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Johannes Breuer
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Professor of Digital Social Science @unidue.bsky.social and head of the team Research Data & Methods @cais-research.bsky.social

Interested in digital traces | computational social science | reproducibility | open science | #rstats

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Timo B. Roettger @timoroettger.bsky.social · 10h
In our new tutorial, @meanwhileina.bsky.social and I walk you through meaningful hypothesis testing using a less known form of calculating Bayes Factor.

osf.io/preprints/ps...

People transitioning to Bayes often wonder how to decide if an effect is meaningful or not. Here you go... 1/🧵

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Johannes Breuer @johannesbreuer.com · 13h
TIL today: Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind and Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demis_H...) also developed the game "Theme Park" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_P..., which I spent countless hours on in my youth🤯
Theme Park (video game) - Wikipedia
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twin4dem.bsky.social @twin4dem.bsky.social · 14h
TWIN4DEM introduces its Advisory Board, composed of leading experts in computational social science, democracy research, and digital ethics. The Board will provide strategic guidance and independent advice throughout the project’s implementation.

You can find more here: lnkd.in/dJDKFNsX

Reposted by Flávio Azevedo, Patrick S. Forscher, Johannes Breuer

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Tom Hardwicke @tomhardwicke.bsky.social · 1d
Job opportunity — Junior Professorship in Psychological Metascience @zpid.bsky.social leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/job/10kku5n7 h/t @bethclarke.bsky.social

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Johannes Breuer @johannesbreuer.com · 1d
Our survey on research practices in Computational Communication Science is still open for participation!
#CommSky
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Within our @meta-rep.bsky.social project on research practices in Computational Communication Science (CCS), we are conducting a survey among CCS researchers. We would be grateful if you could participate (takes 10 to 15 minutes) and/or share the link: www.soscisurvey.de/AutoFrontCCS/
#CommSky
Questionnaire | page 1
www.soscisurvey.de

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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 1d
Working in theory/data-driven social science/methods for computational social science?

The second Italian Conference on Computational Social Science is coming: follow @cs2italy.bsky.social for updates and visit our website cs2italy.org for details.

🚨 Abstract submission deadline: January 15, 2026

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Silke Fürst @sfuerst.bsky.social · 4d
We’re excited to host the panel “Data, Archive & Tool Demos: Open Research Infrastructures and Resources for Communication and Media Studies” at the 2026 DGPuK conference in Dortmund!

📝Submit your 200–300 word abstract by 19 January 2026
osf.io/8u6gw

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Johannes Breuer @johannesbreuer.com · 4d
Really neat! 🎄 But Lindenthaler Winterdorf seems to be missing (Weihnachtsmärkte in den Kölner Stadtteilen 2025 share.google/Mox5qQiCeTHq...)
Weihnachtsmärkte in den Kölner Stadtteilen 2025
In Köln gibt es viele kleine Weihnachtsmärkte in den Veedeln. Wir sagen Dir, wo sich Einheimische und Nachbarn zum Glühwein in Adventsstimmung treffen.
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Ansgar Wolsing @ansgarw.bsky.social · 5d
Christmas markets in Cologne in 2025

Each Christmas tree 🎄 shows the location of one of the 9 Christmas markets. I created a Christmas tree flat icon as an SVG and imported it into mapbox.com Studio. Finally, I discovered the particle-based snow setting. ❄

#30DayMapChallenge Day 21: Icons

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Johannes Breuer @johannesbreuer.com · 7d
We Germans (of course) have a word for this: "Dauerbaustelle" ;-)

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Sean Westwood @seanjwestwood.bsky.social · 8d
AI presents a fundamental threat to our ability to use polls to assess public opinion. Bad actors who are able to infiltrate panels can flip close election polls for less than the cost of a Starbucks coffee. Models will also infer and confirm hypotheses in experiments. Current quality checks fail

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Josh McCrain @joshmccrain.bsky.social · 8d
new paper by Sean Westwood:

With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research

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Johannes Breuer @johannesbreuer.com · 8d
Submissions (abstracts, 200-300 words) are possible in English and German and need to be submitted by January 19th, 2026

