Social Science Weblogs

Weblogs

A blog can be anything you want it to be: an online diary, a commentary on news events, or a chat room for your friends. It can also be a medium for social scientists to communicate with collegues, and to share their insights and uncertainties with a broader public. Additions are highly apperiated.

• Anthropology News - American Anthropological Association (AAA)

• Anthropology in the News - Texas A&M University, USA.

• At Wisc Dot Edu
  These rabble-rousers will tell it like it is to you, to sociology, and to the rest of the world.

• blog.org - David Brake (UK)
  Daily updates on the internet and its social and public policy implications useful websites, political/cultural musings.

• blogresearch - Jill Walker / Joi Ito / Alex Halavais
  A shared space for discussion on blog research.

• Bridges, Jennifer L. (Random Rants and Ravings) - University of Texas, USA

• Communication and Information Technologies
  CITASA is a section of the American Sociological Association (ASA). It supports research, teaching and other professional activities related tot the social aspects of computing, the internet, new media, computer networks, and other communication and information technologies.

• Coulmont, Baptiste - University of Paris 8, Vincennes (Saint-Denis)

• Crooked Timber

• Deflem, Mathieu - University of South Carolina, USA
  A sociology blog with musings on the discipline and profession of sociology. The objectives of this blog are entirely educational and scholarly.

• Dinekes' Anthropological Blog

• Ethno::log
  News on ethnology, social and cultural anthropology and cyberanthropology. Editors: staf of the Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikanistik in München, Germany.

• Etzioni, Amitai - George Washington University, USA
  Personal and communitarian reflections of a grand master of sociology.

• EurekAlert
  The first site for scientific news since 1996, including a section for the social sciences. Published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

• Gelman, Andrew (Statistical Modelling, Causal Inference, and Social Science) - Columbia University, USA

• Godechot, Olivier - France

• Gauchat, Gordon (Logic, Sociology, and Pragmatism) - Princeton, USA

• Hargittai, Esther - Princeton, USA
  Thoughts and comments about sociology, internet, academia, teaching, research, books and movies to current events, and some funny stuff.

• Healy, Kieran - University of Arizona, USA
  Social commentary from a sociologist.

• Human Rights - American Anthropological Association (AAA)

• INCITE (UK)
  An incubator for critical inquiry into technology and ethnography, based at the University of Surrey. Researchers report on methodological and theoretical matters, and discuss their various research projects as they progress. Director: Nina Wakeford.

• Iran Sociology
  Sociological analyses of socio-cultural and developmental problems of Iran. The author chastises the -increasing- lack of respect for basic human rights in Iran. "The Iranian authorities have systematically suppressed freedom of expression and opinion since April 2000."

• King, Brayden (USA)
  A PhD student in the department of sociology at the University of Arizona (USA).

• Larson, Jeff (Dried Sage) - Tucson, Arizona, USA

• Lena, Jennifer (Rumpus) - Vanderbilt University, USA

• Linaa, Jakob - Denmark
  A research diary and general thoughts about internet, democracy, society, and ...

• Luster, Jonas M.
  We share his love for Frankfurt, and for the SocioSite.

• Mass Communication? - Kaye Trammel (USA)
  Contributions on mass communication, political communication and computer-mediated communication.

• Media @ LSE
  A group weblog on media of the Department of Media & Communications at the London School of Economics.

• Networks, Complexity, and Relatedness - Patti Anklam
  An inquiry into social networks and social relationships among people in complex organizations.

• Not Your Typical Sociologist - Bob Torres (Lawrence University, USA)
  The thoughts of a middle-aged, post-modern, anglo, married with children, male, recovering-Catholic with Jesus-Hindu-Buddhist-Humanist tendencies, critical-applied-bevarioral sociologist.

• Peoples and Cultures - Michael S. Alvard (University of New Mexico, USA)
  The autor is interested in the margins of sociological and anthropological sciences. Human behavior is elicitated by evolutiony theories.

• PhDweblogs - António Granado (Portugal)
  An attempt to bring together all the weblogs of PhD students from around the world.

• Prairie Sociology (University of Illinois, USA)
  This Weblog is hosted by 19 grad and faculty sociologists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to discuss public sociologies, public affairs, and publics more generally.

• Procfreak
  Expect lots óf sociology, political commentary, and frenetic ramblings instigated by current dissertation-finishing, cross-country-moving, and first-real-job-pressure.

• PsyRel - Michael Nielson (Georgia Southern University, USA)
  Research, news and commentary on the social-psychological study of religion.

• Public Affairs - American Anthropological Association (AAA)

• Purse Lip Square Jaw - Anne Golloway (University of Carleton, Ottawa, Canada)
  A PhD research in the sociology of virtual spaces: social and cultural theory, mobile technologies, desing and other things that catches her interest. This may be the importance of forgetting, the international fashion machines, or the design of hackability.

• Sabbatical Musings - Paul Resnick (School of Information, University of Michigan, USA)

• scatterplot
  A cooperative blog with contributions from Jessica Colet (Notre Dame), Tina Fetner (McMaster), Jeremy Freese (Northwestern), Shamus Khan (Columbia), Dan Myers (Notre Dame), Andrew Perrin (North Carolina), and Sara Shostak (Brandeis).

• schussman.com - Alan Schussmann
  Talks about his academic work (a PhD in sociology), politics, and life in the desert.

• Science Blog
  Started in August 2002 by Ben Sullivan. It is published by a team of science editors, writers, and enthusiats. It encompasses subjects ranging from Computers and Electronics to Bioscience and Medicine. A good source for social scientist need to be informed about non-social phenomena.

• Shirky, Clay - Shirky.com
  Writings about the internet: economics & culture, meida & community, open source.

• Socio[B]logue

• Socioblogological Musings - Tom Volscho (University of Connecticut, USA)

• Sociology of Online Journals' Journal
  A community for those interested in the sociology of online journaling. Are online journals or "web logs" a microcosm of real life?

• SocioSphere - Mark Foster
  A webzine and blog of opinion journalism on the human condition. Understandign the sociosphere (or the world social system) is hard. You might find support on this socioblog. Offers editorials and articles, podcasts and webrings, news and comis.

• The Sociology Blog - Chad M. Gesser
  A sociology teacher at the Owensboro Community and Technical College writes primarily for his students, colleagues and friends, and for himself. The blog contains articles, research, and other information that highlight concepts in the field of sociology.

• Stone Court
  A two-person blog by Fred (law professor) and Mary (demographer).

• Sullivan, Rache E. - Long Island University, USA

• Torres, Bob - St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY USA
  Check out his work in progress, publications, teaching and teaching philosophy. His research interests include the cultural and structural aspects of political economy of the global agro-food system. He concentrates his studies on the socio-political implications of nanotechnology in food and agricultural production, and on the linkages between the oppression of animals and humans under caputalism.

• Total Drek
  Thoughts of a frustrated intellectual on sociology, gaming, sicence, politics, science fiction, religion, and whatever else strikes his fancy. Written by a graduate student at a sociology department somwhere in the USA.

• Uggen, Christopher - University of Minnesota, USA
  This blog does not inform you about his research, it only offers ill-informed opinions on music, running, and writing. There are, however, also some dirty posts on developments in sociology and crimimology. He has adopted a clear 'safe-left' political view: "neither too hot, nor too cold and within spitting distance of most of my colleagues".

• Uncommon Thought Journal
  Focuses on understanding the critical issues of our times. Topics include: politics, social policy, war, terrorism, 9/11, globalization, military, theats to democracy, legislation, corporatations, corporate power...

If you think your blog should be included on this listing, please don't hesitate to inform us.

Editor: dr. Albert Benschop Department of Sociology and Anthropology Social & Behavioral Sciences University of Amsterdam Created: August, 2000 Last modified: 03rd September, 2008