Justus Uitermark
@uitermark.bsky.social
Social scientist with geographic inclinations
‘Google and Meta are essentially Amsterdam’s biggest property owners.’ How do TikTok, Instagram, Google Maps and ChatGPT shape tourism in Amsterdam, and determine which places get seen? Urban Geographer @uitermark.bsky.social on the growing power of digital platforms: aissr.uva.nl/shared/facul...
For two centuries, since Comte, scholars have tried to turn social science into physics. Will LLMs finally get us there? Are the social sciences facing a new marginal revolution? New essay with @uitermark.bsky.social in Sociologica doi.org/10.60923/iss...
Social Physics in the Age of Generative AI: How, Exactly, Is Society Complex? | Sociologica
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📣 Applications are now open for the new Amsterdam PhD Programme! In collaboration with the City of Amsterdam, we're recruiting 8 PhDs to tackle some of A'dam's most pressing societal challenges. Read more & apply: aissr.uva.nl/content/news... @doutjelettinga.bsky.social & @uitermark.bsky.social
Introducing the Amsterdam Programme: eight PhD projects addressing Amsterdam's societal challenges - AISSR
Discover the new Amsterdam PhD Programme at the AISSR, University of Amsterdam. Justus Uitermark & Doutje Lettinga discuss research, urban challenges, collaboration with the City of Amsterdam, and 8 f...
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NEW: Anna Keuchenius, Petter Törnberg, Justus Uitermark, "Echo Chambers Are Defined by Conflict, Not Isolation" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13...
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🚨 We are entering the AI society. After two decades of platforms reshaping markets, communication, and governance, a new shift is underway: AI is transforming society. What should we expect from the 'AI society'? 🧵 📄 Our new paper faces this question: osf.io/preprints/so...
You can now submit abstracts for the RC21 conference, which will take place in Vienna on 20–22 July. Check out the sessions: rc21-vienna2026.org/call-for-abs.... If you work on cities and digital technologies, consider session #10, “The Digital Frontier,” organized by @ayonadatta.bsky.social and me.
Call for Abstracts - RC21 Vienna 2026
Call for Abstracts is now open! The sessions for the RC21 Conference are set – now it’s your turn to contribute! See the accepted sessions below Call for Abstracts is now open! See the accepted sessio...
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Dialogues in Urban Research recently published my new paper: “Parsing the Legacy of the Chicago School: Towards a Critical Human Ecology.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🚨 PhD Position at the University of Amsterdam 🚨 Join my team as a computer scientist / computational social scientist working on LLMs, social media, and politics. We offer freedom, impact, and an inspiring environment at one of Europe's leading universities. 🔗 werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — PhD Position on Improving Social Media Using Large Language Models
The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) at the University of Amsterdam is inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position in the NWO VIDI project "Improving Social Media Using L...
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Nederland laat Palestijnen bewust verhongeren. Dat is geen hyperbool, het is de realiteit. Als staat heeft Nederland zowel een juridische als morele plicht om het internationaal humanitair recht te handhaven. Niets doen, is kiezen. Niets doen, is medeplichtig zijn.
I thoroughly enjoyed "Long Live Queer Nightlife" by @aminghaziani.bsky.social and learned a lot (including that sociology suffers from a "joy deficit"). Unfortunately, I can't attend this lecture. But if you are in Amsterdam, you can, and you should.
📢 Ben of ken jij iemand die het @scponderzoek.bsky.social kan versterken? En draag jij straks bij aan het bepalen van onze inhoudelijke koers? Wij zoeken een programmaleider Sociale Samenhang. Leuke collega’s, belangrijk en mooi onderzoek én gegarandeerd impact! Deadline 21 mei tinyurl.com/2me6f676
De Rijksoverheid zoekt: Programmaleider Sociale Samenhang
Programmaleider Sociale Samenhang in Den Haag voor 36 uur bij Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau
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Housing as a driver of inequality On June 4 (4pm), Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies (AMCIS) & Centre for Urban Studies (CUS) present a seminar this topic with profs Rebecca Bentley (Melbourne) & Susan Smith (Cambridge). Join us! Info and registration here: amcis.uva.nl/content/even...
Housing as a driver of inequality - AMCIS
Join our seminar to explore how housing drives health and economic inequality, with insights from global experts Rebecca Bentley and Susan Smith.
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Op Bevrijdingsdag maakt Israël bekend wat allang te voorzien was: het voornemen om heel Gaza te bezetten. Geen rode lijn voor de Nederlandse regering. Hier is vooral ophef over protesten die ‘onze’ feestvreugde zouden verstoren.
Has inequality grown or declined in cities of the Global South? Together with Frederico R. Ramos, I tried to answer this question. Using a sample of 59 cities across three continents, we examined inequalities in labor markets, education, and living standards: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Has inequality grown or declined in global south Cities? Trends in occupational structure, education, and living standards
Urban inequality is widely debated but few studies examine developments over time and across cities. In this contribution, we develop a novel approach…
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Why does everything suddenly feel so unsettled? The economy, technology, geopolitics—everything seems to change It's more than a vibe shift. It's epistemic. In our new book, @uitermark.bsky.social and I explore this shift— and argue we're entering Digital Modernity 🧵 www.seeinglikeaplatform.com
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On the rise of a digital modernity
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On Wednesday, 16 April, at 17:00 I am delighted to co-organize a presentation with Justus Uitermark @uitermark.bsky.social about his and Petter Törnberg's new book Seeing Like a Platform at @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social. Please register here: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...
