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CfA: “Digital Twinning”, New Media & Society, Special Issue
by Christoph Borbach 08 Dec '23

08 Dec '23

Dear colleagues and AoIR fellows, We would like to draw your attention to the following call for abstracts of the journal /*New Media & Society*/ for a special issue on “*Digital Twinning*”. We look forward to receiving your paper proposals until December 31! Please feel free to forward the CfA to potentially interested colleagues. thanks & best greetings, Christoph ___ *Call for Abstracts: _/New Media & Society/_, Special Issue “Digital Twinning” /Ed. Christoph Borbach, Wendy Chun, and Tristan Thielmann/* Datafication in the analogue era followed a different logic than do today’s media processes, with all their entanglements and interdependencies with and within the ‘real’ world. Human bodies, system processes, and their data traces and virtual models are deeply intertwined in current postdigital—or rather, more-than-human (Lupton 2019)—media cultures. It is surely not a new idea that data and the technologies of its collection, storage, circulation, and evaluation are shaping how societies and individuals see themselves. But it is a novelty that processes of datafication within the context of ‘digital twinning’ and their future predictions and simulations of behavior—mostly systems behavior but also human purchasing and movement behaviors, with their political implications—are fundamentally changing the methods of production planning, processes, and products. Technologies of digital twinning ask once more how data practices affect and mold decision-making within institutions (Vertesi 2020). ‘Digital twins’ are currently the most important drivers of the fourth industrial revolution. These ever-more-complex technical products and processes are now developed and tested in the virtual sphere as software models before they emerge in the ‘real’ world. The paradigm of digital media technologies is therefore subject to fundamental change through the prevalence of digital twins in industry and research. The digital is no longer a real-time virtual representation of a real-world physical object: it is exactly the opposite and concurrently much more than that, allowing new forms of “premediation” (Grusin 2010), in the analysis of future performances of objects without the physical presence of the objects. Digital twinning therefore promises not only the potential of making futures predictable through recognition and correlation of digital and analog, virtual and physical (Chun 2021), but the ability to do so without physical counterparts. Digital twinning is no longer restricted to single entities—like objects being studied—but allows for modeling complex chains of co-operations. What is most striking from a media theory perspective is that technical objects, models, services, operations, or even entire cities, metro systems, or logistical architectures can be objects of digital twinning. Digital twins make clear that the real world is just one possible realization of the primarily virtual world. At the same time, digital twins and other haunting ‘data doppelgangers’ allow overarching data exchange and cooperation. They are more than pure data, proving once more that so-called “raw data” does not exist (Bowker 2005; Gitelman 2013). Digital twins consist of technical and social models of acting objects, and integrate various embedded sensors related to vital areas of functionality that make things and processes ‘sense-able’ (Gabrys 2019). Digital twins can therefore also include simulations and services, asking anew if there is anything worldly which may must remain “uncomputable” (Galloway 2021). Taking digital twinning as an analytic lens, the special issue will also try to understand aesthetics, politics, genders, and economies of ‘data doubles.’ These new symptoms of postdigital media and data cultures differ from previous motifs of doubles, e.g. literary doppelgangers as in the work of E. T. A. Hoffmann, among others. Selfies are emblematic of digital data cultures and their visual regime (Eckel et al. 2018), as are avatar images in avatar-based gaming (Klevjer 2022), since they are not mere pictorial representations but digital images of self-perception and self-modeling. They stand as digital doubles exemplary for the self in extended realities (XR), self-embodiment in digital spheres, and the continuum between offline and online (Coleman 2011). Similar to digital twins, digital ‘doubles’ even without a physical ‘original’ can unfold influence, literally, as virtual influencers or actors such as Hatsune Miku demonstrates. Media practices of doubling and storing the self might have predigital histories (Humphreys 2018). But only digital tracking applications can be regarded as real-time feedback loops that influence human behavior. This can be seen positively since it transforms the way humans self-optimize, e.g. their athletic behavior, as quantified self-movement shows. But it can also be critically reflected from a political standpoint, since it evokes a shift from individuals to ‘dividuals’ and an interpretation of human beings as conglomerates of sensor technology, flesh, and data doubles within surveillant assemblages (Haggerty and Richard 2000). To account for this complex technological situation and its social impacts, the special issue “Digital Twinning” will bring together researchers from different fields: engineering and social science, informatics and media studies. The aim is to understand concepts and practices but also politics and aesthetics of data doubling and digital twinning that are not restricted to purposes of system and production monitoring, maintenance, and simulation—that is, processes of digital engineering. We will also expand the scope, to include real-time interrelations of digital data acquisition and simulation, on the one hand, and the physical performance of humans, things, and systems, on the other. We are seeking *abstracts* (500 words) for submissions until *December 31, 2023* (to be sent to *christoph.borbach(a)uni-siegen.de, subject: “NM&S Special Issue: Digital Twinning”*), that might address—but are not limited to—one or more of the following topics: * how is data agential (in digital twinning)? * interrelations and interdependencies between physical and digital twins and doubles * politics, (data) economies, and technologies of digital twinning and doubling * boundaries in the modeling of twins * (de)central places of twinning: where is it to be done, and by whom? * twinning as labor: precarious work, and/or precarious for workers? * histories of twinning: from science fiction, to NASA, to the public? * future digital practices of twinning * imaginaries and aesthetics of twinning * gendering and aesthetics of avatars * challenges and difficulties of data governance, data rights, and data sustainability * sensor ecologies and their impact on digital twinning * media and social theories of digital twinning * digital methods, ethnographic, and ethnomethodological approaches for further research on digital twinning * applications for digital twins in the industrial and consumer metaverse -- Dr. Christoph Borbach Team »Science, Technology and Media Studies« www.mobilemedia.uni-siegen.de University of Siegen

