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Heinz Leitgöb @heinzleitgoeb.bsky.social · 18d

Thrilled to share: our Special Issue in Social Science Computer Review (@sscratsage.bsky.social) on digital behavioral data quality is out now. Many thanks to all contributing authers and my co-editors @clauwa.bsky.social and Bernd Weiß:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Valerie Hase @valeriehase.bsky.social · 21d

Congrats! :) 🎈

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Valerie Hase @valeriehase.bsky.social · Aug 26

Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Max! :)

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Valerie Hase @valeriehase.bsky.social · Aug 22

Congrats again, Johannes!! :)

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theresa gessler @gessler.bsky.social · Aug 14

@deeesharp.bsky.social & I are looking for a collaborator on a project w/ @offenegesellschaft.bsky.social on empathy-based interventions against affective polarization @uni-hamburg.de
j0b.de/veca

75% PhD position, 1st yr project funded & can be converted to a position w/ teaching afterwards
📆31/08

Ausschreibung

www.uni-hamburg.de

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Valerie Hase @valeriehase.bsky.social · Aug 8

Very excited to be at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies @cais-research.bsky.social this week to talk about bias in CSS.

Thanks to @ahrabhikat.bsky.social for hosting us 👩‍💻.

Center for Advanced Internet Studies @cais-research.bsky.social · Aug 8

🔍 A glimpse into research life at CAIS
This week, @ahrabhikat.bsky.social is hosting three fantastic guests at CAIS – all experts in Computational Social Science (CSS):
@aytalina.bsky.social - University of Vienna
@janabernhard.bsky.social - University of Vienna
@valeriehase.bsky.social - LMU Munich

Picture of the participants sitting around a table at a conference room at CAIS

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Weizenbaum-Institut @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social · Jul 29

To all the #DSA experts and data access enthusiast out there, before you go on holiday, sign up & save the date for the #dsa40 data access days in Berlin, September 25 & 26!

2 days with keynotes, panels, expert insights and practical guidance 👉 dsa40collaboratory.eu/data-access-...

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Sebastian Stier @sebstier.bsky.social · Jul 29

🚀 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

Details

GESIS Leibniz Institut für Sozialwissenschaften

www.gesis.org

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Valerie Hase @valeriehase.bsky.social · Jul 25

Go work at @cais-research.bsky.social with @johannesbreuer.com 👇

Johannes Breuer @johannesbreuer.com · Jul 25

For the team "Research Data & Methods" at @cais-research.bsky.social we are looking for a Ph.D. student (75%) to start on October 1st, 2025. The application deadline is August 21st: stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=f50b76
Feel free to spread the word anc contact me if you have any questions!

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter:innen PräDoc/research assistant PreDoc (all gender) - Job Bochum - Stellenangebote CAIS

Der Aufgabenbereich des Teams Research Data & Methods (RD&M) hat zwei Säulen: Forschung und Service. Das Team forscht interdisziplinär zu und mit neuen Datentypen (insb. digitalen...

stellenangebote.cais-research.de

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Ahrabhi Kathirgamalingam @ahrabhikat.bsky.social · Jul 21

Thinking about using #CSS methods to study #racism, #stereotypes or #hate speech in text? 📐

👉 Check out my first dissertation paper co-authored by @fabiennelind.bsky.social and @hajoboo.bsky.social just published in Annals of the ICA! @icahdq.bsky.social 🥳

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/annc...

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Nadia Steiber 〽️ @nadiasteiber.bsky.social · Jul 18

⭐🎓The Department of Sociology in Vienna @univie.ac.at‬ invites applications for a Tenure Track Professor in Sociology with focus on Quantitative Social Science Research Methods | #Sociology | quant methods

Apply here (17 Sept 25): jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...

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Ingmar Weber @ingmarweber.de · Jul 18

🚨Job Alert
W2 (TT W3) Professorship in Computer Science "AI for People & Society"
@saarland-informatics-campus.de/@uni-saarland.de is looking to appoint an outstanding individual in the field of AI for people and society who has made significant contributions in one or more of the following areas:

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · Jul 9

#MethodsHub #Study #helpwanted
Invitation to participate: Study on method reproducibility

The Methods Hub team at GESIS is conducting a study as part of the Tier2 project on how easily researchers can reproduce results from computational methods.

