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Events in London: #DeleteFacebook, broken data, data collaboratives, platform society, data journalism, digital actor-network theory, Spotify teardown, AI, circulation of stock photography, hacking museums, computational knowledge, ...
by Gray, Jonathan 01 Feb '19

01 Feb '19

For those in London, below is a list of upcoming events in our public seminar series on “critical inquiry with and about the digital” at the Department of Digital Humanities, King’s College London. An overview can also be found at the following links: https://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/ddh/events-list/ http://kingsdh.eventbrite.com Please do forward these to friends, colleagues, students and anyone else you think might be interested. Jonathan *** "#DeleteFacebook and Facebook’s Bonds" Tero Karppi (University of Toronto) When? Thu 7th February 2019, 4-5.30pm Where? Bush House Lecture Theatre 3 BH(NE)0.01 Register: https://delete-facebook.eventbrite.co.uk "Broken Data" Minna Ruckenstein (University of Helsinki) When? Wed 13th February 2019, 4pm to 5.30pm Where? KINGS BLDG K6.29 (Anatomy Lecture Theatre) Register: https://broken-data.eventbrite.co.uk "Data Collaboratives: The Emergence of Public-Private Partnerships around Data for Social Good" Stefaan Verhulst (GovLab, NYU) When? Tue 26th February 2019, 4pm to 5.30pm Where? KINGS BLDG K-1.14 Register: http://data-collaboratives.eventbrite.co.uk "The Platform Society" Thomas Poell (University of Amsterdam) When? Wed 6th March 2019, 4pm to 5.30pm Where? KINGS BLDG K6.29 (Anatomy Lecture Theatre) Register: https://platform-society.eventbrite.co.uk "Datafied, Data-Driven, Data-Critical: Data Journalism Within Broader Processes of Datafication" Wiebke Loosen (Hans-Bredow-Institut für Medienforschung) When? Thu 14th March 2019, 6-7pm Where? STRAND BLDG S-2.18 Register: https://data-journalism-datafication.eventbrite.co.uk "Digital ANT: The Agency of Replications" Dominique Boullier (Sciences Po + Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) When? Wed 27th March 2019, 3.30pm to 5pm Where? Bush House Lecture Theatre 1 BH(S)1.01 Register: https://digital-ant.eventbrite.co.uk "The Spotify Teardown" Patrick Vonderau (Martin Luther University Halle) When? Wed 10th April 2019, 4pm to 5.30pm Where? Bush House Lecture Theatre 1 BH(S)1.01 Register: https://spotify-teardown.eventbrite.co.uk "Neurons Spike Back. The Invention of the Inductive Machine and the Artificial Intelligence Controversy" Dominique Cardon (Sciences Po) When? Wed 24th April 2019, 5pm to 6.30pm Where? KINGS BDLG SAFRA LECTURE THEATRE Register: https://neurons-spike-back.eventbrite.co.uk "Taking stock: Researching generic images across representation, circulation and recontextualization" Giorgia Aiello (University of Leeds) When? Wed 1st May 2019, 4pm to 6pm Where? KINGS BLDG K6.29 (Anatomy Lecture Theatre) Register: https://generic-images.eventbrite.co.uk Talk: "Hacking the Museum? Space and Power at Collections Makerspaces in London Cultural Institutions" Kat Braybrooke (University of Sussex) When? Wed 8th May 2019, 4.30pm to 6pm Where? STRAND BLDG S-2.18 Register: https://hacking-the-museum.eventbrite.co.uk Talk: “How Language Became Data: Speech Recognition and Computational Knowledge” Xiaochang Li (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science) When? Wed 22nd May 2019, 4.30pm to 6pm Where? Bush House Lecture Theatre 2 BH(S)4.04 Register: https://how-language-became-data.eventbrite.co.uk -- Jonathan Gray | jonathangray.org<http://jonathangray.org/> | @jwyg<http://twitter.com/jwyg> Lecturer in Critical Infrastructure Studies Department of Digital Humanities King’s College London Recent publications and projects: * Gray, J. & Bounegru, L. (eds.) (forthcoming) The Data Journalism Handbook: Towards a Critical Data Practice. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. Preview of several chapters: http://bit.ly/ddjbook-aup-toc-preview * Gray, J., Gerlitz, C., & Bounegru, L. (2018) Data Infrastructure Literacy. Big Data & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951718786316 * Gray, J. (2018). Three Aspects of Data Worlds. Krisis: Journal for Contemporary Philosophy. http://krisis.eu/three-aspects-of-data-worlds/ * Bounegru, L., Gray, J., Venturini, T., & Mauri, M. (2018). A Field Guide to “Fake News” and Other Information Disorders. Amsterdam: Public Data Lab. http://fakenews.publicdatalab.org/ * Venturini, T., Bounegru, L., Gray, J., & Rogers, R. (2018). A reality check(list) for digital methods. New Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444818769236 * More available at: http://jonathangray.org/publications/

