Lisa Oswald
@lfoswaldo.bsky.social
PostDoc online cognition & political behavior, MPIB Berlin | PhD political communication, Hertie School | Social Data Science, OII Oxford | psychologist
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Lisa Oswald
@lfoswaldo.bsky.social
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1/ Excited to share our new preprint “A Collective Field Experiment Disentangling Participation in Online Political Discussions” – osf.io/preprints/so...
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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
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
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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
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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📣 New op-ed in Süddeutsche Zeitung: What the data say about the “Brandmauer”
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
Demokratie: Wenn die Rechte mitregiert, wird sie nicht geschwächt – im Gegenteil
Eine Untersuchung von 57 Ländern zeigt: Wenn die Rechte in Verantwortung kommt, gewinnt sie dazu. Daraus lässt sich für Deutschland lernen.
www.sueddeutsche.de
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
📣 New op-ed in Süddeutsche Zeitung: What the data say about the “Brandmauer”
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
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Join us as postdoc at the Inequality Discourse Observatory at the University of Konstanz: stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/7...
We will do epic research between Linguistics and Computational Social Science at the Cluster of Politics of Inequality. Feel free to DM if you have any questions.
We will do epic research between Linguistics and Computational Social Science at the Cluster of Politics of Inequality. Feel free to DM if you have any questions.
One postdoctoral Research Position
Deadline: November 15th, 2025
stellen.uni-konstanz.de
October 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Join us as postdoc at the Inequality Discourse Observatory at the University of Konstanz: stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/7...
We will do epic research between Linguistics and Computational Social Science at the Cluster of Politics of Inequality. Feel free to DM if you have any questions.
We will do epic research between Linguistics and Computational Social Science at the Cluster of Politics of Inequality. Feel free to DM if you have any questions.
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Another casualty of the LLM revolution.
In "arXiv’s CS category, review articles and position papers must now be accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review."
In "arXiv’s CS category, review articles and position papers must now be accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review."
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 2, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Another casualty of the LLM revolution.
In "arXiv’s CS category, review articles and position papers must now be accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review."
In "arXiv’s CS category, review articles and position papers must now be accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review."
We have a new preprint: osf.io/preprints/so...
What have we learned about social media - the constantly moving target of empirical research - over the past decade?
What have we learned about social media - the constantly moving target of empirical research - over the past decade?
October 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
We have a new preprint: osf.io/preprints/so...
What have we learned about social media - the constantly moving target of empirical research - over the past decade?
What have we learned about social media - the constantly moving target of empirical research - over the past decade?
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How common are “survey professionals” - people who take dozens of online surveys for pay - across online panels, and do they harm data quality?
Our paper, FirstView at @politicalanalysis.bsky.social, tackles this question using browsing data from three U.S. samples (Facebook, YouGov, and Lucid):
Our paper, FirstView at @politicalanalysis.bsky.social, tackles this question using browsing data from three U.S. samples (Facebook, YouGov, and Lucid):
October 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
How common are “survey professionals” - people who take dozens of online surveys for pay - across online panels, and do they harm data quality?
Our paper, FirstView at @politicalanalysis.bsky.social, tackles this question using browsing data from three U.S. samples (Facebook, YouGov, and Lucid):
Our paper, FirstView at @politicalanalysis.bsky.social, tackles this question using browsing data from three U.S. samples (Facebook, YouGov, and Lucid):
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Wer’s glaubt
Ralph Hertwig und Lisa Oswald @lfoswaldo.bsky.social @arc-mpib.bsky.social zu den psychologischen Faktoren von Falsch- und #Desinformation im aktuellen Heft „Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte“ der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung:
www.bpb.de/shop/zeitsch...
#APuZ #Fakten #Fiktion
Ralph Hertwig und Lisa Oswald @lfoswaldo.bsky.social @arc-mpib.bsky.social zu den psychologischen Faktoren von Falsch- und #Desinformation im aktuellen Heft „Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte“ der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung:
www.bpb.de/shop/zeitsch...
