Tobias Olofsson
@t-olofsson.bsky.social
Sociologist, ethnographer, and music hardware enthusiast.
For work stuff, see https://www.soc.lu.se/tobias-olofsson or http://www.tobias-olofsson.com
For work stuff, see https://www.soc.lu.se/tobias-olofsson or http://www.tobias-olofsson.com
Having a wonderful time listening in on Isak Engdahl and Malte Ziewits’s discussions of the Isak’s thesis Pixels and Waves”
November 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Having a wonderful time listening in on Isak Engdahl and Malte Ziewits’s discussions of the Isak’s thesis Pixels and Waves”
Today I’m very happy to watch @davidbazan.bsky.social brilliantly defend his thesis ”Algorithmic Interaction Ritual Chains on TikTok: Scrolling through Feedback Loops”
September 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Today I’m very happy to watch @davidbazan.bsky.social brilliantly defend his thesis ”Algorithmic Interaction Ritual Chains on TikTok: Scrolling through Feedback Loops”
I’m very happy to share that my paper exploring the ways in which predictive models and scenarios informed and misinformed pandemic strategizing in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic is now published in Social Studies of Science.
doi.org/10.1177/0306...
doi.org/10.1177/0306...
Predictions, uncertainty, and collective epistemic work: How projected futures informed and misinformed enactments of Covid-19 - Tobias Olofsson, 2025
By connecting an uncertain present to a potential future, predictions and other forms of projected futures construct meaningful contexts on which actors can lea...
doi.org
July 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I’m very happy to share that my paper exploring the ways in which predictive models and scenarios informed and misinformed pandemic strategizing in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic is now published in Social Studies of Science.
doi.org/10.1177/0306...
doi.org/10.1177/0306...
Thank you Stockholm and Nordic STS for three wonderful and thought provoking days!
June 13, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Thank you Stockholm and Nordic STS for three wonderful and thought provoking days!
The two sides of living through crises as a social scientists. On one hand it’s fascinating to see theory come to life as before one’s eyes. On the other hand (and, as Wendell Bell might argued, as a consequence of the kinds of stories sociological theory tends to emphasize), it sucks.
April 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The two sides of living through crises as a social scientists. On one hand it’s fascinating to see theory come to life as before one’s eyes. On the other hand (and, as Wendell Bell might argued, as a consequence of the kinds of stories sociological theory tends to emphasize), it sucks.
First attempt at breadbording resulted in a slightly dark sounding Electra distortion.
April 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
First attempt at breadbording resulted in a slightly dark sounding Electra distortion.
Reposted by Tobias Olofsson
In our new issue, @alexdobeson.bsky.social @toteraltermann.bsky.social and Saskia Brill develop a field guide to the most salient forms of contemporary capitalism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Sorting out economic forms: a field guide to contemporary capitalism
A series of recent works have put forward a post-commodification understanding of the contemporary economy as based on one central economic form. While this approach allows us to conceptualize the ...
www.tandfonline.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
In our new issue, @alexdobeson.bsky.social @toteraltermann.bsky.social and Saskia Brill develop a field guide to the most salient forms of contemporary capitalism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Tobias Olofsson
A dear feminist science studies mentor passed on March 5. Have a good journey Sandra Harding. ❤️
Harding was UCLA Distinguished Professor Emerita of Education and Gender Studies, former Director of the Center for the Study of Women.
Link is an oral history interview with Sandra on her career.
Harding was UCLA Distinguished Professor Emerita of Education and Gender Studies, former Director of the Center for the Study of Women.
Link is an oral history interview with Sandra on her career.
Oral history interview with Sandra Harding
Sandra Harding was born in San Francisco, California, the first of five children born to Lloyd and Constance Harding. Her father's struggle to find work during the Great Depression led the family to L...
digital.sciencehistory.org
March 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A dear feminist science studies mentor passed on March 5. Have a good journey Sandra Harding. ❤️
Harding was UCLA Distinguished Professor Emerita of Education and Gender Studies, former Director of the Center for the Study of Women.