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New Book: Invocational media: Reconceptualising the computer
by Chris Chesher 08 Dec '23

08 Dec '23

New book: Invocational media: reconceptualising the computer Chris Chesher Bloomsbury Invocational Media: Reconceptualising the Computer: Chris Chesher: Bloomsbury Academic<https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/invocational-media-9781501363627/> Invocational Media critiques the sociotechnical power of digital technologies by introducing the concept of invocational media. What is an invocation? Ask your voice assistant and it will define it for you. It is a media artefact that responds to many invocations such as seeking the weather forecast, requesting any song you can name, or turning on the lights, almost magically. This contemporary manifestation of the ancient practice of invocation gives an immediate response to your call in a way that Chris Chesher argues is the characteristic power of all computers, which he redefines as invocational media. This book challenges the foundations of computer science by offering invocation as a powerful new way of conceptualising digital technologies. Drawing on media philosophy, Deleuze, Guattari, Heidegger, Latour, Austin, Innis and McLuhan, it critiques the representationalism of data processing, artificial intelligence and virtual reality. Invocational media seem to empower individuals, but necessarily subject users to corporate and government monopolies of invocation. They offer many 'solutions', but only by reducing everything to the same kind of act. They complicate agency in their indifference as to whether invokers are human or non-human. With robotics they invoke material form to act physically and autonomously. People willingly make themselves invocable to surveillance and control by creating their own profiles and marking themselves with biometrics. This ground-breaking book will change how you think about digital media by showing they are, in fact, invocational media. Turning away from computational media as "digital" and instead theorizing computers through their capacity to invoke, to call things up and respond, Chris Chesher's Invocational Media provides a staggeringly original perspective on technology that thrillingly reimagines almost all foundations of digital culture. ― Grant Bollmer, Associate Professor of Media Studies, NC State University, USA In a time where we are all mesmerized by the magic of ChatGPT and similar AI technologies, Chris Chesher's book is highly welcomed and timely. Using the concept of invocation and engaging with a wide range of relevant media philosophy, Invocational Media offers an interesting and highly original way to theorize how we design, experience and interact with digital technologies and, more precisely, how they design us. This is an important contribution to the philosophy of media and compulsory reading for everyone puzzled by the mystery of contemporary AI. ― Mark Coeckelbergh, Professor of Philosophy of Media and Technology at the University of Vienna, Austria Just at the moment when the interactive interface is newly ascendant and we thought that all had been said, along comes this gift of a book. Thinking with the generative trope of invocational media, Chesher refigures the power and limits of computation. Invocational Media offers a history of the present of human-computer interaction, and a proposal for how we can rearticulate its future. It will be of interest to anyone engaged with the invocations, avocations and evocations that comprise relations at and through the interface. ― Lucy Suchman, Professor Emerita of Sociology, Lancaster University, UK -- DR CHRIS CHESHER | Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures Degree Director Digital Communication and Culture Department of Media and Communications School of Literature, Art, and Media | Faculty of Arts THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Rm N222, Woolley A20 | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 T +61 2 9036 6173<tel:+61290366173> | F +61 2 9351 2434<tel:+61293512434> | M+61 404 095 480<tel:+61404095480> E chris.chesher(a)sydney.edu.au<mailto:chris.chesher@sydney.edu.au> | W http://sydney.edu.au/arts/digital_cultures/ Map- http://sydney.edu.au/arts/about/maps.shtml?locationID=A20 Recent publications: https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/invocational-media-9781501363627/ The emergence of autolography: the ‘magical’ invocation of images from text through AI https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X231193252 This email plus any attachments to it are confidential. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please delete it and any attachments.

