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A 6-Week Module for Living with Nonhuman Entities
In the summer of 2022, I led a small seminar at Tidelines Institute in Gustavus, Alaska, examining a question that has become urgent for...
Ryan Bince
Oct 34 min read


Teaching Grad Students to Navigate Tech Transformations & Geopolitical Uncertainty
I was repeatedly tapped at Northwestern University to help teach Strategy in the Global Economy to students earning their Master of...
Ryan Bince
Oct 34 min read


How I Trained Engineers in Public Speaking
When I first walked into Northwestern's School of Engineering to teach public speaking, I encountered what many corporate training...
Ryan Bince
Sep 223 min read


Infiltration and Security Culture Disrupt Digital Communities
Crowd-enabled organizations represent one of the most significant organizational innovations of the digital age. Without bylaws,...
Ryan Bince
Sep 224 min read


How Leadership Emerges in Crowds
Leading groups through high-pressure situations—whether organizational crises, major project launches, or rapid response...
Ryan Bince
Sep 224 min read


How to Track Social Influence at a Network Scale
For social technology companies working with governments to manage foreign ideological interference, understanding how sophisticated...
Ryan Bince
Sep 224 min read


COVID-19's Impact on Social Connection
When the pandemic forced society into a massive experiment with technologically mediated interaction, we told ourselves it was temporary....
Ryan Bince
Sep 224 min read


How Art Communities Can Stimulate Activism
Significant political movements don't emerge in isolation—they require cultural infrastructure that can sustain organizing efforts across...
Ryan Bince
Sep 223 min read


Ethnography that Serves Communities
Ethnographic research often extracts knowledge from communities without providing anything meaningful in return. In collaboration with my...
Ryan Bince
Sep 223 min read


How Infrastructure Affects Civic Engagement
Cities that want to foster robust civic participation need to think strategically about how their infrastructure shapes democratic...
Ryan Bince
Sep 224 min read


Rethinking Fake Profiles: A Framework for Authentic User Engagement in Digital Spaces
This project was partially inspired by the trend of creating Facebook pages for pets in the 2010s. On social media platforms that...
Ryan Bince
Sep 223 min read


History of Crowd Control in the United States
This dissertation project is currently in the editing phase. Publishing house acquisition assistants are welcome to use the contact form...
Ryan Bince
Jun 28, 20241 min read


Information Warfare, Networked Influence, and Digital Security
This project is currently under review with Argumentation and Advocacy as part of a special issue edited by Professor Jim Kuypers . Here...
Ryan Bince
Jun 28, 20241 min read
Sharing my Dissertation Research and Writing Journey
Welcome to my new place on the internet! I have already begun sharing information from my doctoral research and dissertation writing...
Ryan Bince
Jun 27, 20241 min read
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