Seeing Like a Platform. An Inquiry into the Condition of Digital Modernity
The proposition at the heart of the book “Seeing Like a Platform” by Petter Törnberg and Justus Uitermark is that the digital era into which we are entering signifies the rise of a new epistemology of...
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Looking forward to our AMCIS Kick-Off event on 10 April - join us in Amsterdam for a discussion on wealth and class inequality with @norawaitkus.bsky.social and @mikesavagelse.bsky.social @aissr.bsky.social
'Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.' H.G. Wells #doeheniet @woinactie.bsky.social
Great article by @pettertornberg.bsky.social on how investors in Rio boost the online visibility of their establishments. The Instagrammable props, such as neon letters and graffiti, are merely the most striking expressions of a profound reshaping of places journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Social Media Imaginaries and the City: How the Attention Economy Is Reshaping Urban Built Environments - Petter Törnberg, 2025
Social media are becoming a growing presence in our cities, filtering our experience of urban place and enabling locations to “go viral.” This article examines ...
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Co-organizing this Winter Institute with dream team Sarah El Kazzaz, Rafeef Ziadah, Azadeh Mashayekhi & Noura Wahby. Pls consider applying if eligible and kindly share. beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/2...
Beirut Urban Lab - Call for Applications: Winter Institute on “Urban, Ecological and Infr
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Luistertip! De nieuwe podcast van Roanne van Voorst en Michiel Baas "The Etic", over het begrijpen van de rare gedragingen van onszelf en de medemens. En dan vooral de episode 1, Je hele leven op Insta zetten. Want daar kom ik ook even aan het woord over de betekenis van Instagram voor jonge mensen.
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Podcast · Roanne van Voorst en Michiel Baas · Waarom doen mensen dat? Haatberichten schrijven op sociale media; zoveel aan hun lichaam laten veranderen dat ze steeds meer op buitenaardse wezens lijke...
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A fascinating study by Sheng Zou on wanghong urbanism, revealing the speculative investments and creative work behind the online prominence of places: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Pleased to accounce that @ruha9.bsky.social will deliver the upcoming AISSR lecture: "Race to the Future? Reimagining the default settings of technology & society". On March 21, in Amsterdam. Abstract and registration: aissr.uva.nl/content/even...
Race to the Future? Reimagining the Default Settings of Technology & Society - AISSR
On Friday 21 March, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) is honored to welcome Professor Ruha Benjamin for her AI...
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The Department of Sociology at Koç University seeks to recruit an Assistant Professor with expertise in quantitative methods and computational social science: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29478
Koç University, Sociology
Job #AJO29478, Full-time assistant professor faculty position in Sociology, Sociology, Koç University, Istanbul, Istanbul, TR
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🚨🚨🚨 We are hiring a professor in political geography. Professorship is within geography department. Spread and apply: nl.jobs.zeit.de/lnk/BAAABqZ_...
Professorship (W3) in Political Geography - Universität Münster
Universität Münster bietet Stelle als Professorship (W3) in Political Geography in Münster - jetzt bewerben!
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I just discovered video essayist Elliot Sang through this video on Third Places: www.youtube.com/@elliotsange... Careful and passionate exploration of a sociological concept--really brings it to life. Good to see this kind of social science on YouTube.
Elliot Sang
written and produced by elliot sang, nellie karengo, and danae o
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This piece on Tesla's "stock momentum" by Tobias Klinge, @reijer.bsky.social and @econgeo.bsky.social couldn't be more timely. Provides insight into the financial and discursive underpinnings of Musk's power. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Capitalising on conjunctures: Tesla’s ups and downs in financialised capitalism | Finance and Society | Cambridge Core
Capitalising on conjunctures: Tesla’s ups and downs in financialised capitalism
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Are you thinking through questions about authoritarianism & AI? Do you like geographers? If so, please consider this session on ‘Authoritarianism and the Geographies of AI’ by @casey-lynch.bsky.social & @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social & myself which we are hoping to get up at this year’s RGS-IBG.
Casey Lynch@casey-lynch.bsky.social · 2y ago@sophiamaalsen.bsky.social @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social and I are hoping to organize a session on the theme of 'Authoritarianism and the Geographies of AI' at this year's RGS-IBG (26-29 August 2025, Birmingham, UK). Please consider submitting! #geography #rgs
The number 1 question students ask when I teach Randall Collins' Interaction Ritual Chains (2004) is how digital communication figures into his theory. Is "bodily co-presence" still essential? Fortunately, he recently gave an interview on just this question: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The future of interaction rituals: an interview with Randall Collins - Theory and Society
This interview with Randall Collins explores the role of interaction rituals (IR) in our increasingly digital world. For Collins, IR is a micro-sociological mechanism that provides both the glue that ...
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