A new PhD programme “migration, time and urban inequalities” run by seven European universities (including @ruhr-uni-bochum.de) has 15 fully funded PhD positions open: https://www.migrationtime.eu/ #Sociology #CulturalAnthropology #SocialSciences #PoliticalScience
A new PhD programme “migration, time and urban inequalities” run by seven European universities (including @ruhr-uni-bochum.de) has 15 fully funded PhD positions open: https://www.migrationtime.eu/ #Sociology #CulturalAnthropology #SocialSciences #PoliticalScience
Together with the Helmuth Plessner Society, we are organizing a conference on Philosophical #Anthropology in Groningen on 22-23 January 2026.
The lectures will be held in English and participation is free of charge.
Programme and sign-up: https://www.rug.nl/library/collections/special-collections/calendar/20260123-plessner-conference?lang=en
Read about Plessner's time in Groningen and our Plessner archive: https://www.rug.nl/library/gauronica/blogposts/plessner
Picture: Plessner during a class. Copyrights: the Plessner estate.
Problems accumulate silently for decades because their effects are masked by the inertia of the system. But eventually, you hit an inflection point where mounting pressure forces a rapid phase transition. The status quo collapses overnight. That’s what Lenin meant about there being decades where nothing happens, and weeks where decades happen.
New video: Watch Ayse Guveli from the University of #Warwick in our #CPCCGWebinar from last week. She discussed the 2000 #Families and The Third Generation projects which aim to reveal the consequences and the long-term impact of #migration on #migrants from Turkey and on their three #generation #descendants by comparing them to their non-migrant counterparts in #Turkey:
https://youtu.be/Ngobm5I-mh0?si=TQ608VQkCa0wXayB&t=1
#demography #sociology #inequality #education #labourmarkets #genderroles #religiosity #assimilation
THIS WEEK - #CPCCGWebinar 27 Nov
🧑🏫 Ayse Guveli, Professor of #Sociology at the University of #Warwick, will discuss the consequences and long-term impact of #migration on #migrants using research from the 2000 #Families and The Third #Generation projects.
Register to join us online - all welcome: https://www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/event_calendar/955/CPC_CG_Webinar__Ayse_Guveli
First was a fantastic discussion between Tim Wu and @pluralistic on the dual trends of enshittification and extraction and what to do about them at the Oxford Internet Institute. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkYxMQJ9c94 (2/6)
Next was an amazing talk by @samanthadalal on the need for oversight of algorithmic management platforms and how local governments have taken up this challenge at @citp. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k95aOSPK9YA (3/6) #AI #sociology
I have the belief-through-experience that integrating new people into groups has soft critical period characteristics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_period
That is, people are much more willing and able to learn and adapt when they are new in a group, and that tendency has a kind of "exponential decay".
Anyone got some Science™️ on this?
@douginamug
I don't know if this covers what you are searching for, but Norbert Elias' and John L. Scotson's “The Established and the Outsiders” is a treasure trove of knowledge about social processes of integration, marginalization, and social cohesion.
#sociology
I have the belief-through-experience that integrating new people into groups has soft critical period characteristics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_period
That is, people are much more willing and able to learn and adapt when they are new in a group, and that tendency has a kind of "exponential decay".
Anyone got some Science™️ on this?
I’m looking for some accounts on certain subjects, who/what would you recommend?
- #sociology (macro, urban, digital, antiracist criminology, cultural, transformative)
- #PublicInterestTech (inequality, advocacy, ethical/responsible tech)
- #sts (sociology, technology, race, policy)
- #police (technology, surveillance, segregation in the US)
- advocacy groups in the US that focus on any of the above
- other things you think I might like!
I’m looking for some accounts on certain subjects, who/what would you recommend?
- #sociology (macro, urban, digital, antiracist criminology, cultural, transformative)
- #PublicInterestTech (inequality, advocacy, ethical/responsible tech)
- #sts (sociology, technology, race, policy)
- #police (technology, surveillance, segregation in the US)
- advocacy groups in the US that focus on any of the above
- other things you think I might like!
If an AI is told to "follow" a certain academic paradigm, will it rate papers differently? 🤔 A new study by Mike Thelwall et al. shows: yes. Across 8 paradigm pairs and 1,490 papers, #ChatGPT scored higher when aligned and lower when opposed, quietly penalizing ideas outside its frame:
📄 https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.22426
To me, it’s a warning - #AI trained on dominant views can undermine pluralism and create a technical illusion of one truth.
If an AI is told to "follow" a certain academic paradigm, will it rate papers differently? 🤔 A new study by Mike Thelwall et al. shows: yes. Across 8 paradigm pairs and 1,490 papers, #ChatGPT scored higher when aligned and lower when opposed, quietly penalizing ideas outside its frame:
📄 https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.22426
To me, it’s a warning - #AI trained on dominant views can undermine pluralism and create a technical illusion of one truth.
the Italian language seems to carry this freedom of emotional expression that makes the rest of western #culture look austere.
I have just begun learning Italian and I really love it.
New @universityofgroningen #OpenAccess #publication highlight:
➡️ #AI as #moral cover: How algorithmic #bias exploits #psychological mechanisms to perpetuate social #inequality
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1111/asap.70031
Read our interview with corresponding author Islam Borinca:
