I have fond memories of Bob. His decency, honesty and sharp intellect always impressed me, and I learned a lot from him about Canadian society when we edited a two-volume anthology on Canada. The occasion of Bob’s death coincided with the sad news around us in Canada and elsewhere on the occasion of COVID-19. Let us hope COVID-19 will before too soon become a distant memory.
Professor Kay publishes new research article together with Liz Gorman at University of Virginia. Professor Gorman also published a summary of their results as an article on the public sociology blog for the American Sociological Association.
Dr.'s Lyon and Murakami Wood Book launch event for the Big Data Surveillance and Security Intelligence book on February 17th from 12-1:30pm.
Dr. Michael Siciliano publishes new book with Columbia University Press entitled Creative Control: The Ambivalence of Work in the Culture Industries.
Dr. David Murakami Wood on 'Future Tense' on ABC talking about tech companies, surveillance and nationalism.
‘Google’s AI advertising revolution: More privacy, but problems remain.’ Based on research by Dr. Murakami Wood’s Sociology MA supervisee, David Eliot, the piece in The Conversation explains the changes Google is making to adtech, and why we should care.
The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) will publish a piece by Dr. Murakami Wood, 'Platform Capitalism, Empire and Authoritarianism: Is there a way out?'
Dr. Victoria Sytsma’s article entitled Scripting Police Escalation of Use of Force through Conjunctive Analysis of Body-Worn Camera Footage: A Systematic Social Observational Pilot Study is now out in the prestigious Journal of Criminal Justice.
David Eliot and Dr. David Murakami Wood have a new piece out from the Centre for International Governance Innovation: Minding the FLoCs: Google's Marketing Moves, AI, Privacy and the Data Commons. This piece examines Google's transition to being a primarily AI-centred company, and what it means for people and governments, particularly in Canada.
It is with the greatest pleasure that the Department of Sociology sends our best wishes to the graduating class of SOCY students. We wish you all the best with future endeavours and adventures.
