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 critical methods to study the social, political, and cultural dynamics that shape …
Continue reading Apply now for the 2025 MSRNE summer internship in sociotechnical systems
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 …
Microsoft Research New England is looking for a postdoctoral researcher interested in bringing sociotechnical perspectives to analyze critical issues of our time. APPLICATION DEADLINE: November 22, 2024
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 …
Continue reading Welcoming our new SMC postdoc and 2024 interns!
We're excited to share some fellowship opportunities, sponsored by Microsoft Research, that support sociotechnical researchers who are thinking about AI, and would like to collaborate with researchers in our group, and others across Microsoft Research. In our research group we are working hard to research the difficult social and ethical implications of AI, especially in …
Continue reading announcing AI & Society fellowships, sponsored by MSR
Microsoft Research New England is looking for advanced Ph.D. students interested in bringing sociotechnical perspectives to analyze critical issues of our time. They will join a team of social scientists who use qualitative or quantitative, empirical or critical methods to study the social, political, and cultural dynamics that shape technologies and their consequences. Our work …
Continue reading Apply for the 2024 SMC summer internships in sociotechnical systems
Microsoft Research New England is looking for a postdoctoral researcher interested in bringing sociotechnical perspectives to analyze critical issues of our time. They will join a team of social scientists who use empirical and critical methods to study the social, political, and cultural dynamics that shape technologies and their consequences. Our work draws on and …
Continue reading Seeking an SMC postdoc on sociotechnical systems
We are very proud to announce that more than 30 current and past Social Media Collective researchers will be presenting their work at this year’s Association of Internet Researchers conference in Philadelphia. The SMC and AoIR go way back—the SMC’s Senior Principal Research Manager Nancy Baym led organizing efforts for the first AoIR conference in …
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 …
Continue reading Seeking a Sociotechnical Systems Research Assistant (aka “Pre-Doc”)
The Social Media Collective is VERY EXCITED to welcome a new STS Predoctoral Research Assistant to the Microsoft Research New England Lab!! Sarah Snyder (she/they) holds a Master of Information with a specialization in Culture and Technology from the University of Toronto iSchool. In her research, she reads social media content as literature to gain …
