Three computational sociologies
An interesting post by Fabio Rojas on the different ways in which the label ‘computational sociology’ has been used: Statistics – for the baby boomer generation of social scientists, “computing in socioal science” meant applied statistics. Remember, it requires a lot of knowledge and skill to store data and estimate […]
Computational Social Science and the Collapse of Sociology
An interesting footnote in On Sociology by John Goldthorpe speculates on the possibility of Sociology’s collapse. From pg 9: Such a collapse could conceivably come about through a series of ‘secessions’. For example, some university departments of sociology have already became in effect departments of ‘cultural studies’, and this could […]
Computational social science conference in Helsinki
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS International Conference on Computational Social Science Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland, 8-11 June 2015 WEBSITE http://www.iccss2015.eu/ IMPORTANT DATES Extended deadline for abstract submission: 7 December 2014 Opening of registration: 15 January 2015 Conference dates: 8-11 June 2015 EVENT OVERVIEW The conference will bring together scientists from different areas […]
Computational Social Science Conference
COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE CONFERENCE Wed 11 – Fri 13 June 2014, University of Warwick, UK http://compsocsci.eu/ The increasing availability of large quantities of human behavioural data has drawn the interest of researchers across the social sciences, the natural sciences and engineering. This conference aims to bring together this interdisciplinary community […]
Computational Social Science Conference
COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE CONFERENCE Wed 11 – Fri 13 June 2014, University of Warwick, UK http://compsocsci.eu/ The increasing availability of large quantities of human behavioural data has drawn the interest of researchers across the social sciences, the natural sciences and engineering. This conference aims to bring together this interdisciplinary community to share […]
Computational Social Science Conference
COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE CONFERENCEWed 11 – Fri 13 June 2014, University of Warwick, UKhttp://compsocsci.eu/The increasing availability of large quantities of human behavioural data has drawn the interest of researchers across the social sciences, the natural sciences and engineering. This conference aims to bring together this interdisciplinary community to share perspectives and identify […]
Computational Social Science Conference
COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE CONFERENCEWed 11 – Fri 13 June 2014, University of Warwick, UKhttp://compsocsci.eu/The increasing availability of large quantities of human behavioural data has drawn the interest of researchers across the social sciences, the natural sciences and engineering. This conference aims to bring together this interdisciplinary community to share perspectives and identify […]
