🔬 Robert K. Merton Book Award (Deadline: 1/15/2026) @asaskat.bsky.social invites nominations for the 2026 Robert K. Merton Book Award. The award is given annually in recognition of an outstanding book on science, knowledge, and/or technology published during the preceding two years (2025/2024).

New article! "Tokenization of everything? Exploring the limits of blockchain technologies in the governance of financial markets and assets" led by Anetta Proskurovska If you want to learn about #tokenization in #finance & #financialmarkets then check it out www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📝 Our Fall 2025 issue of the SKAT Newsletter is out! See inside for information about SKAT sessions at #ASA2026, a call for award nominations, Q&As with book authors, and more. asaskat.com/wp-content/u...

📚 New Books Q&A with Diana Graizbord, author of Indicators of Democracy: The Politics and Promise of Evaluation Expertise in Mexico (Stanford University Press, 2024) Interviewed by Jorge Ochoa @dgraizbord.bsky.social @jorge-ochoa.bsky.social @stanfordpress.bsky.social asaskat.com/2025/12/12/s...

this recent interview by my co-author Ulises Mejias gives an up-to-date view of our approach to #datacolonialism for the age of GenAI

New Books Q&A with Ulises A. Mejias, co-author of Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back (University of Chicago Press, 2024) Interviewed by Jeba Humayra Prithwi asaskat.com/2025/12/09/q... @ulises-mejias.bsky.social @couldrynick.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social

***10 days left to apply*** Please share widely! CALL FOR PAPERS due Dec 1 Gametic Politics: Eggs, Sperm, and Gender/Sex in the 21st Century A Workshop for Early-Career Researchers organized by Rene Almeling & Sarah Richardson April 16-17 at Yale Details: www.renealmeling.com/gametic-poli...

ASA joined w/ 59 scientific orgs to sign a letter urging Congress to fund the National Science Foundation at the highest level in FY 2026 appropriations & accede to Senate report language for sustained funding for the Social, Behavioral, & Economic (SBE) Sciences Directorate.

Upcoming Virtual Panel! Navigating the Academic Job Market for SKAT Scholars Details ⤵️ 🗓️ Friday, November 14, 1-2pm ET SKAT section members and other ASA members on the job market are invited to join. Panelists will speak about their recent experiences navigating the market, followed by a Q&A.

Upcoming Virtual Panel! Navigating the Academic Job Market for SKAT Scholars Details ⤵️ 🗓️ Friday, November 14, 1-2pm ET SKAT section members and other ASA members on the job market are invited to join. Panelists will speak about their recent experiences navigating the market, followed by a Q&A.

🔊 Do you have a new publication, announcement, or call that you would like to publicize to the SKAT community? Please use this Google Form so we can include it in our Fall newsletter: forms.gle/LfdzYC6roSYL...

Very excited to be co-organizing a session with Kerry Ard on "The Sociology of Climate Change" at next year's American Sociological Association meeting in NYC. Proposals are due Feb 25. Session is co-sponsored by the ASA sections for SKAT + Environmental Soc. Details: www.asanet.org/annual-meeti...

📖 Consider nominating yourselves or others for the Robert K. Merton Book Award from @asaskat.bsky.social. Books published in 2024 or 2025 are eligible. Looking forward to reading this year's nominations! More info: asaskat.com/call-for-awa...

🔊 Do you have a new publication, announcement, or call that you would like to publicize to the SKAT community? Please use this Google Form so we can include it in our Fall newsletter: forms.gle/LfdzYC6roSYL...

Check out the latest @ghpoliticspodcast.bsky.social conversation with @uicpublichealth.bsky.social Professor Claire Decoteau talking about her new @uchicagopress.bsky.social book Emergency. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify & below globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2364394/epis...

Next week, @fuzheng.bsky.social and I will workshop our paper on public perception of AI evaluation in China based on a national survey. If you are at NYC - come and say hi!

***Call for Papers*** Gametic Politics: Eggs, Sperm, and Gender/Sex in the 21st Century A workshop for early-career researchers organized by Rene Almeling and Sarah Richardson. April 16-17, 2026 Yale University New Haven, CT Details and application form: www.renealmeling.com/gametic-poli...

I’m so grateful for the committee who recognized our paper, which was a wonderful collaboration with @cyberlyra.bsky.social marrying insights from two in-depth ethnographic projects to examine how time and money are weaponized for political agendas in govt.

📝 Our #LongCovid in Brazil paper is out in Sociology of Health & Illness: "Contested Illness and Alternative Expertise Networks in Global Health: Post-COVID Syndrome in Brazil" (w/ Renan Gonçalves Leonel da Silva, Amanda Curi, Cristian Capotescu, Gil Eyal) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

New post on my Substack about why the dichotomy between "democracy" and "technocracy" is a false one that is premised on a definition of "democracy" as public input as opposed to expert input. computingandsociety.substack.com/p/democracy-.... Thread below.

Thank you so much for this enormous honor!!!

👏 Thank you to our outgoing SKAT Section Chair Janet Vertesi for all her work! We also welcome Claire Decoteau who will be Chair this coming year, and Rene Almeling who will be Chair-Elect. #ASA2025

Feeling inspired to get back on here after a really really fun #ASA2025 so making my obligatory “I am on the job market” post! I study the power politics of bodies, borders and babies w/ a current focus on trans reproduction. Read more at Carlosariego.com

My new book and I are both happy to be at #ASA2025 with @ucpress.bsky.social open access!

