Johannes Bennke @johannesbennke.info Postdoc researching Web3, media theory & institutional futures. Connecting research and practice to support more democratic, resilient infrastructures.
Cristiane De Melo @crismddn.bsky.social 🦄 PhD in Sociology at @ufscaroficial / postdoc researcher at
@AgenciaFAPESP - sex work/ platforms/ porn studies/ politics of visibility
she/her🌈 🇧🇷
Group Ethics and Critical Theories of AI @ectaiuos.bsky.social Research Group Ethics and Critical Theories of AI @ University of Osnabrück // Led by Prof. Rainer Mühlhoff https://bsky.app/profile/rainermuehlhoff.bsky.social
👉find us here: https://www.uni-osnabrueck.de/fb8/ikw/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/ethik-der-ki
iamstarborn @iamstarnord.bsky.social he/him. Feeling the churn. Tramlines. "It's just a model."
fst @floriansteglich.bsky.social Product ⚭ Journalism
anneküper @annehyper.bsky.social bylines · footnotes · curtain calls
doctoral researcher @ruhr-uni-bochum.de
co-editor @framing-film.bsky.social
Rémi Forte @rmfrt.com Poetic Program, Typographic System
https://www.rmfrt.com/
Frederik Schade @frederikschade.bsky.social postdoc on data destruction, security, and bureaucracy @ university of copenhagen.
Hoyt Long @hoytlong.bsky.social Scholar of Japanese literature, media, cultural analytics. Now working on platforms, television, cultural AI. "The Values in Numbers" (2021). Offline: cooking, ceramics, watercolor. Professor at University of Chicago.
https://hoytlong.github.io
lathemason.bsky.social @lathemason.bsky.social Neal Thomas
Media Theory // Semiotics of the Digital // Author of Becoming-Social in a Networked Age // Teaching in Laurier Comms dept.
Hugh Hammond @hughdeleuzer.bsky.social Media PhD Researcher at Royal Holloway. My thesis explores how AI transforms capital-labour relations in the labour process. Secondarily, I lecture and write on critical and philosophical approaches to video games. He/Him.
kanti @dabani.bsky.social Media Studies rMA @UvA
New Media, Digital Culture, Cultural Data, AI
dr corinne cath (ccs) is in London @ccs.bsky.social Anthropologist of internet industry & clouds | Head of Global Team Digital @article19.bsky.social | @mctd.bsky.social Univ of Cambridge & Univ of Ams critical infra lab | coffee, climbing, mãe, she/they | https://corinnecath.com/messy-human/
Teresa Macchia @terema1.bsky.social Digital Transformation | Design Thinking | Participatory Design | Human Computer Interaction | Resiliance and Sustainability
Arturo Arriagada @arturoarriagada.bsky.social Associate Professor | Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Chile) | Researching how platforms and AI affect work at Fairwork (OII) | Millennium Center on the Evolution of Work (M-NEW) | Cultura Social Media Lab. https://sites.google.com/view/arturoarriagada
🌶 David Gray Widder @davidthewid.bsky.social Assistant Prof at UT Austin's iSchool.
Big Tech, political economy, AI hype, AI in War
trying to help computer ppl think more critically about computer, including me
exCornell/CMU/NASA/MSR/IntelLabs.
