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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

I have to fan-girl for a minute here. My friend @rosvall-lab.bsky.social built an app to gather data on bird behavior during the 2024 solar eclipse. 10,000+ citizen scientists contributed (including my kids), and the resulting paper was published in Science today!

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Total solar eclipse triggers dawn behavior in birds: Insights from acoustic recordings and community science

On 8 April 2024, a total solar eclipse disrupted light-dark cycles for North American birds during the lead-up to spring reproduction. Compiling more than 10,000 community observations and artificial ...

www.science.org

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Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 1d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations, @akbaritabar.bsky.social on this well earned position! 🎉

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Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · Apr 11

The Academy of Sociology (Akademie für Soziologie, not on Bsky wut?) is offering a 1,500 Euro prize for the best #replication study in #sociology as25.sociology.uni-mainz.de #openscience 🧪

AS Conference 2025

as25.sociology.uni-mainz.de

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Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 3d

Fit 80s models

#sociology?

a man in a blue suit is dancing on a stage .

Alt: A group of Jazzercise athletes in sportswear laying it down one after another.

media.tenor.com

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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 3d

Junior and senior faculty positions in computational social scientists at Bocconi, one of the world's best universiites: Assistant Prof: jobmarket.unibocconi.eu?id=841
Associate/Full Prof: jobmarket.unibocconi.eu?id=843

Job Market - Bocconi University

Recruiting, Faculty, Post-doc Grant, Collaboration Contracts

jobmarket.unibocconi.eu

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Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 3d

I saw this and forgot for a second that Lord of the Weed was a uniquely German creation (afaik). Would be some music to share with your undergrads though youtu.be/nYLHYidyKA0?...

The Lord Of The Weed - Remastered in HD

YouTube video by Awesamarama

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Francesco Rampazzo @francescorampazzo.com · 4d

If you’re into population pyramids of intentions (+ other nice plots, + more), this one’s for you.
With K. Schwanitz, @vferraretto.bsky.social & @agnese-vitali.bsky.social, we explore how young Europeans plan adulthood using @ggp.bsky.social + @ess-survey.bsky.social data.
doi.org/10.12765/CPo...

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4d

quantitative methods, qualitative methods, mixed methods

Photo of a Kansas City Chiefs press conference with Andy Reid, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes. Reid is wearing a gray suit and red tie with a lapel pin. Kelce is wearing a camp-style short-sleeved shirt with a bird print, along with a suede cap, and Mahomes is wearing a white collared shirt, a pink checkered double-breasted vest, and a pale pink tie.

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Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 4d

I went all the way down to the bottom of this quote post thread and this takes the cake.

Also a neat illustration of mixed methods not just being quant + qual.

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Marc Keuschnigg @marckeuschnigg.bsky.social · 4d

Great reception for our work on online misinformation in Chile!
Thanks to my collaborators @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social & Jonas Stein

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Neal Caren @haphazardsoc.bsky.social · 14d

Carolina Sociology is hiring!

• Tenure-track in computational sociology or advanced quantitative methods
• Open rank in population health.

unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

Assistant Professor

This Assistant Professor position will teach graduate and undergraduate courses, conduct research in the field of Sociology, participate in departmental service, and mentor graduate students.

unc.peopleadmin.com

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Étienne Ollion @eollion.bsky.social · 17d

Come work with us @crestsociology.bsky.social

We are looking for a post-doc with a background in social sciences, interested in NLP and in media & journalism studies.

Details here: www.css.cnrs.fr/post-doctora...

Post-Doctoral Position – Media / Journalism – CSS @ IP-Paris

Site web de l'axe sciences sociales computationnelles du CREST-CNRS. Cours et tutoriels pour l'analyse des données numériques en sciences sociales.

www.css.cnrs.fr

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Laura K. Nelson @lauraknelson.bsky.social · Sep 8

📊The Sociology Department at Stony Brook University invites applications for *two* tenure-track Assistant Professor positions to begin in Fall 2026. [They] seek scholars who specialize in issues of global inequality and justice, broadly construed.

apply.interfolio.com/172669

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Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 4d

Did you ask for clarification about whether this invitation is for EiC of ASS or Ass Editor of ASS?

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Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 10d

One of the loudest bells tolling for social science right now is that the decade of abundant data on humans is coming to a close. Whether you work on digital trace or surveys, LLM pollution is a serious problem, even while the wide roll out of LLMs creates an urgent need for social science.

Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 10d

A lot of psych is already conducted with online convenience samples & ppl are probably excited about silicon samples bc it would allow them to crank out more studies for even less 💸

How about we reconsider the idea that sciencey science involves collecting own data.
www.science.org/content/arti...

AI-generated ‘participants’ can lead social science experiments astray, study finds

Data produced by “silicon samples” depends on researchers’ exact choice of models, prompts, and settings

www.science.org

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Sarah Brayne @sarahbrayne.bsky.social · 10d

Stanford Sociology is fortunate to have an open senior search this year! More info in the job announcement here: facultypositions.stanford.edu/cw/en-us/job...

Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Senior appointment in the Department of Sociology at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor

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Rene Almeling @ralmeling.bsky.social · 10d

Yale Sociology is hiring an associate or full professor in quantitative sociology. Come work with me! Applications open tomorrow. Details available here:

apply.interfolio.com/174709

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 12d

Help: I remember seeing a study here that debunked the common claim that US internal migration is falling over time. Anyone remember the reference?

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Boo!levard of Broken Memes @olizardo.bsky.social · 21d

Cardi is mystified by the (--+) Heider triad

Pussy real fat, probably got a double chin

First, that bitch hate me, then this bitch hate me

And somehow, they link up and they become friends (like, how?)

Bitch, pipe down (pipe down)

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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 22d

We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science ❗

📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Apply before 26 October to join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎

we're hiring assistant professor in computational social science, applications close 26/10/2025

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Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 22d

Best agent-based modelling textbook you've read? Preferably R and Python examples (or translated into these languages).

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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · Sep 10

📢NEW Vacancy📢

Assistant Professor in Sociology at @tcddublin.bsky.social

Specialising in quantitative sociology

⏰Deadline: 6 October

Maternity cover

MORE INFO:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP688/a...

APPLY HERE: www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/

Assistant Professor in Sociology at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

An opportunity for an academic position as a Assistant Professor in Sociology is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Thomas Davidson @thomasdavidson.bsky.social · Aug 1

I’m delighted to share that the August 2025 special issue of Sociological Methods & Research on Generative AI is out now. Along with my co-editor, Daniel Karell, we put together this issue to build on the conference we organized last year.

Here's a thread on each of the ten papers:

A screenshot of the Sociological Methods & Research website showing the special issue title

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Kathleen Broussard @kbroussard.bsky.social · Sep 8

TWO new Assistant Professor positions in Sociology at USC! Seeking candidates with expertise in the following: 1) Institutions & Inequalities and 2) Socially Informed AI and/or Data Science (links to job ads below👇). Happy to talk about what it's like to work/live here! #sociology (1/3)

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