Chuncheng Liu
@cliu.bsky.social
Sociologist interested in STS, data, and the state. Assistant Professor of Communication and Sociology at Northeastern University. chunchengliu.com
Man I do love writing STS papers. Putting "heterogeneous network" in a sentence itself make me happy.
February 16, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Man I do love writing STS papers. Putting "heterogeneous network" in a sentence itself make me happy.
Thrilled our paper with @zephoria.bsky.social (in the works since 2022!) is accepted at #CHI2026. In the paper, we look at how “fake” state data perform institutional work, tracing how fakeness gets produced and de/stabilized inside of the Chinese and US bureaucracy.
arxiv.org/abs/2602.10944
arxiv.org/abs/2602.10944
February 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Thrilled our paper with @zephoria.bsky.social (in the works since 2022!) is accepted at #CHI2026. In the paper, we look at how “fake” state data perform institutional work, tracing how fakeness gets produced and de/stabilized inside of the Chinese and US bureaucracy.
arxiv.org/abs/2602.10944
arxiv.org/abs/2602.10944
I spent my whole morning trying to upload a paper to arxiv is this part of the additional labor of the interdisciplinary scholarship 😮💨
February 11, 2026 at 3:25 PM
I spent my whole morning trying to upload a paper to arxiv is this part of the additional labor of the interdisciplinary scholarship 😮💨
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I’m leading a search to hire a colleague at Northeastern.
The position is open rank, for a teaching faculty member who’ll be full-time in the Philosophy department and specializes in AI Ethics. They’d begin this coming fall semester.
The position is open rank, for a teaching faculty member who’ll be full-time in the Philosophy department and specializes in AI Ethics. They’d begin this coming fall semester.
Assistant Teaching Professor/ Associate Teaching Professor/ Full Teaching Professor
About the Opportunity The College of Social Sciences and Humanities and its ten tenure units are the home of the Experiential Liberal Arts. Through its research, teaching, and engagement missions, the...
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I’m leading a search to hire a colleague at Northeastern.
The position is open rank, for a teaching faculty member who’ll be full-time in the Philosophy department and specializes in AI Ethics. They’d begin this coming fall semester.
The position is open rank, for a teaching faculty member who’ll be full-time in the Philosophy department and specializes in AI Ethics. They’d begin this coming fall semester.
Maybe I'm too woke now, but the misogyny in Two and a Half Men is really unbearable
February 1, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Maybe I'm too woke now, but the misogyny in Two and a Half Men is really unbearable
Serving as a guest editor twice has given me a new perspective on just how broken our academic system is. Finding reviewers for certain papers has become nearly impossible nowadays.
January 8, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Serving as a guest editor twice has given me a new perspective on just how broken our academic system is. Finding reviewers for certain papers has become nearly impossible nowadays.
Why is James Baldwin this good
January 7, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Why is James Baldwin this good
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We are looking for advanced PhD student interns! Spend 12 weeks scratching a research itch in our Cambridge Massachusetts lab. Closes January 17.
apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...
apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...
Research Intern - Sociotechnical Systems | Microsoft Careers
Research Interns put inquiry and theory into practice. Alongside fellow doctoral candidates and some of the world's best researchers, Research Interns learn, collaborate, and network for life. Researc...
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December 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
We are looking for advanced PhD student interns! Spend 12 weeks scratching a research itch in our Cambridge Massachusetts lab. Closes January 17.
apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...
apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...
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*Ahmed Al Ahmed
December 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
*Ahmed Al Ahmed
Encountering a misinformation campaign in real time. The bystander who tackled the gunman at Bondi was identified as Ahmed el Ahmed (link below). But in almost every tweet I saw, there are people claiming the real person is "Edward Crabtree," referencing a website called "The Daily."
Hero bystander who tackled gunman in incredible footage identified
In the aftermath of the devastation at Bondi, a deluge of footage poured onto social media. One video of an act of incredible bravery stood out.
www.smh.com.au
December 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Encountering a misinformation campaign in real time. The bystander who tackled the gunman at Bondi was identified as Ahmed el Ahmed (link below). But in almost every tweet I saw, there are people claiming the real person is "Edward Crabtree," referencing a website called "The Daily."
What a sad story
The Married Scientists Torn Apart by a Covid Bioweapon Theory
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
What a sad story
I still get physically ill whenever open a reviewer report with a rejection in it
December 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I still get physically ill whenever open a reviewer report with a rejection in it
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FYI: law and science, political science, and sociology all still have DDRIG programs run outside of the NSF but funded by NSF. The rest of these programs unfortunately do not.
I run the political science DDRIG.
I run the political science DDRIG.
NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Today's biggest science news: Doomed comet explodes | Comet 3I/ATLAS course alteration | Dark matter detected?
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.
www.livescience.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
FYI: law and science, political science, and sociology all still have DDRIG programs run outside of the NSF but funded by NSF. The rest of these programs unfortunately do not.
I run the political science DDRIG.
I run the political science DDRIG.
Oh, this is really bad. Without my DDRIG, I simply cannot conduct my fieldwork. This would be especially devastating for international students doing qualitative research, since there really aren’t many grants available to support us.
NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Today's biggest science news: Doomed comet explodes | Comet 3I/ATLAS course alteration | Dark matter detected?
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.
www.livescience.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Oh, this is really bad. Without my DDRIG, I simply cannot conduct my fieldwork. This would be especially devastating for international students doing qualitative research, since there really aren’t many grants available to support us.
