New post: First Pair Prompt: report from a possible first of three EM/CA ‘promptathons’ https://www.conversationanalysis.org/first-pair-prompt-report-from-a-possible-first-of-three-em-ca-promptathons/# EMCA

VACANCY (2 of 2...) Lecturer in Sociology @uomsociology.bsky.social with research expertise in the field(s) of racial inequalities, anti-racism and theoretical debates in ‘race’. Please share - thanks! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

“It was a place where people felt valued, where their contributions felt praised and recognised.” @gmthomas.bsky.social spoke to BBC Radio Wales this morning about his British Academy-funded research, drawing on time spent at a community café partly run by adults with learning disabilities.

Excellent article but stark reminder that for all the perceptions of universities as ivory towers for elites, they are actually vital hubs in towns n cities supporting local businesses and providing key services as well as education….

In memory of Michael Burawoy (ISA President 2010–2014), we are resharing the full recording of last year’s commemorative online session. ▶ Watch the YouTube video 'Online Tribute in Memory of Michael Burawoy': www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZPU...

media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2... Looking forward to speaking here on Feb 24th:

Help shape Census 2031 topics - respond by tomorrow (4/3/26) to the ONS's consultation on which topics are included in the next census in England and Wales tinyurl.com/ebdfmh3n #sociology

📣 Our #20 newsletter is out: The contributions to this special issue show how CA continues to be shaped by advances in technology and how conversation analysts are adapting their investigations to new and emerging technologies. Technology becomes a co-interactant worthy of analytical attention.🧵1/8

Good to be part of this workshop @saulalbert.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social that gathered 40 EM/CA scholars to explore Generative AI, talk-in-interaction, synthetic sociality, chatbots and voice agents. Looking forward to the next event. Great write up by Saul Albert @iscaupdates.bsky.social

SAGE Handbook of Digital Society - still fresh, and definitely a solid collection of resources for those interested in sociological approaches to emerging technology and digital societies uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/th...

The conversational action test: Detecting the artificial sociality of artificial intelligence. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Good to be part of this workshop @saulalbert.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social that gathered 40 EM/CA scholars to explore Generative AI, talk-in-interaction, synthetic sociality, chatbots and voice agents. Looking forward to the next event. Great write up by Saul Albert @iscaupdates.bsky.social

Next Friday! Don't forget to register.

Almost 80 years ago, sociologists identified a new personality type that is particularly sensitive to loneliness. It's even more relevant today, says Annalee Newitz

With Question Time returning to our screens for 2026, we decided to look back at who appeared on the programme in 2025 to assess how producers interpreted impartiality when selecting panellists, updating @mattwalshjourno.bsky.social's study of panellists from 2014-2024. tinyurl.com/yc77s5mp

Together with the @royalsociety.org, we invite applications for the International Fellowships 2026. The scheme supports international early career researchers in advancing their expertise through collaborations with UK partners. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3LaMIBC

Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research. We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

Brilliant event going on today in #sbarcIspark with @iwa-wales.bsky.social, @carnegieuk.bsky.social, @copronetwales.bsky.social and CWPS reflecting on 10 years of the #FutureGenerationsAct, involving WISERD co-director, Anwen Elias @interpolaber.bsky.social

PhD Candidate in Societal Digitalization: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...

The contemporary relevance of the social sciences is a joint publication with @sagepub.com and demonstrates how the social sciences are contributing to the wellbeing of the UK through 8 broad principles supported with evidence & case studies. Download the report📖 ➡️ acss.org.uk/publications...

We're hiring two Postdoctoral Researchers (80%) and a Research Assistant (50%) for a four-year #EMCA research project on the integration of AI in medical education in practice. Apply by 4 January 2026. www.hevs.ch/fr/recruitee... www.hevs.ch/fr/recruitee...

I did it in my university course this past semester. Both on the midterm and the final, I gave students passages from articles that they had read, discussed w the TAs in conference sections, and I covered in lecture and I asked them to explain what the passage says. It was a challenge for many.

A new issue of the British Journal of Sociology (@bjsociology.bsky.social ) is out now! Find the latest articles in the #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/iOzDsKw

Following her speech at the British Academy’s Festive Parliamentary Reception last week, Professor Dame Mary Beard FBA has written in the Times Literary Supplement reflecting on why humans need the humanities – and why they are essential to a democratic society. www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...

Inspired by natural polymers like DNA, chemists have devised a way to engineer plastic so it breaks down when it is no longer needed, rather than polluting the environment

Dr Patricia Jimenez presenting on the uses and troubles with MCA across her projects on members’ sense-making practices. Questions of producing adequate descriptions of occasioned patternings of categorial orders. #EMCA #MCA

An exciting new WISERD blog series by Jemma Bridgeman @cusocsci.bsky.social will explore different aspects of our new @ukri.org ESRC project about building #socialvalue and #fairwork in the #construction industry in Wales. Read the first part here: bit.ly/49Z1hSN

What do you get if you cross Conversation Analysis with Dramatic Performance? (Social Interaction)² www.bloomsbury.com/uk/social-in...