davidwidder.me
Lilian Kroth @lilian-kroth.bsky.social Post-doc at University of Fribourg, PhD from University of Cambridge, research on philosophy of science, technology, and art
assia @assiaw.bsky.social phd candidate reading about automated face processing / identification 🤖 université paris-saclay • STS/sociology • they/them
Anna Weichselbraun @annaw.bsky.social anthropologist of language, technology, knowledge, and governance @univienna
Valentin Goujon @vgoujon.bsky.social ⦁ PhD Candidate at @medialab-scpo.bsky.social
⦁ Shaping AI project | Social studies of deep learning
⦁ FlashLab Seminar | "Digital Materialities" Workgroup at CIS/CNRS | Editor at @journal-reset.bsky.social
Dr Clare Stevens @doccstevens.bsky.social Lecturer in IR @CardiffUni dabbling in cybersecurity politics, STS, tech in global politics; secrecy studies; and a High Admiral of nerding out
Dmitry Muravyov @dmuravyov.bsky.social PhD Student @ TU Delft, Netherlands | STS, 'AI', critical data studies, political and ethical philosophy of technology | he/him
Technik, Macht und Herrschaft @digipolicy.bsky.social Research group “Technology, Power, and Domination” @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social
https://www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/research/digital-infrastructures-in-democracy/technology-power-and-domination/
Mona Sloane @monasloane.bsky.social Sociologist of #AI • University of Virginia Faculty • Series Editor University of California Press • Tech Editor Public Books • Fellow NYU IKP & UVA DTD • Host of Co-Opting AI Series • Director Sloane Lab • monasloane.org
Irina Zakharova @irzakhar.bsky.social Postdoc at Leibniz University Hannover. Datafication | Data Studies | STS | Ed tech | Research methodology. She/her. Нет войне!
https://www.irina-zakharova.com/
CASTAC @castac.bsky.social Committee for the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing, part of the GAD of the American Anthropological Association | castac.org |
Ben Collier @susansegfault.bsky.social Senior Lecturer at University of Edinburgh in STS. Criminologist and author of Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy. Chair of the Foundation for Information Policy Research. Researching power and harm in digital infrastructure. Pfp Jamie Buchan
Lee Vinsel @leev.bsky.social I do technology studies, make the Peoples & Things podcast, co-founded The Maintainers, and profess Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech.
STS-CH @sts-ch.bsky.social Swiss Association for the Studies of Science, Technology and Society; tweets in English, French and German by @bialski.bsky.social and @flojaton.bsky.social
https://sts-ch.org/
Jan-Hendrik Passoth @janpassoth.bsky.social Professor for Sociology of Technology, Director European New School of Digital Studies, VP Research Viadrina University, Science & Technology Studies, also @jhpassoth@mastodon.social
Tanja Carstensen @tanjcar.bsky.social sociologist, work/technology/gender, Hamburg/Chemnitz
Scott Rodgers @scott-rodgers.bsky.social Reader in Media and Geography at Birkbeck, University of London. Into cities, publics, politics, social media, podcasts & journalism. https://linktr.ee/rodgers_scott
CHASE DTP @chase-dtp.bsky.social Consortium for the Humanities and Arts South-east England. AHRC-funded doctoral training partnership.
Teresa Heffernan @tjheffernan.bsky.social Literature prof; author; current project: how literal readings of fiction by the tech industry are destroying the world. Let's read/interpret fiction as fiction. Boycott generative AI (chatbots etc); Website: https://www.socialrobotfutures.com/
Leah Muhle @leahsmuhle.bsky.social PhD student at University of Tübingen | Geophysics & Glaciology
Cameron Fen @cameronfen.bsky.social Economist interested in computational macro and ML.
Part-time blogger, webpage: https://donotinvestwithme.substack.com/
Verena Seibel @verenaseibel.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Utrecht University. Interested in migrants' perception and knowledge of the welfare state and the role of social networks.
Member of Utrecht Young Academy
www.verenaseibel.com
Stefanie Schneider @stefanieschneider.bsky.social Life, the Universe, Statistics, and Art. Crunching Numbers at LMU Munich.
David Rittershaus @davidrittershaus.bsky.social Dance, theater & DH scholar. Director of Motion Bank @HS Mainz: https://motionbank.org/ Freelance cultural journalist.
Adrian Rauchfleisch @adrauc.bsky.social Distinguished Professor @ National Taiwan University
Charlotte Högberg @chogberg.bsky.social Postdoc in Technology & Society, Lund Uni. Sweden.
Researching "AI" from STS, social science and humanities perspectives. At the moment mainly focused on epistemology & ethics of medical prediction & classification.
