Gowhar Farooq
@gowharfarooq.bsky.social
I study infrastructures, media and politics.
Currently PhD-ing @King's College, London
Currently PhD-ing @King's College, London
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incredible lineup in this Geopolitics forum on "Disruptive Geographies and the War on Gaza: Infrastructure and Global Solidarity"
w/ Rafeef Ziadah, Christian Henderson, Omar Jabary Salamanca, Sharri Plonskid, Charmaine Chua, Riya Al Sanah & Elia El Khazen
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
w/ Rafeef Ziadah, Christian Henderson, Omar Jabary Salamanca, Sharri Plonskid, Charmaine Chua, Riya Al Sanah & Elia El Khazen
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Disruptive Geographies and the War on Gaza: Infrastructure and Global Solidarity
This forum explores the geopolitics of infrastructure in the context of Israel’s war on Gaza, situating the current genocide within longer histories of settler colonialism, spatial control, and tra...
www.tandfonline.com
June 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
incredible lineup in this Geopolitics forum on "Disruptive Geographies and the War on Gaza: Infrastructure and Global Solidarity"
w/ Rafeef Ziadah, Christian Henderson, Omar Jabary Salamanca, Sharri Plonskid, Charmaine Chua, Riya Al Sanah & Elia El Khazen
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
w/ Rafeef Ziadah, Christian Henderson, Omar Jabary Salamanca, Sharri Plonskid, Charmaine Chua, Riya Al Sanah & Elia El Khazen
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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"Black applicants would, on average, need credit scores approximately 120 points higher than white applicants to receive the same approval rate, and about 30 points higher to receive the same interest rate."
June 7, 2025 at 5:09 AM
"Black applicants would, on average, need credit scores approximately 120 points higher than white applicants to receive the same approval rate, and about 30 points higher to receive the same interest rate."
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Small 🧵 on my chapter, which combines a review of the literature on #assets with a conceptual argument:
Assets are boundary objects that facilitate various forms of social relations. We thus need to study their lifecycle from assetization, asset management to deassetization to understand them.
Assets are boundary objects that facilitate various forms of social relations. We thus need to study their lifecycle from assetization, asset management to deassetization to understand them.
May 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Small 🧵 on my chapter, which combines a review of the literature on #assets with a conceptual argument:
Assets are boundary objects that facilitate various forms of social relations. We thus need to study their lifecycle from assetization, asset management to deassetization to understand them.
Assets are boundary objects that facilitate various forms of social relations. We thus need to study their lifecycle from assetization, asset management to deassetization to understand them.
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Jobs! Susanne Baumgartner @ascor.bsky.social is hiring a PhD student and a Post doc for her new project "The Effect of Digital Media on Youth" werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
And werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
And werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — PhD Position on the Effects of Digital Media on Youth
Are you interested in understanding the impact of digital media on youth? We are seeking a highly motivated PhD student who wants to explore the impact of digital technologies (i.e., smartphones and/o...
werkenbij.uva.nl
April 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Jobs! Susanne Baumgartner @ascor.bsky.social is hiring a PhD student and a Post doc for her new project "The Effect of Digital Media on Youth" werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
And werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
And werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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Call for Applications: #researchers and #policyadvocates will network around #disinformation, #AI, #InternetMeasurement and governance during the Global Gathering in Estoril. buff.ly/wBpAuuM
April 14, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Call for Applications: #researchers and #policyadvocates will network around #disinformation, #AI, #InternetMeasurement and governance during the Global Gathering in Estoril. buff.ly/wBpAuuM
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Please share in your networks. Goldsmiths, UoL are offering 5 scholarships in Undergrad & MA courses for Palestinian students. The scholarships include: tuition fee waiver, £19,550 allowance, return trip to & from the UK.
Eligibility details & further info at link👇🏽
www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
Eligibility details & further info at link👇🏽
www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
Palestinian Scholarship
www.gold.ac.uk
April 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Please share in your networks. Goldsmiths, UoL are offering 5 scholarships in Undergrad & MA courses for Palestinian students. The scholarships include: tuition fee waiver, £19,550 allowance, return trip to & from the UK.
Eligibility details & further info at link👇🏽
www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
Eligibility details & further info at link👇🏽
www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
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📢CFP Alert:
Symposium on Information Controls at King's College, London happening this May.
Abstract submission deadline is March 31.
Please share with folks working on censorship, mis/disinformation and digital surveillance.
Symposium on Information Controls at King's College, London happening this May.
Abstract submission deadline is March 31.
Please share with folks working on censorship, mis/disinformation and digital surveillance.
March 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
📢CFP Alert:
Symposium on Information Controls at King's College, London happening this May.