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DEADLINE EXTENDED: Call for workshops, WebSci in Boston, MA
by Katherine Ognyanova 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

Dear all, Please consider submitting a workshop or a tutorial to *WEBSCI 2019*. We have extended the submission deadline to *February 08, 2019.* The workshops will be held in*Boston, MA*, *USA *on *June 30, 2019*. We welcome a variety of web science themes, from the social to the technical and especially blends of the two. You can find the full call here: http://bit.ly/WebSciCall. We will be offering a limited number of *complimentary two-day conference registrations *to workshop organizers. Please reach out if you need one! Feel free to e-mail us with other questions as well. Regards, Katya Ognyanova & Stefan Dietze WEBSCI 2019: CALL FOR WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS * 11th ACM Conference on Web Science, Boston - MA, USA 2019 * Call for proposals: http://bit.ly/WebSciCall * Submission: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=websci19 * *Submission Deadline: February 8, 2019* * Notification of acceptance: February 15, 2019 * Workshop/Tutorial day: June 30 2019 The 2019 WebSci Conference in Boston, MA is soliciting proposals for workshops and tutorials addressing the way Web Science research can illuminate key contemporary issues and global challenges. Workshops should reflect the multidisciplinary nature of Web Science. The tutorials could cover a wide variety of Web Science approaches and methods, including but not limited to techniques for data collection, processing, and analysis, as well as substantive interpretation, best practices, and ethics. Examples of potential WebSci workshop areas include: * Using Web Science for social good * Collective intelligence, collaborative production and crowdsourcing * Bias on the Web * Data ethics and algorithmic accountability * Digital inequalities: access, quality, and participation * Information privacy and cybersecurity * Learning and education on the Web * Misinformation and propaganda on the Web * Social connections and social influence on the Web * Internet politics and political participation * The evolution of social media services * Online health and wellness Organizers are responsible for advertising accepted workshops and tutorials, recruiting participants, and managing the review process if paper submissions are invited. Successful proposals should also put together a web page describing the event and distributing any preliminary materials. *** PROPOSAL FORMAT **** Proposals should be up to 3 pages long and should include the following information: * Workshop/tutorial title * Workshop/tutorial summary (1-2 paragraphs) * Workshop/tutorial description, including the motivation and goals of the proposal, as well as its relevance to the field of Web Science. * Workshop/tutorial schedule and activities, including the format, proposed activities (panels, sessions, interactive exercises, etc.), as well as invited speakers or panelists. * Workshop/tutorial organizer info, including names, affiliations, emails, and personal websites. Please indicate who would be the main contact person for the submission and if the workshop has been run in the past. * Target audience and audience size: the expected number and type of attendees, along with any information about required skills or tools with which participants need to be familiar.**** * **Special requirements or equipment, if any.** ** *ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA* *Workshop and tutorial proposals will be evaluated based on their academic rigor, timeliness, originality, potential to address important questions and attract large multidisciplinary audiences. Relevance to the field of Web Science is also a prerequisite for all submissions.* *PROCEEDINGS* *Workshop organisers are free to publish workshop proceedings. WebSci19 offers the possibility to include workshop papers as a companion collection of the ACM WebSci19 proceedings. In this case, it is crucial that workshop schedules are aligned with the schedule for the overall proceedings publication, i.e. camera-ready papers need to be ready by 1 May 2019. * *TUTORIAL CHAIRS * *Katya Ognyanova <http://kateto.net/>(Rutgers University) & Stefan Dietze <http://stefandietze.net>(GESIS, Germany)* -- Katherine Ognyanova, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Rutgers University School of Communication and Information 4 Huntington St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Web:www.kateto.net, Twitter: @ognyanova

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Seeking Interviewees: Queer and Trans CIS/Prodigy/GEnie Users
by Avery Dame-Griff 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