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Deadline Extended: Sign up by January 15 to run a Wikipedia assignment in Winter/Spring 2024!
by Helaine Blumenthal 08 Dec '23

08 Dec '23

There's still time to run a Wikipedia assignment next term: You can now sign up by January 15 to run a Wikipedia assignment next term! If you're concerned about how to help your students navigate today's information landscape, you're not alone! There's still a lot you can do though to ensure the integrity of information available to the public at large. In an age of generative AI, Wikipedia stands out as a place driven by human curated knowledge. Your students can participate in this critical endeavor. Incorporate a Wikipedia assignment into your course next term! Visit teach.wikiedu.org <https://wikiedu.org/teach-with-wikipedia/> to find out more about Wiki Education's free support and how to get started for the spring term. Attend an upcoming workshop! Attend <https://wikiedu.org/webinars/>one of our upcoming workshops to learn more about this unique pedagogical opportunity. Click here <https://wikiedu.org/webinars/> to register for a session. Wiki Education's support is fully funded, and there are no fees to participate. The program is open to post-secondary institutions in the U.S. and Canada. Please reach out to me directly with any questions about Wiki Education! -- Helaine Blumenthal,Ph.D. (she/her) Senior Program Manager Wiki Education teach.wikiedu.org <https://wikiedu.org/teach-with-wikipedia/> Twitter <https://twitter.com/WikiEducation?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7C…>, Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/WikiEducationFoundation/> -- Helaine Blumenthal,Ph.D. (she/her) Senior Program Manager Wiki Education teach.wikiedu.org <https://wikiedu.org/teach-with-wikipedia/> Twitter <https://twitter.com/WikiEducation?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7C…>, Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/WikiEducationFoundation/>

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Announcing an AoIR Flashpoint Symposium - April 2024, Hyderabad, India
by Michelle, Association of Internet Researchers 07 Dec '23

07 Dec '23

We’re thrilled to announce an AoIR Flashpoint Symposium to be hosted by The Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad (UoH), India, and the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad, India, to be held on 13 April, 2024! The symposium will explore forms and structures of labour contributing to digital infrastructures, content, and systems, and presents an extensive opportunity for emerging and senior scholars, members of the digital/platform labour rights advocacy and activist community in the region to connect around critical questions related to the theme. In addition to two keynote panels, this one-day symposium will feature three thematic panels dealing with the labour behind the construction of the digital—as platform, infrastructure, device, content, environment, or medium, with particular emphasis on experiences and perspectives from underrepresented groups. A call for abstracts will be published on 15 December, 2023. Watch this space!

