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Kean Birch
@keanbirch.bsky.social
Ontario Research Chair in Science Policy

Obsessed with assets & assetization + into science & technology studies, political economy, economic sociology: https://keanbirch.net/
Upcoming event: I'll be giving a talk at the @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social in Berlin on 11 Dec 2025 @ 5.30pm - come along!

Title: "Do artefacts have political economy?"

www.weizenbaum-institut.de/veranstaltun...
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We've got a logo for the Society for the Social Study of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference to be held in Toronto in October 2026! Theme of "TechnoPower & Technoscientific Futures"
November 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"Track the asset out of containment" - Jurassic Park Lego
October 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Funnily enough, our #Assetization book is in the #AnthropicAI settlement list - go look yourself up too!

cc/ @provokedeconomy.bsky.social

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
October 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A fun foray into property through the ages
July 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Some pre-publicity for a piece I've got coming out in TheFutureEconomy.ca || "What if Generative AI Signals Decline and Stagnation, Not a Productivity Boost?”
February 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
#GCEG2025 Call for Papers

Callum Ward & I are organizing a panel for GCEG next year at Clark University (4-8 June) on " #Assetization as socio-spatial governance" #economicgeography #politicaleconomy

aag.secure-platform.com/gceg2025/sol...
December 5, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Lol - #assetization of URLs is back!
December 4, 2024 at 9:39 PM
November 28, 2024 at 4:47 PM
By the end of my chat, I had learned a lot about AI and the Vector Institute (sorry, maybe some more sarcasm there) 6/
November 18, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Then some more questions - it got much better as I went (again, maybe some sarcasm) 5/
November 18, 2024 at 7:14 PM
I had fun asking Vector Institute's chatbot some questions
4/
November 18, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Excited to welcome @bprainsack.bsky.social to York's Institute for Technoscience & Society virtual seminar series.
Barbara will talk about "Making AI Ethical: What is Data Solidarity & Why Do We Need It?" 10.30am EST via Zoom.
Details: www.yorku.ca/research/its...
#AIEthics #STS #Solidarity
October 23, 2024 at 6:36 PM
On Weds, we hosted the wonderful Koray Caliskan at Institute for Technoscience & Society's 1st seminar this academic year. Fantastic talk abt his book "Data Money", then workshop taking apart #Google's search engine (picture credit to Koray). More events to follow!

www.yorku.ca/research/its...
October 11, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Was at the @finandsoc.bsky.social Conference last month where I was very fortunate to have a great set of panellists discussing my book "Data Enclaves". A big thank you to everyone for engaging with it!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
October 2, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Come join the virtual launch of my book "Data Enclaves" w/ discussant Prof Koray Caliskan (New School, NY).

22 May 2024 @ 10:00-11:00am EDT via Zoom: yorku.zoom.us/j/9812172336...

You can find more information about Data Enclaves here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
May 10, 2024 at 12:19 PM