University research has amazingly positive, real-world impacts around the globe. This cancellation of funding - funding that had been granted - has immediate negative effects. Heart-breaking. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Kneecap at Glastonbury don't RT they are supposed to be terrorists or something.

If you’re interested in developing sociodigital methods - deadline for abstracts is 15 March

What will large language models mean for social research? As governments and funding councils start to extol their virtues, social researchers must critically interrogate. Join us in Naples for a hands-on session & much more besides!

Call for abstracts! How can we research a world where the social & the digital are increasingly entangled? What are the methodological challenges & what methods can be used? Join us in Naples this Sept for a panel event exploring sociodigital research. Deadline 15 March. rc33.org/call-for-abs...

If the digital and the social are inextricable, what does that mean for research methods? Join us in Naples to explore further! @rcecoleman.bsky.social @jessicaogden.bsky.social @lescarr.bsky.social

Apropos of nothing … Bristol looking lovely this evening.

We recently had the great pleasure of hosting @jenny-l-davis.bsky.social & hearing her give a public lecture on algorithmic reparation. In our latest blog, Jenny reprises her lecture and discusses this alternative approach to bias in AI systems. #artificialintelligence #aibias #sociodigitalfutures

A panel discussion between futures leads from across government. Key take-home: the goal is not to share information about ‘the future’, but to build independent & critical capabilities to examine ‘futures in the making’ in all govt activities and decisions #futures @sociodigfutures.bsky.social

One fantastic example of @sociodigfutures.bsky.social work @benpatrickwill.bsky.social @kerifacer.bsky.social @arathings.bsky.social & Carolina Valladeres Celis

Over the last two years the most extraordinary group of researchers & partners have been developing the research programme at the ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures. More here 👇

First post here! Takes me back to Twitter in the early days. Tempted to rant about what’s happening there since but just hoping for better here. Surely some brilliant digital sociologists are researching all this right now. #digitalsociology @britsoci.bsky.social @sociodigfutures.bsky.social