Bartosz Slosarski
@slosarski.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Digital Sociology, University of Warsaw • Critical Data Studies | Environmental & Climate Sociology | Contentious Politics • He/him/his
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My latest article "The Consequences of Data Activism: Data Sustainability Package in Air and Biodiversity Data Politics" has just been published in "Social Movement Studies," in which I discuss what are the opportunities and threats associated with the use of data by activists.
My latest article "The Consequences of Data Activism: Data Sustainability Package in Air and Biodiversity Data Politics" has just been published in "Social Movement Studies," in which I discuss what are the opportunities and threats associated with the use of data by activists.
September 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
My latest article "The Consequences of Data Activism: Data Sustainability Package in Air and Biodiversity Data Politics" has just been published in "Social Movement Studies," in which I discuss what are the opportunities and threats associated with the use of data by activists.
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Just trying out ChatGPT 4.5, and out of nowhere it started making "jokes" about the text I was discussing with it, putting the words "explicit" and "explicitly", end with:
March 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Just trying out ChatGPT 4.5, and out of nowhere it started making "jokes" about the text I was discussing with it, putting the words "explicit" and "explicitly", end with:
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super excited to see a photo of the actual book that is the Polish translation of @vicclarke.bsky.social and my @sagepub.com book Thematic Analysis: A Practical Guide! Sadly I have zero words of Polish!
@amymaher.bsky.social 🥰
#ThematicAnalysis
#Qualitative
@amymaher.bsky.social 🥰
#ThematicAnalysis
#Qualitative
February 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
super excited to see a photo of the actual book that is the Polish translation of @vicclarke.bsky.social and my @sagepub.com book Thematic Analysis: A Practical Guide! Sadly I have zero words of Polish!
@amymaher.bsky.social 🥰
#ThematicAnalysis
#Qualitative
@amymaher.bsky.social 🥰
#ThematicAnalysis
#Qualitative
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💪‼️🥳 The update to 1.0 of #OpenQDA, our software and research infrastructure for coding #qualitative #data, is out: In addition to a new interface, the code system can now be managed easily and intuitively, and much more.
#QDA #opensource
zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/openqda-1...
#QDA #opensource
zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/openqda-1...
OpenQDA 1.0 – A Major Update for a Better User Experience!
We are excited to announce the release of OpenQDA 1.0! This major update brings numerous improvements that make working with OpenQDA even more intuitive, efficient, and enjoyable.
zemki.uni-bremen.de
February 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
💪‼️🥳 The update to 1.0 of #OpenQDA, our software and research infrastructure for coding #qualitative #data, is out: In addition to a new interface, the code system can now be managed easily and intuitively, and much more.
#QDA #opensource
zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/openqda-1...
#QDA #opensource
zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/openqda-1...
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16 PhD scholarships in POLITICAL SCIENCE AND SOCIOLOGY
Faculty of Political Science and Sociology
Scuola Normale Superiore (Florence, Italy)
Closing date: 13th March 2025
www.sns.it/en/phd-admis...
Faculty of Political Science and Sociology
Scuola Normale Superiore (Florence, Italy)
Closing date: 13th March 2025
www.sns.it/en/phd-admis...
Phd admission competition | ScuolaNormaleSuperiore
Faculty of SciencesCall for admission to) Ph.D. positions at the Scuola Normale Superiore for the academic year 2025-2026 (41st cycle) The application process will be available at this link starting f...
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February 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
16 PhD scholarships in POLITICAL SCIENCE AND SOCIOLOGY
Faculty of Political Science and Sociology
Scuola Normale Superiore (Florence, Italy)
Closing date: 13th March 2025
www.sns.it/en/phd-admis...
Faculty of Political Science and Sociology
Scuola Normale Superiore (Florence, Italy)
Closing date: 13th March 2025
www.sns.it/en/phd-admis...
what the hell 😅
Congrats to the Beatles and Rolling Stones on their 2025 Grammy wins
February 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
what the hell 😅
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Less than three days after CEJST was taken offline, EDGI and fellow members of Public Environmental Data Partners (PEDP) stood up an unofficial but functional copy, restoring public access.