#APuZ #Fakten #Fiktion
Wer’s glaubt
Emotionen und politische Überzeugungen prägen, wie Desinformation wahrgenommen wird. Digitale Plattformen verstärken diese Dynamiken. Umstritten bleibt, wie groß der Schaden ist.
www.bpb.de
September 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Wer’s glaubt
Ralph Hertwig und Lisa Oswald @lfoswaldo.bsky.social @arc-mpib.bsky.social zu den psychologischen Faktoren von Falsch- und #Desinformation im aktuellen Heft „Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte“ der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung:
www.bpb.de/shop/zeitsch...
#APuZ #Fakten #Fiktion
Ralph Hertwig und Lisa Oswald @lfoswaldo.bsky.social @arc-mpib.bsky.social zu den psychologischen Faktoren von Falsch- und #Desinformation im aktuellen Heft „Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte“ der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung:
www.bpb.de/shop/zeitsch...
#APuZ #Fakten #Fiktion
Hat mich gefreut, hier etwas beitragen zu dürfen @bpb.de www.bpb.de/shop/zeitsch... mit Ralph Hertwig @arc-mpib.bsky.social @mpib-berlin.bsky.social
Propaganda und Desinformation
Propaganda, Desinformation, Fake News, alternative Fakten – viele Schlagworte prägen die öffentliche Debatte, in der die Grenzen zwischen Information, Manipulation und Meinung ausgelotet werden.
www.bpb.de
September 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Hat mich gefreut, hier etwas beitragen zu dürfen @bpb.de www.bpb.de/shop/zeitsch... mit Ralph Hertwig @arc-mpib.bsky.social @mpib-berlin.bsky.social
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For the first time in [err] many years I won't be teaching causal inference to Data Science Master's students at the Hertie School next semester. So, if you're Berlin-based, Berlin-reachable, or just Berlin-curious and for some reason you'd like to be me in Spring 2026, then now's your chance. 1/2
September 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
For the first time in [err] many years I won't be teaching causal inference to Data Science Master's students at the Hertie School next semester. So, if you're Berlin-based, Berlin-reachable, or just Berlin-curious and for some reason you'd like to be me in Spring 2026, then now's your chance. 1/2
Great 5(!)-year postdoc position in FFM!
I'm hiring another postdoc (research-focused, for almost 5 years) for my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage!
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
July 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Great 5(!)-year postdoc position in FFM!
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🚀 New postdoc position for Platform Data & Computational Social Science
Join us to drive @gesis.org' efforts around the Digital Services Act (DSA) and conduct research with online platform data
💼 TV-L EG 14 | Location: Cologne
📌 Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/institute...
#DSA #CSS #DataScience
Join us to drive @gesis.org' efforts around the Digital Services Act (DSA) and conduct research with online platform data
💼 TV-L EG 14 | Location: Cologne
📌 Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/institute...
#DSA #CSS #DataScience
Details
GESIS Leibniz Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
www.gesis.org
July 29, 2025 at 6:25 AM
🚀 New postdoc position for Platform Data & Computational Social Science
Join us to drive @gesis.org' efforts around the Digital Services Act (DSA) and conduct research with online platform data
💼 TV-L EG 14 | Location: Cologne
📌 Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/institute...
#DSA #CSS #DataScience
Join us to drive @gesis.org' efforts around the Digital Services Act (DSA) and conduct research with online platform data
💼 TV-L EG 14 | Location: Cologne
📌 Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/institute...
#DSA #CSS #DataScience
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My department at Leuphana University offers 6 fully funded PhD scholarships (incl. research funding) for three years.
If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply!
shorturl.at/kcTbG
If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply!
shorturl.at/kcTbG
July 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
My department at Leuphana University offers 6 fully funded PhD scholarships (incl. research funding) for three years.
If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply!
shorturl.at/kcTbG
If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply!
shorturl.at/kcTbG
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We wrapped up the 22nd Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality at the Center for Adaptive Rationality at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (@mpib-berlin.bsky.social).
ECRs from around the world joined us to share their insights on rationality, cognition, and decision-making.
1/🧵👇
ECRs from around the world joined us to share their insights on rationality, cognition, and decision-making.
1/🧵👇
July 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
We wrapped up the 22nd Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality at the Center for Adaptive Rationality at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (@mpib-berlin.bsky.social).
ECRs from around the world joined us to share their insights on rationality, cognition, and decision-making.
1/🧵👇
ECRs from around the world joined us to share their insights on rationality, cognition, and decision-making.
1/🧵👇
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FINALLY 😌
The Delegated Act is here.
The Act clarifies rules for data access under the Digital Services Act #DSA
#dataaccess #research #eusky #commsky #polisky #csssky
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/d...
The Delegated Act is here.
The Act clarifies rules for data access under the Digital Services Act #DSA
#dataaccess #research #eusky #commsky #polisky #csssky
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/d...
Delegated act on data access under the Digital Services Act (DSA)
The Commission has adopted a delegated act outlining rules granting access to data for qualified researchers under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
July 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
FINALLY 😌
The Delegated Act is here.
The Act clarifies rules for data access under the Digital Services Act #DSA
#dataaccess #research #eusky #commsky #polisky #csssky
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/d...
The Delegated Act is here.
The Act clarifies rules for data access under the Digital Services Act #DSA
#dataaccess #research #eusky #commsky #polisky #csssky
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/d...
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We are hiring, @arc-mpib.bsky.social a postdoc for a project to investigate why citizens feel alienated from liberal democracy and how a shared sense of reality can be restored.
Work with @lfoswaldo.bsky.social @anaskozyreva.bsky.social, Ralph Hertwig and me:
www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2084802/2025...
Work with @lfoswaldo.bsky.social @anaskozyreva.bsky.social, Ralph Hertwig and me:
www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2084802/2025...
Postdoctoral Position | Center for Adaptive Rationality
www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de
June 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
We are hiring, @arc-mpib.bsky.social a postdoc for a project to investigate why citizens feel alienated from liberal democracy and how a shared sense of reality can be restored.
Work with @lfoswaldo.bsky.social @anaskozyreva.bsky.social, Ralph Hertwig and me:
www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2084802/2025...
Work with @lfoswaldo.bsky.social @anaskozyreva.bsky.social, Ralph Hertwig and me:
www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2084802/2025...
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Female academics are much more affected by the birth of a child than are male academics.
Academic mothers are much more likely to...
◾temporarily leave the labor force
◾and, if they return, shift away from tenure-track positions.
scholar.harvard.edu/files/sdchen...
Academic mothers are much more likely to...
◾temporarily leave the labor force
◾and, if they return, shift away from tenure-track positions.
scholar.harvard.edu/files/sdchen...
June 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Female academics are much more affected by the birth of a child than are male academics.
Academic mothers are much more likely to...
◾temporarily leave the labor force
◾and, if they return, shift away from tenure-track positions.
scholar.harvard.edu/files/sdchen...
Academic mothers are much more likely to...
◾temporarily leave the labor force
◾and, if they return, shift away from tenure-track positions.
scholar.harvard.edu/files/sdchen...
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The Trump regime is purporting to occupy a major American city with military troops while secret agents kidnap people off the street. A US senator was just arrested and the President has entertained questions about arresting the governor. Authoritarianism is on the march; an extremely dangerous time
June 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The Trump regime is purporting to occupy a major American city with military troops while secret agents kidnap people off the street. A US senator was just arrested and the President has entertained questions about arresting the governor. Authoritarianism is on the march; an extremely dangerous time
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Here are some of the 🔑 findings:
- Legislators across the 12 countries DO follow researchers but seldom visibly engage.
*Also, most of their engagement is with social scientists.
- Legislators across the 12 countries DO follow researchers but seldom visibly engage.
*Also, most of their engagement is with social scientists.
June 5, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Here are some of the 🔑 findings:
- Legislators across the 12 countries DO follow researchers but seldom visibly engage.
*Also, most of their engagement is with social scientists.
- Legislators across the 12 countries DO follow researchers but seldom visibly engage.
*Also, most of their engagement is with social scientists.
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🤔 How much do politicians engage with academic researchers online?
