Northeastern University is hiring an Assistant Professor in AI Policy and Media. The tenure home would be either Communication Studies or Journalism, with a joint appointment with the policy school. Please apply and be my colleague :) northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...

I'm recruiting PhD students @cornellbowers.bsky.social! Folks who are interested in the intersection of work, technology, organizations, and political economy: please consider applying! infosci.cornell.edu/phd-informat.... And if you're a faculty colleague, please send excellent candidates my way!

Working on AI in public health? Check out this CFP! HEB invites submissions exploring the opportunities, impacts, and ethical dimensions of AI in health education, behavior, and public health. We encourage work on equity, transparency, accountability, and real-world applications. lnkd.in/dsCbT6aX

Teaching faculty search @cornellbowers.bsky.social! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30763

UC Press is looking for a Publicist! Help amplify authors, pitch stories that spark conversation, & champion bold, field-defining books. Apply here. Or spread the word! careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucop/EMP...

JOB: TT Assistant Professor, Sociology, Western University Health and the Life Course or Work and the Economy universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...

The Social Science Matrix @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social is hiring a Researcher/Program Manager in Finance and Democracy: careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucb/EMPL...

Postdoc opportunity @cornelluniversity.bsky.social STS! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30301

Heads up, #4S2025 ! So excited for my Making and Doing workshop on "How to Get Off," teaching y'all how to evade Big Tech, on Thursday 1:30-3PM! Then reflections on long-term fieldwork on Friday at 1:30PM And my TECH/MONEY talk Friday at 3:40 on why NASA goes over budget ... See you in Seattle!

🙏 "Behind the Startup demonstrates, more fully than any work before it, the specific structural forces that so consistently ensure that platform startups betray their stated ideals....If this book does not achieve its purpose in reorienting future research, the field and not the book is to blame."

My new article "Do artifacts have political economy" out in @sthv.bsky.social - developing a constructivist #politicaleconomy as a way to understand the embedding of political economy in #technology (incl bridges, #generativeAI + #adtech)

Excited to share new work with the brilliant Zothan Mawii: "Gigs North & South." We describe gig platforms as accelerants to long-term informalization under premature deindustrialization. Gigs north and gigs south look similar but are distributed differently, through a process of uneven development.

Thanks to @wsj.com for the review of HEDGED OUT: Inequality and Insecurity on Wall Street by @megantobiasneely.bsky.social‬: "explain[s] the new financial order by dissecting the people who run the investment firms":

Such an interesting piece by Vertesi and Enriquez from our latest issue. Don't forget to check out the other fascinating contributions: sociologica.unibo.it/issue/view/1...

40% off Behind the Startup and a boatload of other great titles @ucpress.bsky.social, use promo code MAY40! www.ucpress.edu/books/behind...

The tech we rely on is powered by millions of low-paid, invisible cloudworkers. Our new report drops 20 May. Join us to talk fairness, AI, and platform accountability. 🕑 2 PM BST 🔗 wzb-eu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #Fairwork #Cloudwork #WorkerRights #InvisibleLabour #AI

🗓️ The next #STS Switzerland conference will take place in Zurich on 10-12 Sept. 2025! Join @loicriom.bsky.social and me for our panel on: 💥What Holds #Startups Together? Exploring Infrastructures, Places, and Knowledge💥 🔗 sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/ @sts-ch.bsky.social

For SASE members who may be interested: MPIfG is accepting apps for its Visiting Researchers Program (Winter 2025/26). 2–12 mo stays in Cologne for researchers in econ soc & political econ. Apply by April 30 → sase.org/career-oppor... #AcademicJobs #SASE

Lots of great positions at @mpifg.bsky.social, pls share! - 2yr postdoc in wealth research - 2yr postdoc in technology & sovereignty - 3+3yr senior researcher in political economy - 3+3yr senior researcher in economic sociology - tenure/director-track group leader digitalization & society

At the release party for Fairwork US Ratings 2025: When AI Eats the Manager "In the US, we've found the distribution is only at the bottom." And this is an org that has, to this point, largely focused on AI sweatshops in the so-called Global south.

We have extended the call for abstracts until 28 February! The WORK2025 conference welcomes presentations from a wide variety of interdisciplinary, empirical and theoretical perspectives. Submit your abstract at www.work2025.fi and join us in Turku, Finland, or online!

We will hear an interesting keynote speech from Associate Professor @bshestakofsky.bsky.social (USA) titled “Venture Capitalism and Beyond” on the second day of the WORK2025 conference! Abstract submission is open until February 20th at www.work2025.fi!

I’m co-editing an “AI and society in China” special issue for Chinese Sociological Review. Paper proposal due on 04/30. Full manuscript due on 09/15. Let me know if you have any questions! More info: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

The International Sociological Association @isa-sociology.bsky.social invites the global community of sociologists to an online tribute to the life of Michael Burawoy, Saturday, Feb. 8, noon Eastern. Follow the YouTube live transmission bit.ly/414VbLC.

The sudden and tragic loss of Michael Burawoy is devastating beyond words. A peerless scholar, mentor, teacher, activist, and friend, with a wry wit and an enormous heart. The only consolation is that he brought so many of us together, an extended family of kin who strive to carry on his legacy.

We are looking to appoint a Research Project Administrator for the Fairwork project. This is a full-time post, available immediately for a fixed term to cover maternity leave, until 31 October 2025. Please share with colleagues who may be interested. www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/vacan...

Secure your shopping and online accounts! On Day Thirteen of #cybercleanse we get set up for credit card masking, and practice researching companies to suss out their data practices and investment stakeholders. www.optoutproject.net/shop-securely/ #optout #toxictech

It is publication day! The Master's Tools shows how finance destroyed democracy and argues for "democratic ruptures" in the economy, which empower the demos to make investment decisions via sortition. Out with @versobooks.bsky.social now. Please read, engage, criticize, build and share!

It was a great pleasure to interview @ajravenelle.bsky.social about her most recent book. So many insights about our economy, precarious work, and the pandemic.

New from me in Social Problems -- "The Sociology of Property Value in a Climate-Changed United States" -- in which I set out an analytical strategy for reckoning with the emerging set of complex issues at the intersection of climate impacts and homeownership doi.org/10.1093/socp...

Looking to clean up your online habits this year? I’m leading a 21-day #cybercleanse to help you get your digital life back from #toxictech by January 21. Check it out and sign up at: www.optoutproject.net/the-cyber-cl...

📝 Our Fall 2024 issue of the SKAT Newsletter is out! See inside for information about our 2024 awards, SKAT sessions at #ASA2025, tips on preparing your submissions, Q&A with book authors, and more. asaskat.com/wp-content/u...

Busy week last week wrapping up classes here, but if you should definitely tune into my interview with @bshestakofsky.bsky.social about his book, _Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality_, if you haven't checked it out yet. newbooksnetwork.com/behind-the-s...

We're recruiting Postdoctoral Visitor in AI & Governance, York University, Canada. Deadline 20 Dec 2024. More about role contained in the job ad: www.yorku.ca/research/wp-... Working with myself, @tdagne.bsky.social & Rob Gehl #AIethics #AIgovernance #STS #techlaw www.yorku.ca/research/wp-...

Professor Vili Lehdonvirta is hiring a postdoctoral researcher with quantitative analysis skills to work on GEOCLOUD: The Geopolitics of Cloud Computing, a new European Research Council Advanced Grant project... diesl.eu/open-positio...

BAY AREA FRIENDS – Come to my new book's launch on January 30th at 7pm (PST) at City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco! It's gonna be a blast with special guests @bigblackjacobin.bsky.social and @bcmerchant.bsky.social. Registration is necessary but free: citylights.com/events/jatha...

New post: An issue is better explored by analyzing the different interests and mechanisms at play than by just blaming the profit motive or by saying "because: capitalism!" computingandsociety.substack.com/p/because-ca... #sts

New Job! Postdoctoral Visitor in AI & Governance at York University (Toronto, Canada). Deadline 20 December 2024. More details about the role are contained in the job ad: www.yorku.ca/research/wp-... Working with myself, @tdagne.bsky.social & Rob Gehl #AIethics #AIgovernance #STS #techlaw

I learned so much from @bshestakofsky.bsky.social's new book. With a tech bro near the president elect, I think the lessons about who wins and who loses in tech capitalism are more relevant than ever.