She/her
Maris Männiste @marism.bsky.social Lecturer in Critical Data Studies@unitartu🇪🇪. Interested about datafication, ADM, AI and so much more.
Sally Wyatt 🟥 @sallywyatt.bsky.social Professor of #DigitalCultures at Maastricht University
#STS
Most of my research is about digital technologies- in #healthcare and what they mean for the production of knowledge
Emilija Jokubauskaitė @emilijajok.bsky.social just got a phd researching webcam sex platforms https://www.plexxxi.org
owner of a last name you are scared to pronounce out loud
|| in my heart always a researcher at oilab https://oilab.eu
Tyler Blackman @tylerb.bsky.social PhD Candidate at the University of Waterloo. Interested in the future of work and the changing meaning of work. He/him. I am also active on: @dialogueshg.bsky.social
More here: https://uwaterloo.ca/scholar/tblackma
Lilly Muller @lillymuller.bsky.social Lecturer (Asst. Prof) I War Studies Dep l King's College London l Critical theory l politics l cybersecurity/AI
Nils Zurawski @doctornilz.bsky.social Soziologe, Ethnologe, Kriminologe, Mediator / Überwachung, Konflikt, Sicherheit, Doping, Ethnographie, Polizei, Mit-Herausgeber kommunikation-gesellschaft.de
Martine Painchaud 🇨🇦🌈🇺🇦 @antifasciste.bsky.social Sovietologist, journalist in Quebec.
Will fight the rise of fascism every step of the way! 💥
But it sure feels like we are f**ked 🌵
Of course Canada is next! Can we stop our own Russian asset, Poilievre?!
Roger Allan Ford (he/him) @rogerford.org lawyer, law professor, union member
Martin Clavey @mart1oeil.eu Journaliste scientifique https://next.ink
Ancien d'Owni et platforme de blogs en SHS Hypothèses.
Mastodon : https://piaille.fr/@mart1oeil
Signal: @mart1oeil.06
PGP : https://keys.openpgp.org/vks/v1/by-fingerprint/8D7A8F11A8318D0E689F394FF6FEB6F6BB91C90B
Paolo Bory @paolobory.bsky.social Researcher @ Politecnico di Milano
Sociology and history of digital tech, narratives of media change.
My book: https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/tq57nt98c
Ian Pollock @ianfpollock.bsky.social New Melburnian, old New Yorker. ANU anthropology PhD, sometime-designer, always Mets fan. Posting on anthro, STS, economics, history, design, SE Asia (especially Indonesia), writing, birds, baseball.
Dr Adam Michael Packer @adammpacker.bsky.social Research Fellow in Future Flight @SchoolofEng_UoB @unibirmingham.bsky.social | DPhil @ox.ac.uk | interested in technology, innovation & society | 🏳️🌈 he/him
Grégoire Benzakin @gbenzakin.bsky.social PhD Candidate, Urban Geography + STS + Anthropology / UofT / working on the modes of existence of digital infrastructures.
Brandon @brandontakayuki.bsky.social Researching tech labour markets, education, work culture, bourdieu. content means-tested. Teaching at York University.
Romée Postma @romeepostma.bsky.social A designer challenging conventionality, with a soft spot for the absurd. Founder of Studio Absuró — Part of Bits of Freedom. Art | Research | Tech
Dr Alina Utrata @alinau27.bsky.social Tech & Politics. Career Development Research Fellow at St Johns College, Oxford. PhD from Uni of Cambridge via Queen's University Belfast & Stanford. Host of Anti-Dystopians. she/her
Agent, @agentbal.bsky.social
www.alinautrata.com
Angus Dowell @angusd.bsky.social PhD Student. Economic and Political Geography. The University of Auckland.
Cloud infrastructures, STS, political economy
Jess Bier @bierjess.bsky.social Professor at large
PI: DIGIPORTS project, automation + racialization in maritime logistics
Author: Mapping Israel, Mapping Palestine: How Occupied Landscapes Shape Scientific Knowledge
Pro 🍉 ⚧️🌈 🏴☠️
Dr. Vassilis Galanos, SFHEA - each one teach one @velocitygravity.bsky.social Lecturer in Digital Work, UoStirling.
