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Michelle Jackson
@mivich.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Stanford
https://www.mivich.com/
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stephenkb.bsky.social
One thing I find endlessly funny about the rise of AI is that it has revealed that there is a large number of people who believe that the reason they wrote essays at school or university is their teachers were desperately waiting for them to provide a definite answer to “Lear: what’s up with him?”
drdeanburnett.bsky.social Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 4d
"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!"

Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.
October 6, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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brettbobley.bsky.social
Big congrats to the amazing @alondra.bsky.social for winning an AI2050 Senior Fellowship from @schmidtsciences.bsky.social. ai2050.schmidtsciences.org/fellow/alond...
Alondra Nelson - AI2050
Alondra Nelson studies how people build, marshal, and live through new scientific and technological developments, and traces what that work makes possible or forecloses for life chances and democratic...
ai2050.schmidtsciences.org
October 2, 2026 at 2:17 AM
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pengzell.bsky.social
The @russellsagefdn.bsky.social Journal of the Social Sciences is publishing a special issue on "the changing college-to-work transition and the rise of precarious graduates"

Submit abstracts until Nov 10: www.rsfjournal.org/sites/defaul...
September 25, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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sweiwang.bsky.social
i think you would appreciate www.mivich.com/dressed-cats... (one of the greatest subsections of an academic website) quite a few dapper dogs snuck in @mivich.bsky.social
Dressed cats index — Michelle Jackson
www.mivich.com
September 24, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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bartgonnissen.bsky.social
The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
September 23, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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stanfordsoc.bsky.social
The Stanford Department of Sociology is hiring! We have an open rank search and a senior search.

Open rank position: facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/appoint...

Senior position: facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/senior-...
Appointment in the Department of Sociology at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor. - Stanford University, California, United States
Appointment in the Department of Sociology at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor.  The Department of Sociology at Stanford University seeks applicants for a faculty app...
facultypositions.stanford.edu
September 19, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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sundersays.bsky.social
Government to hsve new Class Unit in govt equality office. Social Mobility Commission to close
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Time to end class squeamishness: first government unit to improve life chances for working class
New Class Unit to focus on improving lives of low-income families, disadvantaged communities and rooting out child poverty.
www.gov.uk
September 17, 2026 at 9:52 PM
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socialstrat5.bsky.social
SOCIAL STRATIFICATION, 5th ed. is edited by Michelle Jackson, Nima Dahir, Claire Daviss & David B. Grusky. Out now from Routledge: www.routledge.com/Social-Strat... #AcademicSky @mivich.bsky.social @cdaviss.bsky.social
Social Stratification
Is it possible to understand what causes inequality, why it is increasing, and how to reduce it... all in a single volume? It is! In this all-new fifth edition of Social Stratification, the…
www.routledge.com
September 17, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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brianholzman.bsky.social
It appears the IES Restricted Use Data License program is continuing. But the annual cost is now $3500--nearly 9X costlier than the $400 I paid before. I've been operating under the assumption the whole program would end, and have adjusted my research around that. This just solidifies my decision.
We are writing to ask whether you wish to continue your use of your IES Restricted Use Data License. IF YES, the virtual workspace materials associated with your Restricted Use Data License will be made available to you in the coming weeks once the enclave has been established and payment has been received. This fee is $2000 for six months’ access to the enclave or $3500 for a year of access to the enclave. Note, no payments are due at this time and will only become due once your workspace is restored in the new enclave. IF NO, your virtual workspaces will be wiped and IES will close your RUD License. Please note that following termination of the License, no materials may be recovered, nor shall any further Disclosure Risk Review occur for this License. To continue your use in the new virtual data enclave, you MUST RESPOND BY OCTOBER 15, 2026. At that time, IES will wipe existing virtual workspaces and terminate Restricted Use Data Licenses not confirmed for continuing use. Thank you, IES Data Security
September 16, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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groundwork.bsky.social
Pre-order here or where ever you buy your books 👇
Gouged: The End of a Fair Price--and What That Means for Your Wallet
A searing exposé of the new tools of corporate profiteering and a field guide to the deceptive tactics companies are using to cheat consumers out of their money—and how we can get ahead of them—from a...
bookshop.org
September 16, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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lauraknelson.bsky.social
New preprint! A review article on Generative AI and Society, with the fantastic @thomasdavidson.bsky.social & Danny Karell (smartly not online!)
osf.io/preprints/so...

The lit on genAI is sprawling and mostly not in sociology. Our goal is to synthesize core themes relevant to sociologists. +
GENERATIVE AI AND SOCIETY Laura K. Nelson, Daniel Karell, and Thomas Davidson ABSTRACT For sociologists, generative AI inherits the legacy of earlier computational technologies: it is an advancement of machine learning already adopted as a methodology, and it intervenes in a society already shaped by algorithmic systems. Yet it also has a dimension that distinguishes it from previous computational methods, and one that makes it inherently sociological: its interactivity. In this review, we conceptualize the interactivity of generative AI and introduce a framework for understanding how it operates across individual, organizational, and institutional life. Specifically, the framework specifies how generative AI expands users, functions as a proxy for society, and expresses power, both in sociological practice and in society. We conclude by suggesting three dynamics driven by generative AI that sociology will face in the near future: the transformation of scientific practice, the reorganization of social interaction, and the acceleration of algorithmic governance. Keywords: generative AI, interaction, computational sociology, methods, algorithms, algorithmic governance
September 16, 2026 at 5:36 AM
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nber.org
Foundational expertise may be a prerequisite for extracting durable skill from AI-assisted practice, from David Autor, Tanya Rodchenko, Josh Martin, Zanna Iscenko, Scott Strand, David Pearl, and Melissa Ferere www.nber.org/papers/w35720
September 13, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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tkeskinturk.bsky.social
a new paper forthcoming in Social Forces!

