Incite hosts public programming, including workshops, lectures, and training sessions. Our programming is made possible and free to the public by the Paul F. Lazarsfeld endowment at Columbia University.
Through the Experimental Design Workshop, social scientists have the opportunity to workshop the design of an experiment they have not yet fielded. Graduate student and faculty presenters will receive specific, actionable feedback on that design from other workshop participants. The workshop is now co-ran by both Columbia University and New York University, with James Chu and Maria Abascal as faculty organizers. For inquiries about the Experimental Design Workshop Series, such as getting on the mailing list for future events or calls for presenters, please contact the graduate student coordinator Robin Hart (rih2118@columbia.edu) or James Chu (jyc2163@columbia.edu).
Funding support for the Experimental Design Workshop is provided by the Paul F. Lazarsfeld Lecture Series, administered by Incite, which features events and programming that embody and honor Lazarsfeld’s commitment to the improvement of methodological approaches that address concerns of vital cultural and social significance.
The Narrative Workshop at Incite assembles researchers across disciplines to discuss narrative from different theoretical and methodological perspectives.
In social science, ‘narrative’ has been theorized and operationalized in myriad ways to capture how (descriptions of) experiences unfold in time. This workshop aims to bring this landscape of narrative analysis into view. We hope that together participants will develop a richer vocabulary with which to describe and discuss different forms and features of narrative and a stronger sensibility regarding how different methods of narrative analysis might produce different kinds of insight about social life.
If you are interested in joining our mailing list/participating, please write to Amy Weissenbach and/or Dian Sheng.
Incite’s Oral History Master of Arts program hosts dozens of free workshops and events every year.
The Science, Knowledge, and Technology Workshop (SKAT) gathers social scientists interested in how knowledge is created, distributed, drawn upon, and collectively understood. The workshop brings together diverse theoretical perspective and methodological approaches to social studies. These include sociology of expertise, sociology of professions, organizational analysis, actor-network theory, medical sociology, and science studies, among other approaches.
The Sociology of Algorithms Workshop aims to bring together researchers who are interested in understanding the role that algorithms and algorithmic technologies play in public and private life. The workshop occurs in a number of formats, including formal research presentations, paper development sessions, and panel discussions featuring scholars and practitioners from around the world. We welcome participants of all disciplinary and methodological backgrounds.
Participants gather at the TrustWorkers PhotoVoice exhibit.