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Johannes Breuer @johannesbreuer.com · 8d
For the conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), @strippel.bsky.social, @sfuerst.bsky.social, @dimitriprandner.bsky.social, @schwarz3n3gg3r.bsky.social, Erik Koenen, and I are organizing a panel on "Open Research Infrastructures and Resources". CfP: osf.io/ch76u/files/...
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Johannes Breuer @johannesbreuer.com · 8d
Within our @meta-rep.bsky.social project on research practices in Computational Communication Science (CCS), we are conducting a survey among CCS researchers. We would be grateful if you could participate (takes 10 to 15 minutes) and/or share the link: www.soscisurvey.de/AutoFrontCCS/
#CommSky
Questionnaire | page 1
www.soscisurvey.de

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Center for Advanced Internet Studies @cais-research.bsky.social · 8d
It’s time for another CAIS #LunchtimeTalk!
Prof. Dr Cristian Mateos Diaz & Prof. Dr Matías Hirsch speak about "Connecting the Dots: Harnessing Edge AI to Address the Demographic Transition" on 19 Nov, 1:30 PM. Send an email to [email protected] for access.
www.cais-research.de/en/event/lun...
Visual with the text: "Lunchtime Talk: Connecting the Dots: Harnessing Edge AI to Address the Demographic Transition" and "With Prof. Dr Cristian Mateos Diaz & Prof. Dr Matías Hirsch, National University of Central Buenos Aires Nov 19, 2025 | 1:30 PM | at CAIS & virtually"

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Azade Kakavand (she/her) @azadekakavand.bsky.social · 9d
📣 Das Social Media Observatory am @bredowinstitut.bsky.social und @fgz-risc.bsky.social lädt zum TikTok Starter Workshop ein!

🗓 Wann? 2.12. 13:00 - 3.12. 14:00 Uhr
🌐 Wo? Online (Zoom)
👨‍💻 mit @boesch.bsky.social, @julianhohner.bsky.social & @lionw.bsky.social

Infos 👉 leibniz-hbi.de/hbi-events/t...
TikTok Starter Workshop
Das Social Media Observatory (SMO) des Hamburger Standorts des Forschungsinstituts Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt (FGZ) veranstaltet einen Starter Workshop zum Thema TikTok. Der Workshop findet onlin...
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Roland Toth @tothrol.bsky.social · 9d
🚨 Preprint alert: Do 1) smartphone event log data access and 2) the Experience Sampling Method cause reactivity effects in studies? @dougaparry.bsky.social, @klingelhoefer.bsky.social, and I investigated this very question using data from 815 German Android users.

doi.org/10.31235/osf...
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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · 11d
Was für Post Apocalyptic, das is legit jede zweite deutsche uni zwischen november und mai

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Dan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · 12d
Our paper on improving statistical reporting in psychology is now online 🎉

As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices

www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Transparent and comprehensive statistical reporting is critical for ensuring the credibility, reproducibility, and interpretability of psychological research. This paper offers a structured set of guidelines for reporting statistical analyses in quantitative psychology, emphasizing clarity at both the planning and results stages. Drawing on established recommendations and emerging best practices, we outline key decisions related to hypothesis formulation, sample size justification, preregistration, outlier and missing data handling, statistical model specification, and the interpretation of inferential outcomes. We address considerations across frequentist and Bayesian frameworks and fixed as well as sequential research designs, including guidance on effect size reporting, equivalence testing, and the appropriate treatment of null results. To facilitate implementation of these recommendations, we provide the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology (TSRP) Checklist that researchers can use to systematically evaluate and improve their statistical reporting practices (https://osf.io/t2zpq/). In addition, we provide a curated list of freely available tools, packages, and functions that researchers can use to implement transparent reporting practices in their own analyses to bridge the gap between theory and practice. To illustrate the practical application of these principles, we provide a side-by-side comparison of insufficient versus best-practice reporting using a hypothetical cognitive psychology study. By adopting transparent reporting standards, researchers can improve the robustness of individual studies and facilitate cumulative scientific progress through more reliable meta-analyses and research syntheses.

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Sabine Trepte @sabinetrepte.bsky.social · 13d
Does anyone know a good, step-by-step introduction to Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling? I’m looking for easy intros, YouTube videos or other resources beyond the classic textbook style for my Master’s-level students. Thanks! 😊 #SEM #multilevel #statistics #ICA @dgpuk-meth.bsky.social

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Cursor @cursortue.bsky.social · 13d
TU/e has gained a new research centre: META/e. Daniël Lakens and Krist Vaesen were among the founders of this knowledge hub for metascience—research aimed at improving the practice of science itself. “We want to be a home for every researcher who occasionally wonders: what are we even doing?”
Knowledge centre META/e: home for those improving science
TU/e has gained a new research centre: META/e. Daniël Lakens and Krist Vaesen were among the founders of this knowledge hub for metascience—research aimed at improving the practice of science itself. ...
www.cursor.tue.nl

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Center for Advanced Internet Studies @cais-research.bsky.social · 13d
#OpenPosition #Professorship #DigitalTransformation
🚀 TU Dortmund & CAIS invite applications for a Professorship “Digital Transformation in Work & Society” (W2/W1 Tenure Track)
🔗 More information here: www.cais-research.de/en/stellenan...
📅 Apply by 24 Dec 2025

@tu-dortmund.de
Visual with the text: Apply now: Professorship “Digital Transformation in Work and Society” Open Rank W2 tenured or W1 with W2 tenure track And the note that the deadline ends on December 24, 2025

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 13d
#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #CSS
Work at GESIS and benefit from many advantages.
youtu.be/YnPMagm0GWE

Apply now for a job as #PostDoc / #SeniorResearcher in Computational Social Science

(13 TV-L, working time 100 %, initially limited for 4 ys. with possible tenure)
www.gesis.org/en/ins...
Working at GESIS
Benefit from many advantages! We provide attractive workplaces in Cologne or Mannheim and offer you generous home office arrangements. We attach great importance to work-life balance and our employees benefit from our company health management program. Get more information: https://www.gesis.org/
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Paolo Crosetto @paolocrosetto.bsky.social · 14d
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.

It's *scientific publishing*.

We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.

Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...

Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇

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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 15d
#reproducibilitea in the HumaniTeas is is proud to present its fourth season with an exciting programme of guest speakers and topics ranging from reproducible pipelines to data sharing, research integrity in the context of #genai and participant consent! 🌟 […]

[Original post on fediscience.org]
ReproducibiliTea in the HumaniTeas with an image of a glass teapot and a cup of tea Come and discuss Open Science practices over a cup of tea and biscuits! Thursdays 4:00-5.30 p.m. Room 4.006, USB and via Zoom Full schedule and mailing list available at the link given in the post

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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 15d
TOMORROW! R+AI 2025 goes live!

Highlights:
• Joe Cheng (Posit): Keeping LLMs in Their Lane
• Oracle ML: RAG from your DB (Hornick & LaMonica)
• Troy Hernandez: Stable Diffusion in R
• Many, many more!

Nov 12–13. See the full program and register: rconsortium.github.io/RplusAI_webs...

#rstats #AI
Screenshot showing speakers from the upcoming R+AI event - View of many headshots

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Katrin Auspurg @kauspurg.bsky.social · 15d
Billions of regressions ≠ robustness.

My new PNAS Letter shows how unjustified models can drown out justified ones — and why thoughtful model selection matters👇
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Alicia Gilbert @aliciagilbert.bsky.social · 15d
📬 Pub alert

Do effects of digital disconnection interventions translate to well-being benefits in *daily life*?

Our new ESM study concludes: yes but no... kinda 👽🔋
@klingelhoefer.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social

Out now in Communication Research
doi.org/10.1177/0093...
A screenshot of the article title "Disconnect to Recharge: Well-Being Benefits of Digital Disconnection in Daily Life" and the abstract.

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Gabriella Lapesa @gabriellalapesa.bsky.social · 15d
Join our CSS department @gesis.org! Postdoc/senior researcher position, tenure track! All info at: www.gesis.org/institut/kar...
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