Applications opening soon for the 2026 MSRNE summer internship in sociotechnical systems--details below! Microsoft Research New England is looking for advanced Ph.D. students who are bringing sociotechnical perspectives to analyze critical issues of our time, to apply for our summer internship. They will join a team of social scientists who use qualitative or quantitative, empirical or …
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It's that time again. Summer brings us four new SMC interns, a new SMC postdoc, and a new pre-doc research assistant! In their work, you'll see reflected our shift towards AI and data, but also many of the persistent concerns of the SMC: the implications for media, discursive imaginaries around new technologies, data and justice, …
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Apply here: https://webportalapp.com/sp/login/2025_msr_predoc_sts (NOTE: Application Portal opens February 3, 2025) Deadline: March 3, 2025. (Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.) NOTE: Unfortunately, applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S. to accept the position. Microsoft Research New England is hiring a predoctoral research assistant to work with Nancy Baym, Tarleton Gillespie, and …
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The 25th annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) begins next week in Sheffield, UK, and we are delighted to share that 26 SMC-connected scholars -- current and former researchers, postdocs, predocs, and interns -- are presenting in a total of 26 separate sessions. The SMC and AoIR have a long and storied …
We're once again lucky to share our offices with an extremely talented cohort of PhD student interns and a brand new postdoc. This year's new hires are conducting sociotechnical research spanning from digital harms and health, to shifting cultural imaginaries of work, to generative AI's role in data production, democracy, and even disaster management. Join …
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Apply here: https://aka.ms/msrne-sts/predoc-apply Deadline: November 1, 2023. (Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.) NOTE: Unfortunately, applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S. to accept the position. Microsoft Research New England is hiring a predoctoral research assistant to work with Nancy Baym, danah boyd, Tarleton Gillespie, and Mary L. Gray on issues …
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We are excited to welcome three new members to the research team! Ryland Shaw recently joined us as a predoctoral research assistant; he is completing his MA in Communication from Simon Fraser University. And this month we are joined by two new postdoctoral researchers, Zoë Glatt and Chuncheng Liu! Zoë just completed her PhD from …
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The Verge decided to select the best non-fiction books about technology of all time. As they put it, "Technology craves a narrative but often has a short memory for history. As a publication that contributes to that — The Verge lives in the news cycle, after all — we wanted to praise the form of …
Apply here: https://aka.ms/msrne-sts/predoc-apply Late or incomplete applications will not be considered. NOTE: Unfortunately, applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S. to accept the position. The Microsoft Research Social Media Collective, based at the Cambridge, MA lab location, consists of Nancy Baym, danah boyd, Tarleton Gillespie, and Mary L. Gray, as well as postdoctoral …
Mary Gray and Tawanna Dillahunt are involved in the 2023 Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) and applications are open now until January 3rd. According to their mission statement FASPE "challenges graduate students and future leaders to recognize and confront their ethical responsibilities as professionals by analyzing the decisions and actions …
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