Emma Vaast

Standing room only at “Towards a Craft of Computational Theory Construction” PDW. #aom2023 @sweetMals

My work with @emmavaast is part of the current issue of @INFORMS ISR: #Algorithmic Interactions in #OpenSource Work pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.128…

I collaborated on a podcast with Delve, the thought leadership platform of the McGill Desautels. In: Are Digital Tech Workers Coding Themselves Out of Existence? Alain Pinsonneault and I discuss our recent research. See: delve.mcgill.ca/listen/are-dig… @DelveMcGill @DesautelsMcGill

Thank you, @AnnaPriante and @RSMErasmus for the invitation! Truly enjoyed the exchanges!

Most of all, we are indebted to the authors for all their hard work. A big thank you to @emmavaast, @theinsightedge, @AnniinaRantakar, @greischauer, Leopold Ringel, @4ElizabethLingo, @DamlaDiriker, @porteraj & @PTuertscher. All articles: journals.sagepub.com/toc/ossa/44/1 4/4

@sweetMals Fall in Montreal is indeed glorious, but be careful what you wish for, Malmi: Winter is coming! 😀

@emmavaast Looking forward to the Fall 😍 Can’t wait to see the colourful Montreal!

Happy first day of Fall 2022 everyone! Let's make it a good one! @DesautelsMcGill @mcgillu #insy331

@Carollee208 @emmavaast and I are excited to present on: Can We Change the Climate? A Study of Issue Boundary Spanning and Digital Action Outcomes Monday 8th August at 4:30pm PDT/SCC: 615/Hybrid 2022.aom.org/meetings/virtu… #socialmedia #SocialMovement #AOM2022 @AOMConnect @AOM_OCIS

Thanks to the stellar team of Senior Editors, the Associate Editor @drlmaruping , and the constructive reviewers. Please contact @Open_Sourcing or me if you would like a copy! (4/4)

We find that algorithmic interactions manage, organize and supervise development work. Importantly, open source developers prefer to automate rather than augment their work. Also, often, developers augment the work of algorithms and not just the other way around. (3/4)

New paper out with the brilliant @Open_Sourcing, ISR @INFORMS: Algorithmic Interactions in Open Source Work pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/is… (1/4)

New ISR @INFORMS paper with @emmavaast on #Algorithmic Interactions in #OpenSource Work. pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/is…

@danielbeland @mcgillu @jtlevy @EstherBgin @MISCCAN @McGillPoliSci @McGillARTS Congratulations!

Happy to report I just won McGill’s 2022 Principal’s Prize for Public Engagement, Established Academics category. It's a pleasure to work with the @mcgillu media team. Thanks @jtlevy and @EstherBgin for your support. @MISCCAN @McGillPoliSci @McGillARTS mcgill.ca/newsroom/chann…

@sweetMals @DesautelsMcGill @McGillREPORTER @DelveMcGill Thank you, Malmi! 😊

@emmavaast @DesautelsMcGill @McGillREPORTER @DelveMcGill Just noticed the link…gonna check it out soon.

Excited to share this forthcoming ISR publication with Alain Pinsonneault. We argue that social media are not only technologies that enable people to do things but that they are also contexts in which people participate. pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.128… #socialmedia (1/4)

@enordbac @DesautelsMcGill @McGillREPORTER @DelveMcGill Thank you so much! And I look forward to being in touch with you moue student.

@emmavaast @DesautelsMcGill @McGillREPORTER @DelveMcGill What a fantastic piece, Emma! Congratulations to you both! I have a doctoral student working on a similar topic - will send it her way!

@HAEFLIGER Yes indeed! Social norms in different contexts can and do clash. Think of GitHub v the corporate context. We touch upon this a little in the paper, but there is plenty left to uncover.

@emmavaast I wonder to what extent these different contexts generate or imply engaging with different social practices leading to possible conflict or dissonance?

It relies upon the fascinating case of data scientists and identifies distinct tactics and strategies that they have developed to manage the social media polycontextuality of their work (4/4)

This polycontextuality brings opportunities for people (e.g., access to information, greater networks, jobs) but also challenges (overwhelmed much?). This paper then develops a grounded theory of how people deal with this. (3/4)