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Survey Participants Needed for Social Media Activism Research
by Leah Corinne Jones 07 Dec '23

07 Dec '23

Dear Colleagues, Please consider taking part in or passing along the links to survey research titled “Contemporary Social Media Activism: Understanding impacts and emerging platforms.” The surveys focus on #DontSayGay and #BansOffOurBodies/#RoeVWade as they spread on social media, particularly Twitter/X, Instagram, and TikTok. You can access both the information about the study and the surveys through the following links: #DontSayGay: https://rpi.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dnTpzFgm7FA3DF4 #BansOffOurBodies/#RoeVWade: https://rpi.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7QAcGn5ZbMR2G4S This study seeks to learn about the types of social justice content that people see and share on social media, how that content changes as it spreads, and how people who saw and shared this content describe their experiences. Anyone who is 18 years old and has seen #DontSayGay or #BansOffOurBodies/#RoeVWade on social media is eligible to participate. The survey will take about 20 minutes to complete. To protect sensitive information, Qualtrics will not collect your IP address. You may skip any questions with which you feel uncomfortable. The study is confidential, and no personal data will be collected from you, although you may choose to input your email for a follow-up interview. Thanks in advance for your input and for sharing the survey with relevant contacts! Corinne

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Call for Proposals: The Ethics of Large-Scale Models
by Nicole McAlee 07 Dec '23

07 Dec '23

Notre Dame-IBM Technology Ethics Lab 2023-2024 Call for Proposals The Ethics of Large-Scale Models ---------------------------------------- OVERVIEW ---------------------------------------- Large-scale models are drawing significant widespread public interest, driven by an increased focus on applications that leverage this technology, such as ChatGPT, LLaMa, DALL-E, or Midjourney. Large-scale models are artificial intelligence (AI) systems pre-trained on large datasets for general-purpose use, often adapted for a specific task using a fine-tuning process. Their adoption and impact are accelerating, driven by their potential in various contexts. With the increased adoption of large-scale models, multiple stakeholders have raised concerns regarding the ethical issues surrounding their design, development, and use. While these models raise many of the same high-level tech ethics concerns as other forms of AI, they drive specific concerns around their potential to spread inaccurate information, violate intellectual property rights, and create increased data privacy risks, to name a few. In addition, medium- to long-term impacts of using these technologies also have the potential for unexpected impacts in critical sectors, such as education and health. The Notre Dame-IBM Technology Ethics Lab, under the auspices of the Notre Dame Ethics Initiative, invites proposals for projects that grapple with these challenges, providing new insights or suggesting innovative solutions. Potential applications for study include industry (e.g., healthcare, financial services), artistic creation, sustainability, neurotechnologies, politics, emergency and disaster management, advertising, social media, smart cities, and others. Examples of areas for research and scholarship include, but are not limited to, the following: - Society, Community, and Culture - Inclusive stakeholder dialogue - Education - Future of work and upskilling - Community awareness and engagement - Impact to culture - Governance and Policy - Governance of organizations and systems - Informed and inclusive policy development - Guiding principles - Frameworks for adoption and decision-making - Interdisciplinary - Developing trustworthy systems - Design principles - Human-AI collaboration - Return on investment (ROI) - Other topics not described here Successful applications will propose a defined deliverable (e.g. research papers, draft policy, teaching materials, and impact assessments) that addresses the challenges described in the call to be completed between April 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024. ---------------------------------------- KEY DATES ---------------------------------------- 2023 - December 7 - Application period opens 2024 - February 16 - Application period closes - April 1 - Projects kick off - April - Virtual recipient workshop - October - Virtual recipient workshop - December 31 - Projects close and deliverables due 2025 - January - Tech Ethics Forum at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, USA ---------------------------------------- PROJECT AWARDS ---------------------------------------- Recipients may apply for up to $60,000 USD in award funding and will have from April 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024 to complete their project, including preparation, research, execution, and deliverables. A detailed budget and timeline should be submitted as part of the application. ---------------------------------------- TO APPLY ---------------------------------------- For full details of the call, including eligibility criteria, proposal preparation guidelines, and a link to the application form, please visit https://techethicslab.nd.edu/call-for-proposals/. Questions may be directed to techlab(a)nd.edu.