All, Please forward this along, or feel free to get in contact off-list if you have suggestions! I'm looking to conduct informal informational interviews with queer and/or transgender-identified folks who, during the mid 1980s into the 1990s, were active on any of these forums: - Compuserve's (aka CIS) GenderLine forum (also known as HSX-200) - Prodigy (pre or post the closure of the "Frank Discussions" forum) - GEnie (such as members of the GEnie Girls). I'm hoping to learn more about the structure of these groups/spaces, their culture, and just how folks used them. If anyone is either interested in or might know someone who would be interested in participating in a short (one hour) interview, please let me know at avery.dame AT gmail.com. Thanks in advance, Avery Dame-Griff -- Avery Dame-Griff Fixed-Term Assistant Professor, Mass Communication Winona State University Curator, Queer Digital History Project <http://queerdigital.com/> averydame.net <http://www.averydame.net/> avery.dame(a)gmail.com 507-457-5228

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CFP: Fifth International Workshop on Privacy Engineering (IWPE'19) - Deadline Extended
by Gaurav Misra 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

CFP: Fifth International Workshop on Privacy Engineering (IWPE'19) - https://iwpe.info/ co-located with IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy - https://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2019/ 23 May 2019 - Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA ********************************************************************************************************** IMPORTANT DATES *Deadline of paper submission: 10 February, 2019 (Non-archival submissions allowed)* Notification of acceptance: 23 February, 2019 ************************************************************************************************************ We are pleased to invite you to participate in the 5th International Workshop on Privacy Engineering (IWPE'19). Ongoing news reports regarding global surveillance programs, massive personal data breaches in corporate databases, and notorious examples of personal tragedies due to privacy violations have intensified societal demands for privacy-friendly systems. In response, current legislative and standardization processes worldwide aim to strengthen individual’s privacy by introducing legal, organizational and technical frameworks that personal data collectors and processors must follow. However, in practice, these initiatives alone are not enough to guarantee that organizations and software developers will be able to identify and adopt appropriate privacy engineering techniques in their daily practices. It is also difficult to systematically evaluate whether the systems developed comply with legal frameworks, provide necessary technical assurances, and fulfill users’ privacy requirements. It is evident that research is needed in developing techniques and tools that can aid the translation of legal and normative concepts, as well as user expectations into systems requirements. Furthermore, methods that can support organizations and engineers in developing systems that address these requirements are of increasing value. In this context, privacy engineering research is emerging as an important topic. Engineers are increasingly expected to build and maintain privacy-preserving and data-protection compliant systems in domains such as health, energy, transportation, social computing, law enforcement, public services; based on different infrastructures such as cloud, grid, or mobile. While there is a consensus on the benefits of an engineering approach to privacy, concrete proposals for models, methods, techniques and tools that support engineers and organizations in this endeavor are few and in need of immediate attention. To cover this gap, the topics of the International Workshop on Privacy Engineering (IWPE'19) focus on all the aspects of privacy engineering, ranging from its theoretical foundations, engineering approaches, and support infrastructures, to its practical application in projects of different scale. Specifically, we are seeking the following kinds of papers: (1) technical papers that illustrate the engineering or application of a novel formalism, method or other research finding (e.g., a privacy enhancing protocol) with preliminary evaluation; (2) experience and practice papers that describe a case study, challenge or lessons learned from in a specific domain; (3) early evaluations of tools and other infrastructure that support privacy-related tasks; (4) interdisciplinary studies or critical reviews of existing privacy engineering concepts, methods, tools and frameworks; (5) vision papers that take a clear position informed by evidence based on a thorough literature review. ************************************************************ *PAPER FORMAT & SUBMISSION* IWPE 2019 offers the choice of **archival and non-archival paper submissions**. The non-archival option is offered to avoid precluding future submissions to area-specific venues. Accepted archival submissions will be published in IEEE eXplore, which is indexed by EI Engineering Index, ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI-S), Scopus, etc. We solicit short papers (up to 4 pages) and long papers (up to 8 pages) reporting technical, research or industry experience on all dimensions of privacy engineering. Each paper, written in English, must follow the IEEE conference proceedings format. At least one of the authors of the accepted paper is expected to attend the workshop to present the paper. All papers must be submitted via EasyChair at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwpe19 ************************************************************ If you have any questions regarding IWPE'19, please contact iwpe19 [at] easychair [dot] org IWPE’19 Organizing Committee Jose M. del Alamo (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) Aleksandra Korolova (University of Southern California) Jose M. Such (King’s College London) Borja Balle (Amazon Research) Gaurav Misra (Carnegie Mellon University) -- *Gaurav Misra* Postdoctoral Associate Institute for Software Research School of Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University Wean Hall 4111 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213