The AI Con at #ASA2025! Grab a copy at the @harperbooks.bsky.social exhibit. (w/ @emilymbender.bsky.social)

Took home a couple of ASA book awards this week alongside the brilliant @lizchiarello.bsky.social 📚 at @asaskat.bsky.social @asamedsoc.bsky.social #SpacesOnTheSpectrum (@columbiaup.bsky.social) #PolicingPatients (@princetonupress.bsky.social)

🏆 SKAT #ASA2025 Awards! Congratulations to the following recipients: Hacker-Mullins Student Paper Award Xiaogao Zhou: “Care in transition: Global norms, transnational adaptation, and family-centered gender-affirming care in China” 🔗: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

Come join me @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social new BRES Program (hiring 2 senior profs) - cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/... #ASA2025

Congratulations to all our SKAT roundtable participants, session organizers, discussants, and presenters for sharing your work the past two days! #ASA2025

Thank you @nataliebaviles.bsky.social and Santiago Molina for organizing last night’s SKAT reception! #ASA2025

Tonight! #ASA2025

Knowledge #2: Scientific and Social Scientific Knowledge Mon, Aug 11, 2-3:30pm, East Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Ballroom Level/Gold, Grand Hall H Link 🔗: tinyurl.com/26qc98oa

Tomorrow, Monday night! #ASA2025

🍷 Come join us Monday (Aug 11) night at the Emerald Loop Bar and Grill for the SKAT Section Reception from 7 to 9 pm! There will be drinks for the first 50 attendees (cash bar also available) and food!

Badge pick-up & registration counters for #ASA2025 are open today, 7:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m., Grand Ballroom Foyer, Hyatt Regency, East Tower, Ballroom Level.

Badge pick-up & registration counters for the ASA 2025 Annual Meeting are open today, 7:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m., Grand Ballroom Foyer, Hyatt Regency, East Tower, Ballroom Level.

Is this your first time at the ASA Annual Meeting? Join the ASA First-Time Attendee Orientation tomorrow morning, 8:00-9:30 a.m., to get tips on navigating and getting the most out of your meeting experience.

🚨 SKAT Sessions at #ASA2025 on Aug 11 Monday 🧠 4 to 5:30 pm: Sociology of Neuroscience & Neurotechnology (West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, New Orleans) ☕ 6 to 7 pm: Mentoring Event (West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, Hong Kong) 🍸 7 to 9 pm: Reception (Emerald Loop Bar & Grill)

👋 Meet nine of our SKAT Section student members, and learn more about their research. Remember to say hi to them in Chicago at #ASA2025! asaskat.com/2025/08/06/m...

I have a new article out: "Do artifacts have political economy?" It's a riff on an old argument by Langdon Winner about the embedding of politics in technology #STS #sociology #technoscience #technology #innovation journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🔊 Organizing two regular sessions at #ASA2025 this year on Knowledge. Come by! Knowledge #1: Data, Risk, and Knowledge in Health Policy Sun, Aug 10, 12-1:30pm, West Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Ballroom Level/Gold, Atlanta Link 🔗: tinyurl.com/242ch2h9

Call for Papers! Gametic Politics: Eggs, Sperm, and Gender/Sex in the 21st Century A Workshop for Early-Career Researchers organized by Rene Almeling and Sarah Richardson April 16-17, 2026 Yale University New Haven, CT Details and application form here: www.renealmeling.com/gametic-poli...

My entry in @asaskat.bsky.social's blog discusses the role of hobbyists and computer groups in co-creating modern computing platforms and the lessons they offer for the AI era, building on Alfred Schutz's classic essay on the well-informed citizen

🎁 Purchase GIFT MEMBERSHIPS for students -- gifts are due by July 31 to count toward our section headcount next year. From August 1-30 no gift purchases will be permitted. Instructions below ⬇️

Last call to submit your new publications and announcement for the summer issue of the newsletter! forms.gle/CYNiN6Ur1sRH...

🔊 Do you have a new publication, announcement, or call that you would like to publicize to the SKAT community? Please use this Google Form by July 31 so we can include it in our Summer newsletter: forms.gle/c4iamWn67biB...

Help preserve the global exchange of ideas and strengthen the advancement of U.S. sociology. Use ASA’s Action Center to share personal stories with your Congressperson about the importance of international scholarly collaboration. https://bit.ly/4lOYz4H

Summer reading! In his new book, ASA member Emilio J. Castilla ‪@mit.edu analyzes the structure and culture of meritocracy inside organizations using real-world examples and showing the effects of personal biases and social barriers. ‪@columbiaup.bsky.social‬

🧑‍🎓 Are you a SKAT student member? Please consider filling this Google Form for our "Meet our SKAT student members" newsletter column in preparation for #ASA2025! forms.gle/uMcuUmgvDD76...

“Inequality is built-in to science. While not every issue is contoured by power in the same way, all science is an enduring product of power, its unequal circulation, use & impact.” Scott Frickel & Kelly Moore explore how this is so & how we can address it ↓ www.politybooks.com/...