Link is an oral history interview with Sandra on her career.
Harding was UCLA Distinguished Professor Emerita of Education and Gender Studies, former Director of the Center for the Study of Women.
Link is an oral history interview with Sandra on her career.
Reposted by Tobias Olofsson
Brilliant thread against AI-assisted peer review.
The author of the Nature piece seems to tell us "look I am a lousy peer reviewer and I hate it so I ask AI to do the bulk of it for me -- you should too!"...
quite the take.
Carl please write a reply and send it to Nature.
The author of the Nature piece seems to tell us "look I am a lousy peer reviewer and I hate it so I ask AI to do the bulk of it for me -- you should too!"...
quite the take.
Carl please write a reply and send it to Nature.
Let's talk about this Nature piece in more detail.
I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Three AI-powered steps to faster, smarter peer review
Tired of spending countless hours on peer reviews? An AI-assisted workflow could help.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Brilliant thread against AI-assisted peer review.
The author of the Nature piece seems to tell us "look I am a lousy peer reviewer and I hate it so I ask AI to do the bulk of it for me -- you should too!"...
quite the take.
Carl please write a reply and send it to Nature.
The author of the Nature piece seems to tell us "look I am a lousy peer reviewer and I hate it so I ask AI to do the bulk of it for me -- you should too!"...
quite the take.
Carl please write a reply and send it to Nature.
New article! It was a treat to be invited to contribute to and working with the editors and co-contributors in this special issue on economic ventures seeking or claiming to do good. valuationstudies.liu.se/article/view...
Also, check out the full issue here: valuationstudies.liu.se/issue/view/496
Also, check out the full issue here: valuationstudies.liu.se/issue/view/496
View of Valuation and Critique in “The Good Economy” Part 1
valuationstudies.liu.se
February 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
New article! It was a treat to be invited to contribute to and working with the editors and co-contributors in this special issue on economic ventures seeking or claiming to do good. valuationstudies.liu.se/article/view...
Also, check out the full issue here: valuationstudies.liu.se/issue/view/496
Also, check out the full issue here: valuationstudies.liu.se/issue/view/496
Good evening Stockholm!
February 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Good evening Stockholm!
Happy to finally have been able to experience Pierre Bourdieu’s photographic documentations from his early works in Algeria, now available in an exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
February 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Happy to finally have been able to experience Pierre Bourdieu’s photographic documentations from his early works in Algeria, now available in an exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Since I was already in the neighborhood, I decided to visit the Museum of mineralogy. So many fancy rocks! It’s just a shame that my adventures as an ethnographer of mining only ever taught me to appreciate less charismatic minerals such as hematite and magnetite 😅
February 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Since I was already in the neighborhood, I decided to visit the Museum of mineralogy. So many fancy rocks! It’s just a shame that my adventures as an ethnographer of mining only ever taught me to appreciate less charismatic minerals such as hematite and magnetite 😅
Thank you @beatricecointe.bsky.social and everyone else at the Economic Expertise and Environmental Action Seminar for inviting me to share some of my work at your meeting today! It was truly great to think about mines, the underground, and the future together with you today!
February 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Thank you @beatricecointe.bsky.social and everyone else at the Economic Expertise and Environmental Action Seminar for inviting me to share some of my work at your meeting today! It was truly great to think about mines, the underground, and the future together with you today!
So looking forward for this seminar!
Our next "Economic expertise & environmental action" seminar takes place Friday (07.02), 11-13, in English (also, hybrid as usual).
We will talk about mines and their futures, with @t-olofsson.bsky.social and Gisa Weszkalnys.
Details: t.ly/VLlaV
Registration: t.ly/hMmkf
We will talk about mines and their futures, with @t-olofsson.bsky.social and Gisa Weszkalnys.
Details: t.ly/VLlaV
Registration: t.ly/hMmkf
February 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
So looking forward for this seminar!