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8th Computer Science Education Research Conference (CSERC' 19): Second Call for Papers
by Announce Announcements 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

*** SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS *** 8th Computer Science Education Research Conference (CSERC '19) Lordos Beach Hotel, Larnaca, Cyprus, November 18-20, 2019 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… *** Submission Deadline: May 3rd, 2019 *** *** Proceedings to be published by ACM ICPS *** The Computer Science Education Research Conference (CSERC) is an international forum for researchers with interests in educational aspects of all computing disciplines including computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, and information systems. It embraces a broad view of the current and future trends in computing education and aspires to be a lively environment for presenting the latest research and empirical results. Submissions to CSERC 2019 might cover, but are not limited to, the following topics: · Specific educational subject matter, such as programming, database systems, computer security, and modelling. · Particular educational innovations, such as MOOCs, flipped-classroom, game-based education, and E-Learning. · Specific groups of students, such as first years, women, masters students, minorities, impaired students. · Broader topics, such as curriculum, group-work, assessment, class infrastructure. Submissions Original and unpublished submissions in all areas related to computing education are invited in the following categories: · Research Paper: Reporting theoretical or theoretically-informed empirical studies undertaken to investigate a specific aspect or address a particular problem in computing education. · Experience Report: Describing a classroom innovation and an evaluation of its impact. · Software Report: Describing developed tools for supporting teaching, learning or assessment in computing education. Types of accepted submissions include: · Full Paper (approximately 12 pages). · Practical Report (about 6 pages). · Poster (2 pages). Submission Format Templates for submissions can be found at the ACM SIG roceedings website, http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Papers can be submitted using EasyChair: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Documents proposed for conference presentation should be high quality, unpublished, original work and submitted on-line. The official language of the conference is English. Review Process and Publication Papers submitted for presentation at the conference are reviewed by the international Program Committee. The authors of the reviewed submissions will receive constructive feedback provided by CSERC Program Committee. Authors of papers presented at the conference will produce a final version of the paper, which takes into account the discussions that were held during the conference. The final versions of the papers accepted for presentation at CSERC'19 will be published in the ACM Digital library. At least one co-author of every accepted paper must register for the event and present the paper. Important Dates · Abstract submission: Friday 3 May 2019 · Paper submission deadline: Tuesday 21 May 2019 · Notification of paper acceptance: Friday 30 August 2019 · Author registration: Friday 13 September 2019 · Early (non-author) registration: Friday 18 October 2019 · Submission of camera ready papers taking reviewer comments in consideration: Thursday 19 December 2019 · Submission of paper final versions: Friday 10 January 2020 Colocation with ISSEP 2019 CSERC'19 co-locates with the 12th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution and Perspectives (ISSEP 2019). ISSEP is a forum for researchers and practitioners in the area of Informatics education, in both primary and secondary schools. It provides an opportunity for educators to reflect upon the goals and objectives of this subject matter, its curricula and various teaching/learning paradigms and topics, possible connections to everyday life and various ways of developing Informatics Education in schools. Combining CSERC and ISSEP provides a unique opportunity for educational researchers and practitioners to get a broad and comprehensive overview of educational research initiatives taking place at primary and secondary schools as well as higher education. Committees Program Committee Chair Ebrahim Rahimi, Open Universiteit, The Netherlands Program Committee Co-Chair Dave Stikkolorum, University of Leiden, The Netherlands Organising Chair George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Web Master Evert van de Vrie, Open Universiteit, The Netherlands

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New open access book: Digital Objects, Digital Subjects: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Capitalism, Labour and Politics in the Age of Big Data
by Christian Fuchs 30 Jan '19

