DIGSUM and Humlab at Umeå University invites PhD students to take part in our course Digital Research.
This Thursday, you are all welcome to a seminar (co-hosted by the Department of Sociology and CEDAR) concerning the influence of AI on the future of unpaid labour.
DIGSUM director Simon Lindgren's contribution to a recent popular science report is based on an analysis of bots on Twitter during the run-up to the US election.
DIGSUM-affiliated PhD student Kalle Eriksson has recently started work on his thesis about politicial visions of AI and automation.
DIGSUM digital sociology researcher Sam Merrill has recently published two new articles that interestingly emphasise the political intersection between digital and highly material spaces.
The Swedish Information Systems Academy (SISA) has announced that this year’s Börje Langefors award for best dissertation in the field of information systems goes to Daniel Skog at SCDI.
The recently published special issue of DIGSUM’s Journal of Digital Social Research is entitled Unpacking the Algorithm: Social Science Perspectives on AI.
Every Friday, #frAIday hosts inspiring talks on artificial intelligence by Umeå University researchers, as well as internationally acclaimed experts.
DIGSUM's Digital Law research group has received funding from the Swedish Research Council (VR) for the project 'HYDE – Human agency and the rule of law in semi-automated decision-making systems'.
The Medical Faculty at Umeå University is hosting a lunch seminar on Artificial Intelligence with DIGSUM director Simon Lindgren as invited speaker.
Magdalena Sjöberg will present her research on digital parenting and the identity work of young mothers at an online seminar to take place at 13:00 CET on 22 October.
DIGSUM director, Simon Lindgren, was interviewed by Brazilian newsletter DIGILABOUR on his recent book “Data Theory”, and on the recently started research project Algorithms of Resistance.
On October 23, DIGSUM is co-hosting the online workshop Dealing with Data with Humlab and the Institute for Analytical Sociology.
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has funded a new research programme focused on digital innovation at the DIGSUM affiliated research hub Swedish Center for Digital Innovation (SCDI) at Umeå University.
Digital Media and the Spread of Populism
Ralph Schroeder, Professor in Social Science of the Internet at the Oxford Internet Institute will give a talk hosted by DIGSUM and the Department of Sociology on Friday, August 28th at 13:15.
New book on social movements, cultural memory and digital media
Department of Sociology Research Fellow and DIGSUM Member, Sam Merrill is happy to announce the recent publication of a volume dedicated to social movements, cultural memory and digital media.
Algorithms of Resistance
VR (The Swedish Research Council) has approved funding for the DIGSUM project Algorithms of Resistance: Analysing and harnessing anti-racist activism in the age of datafication, which will run between 2020 and 2022.
DIGSUM Day 2019
The 2019 DIGSUM Day was held on October 1 in Umeå University’s MIT building.
Thesis defense: Digital trace data in online communities
Vasili Mankevich, PhD of Informatics affiliated with DIGSUM and SCDI, successfully defended his PhD thesis Digital Innovation Management: Investigating Digital Trace Data in Online Communities.