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European Politics @USAAR - Daniela Braun | Georg Wenzelburger @politicsunisaar.bsky.social · 22d

We are looking for a project manager for our large-scale project SOUNDS!

Learn more: bit.ly/SOUNDS-Manager

#compsocsci #PoliSky #PoliSci #hiring #JobAlert

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Interdisciplinary Institute for Societal Computing @i2sc.net · 28d

The materials for the summer school are available here: github.com/Societal-Com...

GitHub - Societal-Computing/SICSS_Saarbruecken_2025: This repository contains all materials used in the SICSS summer school, 2025.

This repository contains all materials used in the SICSS summer school, 2025. - Societal-Computing/SICSS_Saarbruecken_2025

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Interdisciplinary Institute for Societal Computing @i2sc.net · 28d

On the second day of SICSS Saarbrücken, participants attended a lecture by @zsavvas90.bsky.social (TU Delft) on “𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘴”, where he provided a deep dive into methods for analyzing multimodal content shared on social platforms.

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European Politics @USAAR - Daniela Braun | Georg Wenzelburger @politicsunisaar.bsky.social · Aug 26

The amount of data available is greater than ever, yet remains mostly unused by social scientists & #PoliSci researchers. The Societal Observatory Using Novel Data Sources (SOUNDS) aims to change that - and receives 29 million Euro in funding from Saarland's state gov!🎉

Read more: bit.ly/SoundsPM

Project analysing society and the economy with new data sources garners millions in state funding

Satellite images, social media and barcode scanners in shops offer a wealth of data that has so far been little used in the social sciences. New AI-supported methods are helping with the evaluation, b...

www.uni-saarland.de

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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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Divya Mani Adhikari @divyamani.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thanks to Vikram Cannanure, @alexhartland.bsky.social, @ingmarweber.de and @i2sc.net .

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Divya Mani Adhikari @divyamani.bsky.social · Jul 9

In this work, we evaluated the potential of LLMs in generating survey questionnaires through Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and pretesting through an LLM-simulated Pilot study.

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Divya Mani Adhikari @divyamani.bsky.social · Jul 9

I am happy to share that our work titled "Exploring LLMs for Automated Generation and Adaptation of Questionnaires" has been accepted to the ACM Conversational User Interfaces (CUI) Conference 2025.

Check our work: doi.org/10.1145/3719...

@cui.acm.org #CUI2025 #ACM

Exploring LLMs for Automated Generation and Adaptation of Questionnaires | Proceedings of the 7th ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces

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Observatory of Online Politics @o3pol.bsky.social · Jun 23

📢 New on the Observatory of Online Politics blog!

🎯 TikTok and its role in the 2025 German Elections
By @rosanavarrete.bsky.social & Ariq Suryo Hadi P.

Read more
politics.i2sc.net/blogposts/ti...

Observatory of Online Politics - TikTok_2025

20.06.2025 While TikTok is becoming increasingly relevant among social media users, its role in elections remains understudied. The successful social media campaign targeting youth by the party Die L...

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Interdisciplinary Institute for Societal Computing @i2sc.net · May 16

We are bringing TEDx to Saarbrücken. Join us on 14th June 2025 for interesting talks and discussions with Speakers from interdisciplinary fields.

📅When: June 14, 2025, 13:00 - 18:00 PM
📍Where: CoHub, Neumarkt 15, 66117 Saarbrücken

Signup for the event: dock11.saarland/events/tedx-...

TEDx Saarbrigge – Demokratie im digitalen Zeitalter - mehr bei Dock 11

Eine TEDx Veranstaltung am 14.6. zum Thema: Strategien für eine lebendige und stabile Demokratie im Angesicht digitaler Herausforderungen.

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Interdisciplinary Institute for Societal Computing @i2sc.net · Apr 22

Only 3 more days until the deadline!!! Apply now to SICSS Saarbrücken: sicss.io/2025/saarbru...

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Rosa Navarrete @rosanavarrete.bsky.social · Mar 17

Great meeting today with the newest members of @o3pol.bsky.social! Excited to dive into cutting-edge research on online politics and explore how digital spaces shape political behavior. Stay tuned for more!

