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The journal Big Data & Society (journals.sagepub.com/home/bd…) is calling for expressions of interest in serving as a Co-Editor for a three-year term beginning in March 2026 As a Co-Editor, you will help shape scholarship around social, economic, political, and ethical implications of
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If you have questions, please contact the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Matthew Zook (zook@uky.edu) To express interest in becoming a Co-Editor, please fill in this short form by February 20, 2026 forms.gle/TqQPYJ1L15gXrJCf6 (6/n)
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It should include your disciplinary background, current position and university, a brief overview of your interest in becoming a Co-Editor (300 words), five keywords describing your expertise and a copy of your current CV. (7/7)
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Dear all, Big Data & Society is fading out its presence on X. In the future, you will find us on LinkedIn and Bluesky: 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/big-dat… 🔗 BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/bigdatasoc.… Please follow us there to stay up to date on new publications, calls for papers, etc.
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🚨 New in Big Data & Society 🚨 "Sensing data: Towards ethnographic methods for data positionality" by Mette Simonsen Abildgaard doi.org/10.1177/205395172513… Introduces “sensing data” as an embodied method for studying digital infrastructures and how data is made, moved, and felt.
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🚨 New in Big Data & Society 🚨 "Prediction and data curation in digital humanitarianism" by @giazzolino & @NimeshDhungana doi.org/10.1177/205395172513… Asks how “data work” shapes digital humanitarianism, revealing tensions between prediction, curation, and humanitarian principles.
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🚨 New in Big Data & Society 🚨 "Our data, ourselves: Participation, justice, and alternative futures of data sovereignty in India" by @sagnikdutta & @MazumdarSuruchi doi.org/10.1177/205395172513… Digital rights activism in India reframes data sovereignty from the ground up.
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🚨 New in Big Data & Society 🚨 "Unsustainable artificial intelligence and algorithmically facilitated emissions: The case for emissions-reduction-by-design" by Jutta Haider et al. doi.org/10.1177/205395172513… AI-driven platforms normalize high-emission lifestyles, calls for redesign
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🚨 New in Big Data & Society 🚨 "Decolonizing AI? Lessons from a failed experiment" by @martintironi & Camila Albornoz doi.org/10.1177/205395172513… Failed bid to decolonize AI imaginaries in Latin America shows limits of dominant approaches, recasting failure as a tool for engagement
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🚨 New in Big Data & Society 🚨 "The ICE–Lexis nexus: An argument against use of commercial databases in immigration enforcement" by Jessica Needle & Alan Rubel doi.org/10.1177/205395172513… Critiques U.S. use of Accurint in immigration enforcement for violating rights and autonomy.
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🚨 New in Big Data & Society🚨 "Who decides what is read on Goodreads?" by Yuerong Hu (@miehumie) et al. doi.org/10.1177/205395172513… Incentivized reviews show how sponsorship and platform dynamics shape reading, reinforce inequalities, and complicate use of scraped data in research.
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🚨 New in Big Data & Society 🚨 "The promise of security of unfinished infrastructure" by @nina_amelung doi.org/10.1177/205395172513… How the EU’s ‘interoperability’ project, unfinished yet expanding, reshapes migration control through delays, data access, and migrant criminalization.
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🚨 New in Big Data & Society 🚨 "Our data, ourselves" by @sagnikdutta & @MazumdarSuruchi doi.org/10.1177/205395172513… Activists in India resist data colonialism and reimagine data sovereignty via grassroots mobilisation, accountability, and justice.
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🏠📉 New in Big Data & Society: Why the smart home failed Ethnographic insights from Goulden & Cameron reveal how everyday resistance quietly unraveled Big Tech’s dream. 📖 lnkd.in/ezp-Ee-h #SmartHome #SurveillanceCapitalism #BigData #BDaS
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🚨 New in Big Data & Society 🚨 "Why sovereignty matters for humanitarian data" by Aaron Martin journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.… From Rohingya biometrics to Ukraine data, sharing humanitarian data disputes reveal deeper power struggles. Enter the “pseudo-sovereigns.” #HumanitarianData
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