Weekly Meetings
The CSSR Movement Engaged research hub members meets every Friday from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, both in-person and via Zoom. Please RSVP for zoom link.
DetailsChile 88: The digital archive and contemporary politics
In this webinar, Jennifer Ashley examines the ongoing political relevance of a digital archive she created to document Chile’s 1988 vote to return to democracy. In so doing, she explores multiple ways in which activism intersects with the creation and use of a digital archive. She notes, "As archivists/record-keepers, we make decisions about what is kept and what is not, how to display the preserved material, and what context to provide to the public to interpret that material. Digital archives, like Chile 88, also often include the creation and incorporation of new materials, such as oral histories, which may serve to diversify the digital domain, and complicate widely accepted representations of historical events." Finally, she will discuss how she shares material from this archive through social media platforms and how the conversation around that material has evolved over time in response to the political debates of the moment.
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Interdisciplinary Work: Combining Sociology and Computational Sciences
In this webinar, our panelists will explore how interdisciplinary training can broaden research possibilities and open diverse career pathways. The session highlights two complementary experiences: how a PhD student in Computational Social Science within the College of Engineering integrates sociological theory into his dissertation research, and how a Sociology PhD student incorporates computational and data-driven methods into his dissertation. In other words, how can we build bridges between sociology and computational engineering? A second objective of the event is to showcase the kinds of careers that emerge from this interdisciplinary training. Our panelists will discuss the roles they currently hold, and how the skills, methods, and conceptual frameworks gained during graduate school have shaped their professional trajectories. We hope to illuminate job pathways for scholars who combine sociology and computational social science. To guide the discussion, we will explore questions such as: • Why should a Sociology PhD student take courses in computational social science? • Why should a Computational Social Science PhD student take courses in sociology? • How did each benefit from pursuing this cross-training? • In what ways has interdisciplinary experience influenced their research and work after, or beyond, the PhD?
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Presented by Dr. Nara Roberta Silva
Through dialogue with recent scholarship and activist reflections, the talk revisits the period’s key challenges — organizational fatigue, fragmentation, and the absence of shared horizons — and argues that contemporary organizing inherits the 2010s’ unresolved tensions.
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Weekly Meetings
The CSSR Movement Engaged research hub members meets every Friday from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, both in-person and via Zoom. Please RSVP for Zoom link.
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Join us for a fun mid-semester potluck lunch and general meeting where we’ll share soup and bread!
DetailsThe Paradox of Digital Governance, Rights, and Reform in Bangladesh’s (Democratic) Transition
Join us for a workshop with Sociology PhD student Jeba as she shares her ongoing research and invite feedback to refine her research trajectory.
DetailsFrom Legalism to Algorithmic Control: Digital Authoritarianism, Legal Instruments, and the AI-Enhanced Surveillance State in the MENA Region
The CSSR Movement Engaged research hub members meets every Friday from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, both in-person and via Zoom. Please RSVP for Zoom link.
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Democratic Experiments with Technology
The CSSR Movement Engaged research hub members meets every Friday from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, both in-person and via Zoom. Please RSVP for Zoom link.
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The CSSR Movement Engaged research hub members meets every Friday from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, both in-person and via Zoom. Please RSVP for Zoom link.
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Reading Group Meet-Up
The CSSR Movement Engaged research hub members meets every Friday from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, both in-person and via Zoom. Please RSVP for Zoom link.
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