Abstract submission deadline is March 31.
Please share with folks working on censorship, mis/disinformation and digital surveillance.
Symposium on Information Controls at King's College, London happening this May.
Abstract submission deadline is March 31.
Please share with folks working on censorship, mis/disinformation and digital surveillance.
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Master's scholarship at King's College London for Black, Asian and minority home students!
My faculty (Arts & Humanities) is offering three postgraduate taught programmes scholarships (fees) - closing day is 14 May.
Details here: www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...
My faculty (Arts & Humanities) is offering three postgraduate taught programmes scholarships (fees) - closing day is 14 May.
Details here: www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...
KING’S BRIDGE Scholarships
Arts & Humanities Faculty Master’s Scholarships for Black, Asian, and Minority Home Students
www.kcl.ac.uk
March 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Master's scholarship at King's College London for Black, Asian and minority home students!
My faculty (Arts & Humanities) is offering three postgraduate taught programmes scholarships (fees) - closing day is 14 May.
Details here: www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...
My faculty (Arts & Humanities) is offering three postgraduate taught programmes scholarships (fees) - closing day is 14 May.
Details here: www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...
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Trustworthy Infrastructures is hiring! Come work with @livgar.bsky.social, Joan Mukogosi, and me, as we look to build out our Nodes & Conduits project. We're really looking forward to getting to know you and your work - please don't hesitate to reach out with any additional questions!
Job alert: We’re hiring a post-doc research fellow to work with our Trustworthy Infrastructures program on a project exploring how post-industrial communities adapt to socioeconomic transformations driven by the tech industry. Learn more & apply by April 18! job-boards.greenhouse.io/datasocietyr...
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Trustworthy Infrastructures
New York, NY
job-boards.greenhouse.io
March 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Trustworthy Infrastructures is hiring! Come work with @livgar.bsky.social, Joan Mukogosi, and me, as we look to build out our Nodes & Conduits project. We're really looking forward to getting to know you and your work - please don't hesitate to reach out with any additional questions!
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🥁 Drumroll, please - the schedule for #asen2025 is up now at asen.ac.uk/conferenc...!
March 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
🥁 Drumroll, please - the schedule for #asen2025 is up now at asen.ac.uk/conferenc...!
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Punitive indifference is both morally and economically costly.
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
March 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Punitive indifference is both morally and economically costly.
📢CFP Alert:
Symposium on Information Controls at King's College, London happening this May.
Abstract submission deadline is March 31.
Please share with folks working on censorship, mis/disinformation and digital surveillance.
Symposium on Information Controls at King's College, London happening this May.
Abstract submission deadline is March 31.
Please share with folks working on censorship, mis/disinformation and digital surveillance.
March 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
📢CFP Alert:
Symposium on Information Controls at King's College, London happening this May.
Abstract submission deadline is March 31.
Please share with folks working on censorship, mis/disinformation and digital surveillance.
Symposium on Information Controls at King's College, London happening this May.
Abstract submission deadline is March 31.
Please share with folks working on censorship, mis/disinformation and digital surveillance.
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'The deep cultural cost of British university job cuts" bit.ly/4gnDCuE
An excellent letter, in today's @theguardian.com, by the co-chairs of @artsandhums.bsky.social, a collective of subject specialist organisations representing and advocating for arts & humanities subjects in UK HE. #skystorians
An excellent letter, in today's @theguardian.com, by the co-chairs of @artsandhums.bsky.social, a collective of subject specialist organisations representing and advocating for arts & humanities subjects in UK HE. #skystorians
The deep cultural cost of British university job cuts | Letters
Letters: Arts and humanities are being hit hardest by cuts in higher education, write Prof Thea Pitman and Prof Emma Cayley, and Dr Ronan McLaverty-Head and another letter writer comment on cuts at Ca...
bit.ly
February 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
'The deep cultural cost of British university job cuts" bit.ly/4gnDCuE
An excellent letter, in today's @theguardian.com, by the co-chairs of @artsandhums.bsky.social, a collective of subject specialist organisations representing and advocating for arts & humanities subjects in UK HE. #skystorians
An excellent letter, in today's @theguardian.com, by the co-chairs of @artsandhums.bsky.social, a collective of subject specialist organisations representing and advocating for arts & humanities subjects in UK HE. #skystorians
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A LOT of folks in the US have moved away from texts, WhatsApp, iMessage, etc. to Signal. That’s a good thing. Also - Signal is a non-profit. If you’re relying on @signal.org to have your back, make sure you have their back too. Go donate and get your friends to do so as well!
signal.org/donate/
signal.org/donate/
Donate to Signal Private Messenger
Your donation helps pay for the development, servers, and bandwidth of an app used by millions around the world for private and instantaneous communication. Please make a donation today.
signal.org
February 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
A LOT of folks in the US have moved away from texts, WhatsApp, iMessage, etc. to Signal. That’s a good thing. Also - Signal is a non-profit. If you’re relying on @signal.org to have your back, make sure you have their back too. Go donate and get your friends to do so as well!
signal.org/donate/
signal.org/donate/
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Learn how governments are able to read certain text messages, and how to ensure your messages are end-to-end encrypted on Digital Rights Bytes, our new site dedicated to helping break down tech issues into byte-sized pieces.