Trump Removes Access to CEJST, Our New Coalition Restores It – Environmental Data and Governance Initiative
Last week the Trump administration removed access to the Council on Environmental Quality’s Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST). The public web tool allowed users to see on a map which...
envirodatagov.org
January 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Less than three days after CEJST was taken offline, EDGI and fellow members of Public Environmental Data Partners (PEDP) stood up an unofficial but functional copy, restoring public access.
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I’m going to try to avoid posting “OMG did you see what Trump/Musk did?” content unless really relevant to Europe getting its shit together. There’s only a limited amount of energy in my life and I know where it needs to be focused.
January 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I’m going to try to avoid posting “OMG did you see what Trump/Musk did?” content unless really relevant to Europe getting its shit together. There’s only a limited amount of energy in my life and I know where it needs to be focused.
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In this new format of the recently launched SAGE journal Dialogues on Digital Society, our @mitpress.bsky.social book Algorithms of Resistance shorturl.at/deLVW has been reviewed by 3 scholars to which we then respond. Smart way to dust off book reviewing! All Open Access, including our book :)
January 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
In this new format of the recently launched SAGE journal Dialogues on Digital Society, our @mitpress.bsky.social book Algorithms of Resistance shorturl.at/deLVW has been reviewed by 3 scholars to which we then respond. Smart way to dust off book reviewing! All Open Access, including our book :)
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Last season of the USA is gonna be epic
January 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Last season of the USA is gonna be epic
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Wow, finally, climate change has stopped being real. Whew!
January 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Wow, finally, climate change has stopped being real. Whew!
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Before PhD: I don't know
During PhD: that is beyond the scope of my current knowledge
After PhD: I don't know
During PhD: that is beyond the scope of my current knowledge
After PhD: I don't know
December 27, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Before PhD: I don't know
During PhD: that is beyond the scope of my current knowledge
After PhD: I don't know
During PhD: that is beyond the scope of my current knowledge
After PhD: I don't know
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just learned that Eagle Eye Cherry was his NAME (and that he’s Don Cherry’s son?)
December 22, 2024 at 12:10 PM
just learned that Eagle Eye Cherry was his NAME (and that he’s Don Cherry’s son?)
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Digital Ecologies: Mediating More-than-human Worlds is available open access w/ @manchesterup.bsky.social: www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
You can order the book in hardcover and paperback, too, if you need a last minute Christmas present: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526188601/
You can order the book in hardcover and paperback, too, if you need a last minute Christmas present: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526188601/
www.manchesterhive.com
December 17, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Digital Ecologies: Mediating More-than-human Worlds is available open access w/ @manchesterup.bsky.social: www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
You can order the book in hardcover and paperback, too, if you need a last minute Christmas present: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526188601/
You can order the book in hardcover and paperback, too, if you need a last minute Christmas present: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526188601/
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Wonderful teaching resource with further reading suggestions by @robkitchin.bsky.social, Critical Data Studies: An A to Z Guide to Concepts and Methods! This is so useful for building a fundamental understanding of everything data-related before getting into more complex discussions.
Critical Data Studies
Critical Data Studies has come of age as a vibrant, interdisciplinary field of study. Taking data as its primary analytical focus, the field theorises the nature of data; examines how data are produce...
books.google.ca
December 14, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Wonderful teaching resource with further reading suggestions by @robkitchin.bsky.social, Critical Data Studies: An A to Z Guide to Concepts and Methods! This is so useful for building a fundamental understanding of everything data-related before getting into more complex discussions.
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“The action could allow data centers to exceed pollution limits, open federal lands to data center construction and give data centers priority access to available power supply, the people said. One of the sources said the policy under discussion would take the form of an executive order”
“The action could allow data centers to exceed pollution limits, open federal lands to data center construction and give data centers priority access to available power supply, the people said. One of the sources said the policy under discussion would take the form of an executive order”
POLITICO Pro: White House weighing executive action to spur data centers
The exact nature of the action is still under discussion, said two people familiar with the matter.
subscriber.politicopro.com
December 11, 2024 at 10:38 PM
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“The action could allow data centers to exceed pollution limits, open federal lands to data center construction and give data centers priority access to available power supply, the people said. One of the sources said the policy under discussion would take the form of an executive order”
“The action could allow data centers to exceed pollution limits, open federal lands to data center construction and give data centers priority access to available power supply, the people said. One of the sources said the policy under discussion would take the form of an executive order”
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🌐 Digital ecologies: Mediating more-than-human worlds is OUT NOW with @manchesterup.bsky.social!
