Discover the new Amsterdam PhD Programme at the AISSR, University of Amsterdam. Justus Uitermark & Doutje Lettinga discuss research, urban challenges, collaboration with the City of Amsterdam, and 8 f...

Call for Abstracts is now open! The sessions for the RC21 Conference are set – now it’s your turn to contribute! See the accepted sessions below Call for Abstracts is now open! See the accepted sessio...

The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) at the University of Amsterdam is inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position in the NWO VIDI project "Improving Social Media Using L...

Programmaleider Sociale Samenhang in Den Haag voor 36 uur bij Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau

Join our seminar to explore how housing drives health and economic inequality, with insights from global experts Rebecca Bentley and Susan Smith.

Urban inequality is widely debated but few studies examine developments over time and across cities. In this contribution, we develop a novel approach…

On the rise of a digital modernity

The proposition at the heart of the book “Seeing Like a Platform” by Petter Törnberg and Justus Uitermark is that the digital era into which we are entering signifies the rise of a new epistemology of...

Social media are becoming a growing presence in our cities, filtering our experience of urban place and enabling locations to “go viral.” This article examines ...

Podcast · Roanne van Voorst en Michiel Baas · Waarom doen mensen dat? Haatberichten schrijven op sociale media; zoveel aan hun lichaam laten veranderen dat ze steeds meer op buitenaardse wezens lijke...

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On Friday 21 March, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) is honored to welcome Professor Ruha Benjamin for her AI...

Job #AJO29478, Full-time assistant professor faculty position in Sociology, Sociology, Koç University, Istanbul, Istanbul, TR

Universität Münster bietet Stelle als Professorship (W3) in Political Geography in Münster - jetzt bewerben!

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Capitalising on conjunctures: Tesla’s ups and downs in financialised capitalism

This interview with Randall Collins explores the role of interaction rituals (IR) in our increasingly digital world. For Collins, IR is a micro-sociological mechanism that provides both the glue that ...

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Do you have experience researching everyday processes of digitalization, illicit economies and/or urban inequalities, ideally in Amsterdam or Rio de Janeiro? Please consider applying for one of the tw...

The Season Finale roundtable: what is “wanghong” urbanism + fake street culture nostalgia + the logic of internet fame + punch-in to punch-down

The Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) is proud to welcome award-winning sociologist Mario Luis Small, expert on personal networks, social inequality, urban poverty, and field met...

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Open Call for PhD Candidates

Social media is often criticized for amplifying toxic discourse and discouraging constructive conversations. But designing social media platforms to promote better conversations is inherently...