Good news! We’re planning another session of our workshop #ClusterComputing for #SocialScientists with #rstats which is not yet full!

22 november, sign up here: https://www.surf.nl/en/agenda/cluster-computing-for-social-scientists-with-r

A licence for environmental and social harm?
What Is the 'Social Licence to Operate' for corporations? Pt 2

"In the face of substantial political critique in response to the unremitting violence initiated by extractivism, corporate entities have frequently called upon researchers, consultants and scientists to provide changing imaginaries and material frameworks through which extractivism can be conceived of in ways perceived as more banal, friendly and sympathetic to community needs. This has occurred even as such projects commit massive forms of ecological, environmental and social violence."
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A. Murrey, N. Jackson, M. Volonterio, 2023, 'Social Licence to Operate: The Role of an Idea in the Colonial Logics of Extractivism", Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol. 15, No. 1, 1 -18
https://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/mcs/article/view/8334/8154

What Is the 'Social Licence to Operate' for corporations? Pt 1
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/111356458269376201

#CorporateGovernance #SLO #SocialLicenceToOperate #ColonialLogics #consent #extractivism #EpistemicViolence #SocialScientists #trust #ethics #participation #governance #structures #practices #stakeholder #relationships #logging #mining #environment #protest #climate #biodiversity

A licence for environmental and social harm?
What Is the 'Social Licence to Operate' for corporations? Pt 1

The social licence to operate (SLO), or simply social licence, refers to the ongoing acceptance of a company or industry's standard business practices and operating procedures by its employees, stakeholders, and the general public.

When extractive projects come to your area, such as mining, logging, deforestation etc they command a social licence to operate. This ‘Social Licence to Operate' is a corporate risk management tool to obtain acceptance.

Consent-making mechanisms aim to get ‘community acceptance’ and foster community trust in gaining the social license to start or continue their extractive operations.

Corporate narratives seek to curtail anti-extractive dissent and community opposition. "SLO is ‘all about managing risk’ in order to avoid potential obstructions to extractive projects." Corporate representatives fear project disruptions.

Radical alternatives for liveable futures do not enter into the 'negotiations'. The mantra of 'jobs' and the hippocket interests generate ‘community acceptance’ to take a part in the usually ecologically damaging operations. Dissenting voices are met with violence and/or criminalisation.
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What Is the 'Social Licence to Operate' for corporations? Pt 2
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/111356460829387374

#CorporateGovernance #SLO #SocialLicenceToOperate #ColonialLogics #consent #extractivism #EpistemicViolence #SocialScientists #trust #ethics #participation #governance #structures #practices #stakeholder #relationships #logging #mining #environment #protest #climate #biodiversity

Sorry for my time off, #mastodonians! Been traveling.

Got a poll: which of the below resonate(s) with you as a rich concept to understand popular ideas? (Non- #socialscientists welcome to take the poll too.)

Feel free to reply and explain why! Thanks.

Asking for a friend who just joined Mastodon: Is there an instance with a lot of "snarky social scientists"? Srsly. Please boost so I can help my friend get off the big instance she joined and get with her rightful people. #SocialScientists #SocialScience #Snarky If you reply to this please be sure to tag @ElizabethCahn

“Like the contemporary attackers of critical race theory, McCarthyites linked structural accounts of racism to Marxism. McCarthyism suppressed the work of scholars who connected #racialInequality to policy, political economics, and the law, while #socialScientists who wanted to remain in the mainstream adopted an apolitical, seemingly objective stance.”
@victorerikray in @thenation

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/ron-desantis-florida-education-racism/

Question for the #geographers #environmentalscientists and #socialscientists out there. Does anyone know of any research on whether the commodification of ecosystem services has further separated humans from nature?

Hi #socialscientists 👋 I finally made it to Mastodon

Hello! Would greatly appreciate advice on instances that would be friendly to #heterodoxecon #feminist #economists, #activists, and other #progressive #socialscientists. #JELCodeB54

#labor #development #womensrights #macro #micro #households

The #federal Office of #Evaluation Sciences at GSA is accepting applications for their annual #fellowship, which involves #PhD-level #SocialScientists working with federal partners to design/implement/analyze large-scale interventions.

The deadline is January 11, and the positions are #remote.

See https://oes.gsa.gov/opps/ for more details.

#SocialScience #PublicPolicy #PoliSci #EconTwitter #Psychology #Sociology #Sociodon #SocialPolicy #Eval #Hiring #AppliedEcon #PublicAdmin

The internet is enabling scientists to understand how ‘collective memory’ works.
| (The Independent)

The #internet has brought change to almost everything in our lives. In fact, it has even changed the way #science is being done. #SocialScientists are increasingly using online data to study our individual or collective behaviour on a scale and with an accuracy normally only seen in the natural sciences.

#sociology @sociology #memory #CollectiveMemory

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/the-internet-is-enabling-scientists-to-understand-how-collective-memory-works-a7712756.html

🏆📢The WZB calls for nominations for the #ASKSocialScience Award 2023. Two new and additional awards will be presented to younger #socialscientists on the Postdoc, Assistant Professor, or Junior Professor level. #AcademicTwitter
▶️ http://wzb.eu/a.sk2023

@conradhackett That is an odd #statistic, and profoundly #interesting. Should give a lot of #socialscientists fodder for #discussion.

Given the absence of QT's over here (an intentional design choice), I am finding referrals to good follows even more valuable

#followfriday as it were, with some folks who toot regularly

May I recommend:

Some generally interesting #SocialScientists:

@dynarski
@jessicacalarco
@hauschildt

Some #Biology-nerds / #ClinicalGiants in #ICU medicine:

@jopo_dr
@Charlotte_Summers

Clinically / #PublicHealth oriented:
@DrTomori
@Iemcelroy

Enjoy!

Are there any other #marine #socialscientists on Mastodon involved in #research or practice about the human dimensions of #oceans & #coasts?

Keen to connect here to learn and discuss all things #blue! My research and practical work is focused on #smallscalefisheries, #governance, #power, #socialequity & #bluejustice in the #Philippines, #Tanzania and beyond! 🌊👥🐟🎣

#marsocsci #envsocsci #consocsci #politicalecology #geography #socialsciences

Cross-posting from Twitter:

Hello #linguists and other #socialScientists outside academia! I am collecting as many diverse #AltAc jobs as I can find. Please share yours incl title and a short description.

Bonus if you have a representative job ad. Extra bonus for any other titles you can think of.

Context: I am teaching a Careers for Linguists workshop, and creating detailed course notes that I plan to share with the ling community later.

My current collection: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mswjKJrL7xijS86bqLVxBLF5_KNAyTdo0UWp7TyRE80/edit#