Team of researchers after a productive meeting

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Universität des Saarlandes @uni-saarland.de · Mar 19

Lügen lohnt sich: Wer im Internet die Unwahrheit sagt, hat oft Erfolg in der Politik. Über längere Zeiträume sind die Folgen von Falschaussagen noch nicht wissenschaftlich beobachtet worden. Dies will die „Beobachtungsstelle für Online-Politik“ an der Saar-Uni ändern (© privat): tinyurl.com/2339gxbz

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Interdisciplinary Institute for Societal Computing @i2sc.net · Feb 27

Are you interested in Computational Social Science? The Saarbrücken Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science is now open for applications. Two weeks of lectures, keynote presentations, networking, and more. Check out sicss.io/2025/saarbru... for more details. Deadline April 25, 2025.

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Rosa Navarrete @rosanavarrete.bsky.social · Feb 21

Elections 2021 vs. 2025: The Normalization of Disinformation

Two days before the German election, I’m sharing an article from our Observatory of Online Politics on how democracy's resilience against disinformation in 2021 may no longer be enough in 2025.

politics.i2sc.net/blogposts/19...

Observatory of Online Politics - 19.02.2025

19.02.2025 In the next few days, Germans will choose their next government, which will have to navigate a complex polycrisis. While every election is important because it determines the path the count...

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Rosa Navarrete @rosanavarrete.bsky.social · Feb 19

In 4 days we will have elections in Germany... What can we learn about parties' social media activity during rhe campaign? The great @alexhartland.bsky.social tell us more about it.

Alex Hartland @alexhartland.bsky.social · Feb 19

🖊️New blogpost🖊️

Ahead of the German elections next Sunday, what can we learn about the parties’ online presence? Despite the efforts of some platforms, we are not completely in the dark.

Thanks to Bluesky's open API, we know Green and Die Linke MdBs are unsurprisingly increasingly active here.

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Alex Hartland @alexhartland.bsky.social · Feb 19

🖊️New blogpost🖊️

Ahead of the German elections next Sunday, what can we learn about the parties’ online presence? Despite the efforts of some platforms, we are not completely in the dark.

Thanks to Bluesky's open API, we know Green and Die Linke MdBs are unsurprisingly increasingly active here.

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Interdisciplinary Institute for Societal Computing @i2sc.net · Feb 20

Bevorzugte Twitter die Tweets rechter Politiker? Internationale Studie dazu endet unfreiwillig 2023

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Interdisciplinary Institute for Societal Computing @i2sc.net · Feb 4

The recording for this talk is now available here: youtu.be/Hy4IFZnwyFI

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Brahmani Nutakki @brahmaninutakki.bsky.social · Jan 31

New publication alert!

We look at how engagement received by parties and politicians in 12 countries shifted after Musk took over the platform and until June 2023.

Check it out at journalqd.org/article/view....

@ingmarweber.bsky.social @rosanavarrete.bsky.social @giucarny.bsky.social

Is there anything Left?: A Global Analysis on Changes in Engagement with Political Content on Twitter in the Musk Era | Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media

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Interdisciplinary Institute for Societal Computing @i2sc.net · Jan 31

Check out this new work by @brahmaninutakki.bsky.social and team from I2SC!

Brahmani Nutakki @brahmaninutakki.bsky.social · Jan 31

New publication alert!

We look at how engagement received by parties and politicians in 12 countries shifted after Musk took over the platform and until June 2023.

Check it out at journalqd.org/article/view....

@ingmarweber.bsky.social @rosanavarrete.bsky.social @giucarny.bsky.social

Is there anything Left?: A Global Analysis on Changes in Engagement with Political Content on Twitter in the Musk Era | Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media

journalqd.org

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Interdisciplinary Institute for Societal Computing @i2sc.net · Jan 23

Join us tomorrow (Friday, January 24th) for the final talk in the I2SC Lecture Series for this semester by Kiran Garimella from 12:00-13:00 in building E 1.7, Room 3.23.

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Maria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social · Jan 8

traveling to Luxembourg today --> giving a talk on Friday in Saarbrücken at the Saarland University Interdisciplinary Institute for Societal Computing --> hanging out in Paris for the weekend

Please join for the talk if you're nearby!

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Interdisciplinary Institute for Societal Computing @i2sc.net · Jan 9

Join us tomorrow (Friday, January 10th) for the fifth talk in the I2SC Lecture Series (and the first in 2025!) by @mariaa.bsky.social from 12:00-13:00 in building E 1.7, Room 3.23.

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Interdisciplinary Institute for Societal Computing @i2sc.net · Dec 19

The recording of the lecture is now available. You can watch the lecture here: youtu.be/Nxq0ZS4zgEQ

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