Can the Government Read My Text Messages?
Can the Government Read My Text Messages?
www.digitalrightsbytes.org
December 20, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Learn how governments are able to read certain text messages, and how to ensure your messages are end-to-end encrypted on Digital Rights Bytes, our new site dedicated to helping break down tech issues into byte-sized pieces.
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With input from friends, I’ve made a starter pack of early-career researchers across digital geography, STS, and critical AI studies. It isn’t meant to be definitive or exhaustive (though somewhat arbitrary at this stage), so please feel free to comment your own or others’ names for inclusion!
November 26, 2024 at 12:46 PM
With input from friends, I’ve made a starter pack of early-career researchers across digital geography, STS, and critical AI studies. It isn’t meant to be definitive or exhaustive (though somewhat arbitrary at this stage), so please feel free to comment your own or others’ names for inclusion!
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More aid workers, health care staffers, delivery personnel and other humanitarians have been killed in 2024 than in any other year, according to the UN.
A total of 281 humanitarian workers have been killed.
230 were killed by Israel.
A total of 281 humanitarian workers have been killed.
230 were killed by Israel.
More aid workers have been killed in 2024 than in any other year, U.N. says
Bloodshed in the Middle East has been the single biggest cause of the 281 deaths among humanitarians globally this year, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
www.cbsnews.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:00 PM
More aid workers, health care staffers, delivery personnel and other humanitarians have been killed in 2024 than in any other year, according to the UN.
A total of 281 humanitarian workers have been killed.
230 were killed by Israel.
A total of 281 humanitarian workers have been killed.
230 were killed by Israel.
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I wrote about the narrative that AI will create an energy crisis: a great way to build unnecessary fossil fuel infrastructure & cement the market share of a few big companies w/o stopping to ask if that’s necessary
ft. @jgkoomey.bsky.social & @smw.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/1894...
ft. @jgkoomey.bsky.social & @smw.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/1894...
What If Tech Execs Don’t Really Need All These Data Centers?
The rush to build new computing and energy infrastructure for artificial intelligence comes with a lot of unintended consequences—especially if this new infrastructure isn’t actually needed.
newrepublic.com
December 17, 2024 at 2:33 PM
I wrote about the narrative that AI will create an energy crisis: a great way to build unnecessary fossil fuel infrastructure & cement the market share of a few big companies w/o stopping to ask if that’s necessary
ft. @jgkoomey.bsky.social & @smw.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/1894...
ft. @jgkoomey.bsky.social & @smw.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/1894...
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My department is advertising 3 doctoral positions in history and 1 in archaeology! Check out the calls below, circulate widely, and let me know if you have any questions about Oslo!
Thee Doctoral Research Fellowships in History (271124) | University of Oslo
Job title: Thee Doctoral Research Fellowships in History (271124), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, March 16, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
December 17, 2024 at 10:38 AM
My department is advertising 3 doctoral positions in history and 1 in archaeology! Check out the calls below, circulate widely, and let me know if you have any questions about Oslo!
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Yoooo submit something to our open panel!
At @4sweb.bsky.social this year, we (ie. @jjoque.bsky.social, Cengiz Salman, and I) are organizing this open panel on "Beyond Digitality in the Critical Study of Computing, Power, and Society" that you should consider submitting to!
December 18, 2024 at 4:13 AM
Yoooo submit something to our open panel!
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Funded PhD Studentship @UCL History and @wellcomecollection.bsky.social on project titled 'Translating Monstrosity: Constructions of Difference in #earlymodern England and France'. Deadline Jan 31st 2025. Project & application info: www.ucl.ac.uk/history/oppo.... #histmed #histsci #HSTM #bookhistory
Opportunities
Find opportunities to join UCL History in academic, research, teaching and learning, admin and other capacities below.
www.ucl.ac.uk
December 16, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Funded PhD Studentship @UCL History and @wellcomecollection.bsky.social on project titled 'Translating Monstrosity: Constructions of Difference in #earlymodern England and France'. Deadline Jan 31st 2025. Project & application info: www.ucl.ac.uk/history/oppo.... #histmed #histsci #HSTM #bookhistory