Laura K. Nelson
Associate Professor @ UBC
computational sociology
machine learning is feminist
You only have to look at the Medusa straight on to see her. And she’s not deadly. She’s beautiful and she’s laughing.
www.lauraknelson.com
- This is a truly stunning book 👇
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- Reposted by Laura K. NelsonIf you're thinking seriously about slop (and we should) consider applying for this virtual mini-conference hosted by the great @dlcplus.org on SLOP call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/...
- "Why Slop Matters" The authors argue that AI slop "should be taken seriously as an object of study in its own right." AI slop has (1) an important social function and (2) has aesthetic value. This is great. Any sociologists out there studying the social function of slop?
- My 4 y/o has switched his default response question from "Whyyy?" to "How do you know that?" and I am so ready for this moment
- Whoa this is neat
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- Reposted by Laura K. NelsonJOB! I'm hiring a postdoc for 2 years on my ERC MaMo project. Looking for someone with strong quant methods, ongoing work close to the project's aims, and a desire to publish in sociology. Start flexible in the next 12 months. Formal call out shortly, but contact me first.
- Chappell Roan is absolutely serving at the Grammys
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- Reposted by Laura K. NelsonMicrosoft Research NYC is hiring a researcher in the space of AI and society!
- Bruce Springsteen releases a new protest song about Minnesota: 👏👏 Billy Bragg releases a new protest song about Minnesota: 👏👏✊✊ NOFX *comes out of retirement* to release a new protest song about Minnesota: 😲🤯💀🤘🤘🤘 youtu.be/sU6s6VEJxrU?...
- 👀 I've had mixed experiences with BERTopic but I'm very happy to see this tutorial And more to come, it seems?
- What are the main issues discussed in a set of documents? We’ve just released a step-by-step BERTopic tutorial. We also launch a new page, gathering various NLP tutorials for social scientists. 👉 www.css.cnrs.fr/tutorials-an...
- Reposted by Laura K. NelsonWhat are the main issues discussed in a set of documents? We’ve just released a step-by-step BERTopic tutorial. We also launch a new page, gathering various NLP tutorials for social scientists. 👉 www.css.cnrs.fr/tutorials-an...
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- Reposted by Laura K. NelsonNow out in Sociological Science (How) do sociologists use GenAI for their research? Find out in our paper. Written with @ajalvero.bsky.social @dustinstoltz.com and Marshall Taylor. Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey!!
- Reposted by Laura K. Nelson🎺 On May 21/22 @lespin.bsky.social , @doriantsolak.bsky.social, and I host “Democracy at Risk? Societal Challenges, Data, and Research Infrastructures in the Age of CSS” in Vienna Keynotes: @lauraknelson.bsky.social and @lorenzspreen.bsky.social computational-social-science.org/workshops/20...
- For social scientists interested in LLMs for text classification/coding, the process here is potentially very helpful (even if you don't use the product itself). Their core technique: Contradictory Example Training Their training method: Binocular Labeling More details in the linked post below.
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- Ok I did it, and the student evals are in. No one mentioned Hegel or Wittgenstein specifically, and the evals were truly substantively helpful to me as I develop this new (to me) course (thanks to those who provided those comments!). One comment did catch me off guard (in a good way). +
- Reposted by Laura K. NelsonDeadline: January, 31st 2026. www.css.cnrs.fr/assistant-or...
- 🇫🇷 We are hiring 🇫🇷 Assistant or Associate Professor Position in Computational Sociology @crestsociology.bsky.social @ipparis.bsky.social Details here (please RT) www.shorturl.at/E57le
- Reposted by Laura K. NelsonConference update: IC2S2 Virtual Day. While Vermont is an incredibly kind and welcoming state, national policies and federal actions have a real impact on conference access, particularly for people from countries who cannot enter the US due to federally enacted travel bans. 1/6
- Regular reminder that mother's day has radical roots and rich political history, from its start as an activist day to improve living conditions in 1858, to its antiwar extension in 1872, to the antiwar and anti-nuclear weapons movement led by moms in the 1960s. Moms have always been the most radical
- Reposted by Laura K. NelsonWe are hiring a post-doc to study the impact of AI agents on complex social systems in Duke's Society-Centered AI Initiative and/or the Polarization Lab! Apply here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/314...
- Reposted by Laura K. NelsonReally exciting postdoc opportunity in Cambridge on AI-humanities interface working with my better half on a collaborative project called SETS funded by @schmidtsciences.bsky.social
- "Should it really matter so little for the ethical demands on politics that politics operates with very special means, namely, power backed up by violence?" -Max Weber, Politics as a Vocation
- Reposted by Laura K. NelsonWe are hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow with a computer science or engineering background to lead the technical development and real-world implementation of autonomous mobile robot assistants in long-term care settings. Learn more and apply: www.postdocs.ubc.ca/ad/58967
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