Tag: technology

• December 12, 2025

  SKAT New Books Q&A with Diana Graizbord, author of Indicators of Democracy

  Interviewed by Jorge Ochoa on November 25, 2025 Diana Graizbord is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Georgia. Her first book, Indicators of Democracy: The Politics and Promise of Evaluation Expertise in Mexico, was published by Stanford University Press in 2024. Graizbord is currently a Visiting…
• December 9, 2025

  Q&A with Ulises A. Mejias, co-author of Data Grab

  Interviewed by Jeba Humayra Prithwi on October 30, 2025. Ulises A. Mejias is a professor in the Communication Studies department at SUNY Oswego and a recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship. His research interests include critical data studies, philosophy and sociology of technology, and political economy of digital media. He’s on…
• March 18, 2025

  Q&A with Ya-Wen Lei, author of The Gilded Cage

  Interviewed by Jorge Ochoa on March 7, 2025 Ya-Wen Lei is Professor in the Department of Sociology at Harvard University, and is also affiliated with the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. She is the author of The Gilded Cage: Techno-State Capitalism in China (Princeton University Press, 2003) and…
• November 10, 2024

  New Publications from Section Members (2024-2025)

  This is a running list of recent publications from SKAT Section members from Fall 2024 to Summer 2025. To submit an announcement for the Fall 2024 Newsletter, please use this Google Form: https://forms.gle/Jrd9Uodeg5KA3wvz6 To send an announcement out to the Listserv, please email: skatchairasa@gmail.com Articles Gil Eyal, Larry Au, and Cristian Capotescu 2024. “Trust is a Verb!:…
• October 26, 2024

  SKAT Sessions at ASA 2025

  Please see the full call here: https://www.asanet.org/2025-annual-meeting/call-for-submissions/papers-extended-abstracts/section-sessions/ Section on Science, Knowledge, and Technology Challenging epistemic institutions: Unruly knowledge, outlaw technology, and fringe-mainstream relations  We live in epistemically challenged, and challenging, times. The status of various forms of knowledge continues to be contested, as many social actors compete for epistemic authority. Institutions of knowledge production are…
• October 2, 2024

  New Special Collection: A Sociology of AI

  Congratulations to Kelly Joyce and Taylor M. Cruz, and all contributing authors, for putting a special collection on “A Sociology of Artificial intelligence: Inequalities, Power, and Data Justice” in Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. To access the special collection, click here: A Sociology of Artificial Intelligence: Inequalities, Power, and Data Justice The special…
• December 12, 2018

  Reflections on 2018 Merton Award

  Merton Award 2018 by Jennifer Carrera We had many exceptional books in the pool this year for the Robert K. Merton Award, SKAT’s prestigious book award that honors an outstanding book on the topic of science, knowledge, and/or technology. But one stood out among the rest. We really wanted a book that not only made…