[Petit Fours #455] On integrity, seasonal crafts, and blue-collar work
Hi, everyone, and greetings from Umeå! Here’s what I’ve got for you this week: #1 Nordforsk has funded 17 new research projects to make the most of the...
[Petit Fours #454] On quantum, tech abuse, and doing things together
Hello from the first day of December! Boosted by the little glimmer of sunshine on the sky, here’s what I’ve got for you today: #1 I am energized after this...
[Petit Fours #453] On credibility, motherhood, and going slow
Hi from the final week of November! From the midst of workshops and paper revisions, here’s what I’ve got for you: #1 On Saturday this week, Juho Pääkkönen...
[Petit Fours #452] On research slop, incentives, and invisible colleges
Hi, all! From the beginning of the frosty season, here’s what I’ve got for you: #1 Judd Antin recently put out an excellent blogpost on ResearchSlop. It’s...
[Petit Fours #451] On deskilling, policy work, and good parties
Hi, all! Here’s what I’ve got for you this week: #1 I really enjoyed The Age of De-Skilling, an essay in The Atlantic by Kwame Anthony Appiah. “The most...
[Petit Fours #450] On non-fiction, over-hype, and the State of Talk
Hello from the first Monday of November! Here’s what I’ve got for you today: #1 Reminder: We have a call open for a Postdoctoral Scholarship on Autonomous...
[Petit Fours #449] On positionality, storytelling, and the accessibility paradox
Hi, everyone! I’m back in Stockholm, about to dive into the final week of teaching this semester. Here’s what I’ve got for you: #1 From the session I chaired...
[Petit Fours #448] On collaboration, normal technology, and the work to make robots work
Good morning from Bergen, Norway! I’m here this week for CSCW 2025. Before switching into full-on conference mode, here’s what I’ve got for you: #1 The...
[Petit Fours #447] On digital contraception, gender equality, and unintended consequences
Hi, everyone! Here’s what I’ve got for you this week: #1 CSCW 2025 in Bergen, Norway, is just a week away. Whether you are going or not, the conference...
[Petit Fours #446] On conversation, social exchange, and foraging
Hi, all! Launching into Q4/2025, here’s what I’ve got for you: #1 Our chapter on Social Exchange in the new Handbook of Social Psychology is now online. It...
[Petit Fours #445] On robots, cautionary tales, and de-biasing practices
Hi, all! Here’s what I’ve got for you today: #1 We recently got news that our national research group on Autonomous Systems and Robotics in Society got...
[Petit Fours #444] On participation, pushback, and boredom
Happy autumn equinox! Here’s what I’ve got for you today: #1 Political discussions on social media do not come across as the most hopeful thing to consider...
[Petit Fours #443] On public robots, judicial workflows, and thinking differently
Greetings from the other, better, side of my five-week back-to-work crunch! Starting today, I look forward to taking it a bit more easy and reading more...
[Petit Fours #442] On ethical tensions, revisions, and literary canons
Hi, all! Here’s what I’ve got for you today: #1 Happy things happening at our department: On October 9, 2025, Clàudia Figueras Julián will present her PhD...
[Petit Fours #441] On curiosity, critical affects, and AIxHealth
Hi, everyone! From the first week of the autumn semester, without further ado, here’s what I’ve got for you today: #1 Against Narcissistic-Sociopathic...
[Petit Fours #440] On found poetry, sociotechnical remantling, and utopian epistles
Hi, all! This week, I want to share a few selected highlights from the Aarhus decennial conference: #1 I finally managed to create an opportunity for...
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[Petit Fours #439] On imagination, (ir)relevance, and friction
Good morning from Aarhus, Denmark! I’m here all week for the sixth decennial conference. Here’s what I’ve got for you today: #1 Tomorrow, we will host a...
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[Petit Fours #438] On deadlines, polyester, and life
Hi, all! Reporting from the first day back at the office, it feels nice to settle back into everyday routines after almost six weeks on the road. Here’s what...
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[Petit Fours #437] On imagination, intimate technologies, and summer reading
Hi, everyone! Here comes the final Petit Fours before I log out for summer: #1 Our DIS 2025 pictorial Designing for Secondary Users of Intimate Technologies...
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[Petit Fours #436] On stereotypes, chatbots, and emotion work
Hi, all! Without further ado, here’s what I’ve got for you today: #1 Every now and then I get recommendations from readers. Here’s one I want to share...