Hello,
We are excited to invite you to the workshop Generative AI as a method in
social sciences. We appreciate help in circulating the call with colleagues
working on the topic.
Workshop descriptions and questions
In this half-day hybrid workshop, we focus on exploring different ways of
generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and how it could be used as a
method in social scientific research, and what ethical and practical
considerations are implied.
We invite researchers working on the topic to submit an abstract (maximum 300
words) by May 13 to
miguel.gomezhernandez@monash.edu. The
notifications on acceptance will be sent out on May 27. The methodological
papers on the use of GenAI in research can present research ideas, ongoing
projects, or research findings.
In exploring the practical examples of methods and methodologies involving
GenAI we would expect the proposal to state a clear contribution, for example
by accounting for at least one of the following questions:
- How does the use of GenAI in research methods shift the ways we can
research and the qualities of the knowledge we can generate? What are the
benefits of this?
- What are the ethical considerations of engaging with GenAI as a research
method?
- How do we unpack what is and is not meaningful to understand in the
datasets and classifications when using GenAI as a research method?
- How should researchers address the political economies of the
construction of AI systems when using GenAI as a research method?
- How might the wider planetary consequences of using GenAI as a research
method frame our research practices and methods?
- How can critical researchers engage in decolonising GenAI systems when
using them as a method? How can we resist the hegemonic and often naturalised
narratives of the AI industry and provide alternatives that frame the use of
these technologies as a research method?
- How can GenAI be applied as a research method in research projects whose
objective is to generate a radical reimagining of AI's technological
development and role in society?
Workshopping dynamic:
We will have two sessions with presentations (10 minutes each) and 20 minutes
of Q&A. The second session is dedicated to online presenters. Please prepare
your presentations being mindful of the time and the readability of the
content. After an afternoon tea and coffee break, in our last session, we will
divide the participants in groups and ask them to agree on 3 key insights from
the previous presentations and prepare a short showcase arguing for them. This
group exercise will enable us to move forward planning future collaborations
and discussions.
Key information
Date: 27/6, 1.00 pm - 6 pm AEST
- Hybrid: online and in Melbourne (Australia)
- Location: Building 97, RMIT University, 106-108 Victoria St, Carlton VIC
3053
- CFP Deadline: May 13
- Notification of acceptance: May 27
If you have any questions, please contact
miguel.gomezhernandez@monash.edu
The workshop is organised in collaboration with Emerging Technologies Lab,
Monash node of ADM+S, and research project Imagining Sustainable Digital
Futures (Aalto University, Finland).
On behalf of the organising team,
Minna
Dr. Minna Vigren
Imagining Sustainable Digital Futures (Research Council of Finland postdoc
project)
Information Networks / Department of Computer Science (room A214)
Aalto University (Finland)
https://www.minnavigren.net
Ketonen-Oksi, S. & Vigren, M. (2024). Methods to imagine transformative
futures. An integrative literature review. Futures 157, article number 103341.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2024.103341
Vigren, M. (2024). Imagining alternative mediated futures: Critical
speculation as a method. In SAGE Research Methods: Diversifying and
Decolonising Research. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529692563
Ylipulli, J. & Vigren, M. (2023). From skilled users to critical citizens?
Imagining and future-making as part of digital citizenship. In D. Radovanovi
(ed.) Digital Literacy and Inclusion: Stories, Platforms, Communities
(pp.1531). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30808-6_2
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