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 …
Continue reading Two new SMC postdocs and a new SMC predoctoral research assistant
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 …
The MSR Social Media Collective put the call out for PhD students studying sociotechnical systems from interdisciplinary perspectives that foster careful (and caring) critique. We were, once again, BLOWN away by the amazing applications (the force is strong in us, friends!) Here is the intern cohort joining us for our 2023 cycle: Negin Alimohammadi is …
Continue reading Meet the 2023 SMC Sociotechnical Systems PhD Interns!
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 …
Continue reading Apply to the 2023 FASPE Fellowship due January 3rd 2023!
Together with Viva + Yammer and Glint, we are looking for an advanced PhD student for a 12-week paid internship bridging these applied research teams and our Cambridge, Massachusetts-based group of social scientists using empirical and critical methods to study sociotechnical dynamics. Interns will be expected to be physically present and contribute to the life of …
The annual meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) is coming up December 7th-10th, and this year for just the second time it is meeting jointly with the Latin American Society for Social Studies of Science and Technology (ESCOCITE). We have a strong contingent of SMC alums and current members who will …
As we watch what’s happening at Twitter – billionaire owner burning place to ground, employees leaving in revolt, users mourning their lost world and setting up accounts elsewhere, #RIPTwitter and related hashtags dominating their trending topics – it’s helpful, perhaps, to ask the question “what IS the Twitter that is dying?” In his already infamous …
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 social scientists using empirical and critical methods to study the social, political, and cultural dynamics that shape technologies and their consequences. Our work draws on and spans several disciplines, including …
Microsoft Research New England is looking for advanced Ph.D. students interested in bringing sociotechnical perspectives to analyze critical issues of our time. Interns will join a group of social scientists using empirical and critical methods to study the social, political, and cultural dynamics that shape technologies and their consequences. Our work draws on and spans …
