Science, Knowledge, and Technology Workshop (SKAT)

Workshop | ongoing

The Trust Collaboratory hosts the Science, Knowledge, and Technology workshop (SKAT) that gathers social scientists interested in how knowledge is created, distributed, drawn upon, and collectively understood. The workshop brings together diverse theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches to the social studies of SKAT. These include sociology of expertise, sociology of professions, organizational analysis, actor-network theory, medical sociology, and science studies, among other approaches. The workshop is primarily designed to assist advanced graduate students with their ongoing research projects. The workshop aims to expose participants to original approaches to social studies of science and technology and expose students to solutions to common challenges of academic work. We aim to provide a supportive environment offering feedback and advice on all aspects of academic work, from devising and conducting research to producing written texts (grant applications, dissertation proposals, and publications).

Coordinators: Anna Thieser & Dian Sheng

Workshop Schedule 2023-24

  • “Epistemic Coercion”
    Knox Hall 501D | 01:00-02:00 PM

  • “Hereditary: the Persistence of Biological Theories of Crime”
    Knox Hall 501D | 01:00-02:00 PM

  • Red Spetsy in the People’s Household: Rationalizing the Economic Mechanism
    Knox Hall 501D | 01:00-02:00 PM

  • “The Hack and Leak and the Rise of a New Hacktivist Tactic”
    Knox Hall 501D | 01:00-02:00 PM

  • “Battling for your Phone”
    Knox Hall 501D | 01:00-02:00 PM

  • TBD
    Knox Hall 501D | 01:00-02:00 PM

  • “TBD”
    Knox Hall 207 | 01:00-02:00 PM

  • “Science, Society, and Sentiment. The Emotional Fabric of Trust in Scientific Knowledge and Expertise”
    Knox Hall 501D | 01:00-02:00 PM

  • “Bayesian Imputation of Revolving Doors”
    Knox Hall 501D | 01:00-02:00 PM

  • “Decarbonization’s Math Problems: The Climate Politics of Quantifying Emissions, Renewables, and Justice”
    Knox Hall 501D | 01:00-02:00 PM

  • TBD
    Knox Hall 501D | 01:00-02:00 PM

  • “Geotagging and the changing nature of work in the Indian bureaucracy”
    Knox Hall 501D | 01:00-02:00 PM

  • “Why bother? Motivations of American translators”
    Knox Hall 501D | 01:00-02:00 PM

  • “Algorithmic Injustice in Action. An empirical examination of criminal record data and background screening”
    Knox Hall 501D | 01:00-02:00 PM