Alexander Wilson

Alexander Wilson

PhD Candidate in Sociology, University of Toronto

I am a PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of Toronto. I study how new technologies interact with work, health, and social stratification.

My projects have dealt with how AI exposure shapes career transitions, how workers interpret automation as a threat to their livelihoods, and how workers defend their occupational identities from technological threat.

Before starting my PhD, I completed an Honours BA in Sociology at the University of British Columbia and an MA in Sociology at the University of Toronto.

I am currently the Project Director of the Work and Health Lab at the University of Toronto.

Projects

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Portfolio

Programming
PythonRStataSQL
Methods
Survey designLongitudinal modelsCausal inferenceText analysis
Visualization
ggplot2D3.jsmatplotlibseabornNetwork graphsUMAP / embeddingsInteractive figures
Research website design

I design and build research websites and interactive data tools. The lab's public site is one example.

workhealthlab.caInteractive dashboardsPublic-facing data tools
Certificates & training
Doctoral Data Science Certificate · UofT Data Science Institute
Datacamp: Data Science R BasicsLearning PythonData Science FoundationsData Cleaning in Python