30 Jan '19

New open access book: David Chandler and Christian Fuchs, eds. 2019. Digital Objects, Digital Subjects: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Capitalism, Labour and Politics in the Age of Big Data. London: University of Westminster Press. ISBN 978-1-912656-20-2. https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/books/10.16997/book29/ This volume explores activism, research and critique in the age of big data capitalism. Published by University of Westminster Press. Available as affordable paperback and free open access book. The book has a conversational nature so that each contribution is followed by a response/reflection. With contributions by Joanna Boehnert, Elisabetta Brighi, David Chandler, Robert Cowley, Jodi Dean, Christian Fuchs, Paolo Gerbaudo, Peter Goodwin, Kylie Jarrett, Anastasia Kavada, Phoebe V. Moore, Toni Negri, Jack L. Qiu, Paul Rekret, Paulina Tambakaki. Table of Contents Introduction: Big Data Capitalism – Politics, Activism, and Theory 1-20 Christian Fuchs and David Chandler Section I: Digital Capitalism and Big Data Capitalism Digital Governance in the Anthropocene: The Rise of the Correlational Machine 23-42 David Chandler Beyond Big Data Capitalism, Towards Dialectical Digital Modernity: Reflections on David Chandler’s Chapter 43-51 Christian Fuchs Karl Marx in the Age of Big Data Capitalism 53-71 Christian Fuchs What is at Stake in the Critique of Big Data? Reflections on Christian Fuchs’s Chapter 73-79 David Chandler Seeing Like a Cyborg? The Innocence of Posthuman Knowledge 81-94 Paul Rekret Posthumanism as a Spectrum: Reflections on Paul Rekret’s Chapter 95-100 Robert Cowley Section II: Digital Labour Through the Reproductive Lens: Labour and Struggle at the Intersection of Culture and Economy 103-116 Kylie Jarrett Contradictions in the Twitter Social Factory: Reflections on Kylie Jarrett’s Chapter 117-123 Joanna Boehnert E(a)ffective Precarity, Control and Resistance in the Digitalised Workplace 125-144 Phoebe V. Moore Beyond Repression: Reflections on Phoebe Moore’s Chapter 145-150 Elisabetta Brighi Goodbye iSlave: Making Alternative Subjects Through Digital Objects 151-164 Jack Linchuan Qiu Wage-Workers, Not Slaves: Reflections on Jack Qiu’s Chapter 165-167 Peter Goodwin Section III: Digital Politics Critique or Collectivity? Communicative Capitalism and the Subject of Politics 171-182 Jodi Dean Subjects, Contexts and Modes of Critique: Reflections on Jodi Dean’s Chapter 183-186 Paulina Tambakaki The Platform Party: The Transformation of Political Organisation in the Era of Big Data 187-198 Paolo Gerbaudo The Movement Party – Winning Elections and Transforming Democracy in a Digital Era: Reflections on Paolo Gerbaudo’s Chapter 199-204 Anastasia Kavada The Appropriation of Fixed Capital: A Metaphor? 205-214 Antonio Negri Appropriation of Digital Machines and Appropriation of Fixed Capital as the Real Appropriation of Social Being: Reflections on Toni Negri’s Chapter 215-221 Christian Fuchs

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FW: Survey on Professional Experiences and Sense of Coherence
by Dawn Gilpin 30 Jan '19

30 Jan '19

Sharing on behalf of a colleague. _______________________________________ Dr. Dawn R. Gilpin Associate Honors Professor Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication Faculty affiliate, Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics Arizona State University dgilpin(a)asu.edu @drgilpin From: Michelle Saint <mesaint(a)asu.edu> Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 8:16 PM To: Dawn Gilpin <dgilpin(a)asu.edu> Subject: Survey on Professional Experiences and Sense of Coherence Hello, I'm looking for faculty members working at a college or university to participate in a survey as part of a research project. You can access the survey through this link: https://asu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0jgYmL3GAoKEROB<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__asu.co1.qualtrics.com_…> Here is more information about the study: I am a Lecturer in the Philosophy department working with a colleague in the Counseling and Counseling Psychology Unit at Arizona State University. We are conducting a research study to explore the relationship between an individual’s professional position as an academic and overall outlook on life. We are inviting your participation, which will involve responding to a survey which includes a brief demographic questionnaire and three brief scales. You have the right not to answer any question, and to stop participation at any time. Your participation in this study is voluntary. You must be 18 or older to participate in this study. If you choose not to participate or to withdraw from the study at any time, there will be no penalty. Your responses to the survey will provide data on upper-education faculty members with regards to: 1) their position within academia; 2) their sense of coherence; and 3) their level of job satisfaction and perceptions of social support within the workplace. Our hope is to add to the current literature on selfcare, mentoring in the workplace, satisfaction in the workplace. There are no foreseeable risks or discomforts to your participation. The data is being collected via Qualtrix and your responses will be separated from any identifying information (email) and stored in an encrypted dropbox. Your responses will be anonymous. The results of this study may be used in reports, presentations, or publications but your name will not be used. If you have any questions concerning the research study, please contact the research team at: Dr. Michelle Saint (Phone: 480/727-4021, Email: mesaint(a)su.edu<mailto:mesaint@su.edu>) and Dr. Jenn Pereira (Phone: 480-671- 4061 Email: jkpereira(a)asu.edu<mailto:jkpereira@asu.edu>). If you have any questions about your rights as a subject/participant in this research, or if you feel you have been placed at risk, you can contact the Chair of the Human Subjects Institutional Review Board, through the ASU Office of Research Integrity and Assurance, at (480) 965-6788. Click this link in order to access the survey: https://asu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0jgYmL3GAoKEROB<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__asu.co1.qualtrics.com_…> Sincerely, Michelle Saint

