Show threadTommi 🤯 @ DWeb CampJun 10

For the record, here are the other impulsive, spontaneous, unhinged research questions I came up with in 10 minutes of rapid brainstorming, last Wednesday.

  • How can decentralised, peer-to-peer, and encrypted communication protocols favour the development of autonomous and localised yet federated communities?
  • What concrete communication technologies can already be adopted to prepare for a post-climate collapse world?
  • How can practices of networking and collaboration benefit the re-population of rural areas?
  • What role did the neoliberal progression of tech oligopolies play in the de-politicisation of technology?
  • How can community-maintained infrastructure serve the needs of all the World’s population?

#researchQuestion #XPUB #XPUBthesis #thesis #socialCapital #networking #netwerking #Web #surfing #Internet #p2p

Tommi 🤯 @ DWeb CampJun 10

Research question prophecy

I am far from actually beginning my research for the thesis I will be writing at @xpub next year. Still, together with my class we are already exploring interests, ideas, and PMOMMs. A pattern should be emerging out of them, outlining our research focus.

Yesterday, as I was chatting with @barbs, I somehow came up with a research question that feels particularly close to me. I am publishing it here for posterity, because I am super curious about how this will evolve over time.

What is the relationship between in-person networking and Web surfing in accruing social capital?

I want to investigate how life crossovers relate with clicking links and surfing the Web. Then, how do the two contribute to growing a person’s (or a community’s) social capital, in the interpretation of the word specific to Bourdieu’s philosophy?

#researchQuestion #XPUB #XPUBthesis #thesis #socialCapital #networking #netwerking #Web #surfing #Internet

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Show threadUB BraunschweigApr 16
Are you currently working on an #academicpaper and have questions or concerns about the #writingprocess, or are you having trouble narrowing down your #topic, formulating your #researchquestion, or outlining your paper? Schedule a one-on-one #writingconsultation with us @ubbraunschweig 👉 https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/en/ub/courses-tours/ub4u
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xroSep 1, 2025

#researchquestion #wondering #straythought

Does Attractiveness e.g. the dating-experience of being sought after and having many options

Transfer to the #jobmarket?

Specifically in the fact that one might find it easier to quit and only then start looking for a new job?

Christophe BousquetFeb 7, 2024

Four #principles for improved #statistical #ecology

#OpenAccess
@MethodsEcolEvol

"(1) define a focussed #ResearchQuestion, then plan #sampling and #analysis to answer it; (2) develop a #model that accounts for the #distribution and #dependence of your #data; (3) emphasise #EffectSizes to replace #StatisticalSignificance with #EcologicalRelevance; and (4) report your #methods and #findings in sufficient detail so that your research is valid and #reproducible"

https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/2041-210X.14270

Sach WryMar 29, 2023

Global labor markets could be just as directly affected by what GPT-4, Bard, #LLM s cannot do - dexterous work with hands.

Here's a list of research questions and story ideas for budding economists and journalists, with some reflections on their import:

https://scotoma.substack.com/p/llms-and-blue-collar-jobs

#GPT4 #Bard #artificialintellegence #labormarket #BlueCollar #economicimpact #economics #researchQuestion #jobs #India #industrialPolicy #finance #morganstanley #jobprofile

Could GPT and Bard actually help blue-collar fortunes?

Global labor markets will be just as directly affected by what GPT-4, Bard and other LLMs cannot do.

Elite Scotoma