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Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · Jul 4

SPECIAL ISSUE CfP! Submit abstracts to DJ’s latest Special Issue on "Digital Journalism in the Age of Technogarchy", edited by @curdknupfer.bsky.social, @lenafrescamente.bsky.social, @claesdevreese.bsky.social, & @gehrke.bsky.social.

🗓️Deadline: Sep 15, 2025
📷Info: drive.google.com/file/d/182p3...

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DSA40 Data Access Collaboratory @dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social · Jul 2

3) 📊 Right to high-quality data:
If data under 40.12 is flawed or insufficient, researchers can turn to 40.4 for better access.

4) 📁 Platform data catalogues:
Platforms must publish and update detailed data inventories. This improves transparency and lets researchers know what to ask for.

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Jul 2

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...

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

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Computational Methods Division of ICA @icacm.bsky.social · Jun 14

And last, but certainly not least, huge congratulations to Dr. Anke Stoll who received the Best Dissertation Award for her impressive dissertation “Machine learning for automated content analysis of incivility in online discussion” #ICA25

Congratulations!!! 🎉🎉🎉

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Valerie Hase @valeriehase.bsky.social · Jun 14

Congrats, Luca! 👏🎉

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Valerie Hase @valeriehase.bsky.social · Jun 7

Congrats, Lina! I hope you celebrate this fantastic milestone and are now enjoying an early summer break ☀️⛱️

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · Jun 6

🚨 We’re hiring! Join our lab at @ipk-univie.bsky.social as a predoc on mediated communication using computational methods! The team is also nice 🤗
📍 Vienna
🗓️ Start: September 2025
📌 Apply by June 26

#AcademicJobs #PhD #CommSci #CCL #CSS #Computational #CCS

University assistant predoctoral

jobs.univie.ac.at

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Michael V. Reiss @mvreiss.bsky.social · Jun 5

10 days left to submit your abstract 😊

Michael V. Reiss @mvreiss.bsky.social · Apr 15

📣 CfA on Public Discourses on AI

We're guest-editing a SI of the International Journal of Press/Politics on "Global Myth and Magic around AI", focusing on timely issue of public discourses on AI. Deadline is June 15. Happy to answer any questions. Details: journals.sagepub.com/page/hij/glo... #IJPP

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Forschungsinstitut Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt @fgz-risc.bsky.social · May 21

Neuer Blogbeitrag zu Art. 40 DSA und der Datentransparenz im Vorfeld der deutschen Bundestagswahlen.
fgzrisc.hypotheses.org/6040
#DSA #META #TikTok
@thejanrau.bsky.social
@grenwi.bsky.social
@pekasen.bsky.social
@flxvctr.bsky.social

Art. 40 DSA and Research data access in the German Federal Election: A mixed experience at best

Article 40 of the DSA aims at enabling research data access and strengthening transparency in the context of very large online platforms. However, the reality of our research in the run up of the...

fgzrisc.hypotheses.org

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Valerie Hase @valeriehase.bsky.social · May 20

Very interesting Kim, congrats on having this out! 🙌

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Johannes Breuer @johannesbreuer.com · May 16

Had a great time at the CSS workshop in Mannheim organized by @rubac.bsky.social & @valeriehase.bsky.social. You can find my slides on "Reproducibility & Replicability in Computational Social Science Research" here: doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
#reproducibility #replicability #computationalsocialscience

Reproducibility & Replicability in Computational Social Science Research

Presentation on

doi.org

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Valerie Hase @valeriehase.bsky.social · May 15

Today at @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social in Mannheim, @aurman21.bsky.social kicking off our conference on „AI & Society - Exploring Inequality in the Digital Age“.

Thanks esp. to @rubac.bsky.social and the local team for organizing this event 🙌

Sasha Urman presenting a study on bias in generative AI

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