All set for three days of Intro to MCA (sponsored by the WGSSS) and a meeting of the EMCA Doctoral Network. Huge thanks to Patrik Dahl for his organisational prowess. Schedule includes bonus pun for the MCA heads. #EMCA #MCA

Professor Alan Felstead and Rhys Davies will present the Northern Ireland findings of the Skills and Employment Survey (SES) at a NI Government event on Thursday 4th December in Belfast. Find out more: bit.ly/4rzruxp

Applications for the 2026 Science, Technology, & Human Values STS School close 10 December 2025. The event will be a meeting point of interdisciplinary dialogue, spanning 4 days of seminars, workshops, keynotes and fieldtrips. 22-25 June 2026, Seoul, Korea. Visit sthvschool.org for more info ⏰ ⏰ ⏰

Membership categorisation, sociological description and role prompt engineering with ChatGPT #EMCA In this paper (OA) we use Membership Categorisation Analysis to interrogate prompt engineering and the use of ‘natural’ sociological description - and lots more. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

The contemporary relevance of the social sciences is a joint publication with @sagepub.com and demonstrates how the social sciences are contributing to the wellbeing of the UK through 8 broad principles supported with evidence & case studies. Download the report 📖➡️ acss.org.uk/publications...

Job vacancy! We're looking for a Senior Research Associate in Immersive Futures to join our team. Full time, fixed term until Oct 2026. More info and apply ➡️ bit.ly/48BPsR6

If you would like to explore some of Jeff's work, having read this short piece by Bo & me in The Psychologist, you could start with some of the items on this thread I put together in May this year: bsky.app/hashtag/Jeff... #EMCA #EM/CA

Yr wythnos nesaf #WISERDLunchtimeSeminar gyda Sophie Bartlett @adrwales.bsky.social - Dewisiadau a Chyfleoedd: llwybrau addysg ôl-16 mewn bioleg, cemeg a ffiseg yng Nghymru – 12:00-13:00, 21/11/25. Darganfyddwch fwy: bit.ly/3LNTRaT

Join us for the latest in our #WISERDLunchtimeSeminar series with Sophie Bartlett @adrwales.bsky.social - Choices and Chances: post-16 education pathways in biology, chemistry, and physics in Wales – 12:00-13:00, 21/11/25. Find out more: bit.ly/49Ly1Pl

WISERD and @careresearchwales.bsky.social recently celebrated the launch of @richgater.bsky.social's new book, ‘The 21st Century Ladz’, at sbarcIspark, joined by @edudetective.bsky.social, Dr Dan Evans, and Prof Jean Jenkins. 💻 Read more: bit.ly/3K7zpB8

If you're theorizing about GenAI, you're theorizing about social media

UK science and technology is suffering from a lack of investment, a hostile immigration system, and fragile university finances, reports @cathleenogrady.bsky.social 🧪 #scipolicy www.science.org/content/arti...

It's a competitive field obviously, but this is a strong entity for stupidest article about AI and universities in the last year or so. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/univ...

As South Korea 🇰🇷 announces another big push for AI in education ('AI for All' initiative), I was interviewed at length by one the KyungHyang daily newspaper. The title sums it up! "AI answers education’s problems? Education using AI will be ‘second rate education" www.khan.co.kr/article/2025...

We are still accepting applications to the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Overseas Researchers 2026. Awards are for a period of between 12 months minimum to 24 months maximum. Find out more and apply: https://bit.ly/3WQ14Jw

Applications close today! Be sure to submit your application below to join the Editorial Boards of Sociology journal, and Work, Employment and Society. Deadline to submit is 17:00 GMT. www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc

Sociology journal is looking for new Board members! Do you specialise in quantitative or computational methods? Apply now! The full list of expertise we need and how to apply can be found below. Applications close 11 November 2025. www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc

Great write-up of our latest Caerphilly by-election report by Martin Shipton and Nation Cymru

Come and work with my wonderful colleagues @lsepbs.bsky.social! Assistant Professor in Social #Psychology / Environmental Psychology #AcademicSky jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Guest Blog: A new book on Erving Goffman Erving Goffman's legacy is everywhere visible in the social sciences, and Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz's new book shines light on the "invisible college" of his contemporaries among his close circle and further afield. The result is a fascinating account of the…

“Replication is an ethnography of science, a reflection by the scientists themselves on the scientific process and the challenges of producing results, while being engaged in that very process.” New ethnographic work by Brenninkmeijer et al. Open Access: doi.org/10.1177/0306... 🧵

I’m hiring for a 2.5 year postdoc position in digital methods and the creator economy, details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG525/p...