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PROPEC/FAPESP/UFS No. 5/2023 PUBLIC NOTICE – Selection Process of Post-Doctoral Fellowship
by Regulação UFS FAPESP 07 Dec '23

07 Dec '23

Dear Aoir Team, We request wide dissemination of the following Notice: PROPEC/FAPESP/UFS No. 5/2023 PUBLIC NOTICE – Selection Process of Post-Doctoral Fellowship The Coordination of the Graduate Program in Economics at the Federal University of Sergipe, considering the availability of 01 (one) Post-Doctoral fellowship in a project financed by FAPESP - São Paulo Research Foundation, makes public the opening of applications for the selection process of 01 (one) candidate for Post-Doctorate, with a stipend funded by FAPESP - São Paulo Research Foundation – PROPEC/FAPESP/UFS N° 5/2023 PUBLIC NOTICE – Selection Process of Post-Doctoral Fellowship. Submission of applications - From 5/12/2023 to 10/1/2024 until 23:59 Detailed information about the process can be found in the public notice below: Public notice: https://www.sigaa.ufs.br/sigaa/public/programa/noticias_desc.jsf?lc=pt_BR&i… Prof. César Ricardo Siqueira Bolaño, PhD Researcher Responsible for the Project UFS/FAPESP -- OBSCOM/UFS Observatório de Economia e Comunicação Projeto Governança Econômica de Plataformas <https://bv.fapesp.br/pt/auxilios/111180/a-governanca-economica-das-redes-di…> Processo Fapesp: 21/06992-1 Contato: regulacao.ufs.fapesp(a)gmail.com Site: www.obscomplataformas.com.br Universidade Federal de Sergipe

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Assistant/Associate Professor/Reader, Warwick Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies
by Sara Leila Margaret Davis 07 Dec '23