Researching AI/internet/digital media & expectations/expertise. Hype+Metaphors.
Friends: BRAID UK, UoE STIS, AI Ethics & Society, Data Civics, The New Real.
AE: Technology Analysis and Strategic Management.
It/ve/vem👾
Anna Kraher @annakraher.bsky.social Research Assistant & PhD Candidate in Ethics of Digitalization @UniOldenburg | Member @servusat.bsky.social
https://anna-kraher.de
Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social associate professor of technology studies, UNC Comm
Anna Puzio @annapuzio.bsky.social Philosopher, theologian, ethicist. PostDoc @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @esdit.bsky.social @UTwente. #anthropology #robots #technology #ai #non-human #diversity #gender #transhumanism #LLMs http://www.anna-puzio.com
Rational_Geographic @ritodhi.bsky.social Feminist father, wannabe farmer, itinerant scholar interested in masculinity, political ecology, climate justice, STS, Agrarian Futures in South Asia, Pacific and Latin America
Sameer Shah @sameershah.bsky.social Assistant Professor • University of Washington • Associate Deputy Editor @ Climatic Change • Political-ecology, critical adaptation studies, maladaptation and water insecurity.
Prince Guma @princeguma.bsky.social Researcher | geographies, infrastructures, technologies, politics, lifeworlds
Veikko Eeva @veikkoeeva.bsky.social 🌍 Stories & technologies | Sustainable (water) Systems | 🚀 Freelancing / working | 📖 OSS Decentralized Identity & Verifiable Credentials | 🌟 Contributor: Digital Product Passports (CENELEC)& UN Transparency Protocol. Humane finance with heart and soul.
Nele Van Doninck @nelevandoninck.bsky.social PhD. Anthropologist, writer, photographer, storyteller. Mensenmens. Thinking about how tech can serve people, not profit.
Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social Research and policy adviser www.abdconsultancy.co.uk
Futures of work, digital welfare state, tech ethics, public sector innovation
Also cats, telly, general silliness
Now with added newsletter! https://www.abdconsultancy.co.uk/digital-welfare-state
Jasmijn Bastings @jasmijn.bastings.me Researcher, writer, photographer.
📸 bastings.art
📃 transponder.blog
📍 Amsterdam
Chris @multiplicityct.bsky.social PhD student in philosophy at the University of Staffordshire. Philosophy of trust and reliance, trustworthy AI, Heidegger. Marylander. MA Staffs, MBA Duke. Wittgenstein and Cantor handshake numbers = 3 (via John Conway).
kelly pendergrast @kellypendergrast.bsky.social technology // aesthetics // labor // shapes
writing: kellypendergrast.com
working: antistaticpartners.com
Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social Research Assistant Professor of AI & Society at Binghamton University (SUNY) - Civics of Technology Board Member - Luddite Praxis - Dad Life - he/him
Jessica Ghilani @jesspgh.bsky.social Comm + media studies professor focused on history, emerging tech, information integrity, telecomm policy, platforms, propaganda, and culture. From Pittsburgh.
Heta Tarkkala @hetatarkkala.bsky.social PhD (STS). Studies non-quantifiable issues related to science, technology & society and data. Currently: (health) data & wastewater. Knits at conferences.
robin de mourat @robindemourat.bsky.social designer and researcher @medialab-scpo.bsky.social | investigative design research, urban ecologies, livestreaming cultures, digital precarity
Leah Aaron @leahaaron.bsky.social Digital Geographer doing PhD @UCL.
Research: Housing portals, private rental sector, Germany 🍺 🏠 🌏
Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social Assist. Prof. of Technology and Governance @ethz.ch ¦ PI @curateproject.bsky.social ¦ Editor-in-chief @jird-jour.bsky.social
https://matthiasleese.com
Scholars' Lab @scholarslab.bsky.social UVA's Library research center+community lab for practicing interdisciplinary+experimental scholarship around creative+critical tech—informed by digital humanities, spatial tech, SJ, & more
💜🏳️🌈 People > projects.
📚💻 Research blog & more at ScholarsLab.org!
csdc @hellomingo.bsky.social anthropologist, professor, effervescent dilettante. research: sts, creative labor, media workplaces, visuality and finance, history of psychoanalytic thought in advertising.📍seattle
Ingo Dachwitz @roofjoke.netzpolitik.org Politischer Journalist @netzpolitik.org | Recherche, Analyse, Kritik | ua: „Medienmäzen Google“, „Die Akte Xandr“, „Databroker Files“ | Podcasts: „Systemeinstellungen“ & „Off/On“ | Buch: „Digitaler Kolonialismus“ (02/25)
https://netzpolitik.org/author/ingo
Micah Alex @khattamicah.xyz I sometimes think about community technology, archives, novel interfaces and tech histories
Caroline Keep @ka83k.bsky.social Data Scientist, Award Winning Teacher, Maker, PhD Researcher 📚 #Tes #Edtech50 #Bima100 #Judge #Crafting edu/tech narrative.
Agustin Ferrari Braun @ferraribraun.bsky.social PhD researcher at the University of Amsterdam | Studying digital infrastructures, power and media in Europe | No business as usual during genocide 🇵🇸 | he/him
The Nokturnal Times @thenokturnaltimes.bsky.social Aufklärung gegen die Dingwerdung des Menschen:
https://www.youtube.com/@TheNokturnalTimes
»Der Tauschwert zählt, nicht der Wahrheitswert.«
(Herbert Marcuse)
Jan Knöferl @janknoeferl.bsky.social Media Studies @ University of Regensburg
Kauweloa, Ph.D. @kauweloa.bsky.social The University of Hawaii 🌈 -- interdisciplinary Studies/Island Researcher-- Digital Cultures, Video Games(esports),Games Infrastructures, and Disability
#academicsky #indigenousresearch #gamestudies #STS #Disability
Larissa Lenze @larissa-lenze.bsky.social PhD Candidate University of Paderborn | Media Studies | Art & Technology | Media Aesthetics | Photography
Paul Schütze @paulschuetze.bsky.social PostDoc (he/him) | Political & Social Philosophy | Ethics & Critical Theories of AI | Uni Osnabrück @ https://bsky.app/profile/ectaiuos.bsky.social
Danny Snow @dannysnow.bsky.social PhD candidate @ucdischool.bsky.social , posthumous data. Bass @wearevillagers.bsky.social
Patricia de Vries @pattythefrost.bsky.social researcher, writer, educator focused on artistic and social practices that intervene in capitalist enclosures.
48.2 % doom scroller, 0.7% reposter, 51.1% liker
https://research.rietveldsandberg.nl/en/research+groups/art++spatial+praxis/- L Luca_Spfg @lucaspfg.bsky.social
Valentin Ris @2orderobserver.bsky.social sound • media • music • technology | PhD candidate, University Bonn | he/him
Die bürgerliche Mitte @fitzebutze.bsky.social 'Climate change is real, it’s human-caused, its impacts are serious … and there are solutions if we act now.'
- Prof. Katharine Hayhoe
AFD Verbot jetzt!
karina ripley @kaareeenah.bsky.social assistant prof @ univ of virginia // lead organizer w @labortechresearchnetwork.org // tech, labor, culture // karinaripley.com
Adrienne Massanari @adriennemassanari.bsky.social Prof@AmerU (views mine). New book: Gaming Democracy (MIT Press). Researches digital cultures, platform politics, games, etc. Wrote that one thing about Reddit that one time (okay several things). I will always want to see your pets.
She/her/hers.
Jens Hälterlein @jenshaelterlein.bsky.social STS scholar interested in Military AI, Swarming, Autonomous Weapons, Surveillance Technologies,Governmentality; he/him
else: Cycling, Jazz, Dogs