Sociology of Algorithms Workshop

Workshop | ongoing

The Sociology of Algorithms Workshop at Columbia University aims to bring together researchers who are interested in understanding the role that algorithms and algorithmic technologies play in public and private life. The workshop occurs in a number of formats, including formal research presentations, paper development sessions, and panel discussions featuring scholars and practitioners from around the world. We welcome participants of all disciplinary and methodological backgrounds.

The workshop meets a few times each semester on an irregular basis. If you would like to be added to the email list, please send a message to the workshop coordinator.

Coordinator: Ari Galper & Emily Rachel Mazo

Workshop Schedule 2024-25

  • The Work of 'Aligning' Artificial Intelligence
    Knox Hall 501D | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

  • Who moved my CT scan? Redistribution of Expert Workflow Following the Assimilation of AI in Stroke Care
    Knox Hall 501D | 01:00-02:00 PM

  • Social Mechanisms of Performative Prediction
    Knox Hall 501D | 01:00-02:00 PM

  • Backstage Reporting: What the Use of Unnamed Sources in Legacy Media Tells Us about the Transformations of the Journalistic Field in France

    Knox Hall 501D | 1:00-2:00 PM

  • A Sociology of Hype: How Tech Start-ups Get Young Professionals to Work so Hard

    Knox Hall 501D | 1:00-2:00 PM

  • The Fragility of Computational Fairness

    Zoom | 1:00-2:00 PM

  • Power Tools: How Over-Automation Shortchanges Us All

    Knox Hall 509 | 12:30-2 PM