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IEEE CyberScience 2019 | Oxford University | CFP Extended to 28th Feb
by HANAN HINDY 30 Jan '19

30 Jan '19

(We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message) Dear All, We're pleased to inform you that the IEEE CyberScience deadline for the Call For Papers has now been extended to 28th of February 2019. Joint and Co-located Conferences: - International Conference on Cyber Situational Awareness, Data Analytics and Assessment (CyberSA 2019) - International Conference on Social Media, Wearable and Web Analytics (Social Media 2019) - International Conference on Cyber Security and Protection of Digital Services (Cyber Security 2019) - International Conference on Cyber Incident Response, Coordination, Containment & Control (Cyber Incident 2019) For more details: https://www.c-mric.com/conferences/ Kind Regards ---------------------------------- Hanan Yousry Hindy CyberScience 2019 Publicity Co-Chair PhD Student School of Design and Informatics Abertay University Dundee, Scotland

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Researcher position available at the Oxford Internet Institute
by Mark Graham 30 Jan '19

30 Jan '19

Dear Colleagues, We are seeking to appoint a Researcher to work with us at the Fairwork Foundation <http://fair.work/>. This position provides an exciting opportunity to work with our team to co-develop standards of fair work and apply them to digital platforms. Applicants will have a relevant postgraduate degree in sociology, geography, anthropology, economics, development studies, or related fields. Excellent writing, presentation abilities, and analytical skills are also required. Applicants should be creative, highly organised, and able to effectively manage multiple ongoing tasks. As the successful candidate, you will be based at Fairwork Foundation within the Oxford Internet Institute, and collaborate with Professor Mark Graham and Dr Jamie Woodcock in order to (1) co-develop thresholds and principles of fair work that apply to the platform economy; (2) design strategies and carry out research to evaluate platforms against those thresholds; (3) collaborate in the preparation of publications and research outputs to disseminate the evaluations of platforms against principles of fair work. The pilot stage of the project is primarily based in South Africa and India, but there will also be opportunities to work on pilots in London and Berlin. Based in the heart of Oxford, this post is available immediately and is fixed-term for 6 months in the first instance, with the possibility of renewal thereafter. To apply for this role and for further details please click on the link below. https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_details_form.j… Grade 7: £32,236 – £39,609 p.a. Only online applications received before 12.00 midday on 8 February 2019 will be considered. Interviews for those shortlisted will take place on 20/21 February 2019. ------------------------------------------ Mark Graham Professor of Internet Geography Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford Turing Fellow The Alan Turing Institute Research Affiliate School of Geography and the Environment University of Oxford @geoplace <http://twitter.com/geoplace> | markgraham.space <http://twitter.com/geoplace>

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PhD Course "Intimacy and Abuse in the Digital Age"
by Silje Bakken 30 Jan '19

30 Jan '19

Dear everyone, Please spread the word or join us in the PhD course "Intimacy and Abuse in the Digital Age". *Place*: Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen *Time*: May 15-16 *Register date*: March 1 *No registration fee* The course is led by Prof. Jakob Demant and PhD scholar Sidsel Harder at the Department of Sociology. It gives early career researchers a great opportunity to get feedback on their work from prominent researchers. Open for any PhD student interested in crime and the digital world. Read more (or sign up) here: http://phdcourses.dk/Course/64497#.XFFhsOSWy70 Thanks! And hope to see some of you there :) Best regards, Silje Anderdal Bakken Ph.d. student University of Copenhagen Faculty of Social Science Department of Sociology Øster Farimagsgade 5, Building 16 1353 Copenhagen Cell phone +47 95249229 www.soc.ku.dk<http://www.soc.ku.dk/ <http://www.soc.ku.dk%3chttp/www.soc.ku.dk/>>

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