Groupthink is real and it's scarier than I thought: groups develop "mind guards" that silence dissent, and everyone assumes agreement even when people privately disagree. No wonder smart people make bad decisions in rooms full of smart people. 😬
#psychology #sociology #teamwork

Learned a term today that's rewiring how I see everything: "sociological imagination" (C. Wright Mills). It's the skill of connecting your personal life to the bigger social forces shaping it. Your habits aren't random — they're patterned. 🧵
#sociology #socialscience

How are Himalayan farmers responding to climate change? A new mixed-methods study maps the social and practical factors shaping adaptation and mitigation choices.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#Sociology #ClimateAdaptation #OpenScience #Farming

Can LLMs make urban planning more participatory? New OA research tests their potential to widen public involvement in redevelopment decisions.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#Sociology #GenerativeAI #UrbanStudies

Solidarity

The further you go up the social ladder, the less solidarity you find. The urban underclass, the street people, display more solidarity than any other section of society.

#Sociology #Class #Solidarity

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidar...

Reading on tech-billionaire politics lately, and it tracks almost exactly onto social darwinism, my old sociology focus. Different century, same move: dress up "who deserves power" as natural law instead of choice. #SiliconValley #SocialDarwinism #Sociology

As complex a book as #BruceCannonGibney’s #AGenerationofSociopaths is, the options it leaves us for moving forward are even more complicated. Which is why you should read it. Start with our review: the-agency-review.com/generation-o... #sociology #history #culture #BabyBoomers

Stories of Jivavarta: Calamity — A village drains its pond to drive away a crocodile, only to kill its fish. A story of unintended consequences, panic & collateral damage.
www.shonmehta.com/2017/01/cala...

#Jivavarta #philosophy #storytelling #Sociology

An interesting opinion piece on politics, AI, wealth, and service to society...

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/beat-ai-backlash-billionaires-start-100728148.html

#sociology #technology #inequality

New episode (1308), with Dr. Stephen Vaisey (@stephenvaisey.com). We talk about the #Sociology of morality and political beliefs. #Biology #Science

YouTube: youtu.be/E3NWGvbOt8w
Podcast: bit.ly/4hdJMjg

Bring the research into your classroom: connect gender theory, lived experience, and qualitative methods through one study.

Read S. M. Rodriguez’s #OpenAccess article in Sociological Inquiry:
doi.org/10.1111/soin...

#Sociology @smrodriguez.bsky.social

There’s a methods lesson here, too.

The study used both in-person and online focus groups, creating an opportunity to ask students how research settings shape group dynamics, participation, and qualitative data collection. 3/4

#FocusGroups #Sociology #ResearchMethods

“Undoing gender” isn’t only a theoretical possibility—it can also be understood as lived practice.

This takeaway offers a starting point for discussing gendered accountability, legibility, and the rejection of fixed gendered endpoints. 2/4

@socwomen.bsky.social #sociology

How might we teach gender transition beyond binary or linear models?

This week’s Teaching Takeaway draws from @smrodriguez.bsky.social’s research on recognition, flexibility, safety, and nonbinary identity journeys. 🧵 1/4

#Sociology #GenderStudies

🎓 SOC graduate students: looking for more ways to connect with your #sociology community?

Join the AKD Graduate Student Lounge—a virtual space to connect with fellow grad students, build community, and support one another.

👉 Sign up here: forms.gle/Dv6r5d2A4Wua...

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