisee Ruth Bagley, this exciting work documenting large-scale racial disparities in media representations of gun violence is out today in PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Tina Law @tinalaw.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Beautiful piece worth a read by @adambonica.bsky.social data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-wall-l...

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Women in AI Research - WiAIR @wiair.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

How are researchers actually using large language models today, and who benefits most? In our latest WiAIR episode, we speak with Dr Maria Antoniak (@mariaa.bsky.social) about a large-scale survey on LLM use across academia. 👇 (1/6 🧵) #WiAIR

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Kathleen Creel @kathleencreel.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Thanks to generous funding from the @sloanfoundation.bsky.social, John Basl and I are thrilled to be running the AI and Data Ethics summer school in 2026! ~12 graduate students, $10k stipend, 9 weeks to learn about scientific and ethical issues raised by AI. Please apply! aidesummer.org

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AIDE Summer

AI + Data Ethics (AIDE) Summer is intended for graduate students with advanced training in applied ethics, ethical theory, philosophy of science, metascience, epistemology, or other areas with potenti...

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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Wednesday, Nov. 12: a reading & conversation to celebrate the launch of Celina Su's new book, "Budget Justice," which shows how communities can solve our cities' most pressing problems. With @lizafeatherstone.bsky.social and Kesi Foster. Register for this free event! @princetonupress.bsky.social

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Network Science Society @netscisociety.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

This month, no colloquium but a special session about careers in network science! Join us and an all-star panel on October 29. Register here for a Zoom link: iu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Thomas Davidson @thomasdavidson.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

There is one week left to apply to join us at Rutgers! We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Sociology as part of a cluster of new hires in data science and AI. Applications are due next Wednesday, 10/15.

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Assistant Professor in Computational Sociology

The Department of Sociology at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, seeks applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level specializing in Computational Sociology. The search i...

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Science Magazine @science.org · 27/09/2025

NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. scim.ag/3KlQkQk

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‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry

The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded

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Jamila Michener @povertyscholar.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

My book w/@profsorelle.bsky.social will be out in January! These ideas have brewed since I interned at Queens Legal Services 20 years ago. The book is for anyone who cares about people, justice, power & democracy. Much more to share more in the coming months! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Uncivil Democracy

How the civil legal system undermines the political lives of marginalized communities

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Miro Dudik @mdudik.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

🚨Microsoft Research NYC is hiring🚨 We're hiring postdocs and senior researchers in AI/ML broadly, and in specific areas like test-time scaling and science of DL. Postdoc applications due Oct 22, 2025. Senior researcher applications considered on a rolling basis. Links to apply: aka.ms/msrnyc-jobs

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Microsoft Research Lab - New York City - Microsoft Research

Apply for a research position at Microsoft Research New York & collaborate with academia to advance economics research, prediction markets & ML.

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Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Come join me in wonderful Copenhagen! 🇩🇰 My department is looking to fill at least two positions - any specialization and any level! The University of Copenhagen aims to be the best place for the best ideas. What’s yours? Apply by Nov 15.

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Call for two or more open-rank academic positions in Sociology

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Tina Law @tinalaw.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

For folks teaching text analysis, where does generative AI fit in? Is it a standalone module in your course, or integrated throughout? I'm teaching a grad course on text analysis in January and would love to hear what folks are doing.

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Till Hilmar @tillhilmar.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

👉 Stories about economic change are never neutral. They make politics. In my new article in Sociological Theory @sociologicaltheory.bsky.social, I show how narratives about economic disruption become a source of legitimacy: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Spreading the word again for TT job call in #criminology and #sociology at Gonzaga. And when class is over come wander Spokane’s magical flower gardens.

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Nick Camp @ncamp.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

This semester, I want my lab to play around with GPT for some content-coding type tasks. Do folks have other recs for accessible methods papers/tutorials, e.g. from @thomasdavidson.bsky.social 's "[special issue](journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... of Soc Methods)?

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Tina Law @tinalaw.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Thanks @shugars.bsky.social for sharing all of this awesome new work from PaCSS/PolNet!

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Laura K. Nelson @lauraknelson.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Reading list from the talk! I.e., the references slide

Long list of references in small text on a slide. The text doesn't fit into a Bluesky thread, or even in alt text :(

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ASA Collective Behavior & Social Movements @asa-cbsm.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

All the social movements editors fit to #CBSM2025. Second day of the mini conference starts strong. #ASA2025

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Pamela Oliver @pamelaoliver.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Opening plenary at the CBSM 2025 miniconference. Inspirational talks by Aldon Morris and Donnatella della Porta.

Aldon Morris speaking and Donnatella della Porta on the virtual screen

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ASA Collective Behavior & Social Movements @asa-cbsm.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

It is a great day to get all nerdy about social movements research! Plenary session of the mini conference starts in half an hour at #CBSM2025. There is also coffee ☕! See you all soon #ASA2025

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