07 Dec '23

Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Reader (108280-1123)University of Warwick - Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies *About the Roles * The Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM) is a world-class interdisciplinary research centre with a wide-ranging portfolio of Masters programmes. In both research and education, we proactively engage with pressing contemporary concerns with new methodological thinking. We are experts in the scientific, interpretive, creative and participatory methods that allow us to address today’s most urgent challenges, from AI to digital infrastructures to climate change. We understand impact as being about making interventions, whether they be in policy, public understanding or bringing about change through action research. We are excited to say that we are starting a new phase of growth. As we plan for the future, we will be making multiple new appointments in one or more of the following fields: 1. AI and society, including ethics and governance 2. digital media and/or digital methods 3. environment, ecology and sustainability 4. digital health and society. Interest in design, speculative or aesthetic methodologies, and statistical and computational approaches to these fields is welcomed. Equally important is a concern with addressing the social inequalities of race, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability. We would welcome candidates who have experience working in the Global South, particularly East and Southeast Asia. *About You * You will need to show that you have a promising or established track record of internationally recognized interdisciplinary research and experience in the design and delivery of interdisciplinary teaching. You should have an interest in or be able to demonstrate a track record in mobilizing funding and using research to deliver impact. You will be enthusiastic about teaching students from a wide variety of backgrounds in arts and humanities, sciences, social sciences and computer science and be able to contribute to teaching on one or more of our established Masters’ programmes. You will have an interest in one or more of our research themes, as well as the interest, capability and motivation to develop your own research profile and apply for research funding from a wide variety of funding bodies. See, for example, some of our past and current projects. You will be able to play a significant role in the development of teaching programmes in the Centre as well as attracting and supervising PhD students. At CIM, we are committed to continuously improving our efforts in building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environment for students and all staff. We believe that every member of our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways of understanding the world. We welcome candidates from underrepresented groups, including from the Global South. For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description. Right to work in the UK and details about eligibility for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker Visa. *About the Department * Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM) (warwick.ac.uk) <https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim> The mission of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM) is to investigate how methods and methodical practices drive interdisciplinary research, and how interdisciplinary research drives methodological innovation. You will join a friendly and supportive team, made up of approximately 16 academics and 2 research software engineers who are committed to working together to conduct high-quality interdisciplinary research and research-led teaching. Our research and teaching bridges the three faculties at Warwick – Arts, Social Sciences and Science, Engineering and Medicine - and develops the transformative possibilities to be found at the intersections of disciplines across the whole of the University. You will contribute to our shared mission through your critical, innovative approach to methodology, complementing and extending the range of approaches we bring to research and education. For further information about the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies or the posts, please contact the Director, Professor Celia Lury: c.lury(a)warwick.ac.uk. *About the University * Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’**. You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the determination to succeed. *QS World University Rankings 2024 ** Research Excellence Framework 2021 To find out more about us visit our website. <https://warwick.ac.uk/about/> *How to Apply * For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Celia Lury ( c.lury(a)warwick.ac.uk) To apply please complete your essential personal details and attach a CV and cover letter by the closing date of 22nd January 2024. Please ensure your CV includes your most recent employment experience along with any additional relevant experience and education history. Your cover letter should detail how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for this post. The interviews will be held on: TBC. Your letter of application *must* include: i) the level (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Reader) for which you would like to be considered; ii) which field(s) of study you are applying for; iii) details of how you would contribute to, extend and develop CIM’s research profile and teaching programmes; iv) your experience of applying for research funding. *What we Offer * We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 30 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities. We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here <https://warwick.ac.uk/services/humanresources/internal/rewardandbenefits/> . We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer <https://warwick.ac.uk/insite/news/intnews2/living-wage-accreditation>. *Our Commitment to Inclusion * Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment.  We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued.  Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here <https://warwick.ac.uk/services/socialinclusion/>. The University currently holds a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award <https://warwick.ac.uk/services/socialinclusion/projects/chartermarks/raceeq…> , Athena Swan Sliver Award <https://warwick.ac.uk/services/socialinclusion/projects/chartermarks/athena> and a Disability Smart Bronze Award <https://warwick.ac.uk/services/socialinclusion/projects/chartermarks/disabi…>. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University <https://eutopia-university.eu/> Alliance <https://eutopia-university.eu/>. *Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)* The University of Warwick complies with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against anyone who makes a Disclosure relating to a conviction or other information revealed. More information is available on the University’s Vacancy pages and applicants may request a copy of the DBS Code of Practice. *Job Description *JD - Assistant Professor-Associate Professor-Reader (108280, 100047, 71662).pdf – 814KB <https://warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/appcentre-1/brand-4/…> *Right to Work in the UK* If you do not yet have the right to work in the UK and/or are seeking sponsorship for a Skilled Worker visa in the UK Points-based Immigration System <https://warwick.ac.uk/services/humanresources/vacancies-old/rtwforapplicant…> please follow the link which contains further information about obtaining the right to work in the UK and details about eligibility for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker Visa. Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the Apply button. -- *Sara (Meg) Davis, Ph.D.* *Research Associate, *Global Governance Centre, Geneva Graduate Institute *Professor,* Digital Health and Rights, University of Warwick Digital Health and Rights Project <https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/research/research-projects/digital-…> Book: *The Uncounted: Politics of Data in Global Health <https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/uncounted/C0CC81C0F03D1822D05C13EE31FA…>* Ted talk: The Uncounted: The people left out of health data <https://www.ted.com/talks/sara_meg_davis_the_uncounted_the_people_left_out_…>

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Associate senior lecturer vacancy in Digital Cultures at Lund University, Sweden
by Åsa Lundgren 07 Dec '23