🍃 Eds: @jonnyjjt.bsky.social, @admsrl.bsky.social, Henry Anderson-Elliott & @evahaifa.bsky.social.
🎁 Get yours in time for Christmas!
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526170347/ #DigitalEcologies
🍃 Eds: @jonnyjjt.bsky.social, @admsrl.bsky.social, Henry Anderson-Elliott & @evahaifa.bsky.social.
🎁 Get yours in time for Christmas!
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526170347/ #DigitalEcologies
Manchester University Press - Digital ecologies
Digital ecologies - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Digital ecologies by Jonathon Turnbull
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December 10, 2024 at 9:03 AM
🌐 Digital ecologies: Mediating more-than-human worlds is OUT NOW with @manchesterup.bsky.social!
🍃 Eds: @jonnyjjt.bsky.social, @admsrl.bsky.social, Henry Anderson-Elliott & @evahaifa.bsky.social.
🎁 Get yours in time for Christmas!
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526170347/ #DigitalEcologies
🍃 Eds: @jonnyjjt.bsky.social, @admsrl.bsky.social, Henry Anderson-Elliott & @evahaifa.bsky.social.
🎁 Get yours in time for Christmas!
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526170347/ #DigitalEcologies
CFP: Digital Sociology: New Theoretical Approaches, New Methodological Perspectives, New Research Areas
studiasocjologiczne.pl/p,482,call-f...
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Studia Socjologiczne - Call for Papers
Studia Socjologiczne są kwartalnikiem polskiego środowiska socjologicznego. W wersji drukowanej ukazują się nieprzerwanie od 1961 roku. Obecnie dostępne są również w wersji elektronicznej w otwartym d...
studiasocjologiczne.pl
December 9, 2024 at 4:19 PM
CFP: Digital Sociology: New Theoretical Approaches, New Methodological Perspectives, New Research Areas
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December 7, 2024 at 10:41 AM
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📢NEW: 'Open' AI systems aren't open. The vague term, combined w frothy AI hype is (mis)shaping policy & practice, assuming 'open source' AI democratizes access & addresses power concentration. It doesn't.
@smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇
nature.com/articles/s41...
@smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇
nature.com/articles/s41...
Why ‘open’ AI systems are actually closed, and why this matters - Nature
A review of the literature on artificial intelligence systems to examine openness reveals that open AI systems are actually closed, as they are highly dependent on the resources of a few large corpora...
nature.com
December 2, 2024 at 2:23 PM
📢NEW: 'Open' AI systems aren't open. The vague term, combined w frothy AI hype is (mis)shaping policy & practice, assuming 'open source' AI democratizes access & addresses power concentration. It doesn't.
@smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇
nature.com/articles/s41...
@smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇
nature.com/articles/s41...
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I just joined Bluesky. I’m an environmental macrosociologist at UBC studying the societal drivers of the climate crisis. Hope to link up with others here with similar interests. #climate #ClimateCrisis #sociology #Political-Economy #inequality
November 22, 2024 at 10:15 PM
I just joined Bluesky. I’m an environmental macrosociologist at UBC studying the societal drivers of the climate crisis. Hope to link up with others here with similar interests. #climate #ClimateCrisis #sociology #Political-Economy #inequality
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Our special Issue on platforms, power & friction is officially out with shiny volume and issue numbers in @icsjournal.bsky.social, just in time for thinking about the interplay between platform power and authoritarianism www.tandfonline.com/toc/rics20/2...
Information, Communication & Society
Special Issue: Platforms, Power, and Friction. Guest Editors: Pawel Popiel and Krishnan Vasudevan. Volume 27, Issue 10 of Information, Communication & Society
www.tandfonline.com
November 21, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Our special Issue on platforms, power & friction is officially out with shiny volume and issue numbers in @icsjournal.bsky.social, just in time for thinking about the interplay between platform power and authoritarianism www.tandfonline.com/toc/rics20/2...