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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: Elizaveta Sheremet & Yanze Yu

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Workshop Schedule 2026-27

  • Amazing, They All Lean Left: Analyzing the Political Temperaments of Current LLMs
    Zoom | 01:00-02:00 PM

  • In The Statehouse and In The Courtroom: The Multiple Faces of Death Penalty Expertise
    Knox Hall 501D | 01:00-02:00 PM

  • Constituting a Representative Organization: WPATH and Transnational Transgender Medical Expertise
    Knox Hall 501D | 01:00-02:00 PM

  • A Handmaid’s Tale: The Reproductive Bias in OB-GYN Science
    Zoom | 01:00-02:00 PM

  • What do rankings do?
    Knox Hall 501D | 13:00-02:00 PM

  • Who Acts in Sociology? Implicit Theories of Agency in Sociological Writing
    Knox Hall 501D | 01:00-02:00 PM

  • TBD
    Zoom | 01:00-02:00 PM

  • TBD
    Zoom | 01:00-02:00 PM

  • Cultural Humility or Homogeny? Examining the Cultural Valence for Different AI Models' Clinical Recommendations
    Knox Hall 501D | 01:00-02:00 PM

  • A Sensitive War? Constructing and Countering the "Information Threat" in France and the United States
    Knox Hall 501D | 01:00-02:00 PM