Members of DIGSUM’s Digital Law group have published new work on hybrid decision-making in the contexts of policing, social welfare, and online moderation.
On Wednesday the 9th of February Humlab hosts a talk on How We Teach Algorithms Identity by PhD Student Morgan Klaus Scheuerman.
DIGSUM’s research group in Digital Sociology has recently appointed two new PhD students. The two PhD students are Henrik Sigurdh and Emma Östin.
Samuel Merrill, Docent in Sociology has won a research grant of 5.3MSEK from the Swedish Research Council, for the project The radicalization of Sweden’s Image: A study of how radical right groups in other countries depict Sweden online.
Simon Lindgren, Professor in Sociology has won a research grant of 4.8MSEK from the Swedish Research Council, for the project Programmable politics: Civil Society in the Age of Algorithmic Automation.
Media theorist, and long-time DIGSUM collaborator, Pieter Verdegem of the University of Westminster, UK, will give a talk in Umeå University’s #frAIday series this Friday. The talk is based on the new edited book AI for Everyone? which is downloadable (open access).
DIGSUM is happy to present a new issue of The Journal of Digital Social Research, our open access journal.
An essay has been posted by DIGSUM Director Simon Lindgren, reflecting on the #facebookdown outage that struck on Monday October 4.
Don't miss this week's seminar in Umeå University’s #frAIday series, featuring Joanna Bryson.
DIGSUM is hosting one of the keynotes and tracks — Power, Influence(rs) and Politics: New Forms of Visual Cultures — during the upcoming conference to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Humlab.
DIGSUM's Digital Sociology group is looking for new PhD candidates. The positions are fully funded and salaried for four years.
Eight out of the ten seminars, featuring a stellar lineup of speakers, hosted by DIGSUM during the spring of 2021 are available as a YouTube playlist.
Susanne Tafvelin, Associate Professor of Psychology, has won a large research grant to study robots and AI in the social services.
This week’s DIGZOOM guest is Chris Bail who will talk about his new book on how to make social media platforms less polarizing.
This week’s DIGZOOM guest is Mark Carrigan who will reflect on the first six months of the Post-Pandemic University: an online magazine, podcast hub and event series supporting dialogue about how the university will be changed by the pandemic crisis.
The video of Brooke Foucault Welles’ DIGZOOM talk on race and gender justice in hashtag activism is now online.
Associate Professor Eva Mårell-Olsson has published a new paper in IxD&A: Interaction Design and Architecture(s) about how gamification can be used as an online teaching strategy.
Lev Manovich — one of the leading theorists of digital culture worldwide and a pioneer in the application of data science for analysis of contemporary culture — gives a talk, hosted by Humlab at Umeå University, about his new book Cultural Analytics on May 6 2021.
This week’s DIGZOOM guest is Brooke Foucault Welles who will talk about networks of race and gender justice in hashtag activism.
Yet another DIGZOOM spring 2021 seminar series is now available to watch online. It features Deen Freelon talking about Hashtag Heroes vs. Disinfo Dystopia.