In light of recent scandals involving the misuse and improper handling of personal data by large corporations, advocacy groups and regulators alike have given increased attention to the issue of consumer privacy [e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. National and local governments have been enacting privacy legislation that requires companies to minimize the amount of data they collect... read more.
Computational Social Science Forum Improving Human Decision-Making with Machine Learning
Feb 15 | 4pm-5pm | Read more and Register here
Speaker: Park Sinchaisri, Assistant Professor of Operations & IT Management, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
2022 American Casual Inference Conference (ACIC)
May 23-25, 2022 | UC Berkeley | Read more
As part of the conference ACIC will be hosting 8 pre-conference workshops (2 full-day workshops and 6 half-day workshops) on Monday May 23, 2022 on a range of topics. For more information, read more.
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Sociology Students Try Research in Data Science Collaborations
Robert Fales isn't a data scientist. He only signed up for the data science-focused sociology class because he wanted to work with Professor David Harding, a leader in the social science field. But once Fales started using data science tools to analyze education inequality data, he knew he'd be using them to transition sociology from his major to his career.
“That class really opened the door for me to understand how we take sociology – all the journal articles we read in the area that we're interested in – and use that to work in the policy sector,” said Fales, a community college transfer student who graduated from UC Berkeley in May and now works as a research assistant at the nonprofit American Institutes for Research. “That class made it really digestible and really easy to connect the dots.”... read more.
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Working with Qualitative and Textual Data
Undergraduate workshop series... read more
UC Love Data Week
February 14-18, 2022
UC Love Data Week is a week-long offering of presentations and workshops focused on data access, management, security, sharing, and preservation. For more information and to register for a specific workshop, please visit the website: https://uc-love-data-week.github.io/
Qualitative Methods Workshop Instructor
Berkeley Sociology Summer Research Scholars Program, Summer 2022 Read more | Deadline to apply Feb 25
To apply email cover letter and CV to dharding@berkeley.eduWikipedia Edit-a-Thon: 2022
Feb 16 | 1pm-2:30pm | Read more | RSVP for Zoom link
A workshop for the beginner Wikipedian, followed by communal free editing time.
Social Sciences Book Gallery Submit your list of books | View book gallery
This Social Sciences Book Gallery represents recently published books by faculty in the L&S Social Sciences Division at UC Berkeley. The gallery is curated by staff at Social Science Matrix and the Social Sciences Dean’s Office.
Graduate Student Assistant (Data Analyst) Job Opportunity Read more
i4Y is seeking a qualitative data analyst to work on the study of the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth experiencing homelessness in the Bay Area. Please send your CV and a cover letter describing your fit for the position and your interest to coco.auerswald@berkeley.edu, with a cc to siti@berkeley.eduAcademic Technology Specialist Position
for Stanford History Department Read more and apply hereSummer Grad Workshop in Computational Social Science
(Santa Fe Institute)
Application Deadline: Feb 22
Dates: June 26 - July 8, Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico Read more and apply here
UC Berkeley DH Working Group
Starting Feb 4, alternating Fridays | 12pm-1pm | Register
Participant driven and provides a place for sharing research ideas, learning about the intersection of computational methods and humanistic inquiry, and connecting with others working in this space.
Do No Harm with Data Viz
Feb 17 | 2pm-3pm EST | Read more and register
Speaker: Alice Feng, Data Visualization Developer
Criminal Justice Administrative Records System (CJARS) is hiring
Open positions: Two Research Assistant positions and one Project Manager position Read more for description and how to apply
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