Maria Akchurin

Assistant Professor of Sociology @LoyolaChicago
Water politics in Chile and Argentina | Environmental inequality in Chicago

[Maria Akchurin @makchur]

I’m excited to share a new publication in @CiCoJournal on place-based organizing around water and sanitation infrastructures in Greater Buenos Aires. Short 🧵https://t.co/bbwHo5Sxbi

[Maria Akchurin @makchur]

@lauraacostag @UCSDSociology So happy to hear this, congrats, Laura!

[Maria Akchurin @makchur]

@GChouhy @i_schiappacasse gracias, Gabi!

[Maria Akchurin @makchur]

Thanks to our interviewees, editors, reviewers, and everyone who gave us feedback at the “Culture and Computation in Theory and Practice” @ASACulture panel, CIPR, and the Centro de Justicia Educacional @justiciaeduc

[Maria Akchurin @makchur]

How are algorithms imbued with different meanings by those who create and use them, and why does it matter? In @qualsoc with @GChouhy, we explore this question in the context of school admissions and market-based education policies in New Orleans. 🧵https://t.co/aK1UAChXYB

[Maria Akchurin @makchur]

Considering the diffusion of “economic styles of reasoning” across local public education bureaucracies, we reveal how school choice algorithms risk becoming imbued with incommensurable meanings about fairness and justice, compromising public trust and legitimacy.

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(Updated deadline: April 17, 2024)

[ILAS | Columbia University @ILASColumbia]

#Oportunidad ‼️🙌
@Columbia ILAS and @fundarpoliticas are pleased to announce that applications are open for the 2024-2025 Argentine Studies Visiting Fellowship program!
Learn more & apply here: https://t.co/Z5c6ocGGUT

[The Climate Museum @ClimateMuseum]

Call for applicants!

We are hiring a two-year, full-time Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Climate Humanities and Social Justice.

Spread the word to anyone who may be interested!

Our deepest gratitude to @MellonFdn for their support of our work.

https://t.co/lHlxz2tsAq

[Eduardo Gudynas @EGudynas]

Triunfo! En la Consulta Popular en Ecuador triunfó con un 59% de apoyo la opción para proteger al Yasuní en la Amazonia de Ecuador. No se permitirá la explotación petrolera. Un logro de @Yasunidos y todos sus apoyos. Un resultado impactante a escala mundial.

[Maria Akchurin @makchur]

@robinbartram1 @UChicagoCrown Yes would love that!

[Maria Akchurin @makchur]

@robinbartram1 @UChicagoCrown Congrats, Robin!! 🎉🎉🎉

[Maria Akchurin @makchur]

@katiejen5en Congrats, Katie! 🎉 Can't wait to read & assign this in my classes

[Maria Akchurin @makchur]

@VanessaD015 Congrats!! Do you happen to know of a resource that lists external grant opportunities to hire a developmental editor for book projects? Or are most opportunities like this internal to one's institution?

[Maria Akchurin @makchur]

(4/4) Thanks to everyone who participated in the study and gave feedback on earlier versions. Clear and specific editor's comments, and truly helpful reviewers who knew the subject matter well, made for a positive review process...something that doesn't always happen!

[Maria Akchurin @makchur]

I’m excited to share a new publication in @CiCoJournal on place-based organizing around water and sanitation infrastructures in Greater Buenos Aires. Short 🧵https://t.co/bbwHo5Sxbi

[Maria Akchurin @makchur]

(3/4) The study is historical, but it has broader implications, emphasizing how place matters and the value of approaching urban water issues like access, flooding, and pollution together rather than in isolation, esp in communities experiencing similar forms of cumulative impact