Dr.'s Lyon and Murakami Wood Book Launch
Dr.'s Lyon and Murakami Wood Book launch event for the Big Data Surveillance and Security Intelligence book on February 17th from 12-1:30pm.
Dr. Michael Siciliano publishes new book
Dr. Michael Siciliano publishes new book with Columbia University Press entitled Creative Control: The Ambivalence of Work in the Culture Industries.
Dr. David Murakami Wood on 'Funture Tense' on ABC
Dr. David Murakami Wood on 'Future Tense' on ABC talking about tech companies, surveillance and nationalism.
Dr. Murakami Wood’s Sociology MA supervisee, David Eliot, piece in The Conversation
‘Google’s AI advertising revolution: More privacy, but problems remain.’ Based on research by Dr. Murakami Wood’s Sociology MA supervisee, David Eliot, the piece in The Conversation explains the changes Google is making to adtech, and why we should care.
Dr. Murakami Wood publishes piece in The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) will publish a piece by Dr. Murakami Wood, 'Platform Capitalism, Empire and Authoritarianism: Is there a way out?'
Dr. Victoria Sytsma’s new article
Dr. Victoria Sytsma’s article entitled Scripting Police Escalation of Use of Force through Conjunctive Analysis of Body-Worn Camera Footage: A Systematic Social Observational Pilot Study is now out in the prestigious Journal of Criminal Justice.
MA student, David Eliot, and Dr. David Murakami Wood have a new piece out
David Eliot and Dr. David Murakami Wood have a new piece out from the Centre for International Governance Innovation: Minding the FLoCs: Google's Marketing Moves, AI, Privacy and the Data Commons. This piece examines Google's transition to being a primarily AI-centred company, and what it means for people and governments, particularly in Canada.
Congratulations to our Graduating Class of 2021!
It is with the greatest pleasure that the Department of Sociology sends our best wishes to the graduating class of SOCY students. We wish you all the best with future endeavours and adventures.
PhD Candidate Karina Rider accepts a Postdoctoral Fellow
Congratulations to our own PhD Candidate, Karina Rider, who has accepted a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Social Media Collective at Microsoft Research New England, headed by Tarleton Gillespie, Nancy Baym, and Mary Gray.
Sociology PhD Student Elham Yousefinejad wins Barbara Paul Memorial Award
Congratulations to Sociology PhD Candidate, Elham Yousefinejad, who recently won the Barbara Paul Memorial Award for mature women students finishing their degree.