In my latest paper, I find that politicians from 12 countries rarely engage with researchers on social media, but this can change when expertise gains salience
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/osf/wqbe4_v1
🧵👇
In my latest paper, I find that politicians from 12 countries rarely engage with researchers on social media, but this can change when expertise gains salience
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/osf/wqbe4_v1
🧵👇
June 5, 2025 at 6:27 AM
🤔 How much do politicians engage with academic researchers online?
In my latest paper, I find that politicians from 12 countries rarely engage with researchers on social media, but this can change when expertise gains salience
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/osf/wqbe4_v1
🧵👇
In my latest paper, I find that politicians from 12 countries rarely engage with researchers on social media, but this can change when expertise gains salience
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/osf/wqbe4_v1
🧵👇
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So delighted by this news! Looking forward to the next 7 years of research - there is lots to do 🏃♀️
SCRIPTS is celebrating! 🎉
We have been awarded a second round of funding through the DFG’s Excellence Strategy!
We're excited to continue exploring how democracies adapt under pressure—our new focus: democratic resilience. More to come as we prepare for SCRIPTS 2.0!
#Democracy #ExcellenceStrategy
We have been awarded a second round of funding through the DFG’s Excellence Strategy!
We're excited to continue exploring how democracies adapt under pressure—our new focus: democratic resilience. More to come as we prepare for SCRIPTS 2.0!
#Democracy #ExcellenceStrategy
May 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
So delighted by this news! Looking forward to the next 7 years of research - there is lots to do 🏃♀️
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🚨 New publication 🚨 : Happy to share that my paper, "Losing Touch: The Rhetorical Cost of Governing" is now forthcoming at @cpsjournal.bsky.social. Short 🧵 about the paper here 👇 1/10
May 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🚨 New publication 🚨 : Happy to share that my paper, "Losing Touch: The Rhetorical Cost of Governing" is now forthcoming at @cpsjournal.bsky.social. Short 🧵 about the paper here 👇 1/10
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Harvard today, your institution tomorrow.
It's all part of the Project 2025 plan to destroy high education in America.
All leading US universities depend on federal funding and tuition dollars from international students. They severely curtailed the former. Now they're eliminating the latter.
It's all part of the Project 2025 plan to destroy high education in America.
All leading US universities depend on federal funding and tuition dollars from international students. They severely curtailed the former. Now they're eliminating the latter.
May 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Harvard today, your institution tomorrow.
It's all part of the Project 2025 plan to destroy high education in America.
All leading US universities depend on federal funding and tuition dollars from international students. They severely curtailed the former. Now they're eliminating the latter.
It's all part of the Project 2025 plan to destroy high education in America.
All leading US universities depend on federal funding and tuition dollars from international students. They severely curtailed the former. Now they're eliminating the latter.
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Im @economist.com-Ranking ist Deutschland in Sachen Gleichstellung übrigens sogar zurückgefallen.
So viel zu „zu viel Feminimus macht die AfD stark“, liebe Märchenonkel.
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
So viel zu „zu viel Feminimus macht die AfD stark“, liebe Märchenonkel.
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
May 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Im @economist.com-Ranking ist Deutschland in Sachen Gleichstellung übrigens sogar zurückgefallen.
So viel zu „zu viel Feminimus macht die AfD stark“, liebe Märchenonkel.
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
So viel zu „zu viel Feminimus macht die AfD stark“, liebe Märchenonkel.
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
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New preprint with @jbakcoleman.bsky.social @lewan.bsky.social @randomwalker.bsky.social @orbenamy.bsky.social @lfoswaldo.bsky.social where we argue for a complex-system perspective to understand the causal effects of social media on society and for a triangulation of methods
arxiv.org/abs/2505.09254
arxiv.org/abs/2505.09254
Moving towards informative and actionable social media research
Social media is nearly ubiquitous in modern life, and concerns have been raised about its putative societal impacts, ranging from undermining mental health and exacerbating polarization to fomenting v...
arxiv.org
May 15, 2025 at 6:31 AM
New preprint with @jbakcoleman.bsky.social @lewan.bsky.social @randomwalker.bsky.social @orbenamy.bsky.social @lfoswaldo.bsky.social where we argue for a complex-system perspective to understand the causal effects of social media on society and for a triangulation of methods
arxiv.org/abs/2505.09254
arxiv.org/abs/2505.09254