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30.10.18
Data-walking in Guildford: Final year forays into the sociology of datafication
By Ranjana Das with the students on SOC3078 – Data and the Digital in Platform Societies Last week...
23.10.18
No hard feelings: why environmental scholars can’t afford to dismiss children’s views of the good life
by Anastasia Loukianov, joint CES and Sociology PhD student at the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable...