The archive of all our previous seminars
After every seminar, whether you were present or not, you want to come here! You will find all the information about each seminar below, including a fantastic blog. In this blog you will find highlights of the key points of the talks, useful resources for everyday PhD life and some food for thoughts from our biweekly conversations. Notice that the conversations had during our seminars are mostly unrelated to the research title of the talk. They are actually related to challenges in Academia and PhD life.
Moreover, if the speaker allows to record, the recording of the session is uploaded on Youtube, and available to access from our YouTube channel. Each blog is also posted on Twitter/X and Bluesky, and we encourage you to add your thoughts there!
Ever experienced a lack of motivation while doing research? Motivation can be a powerful ally in handling the pressures of academia. Amaury J. L. Diaz discussed this in the last NetPLACE seminar.
We welcomed Yuan Zhang from University of Zurich, who talked about selective exposure and echo chambers on social media.
How hard is it to do a PhD while working for a company ? Last Thursday at NetPLACE, we hosted Victor Brabant from Université Lyon 1, who shared his experience balancing a PhD with a corporate job.
In our last seminar we welcomed Ariadna Fosch (BIFI Institute/ Centai), who talked to us about the contributions of different types of palm oil plantations, industrial and smallholders, towards a selection of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
For our first seminar of the season, we hosted Andrea Russo (Sorbonne University and CNRS), who explored the intersection of digital sociology, ethnography, and AI, along with the challenges researchers face around data access and ethical considerations.