07 Dec '23

Lund University invites applications for a very favorable position as Associate senior lecturer in Digital Cultures. Four years of research and possibility to apply for promotion to permanent employment as a senior lecturer thereafter. In addition, the person hired will be nominated by Lund University's Vice-Chancellor for one of Sweden's finest research grants Wallenberg Academy Fellows and receive additional benefits. What we offer the successful candidate Those who want to become research leaders of tomorrow in basic research, through pioneering projects and research ideas, have the opportunity to start as an associate senior lecturer at Lund University. You develop your qualifications over a period of 4 years and may then be promoted to permanent employment as a senior lecturer and potentially a professor. You will receive five weeks of training in teaching and learning in higher education and have the opportunity to learn Swedish through the University’s Swedish language courses for new international staff. We support you in your move to Sweden. If you have a family, they will find new contacts and support through Lund’s International Citizen Hub. In Sweden and Europe there are many opportunities to obtain funding for pioneering research. Lund university will coach you in the art of grantsmanship. Our ambition is for you to be nominated in February 2025 as one of Lund university’s candidates for a Swedish programme of excellence for international researchers, the Wallenberg Academy Fellows (WAF). This programme is funded by one of the largest private funders of scientific research in Europe, the Wallenberg Foundations. If you are granted, Lund university will match the amount that the Wallenberg Foundations awards you. Read more about the Wallenberg Academy Fellows programme here: https://kaw.wallenberg.org/en/calls/2025-nomination-wallenberg-academy-fell… Contact Anna Kvist, Faculty Coordinator, https://www.ht.lu.se/en/person/AnnaKvist Johannes Persson, Dean, https://www.ht.lu.se/en/person/JohannesPersson We look forward to receiving your application by 15 February 2024! Here you will find links to the relevant advertisement in the Varbi recruitment system:https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:682046/ ------------------- Åsa Lundgren Communications officer Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences Lund University LUX, Helgonavägen 3, Lund Telephone: +46 46 222 41 02 www.kultur.lu.se/en<http://www.kultur.lu.se/en> When you send emails to Lund University, we process your personal data in accordance with existing legislation. To find out more about the processing of your personal data, visit the Lund University website<https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/about/contact-us/processing-of-personal-da…>

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TODAY: Join us in our webinar series to explore the DSA - 16:00 CET
by Tom Divon 07 Dec '23

07 Dec '23

Dear community members! Intrigued by the Digital Services Act (DSA) but hesitant to delve into it alone? Let us do it together! *After a successful first session* - Catalina Goanta, Associate Professor in Private Law and Technology at Utrecht University, Taylor Annabell, Postdoctoral researcher for the ERC-funded HUMANads project at Utrecht University, and myself, Tom Divon, PhD researcher from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem - *will continue unpacking the basics of the DSA for media scholars.* Recently, regulation has garnered significant attention in media studies, yet deciphering complex legislation remains challenging. The Digital Services Act, a crucial piece of legislation, redefines platform liability within the EU. Amidst the optimistic expectations about its impact, our goal is to demystify and clarify the realities by delving into the underlying legal standards. *LAST WEEK:* *Webinar 1*, *November 30* - we focused on providing a comprehensive overview of the characteristics, goals, and framework of the DSA and placing it in the context of prior European legal structures. The recording of this session will be released soon! *TODAY:* *Webinar 2*, *December 7, 16:00 CET* - our focus will be on the DSA provisions *Recommender Systems* and *Terms of Service* with a specific emphasis on compliance by TikTok. We aim to analyze how the DSA influences TikTok's platform documentation and the contractual relationship between the platform and its European Union consumers. *NEXT WEEK:* *Webinar 3, December 14, 16:00 CET* - our focus will be on the explicit provisions regarding transparency and enforcement as embodied in the DSA Transparency Database. We warmly invite researchers from all corners of the globe to join us, regardless of their familiarity with the law or the DSA, and whether or not they attended our first session. Please sign in using this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfMlrLtPMAIonKjeVcPCGmWKkUZdjiKwr-… Join us for a regulation rollercoaster! -- *Tom Divon* Media & Culture R*esearcher* Dept. of Communication & Journalism, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Sammy Ofer School of Communications, IDC, Herzliya Tel: +972-547-532681 [image: Twitter] <https://twitter.com/TomDivon>[image: Instagram] <https://www.instagram.com/divon.tom/>[image: Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/tom.divon> *Publications*: Playful Activism: Memetic Performances of Palestinian Resistance in TikTok #Challenges <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20563051231157607>. Playful Publics on TikTok: The Memetic Israeli-Palestinian War of #CHALLENGE <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366530633_Playful_Publics_on_TikTo…> . #JewishTikTok: The JewToks' Fight against Antisemitism <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359548581_JewishTikTok>. Serious TikTok: Can You Learn About the Holocaust in 60 seconds? <https://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/digitalholocaustmemory/2022/03/24/can-you-lear…> PERFORMING DEATH AND TRAUMA? PARTICIPATORY MEM(E)ORY AND THE HOLOCAUST IN TIKTOK# POVCHALLENGES <https://spir.aoir.org/ojs/index.php/spir/article/view/12995> visit my web! https://tomdivon.com/

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