Every Friday, #frAIday hosts inspiring talks on artificial intelligence by Umeå University researchers, as well as internationally acclaimed experts.
DIGSUM's Digital Law research group has received funding from the Swedish Research Council (VR) for the project 'HYDE – Human agency and the rule of law in semi-automated decision-making systems'.
The Medical Faculty at Umeå University is hosting a lunch seminar on Artificial Intelligence with DIGSUM director Simon Lindgren as invited speaker.
Magdalena Sjöberg will present her research on digital parenting and the identity work of young mothers at an online seminar to take place at 13:00 CET on 22 October.
DIGSUM director, Simon Lindgren, was interviewed by Brazilian newsletter DIGILABOUR on his recent book “Data Theory”, and on the recently started research project Algorithms of Resistance.
On October 23, DIGSUM is co-hosting the online workshop Dealing with Data with Humlab and the Institute for Analytical Sociology.
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has funded a new research programme focused on digital innovation at the DIGSUM affiliated research hub Swedish Center for Digital Innovation (SCDI) at Umeå University.
Digital Media and the Spread of Populism
Ralph Schroeder, Professor in Social Science of the Internet at the Oxford Internet Institute will give a talk hosted by DIGSUM and the Department of Sociology on Friday, August 28th at 13:15.
New book on social movements, cultural memory and digital media
Department of Sociology Research Fellow and DIGSUM Member, Sam Merrill is happy to announce the recent publication of a volume dedicated to social movements, cultural memory and digital media.
Algorithms of Resistance
VR (The Swedish Research Council) has approved funding for the DIGSUM project Algorithms of Resistance: Analysing and harnessing anti-racist activism in the age of datafication, which will run between 2020 and 2022.
DIGSUM Day 2019
The 2019 DIGSUM Day was held on October 1 in Umeå University’s MIT building.
Thesis defense: Digital trace data in online communities
Vasili Mankevich, PhD of Informatics affiliated with DIGSUM and SCDI, successfully defended his PhD thesis Digital Innovation Management: Investigating Digital Trace Data in Online Communities.
eHealth and ageing in rural areas
DIGSUM’s European collaborative project HARVEST, recently held a meeting at one of its partner institutions, The Catholic University of Milan.
A social science perspective on artificial intelligence
DIGSUM helped host a themed day of presentations at Umeå University on the topic of AI and social science.
Thesis seminar: Digital Aftermaths of Terror
DIGSUM PhD student Moa Eriksson Krutrök presents her thesis manuscript on Digital Aftermaths of Terror.
Vinnova visit
Vinnova representatives Darja Isaksson (director general) and Maria Landgren (chief strategy officer) met up with DIGSUMs Digital Innovation research group last week.
Markus Naarttijärvi wins prize
DIGSUM affiliate, and member of our research cluster on Digital Law, Markus Naarttijärvi has won the Best Paper Award at the conference TILTing Perspectives 2019: 'Regulating a world in transition' in Tilburg, Germany.
Photo: Ulrika Bergfors
DIGSUM representatives at Oslo conference
Three members of DIGSUM’s Digital Sociology group - Simon Lindgren, Sam Merrill and Mathilda Åkerlund - presented their research at the Nordic Conference on Violent Extremism at Oslo University recently.
New research on terror attacks and social media
Moa Eriksson Krutrök and Simon Lindgren of DIGSUM and the Department of Sociology have published a new study of social media use in the aftermath of terror attacks. The paper published in the journal Social Media + Society looks at how such attacks are discussed and dealt with on social media through users' concurrent employment and reiteration of hashtags related to high-profile attacks.
Can elections be won on Instagram?
Researcher Jenny Madestam of Södertörn University was a speaker today at DIGSUM’s symposium on "Digitalisation, democracy and participation".