Calendar

SKAT/ Sociology of Algorithms Workshops
Fall 2026

September 14th (Zoom) – W Russell Neuman (New York University, Steinhardt School): Amazing, They All Lean Left: Analyzing the Political Temperaments of Current LLMs

September 21st – Teddy Zamborsky (Columbia University): In The Statehouse and In The Courtroom: The Multiple Faces of Death Penalty Expertise

September 28th – Tara Gonsalves & Theo Martien (Columbia University): Constituting a Representative Organization: WPATH and Transnational Transgender Medical Expertise

October 5th [Algorithms] – Rebecca Wexler (Columbia University Law School):  “Witness”: Compulsory Process at the Founding and its Consequences Today.

October 12th [Algorithms] (Zoom)Eunji Kim (University of Wisconsin, Madison): TBD

October 19th (Zoom) – Netta Avnoon, Shunit Agmon, & Plia Gillis (Western University): A Handmaid’s Tale: The Reproductive Bias in OB-GYN Science

October 26th [Algorithms] – TBD (Affiliation): TBD

November 9th – Pablo Bello (Duke University): What Do Rankings Do?

November 16th – Maud Yaïche, Elizaveta P. Sheremet, & Lena Gloeckler (Columbia University & Sciences Po): Who Acts in Sociology? Implicit Theories of Agency in Sociological Writing

November 23rd (Zoom) – Ulrike Lepont (Sciences Po): TBD

Nov 30th (Zoom) – Costantino Romeo (École Polytechnique): TBD

December 7th – David Scales (Weill Cornell Medicine): Cultural Humility or Homogeny? Examining the Cultural Valence for Different AI Models’ Clinical Recommendations

December 14th – Elias Brugidou (Sciences Po): A Sensitive War? Constructing and Countering the “Information Threat” in France and the United States