focusing on the killing of George Floyd & the BLM, I study the formation of generations, proposing that formative events can create within-cohort differentiation as much as between-cohort differentiation.

read here: tkeskinturk.github.io/imprinting.pdf
Generational Imprinting: How Political Events Shape Cohorts Contemporary narratives of generational politics propose that formative experiences produce shared political opinions across an age cohort. In this article, I advance a theory of cohortization to challenge that view, arguing that large-scale political events produce differentiation within cohorts as much as differentiation between them. I investigate the implications of this framework through the killing of George Floyd and the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, analyzing attitudes toward law enforcement among non-Hispanic White Americans from 2016 to 2024. Using survey data from Cooperative Congressional Election Study, American National Election Study, and the Nationscape, I show that younger and older cohorts diverged after the event, but this differentiation was driven exclusively by young Democrats and Independents. The end result was not a unified generation, but one internally divided along party lines. This finding qualifies theories of generational politics, emphasizing that formative experiences may intensify existing political divisions within cohorts. This is my generation This is my generation, baby My, my, my, my generation — The Who, “My Generation” (1965)
September 13, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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zachweinersmith.bsky.social
Very forceful statement by Terry Tao about AI and math.

terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a...

Note, he is not claiming the models aren't real and powerful. He's talking about how that power should be used. This, I believe, is what all AI discussions should center.
A Severe Misalignment of AI in Mathematics
I am proud to be among the list of 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists — to the declaration below, which grew out of discussions between ourselves over the last week. We have…
terrytao.wordpress.com
September 11, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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pengzell.bsky.social
To be honest I was hoping for a dressed kitten on the cover but I'll take it @mivich.bsky.social
Fifth edition of the Reader 'Social Stratification' eds. Michelle Jackson et al. Cover design shows a photo of two sheep on a wet road with their fur painted in bright colors.
September 11, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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oppinsights.bsky.social
We are hiring several full-time predoctoral #research fellows to start in summer 2027. If you are considering a PhD, interested in #bigdata, #economicopportunity, or #mobility scholarship, a #predoc fellowship at Opportunity Insights could be a great next step. opportunityinsights.org/joinourteam/
Careers | Opportunity Insights
Join us in our mission to revive the American Dream
opportunityinsights.org
September 2, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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casbsstanford.bsky.social
📣 Call for applications

Apply for a 2027-28 CASBS residential fellowship & join a multi-disciplinary community of social & behavioral scientists like no other. Deadline to apply: October 30, 2026.

Exit surveys suggest it will be the best year of your professional life.

Start here: bit.ly/3STrBaK
September 9, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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mrchrisaddison.bsky.social
Somewhere in England, a tired man turns off Channel 4 news and wearily puts on a bin.
September 3, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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stanfordsoc.bsky.social
NEW in @pnasnexus.org: Prof. Forrest Stuart, Caylin Moore, and Patrick Janulis find that deploying unarmed safety practitioners to high-crime intersections can reduce behavioral-health related crime. The study examined the effect of practitioners in San Francisco.

academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Civilianized safety practitioners reduce crime and disorder: Evidence from a quasiexperimental evaluation in San Francisco
Abstract. Cities across the United States are experimenting with civilian-led alternatives to policing, yet rigorous evidence of their effectiveness remain
academic.oup.com
September 1, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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davidbroska.bsky.social
Americans favor predistributive policies over redistributive policies. Our new paper is now out in PNAS 🚨

Paper: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

We have also written a summary of the article for Kudos, a brief report on our brief report: link.growkudos.com/1eb04zt75ds
Americans favor predistributive over redistributive policies
August 31, 2026 at 6:11 PM
mivich.bsky.social
The brick is back!
socialstrat5.bsky.social Social Stratification (fifth edition) @socialstrat5.bsky.social · Aug 27
Social Stratification (fifth edition), edited by Michelle Jackson, Nima Dahir, Claire Daviss, and David B Grusky. Available for pre-order now! www.routledge.com/Social-Strat...
Full table of contents in the rest of the thread:
www.routledge.com
August 27, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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leibnizbildung.bsky.social
🚀 CIDER Cohort V is now open for applications!

✨ Could the College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research (CIDER) be the right opportunity for you?
Apply by 18 October 2026
Find out more and apply: www.leibniz-bildung.de/wp-content/u...

#CIDER #EducationalResearch #EarlyCareerResearchers #LERN
www.leibniz-bildung.de
August 20, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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cmonden.bsky.social
Do you have some exciting research ideas? Apply for a three-year postdoc position in sociology at Nuffield College starting September 2027.
Apply by 21/9.
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Sociology (two posts) - Nuffield College Oxford University
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
August 17, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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asanews.bsky.social
Another must-see ASA 2026 Annual Meeting Plenary Session starts at noon. How Can Sociology Build a Better World? features @shelleyjc.bsky.social, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Monica Prasad, @mivich.bsky.social, and Adina Sterling. Live stream here: https://bit.ly/ASA26Plenaries.
August 10, 2026 at 2:30 PM