New tools for social research: SAGE Ocean Newsletter
Last month we announced the winners of the 2020 SAGE Concept Grant, which supports the development of new software tools for social science research. In the latest edition of our newsletter we introduce our six winners: Read it here and sign up for future updates.
Stop, collaborate listen: Gender equality in social data science. Watch the panel discussion now
And talking about gender equality in social data science means talking about the representation of women in tech and attitudes towards women in tech. It means confronting the stubborn prejudices and perceptions that women can’t code or can’t do stats. It means having a discussion about how as this new community of thought and practice is forming, we have a chance to make it look different than the communities that came before. And in particular, it seems vital to challenge ourselves to do so because of the questions social data scientists are asking and the methods they are using - because of the danger of biased algorithms, of reinforcing inequality through policies based on big but dirty data.
Gender equality in social data science. Get to know our panel and join us on 8th October
A week today sees the biggest SAGE Ocean event to date as we takeover the RocketSpace Theatre to bring you an exciting evening of drinks and discussions around diversity and gender equality in academia and in particularly, social data science. Sorry to all those people scattered further afield in the UK who can’t make it to London but fear not, we will be filming the event and the recording should be available later in the year.