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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 23h

I’m a newbie on Substack 🚀

I show how simulating donation behaviour data through LLMs can generate false positives.

LLMs rationalise, but human behaviour is noisy.

buraksonmez.substack.com/p/silicon-sa...

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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 23h

I’m a newbie on Substack 🚀

I show how simulating donation behaviour data through LLMs can generate false positives.

LLMs rationalise, but human behaviour is noisy.

buraksonmez.substack.com/p/silicon-sa...

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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · 9d

Scholarship opportunities for studying MSc/MA Sociology (shorturl.at/RiL2P) @sriucl.bsky.social:

📌Master's Bursary: shorturl.at/gKkvx
📌Global Master's Scholarship: shorturl.at/sift7
📌Humanitarian Scholarship: shorturl.at/y9qsL
📌Chevening: www.chevening.org

Applications open from October 13!

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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 16d

🚨 Job alert: Postdoc at NYU Abu Dhabi. You’ll uncover how group boundaries form online using virtual experiments + digital trace data and work with a fantastic trio: Mario Molina, Minsu Park & Blaine Robbins. Apply by 1 Nov 2025. 👇🏼

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Sociology at Oxford @sociologyoxford.bsky.social · 19d

Welcome to @aksoyundan.bsky.social, who has joined us as Associate Professor in Sociology! 🎉

His research covers religious behaviour, cooperation and trust 🤝

Game theory, statistical and computational methods are amongst his research tools 💻🎲

www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/people/ozan-...

Ozan Aksoy

www.sociology.ox.ac.uk

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Dingeman Wiertz @dingemanwiertz.bsky.social · 20d

New paper, using conjoint experiments to study ingroup preferences across multiple settings (neighborhoods, civic orgs, sports clubs) and social dimensions (age, ethnicity, education). We also link people's choices in the experiments to the real-world contexts they are embedded in.

More info 👇

Kasimir Dederichs @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social · 23d

New Open Access paper published in PNAS Nexus! “Ingroup preferences, segregation, and intergroup contact in neighborhoods and civic organizations” with my co-authors Rob Franken, @dingemanwiertz.bsky.social, and Jochem Tolsma. doi.org/10.1093/pnas... Thread below.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20d

thinking is a tankless job

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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 20d

Exactly! That’s why I thought they should know I can’t pay over £100k tuition 🤣

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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 20d

Recruiters on LinkedIn keep pitching me their MBA programmes. Either it’s a bad algorithm, or they think I’ve possibly made terrible life choices

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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 20d

This looks like the guy who went to Woodstock ‘69 and has been wandering home ever since 🤣

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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 20d

I’m bringing back my high school rock band. Wanna join? The only condition is that you’ll need to grow a mullet

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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 20d

Each year I shelve those *work* folders into desktop_YEAR in the cloud and never look at them again, where they quietly decay into digital compost

Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 20d

2025 me is regretting 2000 me's decision to create a folder called "Kim_Work."

I created it to hold all the stuff that wasn't directly related to my own research, courses, or students.

2000 me, fresh out of grad school, was hopelessly naive about how much of my job would fall into this category.

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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 27d

🚨 New pre-print with @sergioloiacono.bsky.social

We ran 3 large-scale experiments in 🇬🇧to investigate how perceived asylum-seeking legality, public preferences for refugee relocation, and inclusionary attitudes are shaped by symbolic and strategic boundaries

doi.org/10.31235/osf...

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Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 26d

Come join me in wonderful Copenhagen! 🇩🇰

My department is looking to fill at least two positions - any specialization and any level! The University of Copenhagen aims to be the best place for the best ideas. What’s yours?

Apply by Nov 15.

Call for two or more open-rank academic positions in Sociology

jobportal.ku.dk

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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 26d

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

📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Apply before 26 October and 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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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 26d

Last but not least, the money 💷 raised in the study was donated to @refugeecouncil.bsky.social

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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 27d

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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 27d

Boundaries can shift, but unevenly!

Perspective-taking boosts support for asylum rights & faster decisions

However, loss-framed cost info has no effect on rights, just some in charitable giving

Overall, empathy works better to widen moral boundaries!

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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 27d

Spatial preferences mirror these hierarchies: Ukrainians & English-speaking professionals welcomed; Muslim, low-status, non-English-speaking refugees resisted locally

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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 27d

We found that perceived legitimacy is layered, not just forced vs voluntary

Absent/fake ID erodes legitimacy, especially for Muslim applicants

Symbolic vulnerability (minors, women, kinship) + strategic merit (occupation) → hierarchies of protection

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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 27d

🚨 New pre-print with @sergioloiacono.bsky.social

We ran 3 large-scale experiments in 🇬🇧to investigate how perceived asylum-seeking legality, public preferences for refugee relocation, and inclusionary attitudes are shaped by symbolic and strategic boundaries

doi.org/10.31235/osf...

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Sam Friedman @samfriedman.bsky.social · Sep 5

👀 Call for Papers 👀

The BJS Conference is back! 23rd and 24th of April 2026 at LSE. Please submit an abstract by October 20th and share widely. It’s going to be 💥

www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...

British Journal of Sociology Conference

Find out more about the BJS conference 2026, which will provide an in-person platform for academics across the discipline to advance their research.

www.lse.ac.uk

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UCL @ucl.ac.uk · Sep 1

🧠 September is #WorldAlzheimersMonth; a time to spotlight dementia awareness and research.

At UCL, we are driving innovation in prevention, care & cure. Follow @uclbrainscience.bsky.social to see how we’re tackling the global dementia challenge.

🔗 https://bit.ly/3UMiYvZ
#UCLDementia

Promotional image by UCL for World Alzheimer's Month 2025, featuring a colorful brain scan illustration with text stating 'Tackling the global challenge of dementia'.

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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · Sep 1

🚨We are hiring 2 Lecturers/Assistant profs in Quant Social Science at UCL🚨

What we look for:
🐍 R/Python proficiency
🤖 Teaching and/or doing ML and/or social networks
🌍 Research on inequality, climate, education, social norms & more

Circulate this or apply by 10-Oct 👉 tinyurl.com/5djcc35z

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Aug 21

New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357

Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!

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