Northeastern University is hiring an Assistant Professor in AI Policy and Media. The tenure home would be either Communication Studies or Journalism, with a joint appointment with the policy school. Please apply and be my colleague :)
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
Assistant Professor in AI Policy and Media
About the Opportunity About the Opportunity The College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD) at Northeastern University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in AI Policy and Media, ...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Northeastern University is hiring an Assistant Professor in AI Policy and Media. The tenure home would be either Communication Studies or Journalism, with a joint appointment with the policy school. Please apply and be my colleague :)
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
Always love Critics at Large but this episode is particularly superb. LOVE the ending discussion on imagination of the future.
In "Pluribus," Utopia Is...!l It's Cracked Up to Be
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In "Pluribus," Utopia Is...!l It's Cracked Up to Be
open.spotify.com/episode/4Pkp...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Always love Critics at Large but this episode is particularly superb. LOVE the ending discussion on imagination of the future.
In "Pluribus," Utopia Is...!l It's Cracked Up to Be
open.spotify.com/episode/4Pkp...
In "Pluribus," Utopia Is...!l It's Cracked Up to Be
open.spotify.com/episode/4Pkp...
Is Pluribus an AI ethics show…?
November 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Is Pluribus an AI ethics show…?
Bad bad very bad.
A ‘Steep Decline’ in Students’ Academic Preparation at UC-San Diego Struck a Nerve www.chronicle.com/article/peop...
A ‘Steep Decline’ in Students’ Academic Preparation at UC-San Diego Struck a Nerve www.chronicle.com/article/peop...
November 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Bad bad very bad.
A ‘Steep Decline’ in Students’ Academic Preparation at UC-San Diego Struck a Nerve www.chronicle.com/article/peop...
A ‘Steep Decline’ in Students’ Academic Preparation at UC-San Diego Struck a Nerve www.chronicle.com/article/peop...
I will workshop my book project - an ethnography of a social credit system in China - at Harvard History, Culture, and Society Workshop 12:00 - 1:30 pm next Friday (11/21) at William James Hall 1550. Join me if you are around. Lunch will be provided!
Chuncheng Liu (Northeastern University) | Harvard History, Culture, and Society Workshop
history-culture-society-workshop.sociology.fas.harvard.edu
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I will workshop my book project - an ethnography of a social credit system in China - at Harvard History, Culture, and Society Workshop 12:00 - 1:30 pm next Friday (11/21) at William James Hall 1550. Join me if you are around. Lunch will be provided!
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Congratulations to the winner of 2025 @saw-anthroofwork.bsky.social Book Prize
Hector Beltran's
@teflonbeltran.bsky.social
Code Work: Hacking Across US-Mexico Techno Borderlands!
@princetonupress.bsky.social press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Hector Beltran's
@teflonbeltran.bsky.social
Code Work: Hacking Across US-Mexico Techno Borderlands!
@princetonupress.bsky.social press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Code Work
How Mexican and Latinx hackers apply concepts from coding to their lived experiences
press.princeton.edu
October 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Congratulations to the winner of 2025 @saw-anthroofwork.bsky.social Book Prize
Hector Beltran's
@teflonbeltran.bsky.social
Code Work: Hacking Across US-Mexico Techno Borderlands!
@princetonupress.bsky.social press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Hector Beltran's
@teflonbeltran.bsky.social
Code Work: Hacking Across US-Mexico Techno Borderlands!
@princetonupress.bsky.social press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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🚨 New in Big Data & Society 🚨
"China as an analytical lens for AI and society" by Chuncheng Liu & Zhifan Luo doi.org/10.1177/2053...
Offers a four-part framework using “China” to rethink AI, political economy, and global entanglements in critical AI studies.
"China as an analytical lens for AI and society" by Chuncheng Liu & Zhifan Luo doi.org/10.1177/2053...
Offers a four-part framework using “China” to rethink AI, political economy, and global entanglements in critical AI studies.
October 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
🚨 New in Big Data & Society 🚨
"China as an analytical lens for AI and society" by Chuncheng Liu & Zhifan Luo doi.org/10.1177/2053...
Offers a four-part framework using “China” to rethink AI, political economy, and global entanglements in critical AI studies.
"China as an analytical lens for AI and society" by Chuncheng Liu & Zhifan Luo doi.org/10.1177/2053...
Offers a four-part framework using “China” to rethink AI, political economy, and global entanglements in critical AI studies.
Happy to share our commentary is published on Big Data & Society today! Instead of seeing China as AI’s dystopian specter, what if we use it as a generative lens to rethink global AI?
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
October 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Happy to share our commentary is published on Big Data & Society today! Instead of seeing China as AI’s dystopian specter, what if we use it as a generative lens to rethink global AI?
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Teaching technology and society this semester. I found it’s interesting that their default mode is “tech is bad.” Other than helping them to see how the system works beyond the statement, I need to do a lot more to help them to see the early excitement and promises of the Internet!
October 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Teaching technology and society this semester. I found it’s interesting that their default mode is “tech is bad.” Other than helping them to see how the system works beyond the statement, I need to do a lot more to help them to see the early excitement and promises of the Internet!
am i going to introduce students what neoliberalism is in one slide? challenge accepted.
October 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
am i going to introduce students what neoliberalism is in one slide? challenge accepted.
I want to apologize to all the professors i secretly cursed for not responding to my emails and to apologize to everyone whose emails i'm not responding to but jesus why are there so many emails and people and things and we're in the middle of so many layers of crisis
October 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I want to apologize to all the professors i secretly cursed for not responding to my emails and to apologize to everyone whose emails i'm not responding to but jesus why are there so many emails and people and things and we're in the middle of so many layers of crisis