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The Institute for Analytical Sociology (IAS) at Linköping University conducts big-data influenced research on important social, political, and cultural matters. https://liu.se/en/organisation/liu/iei/ias

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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · Aug 19

✨ The IAS Seminar Series returns for the Fall 2025 semester with a stellar lineup of speakers and thought-provoking talks. Open to all!

#AcademicSky #Sociology #CSS

Poster for the Institute for Analytical Sociology (IAS) Programme Autumn 2025 at Linköping University. The text explains that the seminars feature international scholars, are open to all, and will be broadcast on Zoom.

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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · 2d

Join us on Thursday, 9 October, at 14:30 CET for the Analytical Sociology Seminar with Sander van der Linden @profsanderlinden.bsky.social 🔹 Psychological Inoculation Against Misinformation🔹 More info: liu.se/en/event/ana...

Analytical Sociology Seminar: Sander van der Linden

Welcome to the Analytical Social Seminar with Sander van der Linden from University of Cambridge. Psychological inoculation against misinformation. The seminar is open for the public. Language: Englis...

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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · 9d

Join us on Thursday, 2 October, at 14:30 CET for the Analytical Sociology Seminar with Andreas Wimmer 🔹 The Shadow Side of Rootedness: How Geographic Stability Across Generations Increases Radical-Right Attitudes 🔹 More info: liu.se/en/article/s...

Seminars and lectures at IAS

Welcome to IAS public lectures and seminars.

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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · 15d

Join us on Thursday, 25 Sept, at 14:30 CET for the Analytical Sociology Seminar with Maria Abascal🔹Money Whitening in the United States 🔹More info: liu.se/en/article/s...

Seminars and lectures at IAS

Welcome to IAS public lectures and seminars.

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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · 22d

Join us on Thursday, 18 Sept, at 14:30 CET for the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with Laura Bronner @laurabronner.bsky.social 🔹Tackling harmful online comments on news platforms: three field experiments 🔹More info: liu.se/en/article/s...

Seminars and lectures at IAS

Welcome to IAS public lectures and seminars.

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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · Sep 8

Join us on Thursday, 11 Sept, at 14:30 CET for the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with Julia Schulte-Cloos 🔹Norms over Preferences: How Social Expectations and Partisan Cues Shape Online Deliberation🔹More info: liu.se/en/event/int...

International Roundtable on Computational Social Science: Norms over preferences: How social expectations and partisan cues shape online deliberation

Welcome to the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with Julia Schulte-Cloos from University of Marburg, Germany. The seminar is open for the public. Language: English. Please cont...

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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · Sep 1

Join us on Thursday, 4 Sept, at 14:30 CET for the International Roundtable on CSS with Mònica González-Carrasco @monicag-c.bsky.social🔹Challenges in studying children and adolescents' subjective well-being and the contribution of advanced analytical techniques🔹More info: liu.se/en/event/int...

International Roundtable on Computational Social Science: Challenges in studying children and adolecents' subjective well-being and the contribution of advanced analytical techniques

Welcome to Welcome to the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with Mònica González-Carrasco from the University of Girona, Spain. The seminar is open for the public. Language: Eng...

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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · Aug 21

🔈Job Alert! IAS is looking for a postdoctoral researcher as part of the Swedish Excellence Center in Computational Social Science -SWECSS.

⌛Deadline: September 30th
Apply 👉 liu.se/en/work-at-l...

#academicsky #css

Ben Jarvis @benjarvis.bsky.social · Aug 20

@iasliu.bsky.social is advertising another postdoc position as part of the Swedish Excellence Center in Computational Social Science. For recently graduated or soon-to-graduate PhD students, the setting is really conducive to getting high quality research done. Apply by September 30th!

Postdoc in Computational Social Science

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Arnout van de Rijt @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social · Aug 19

Great new lineup of analytical & computational sociology speakers, with Zoom link available to anyone.

The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · Aug 19

✨ The IAS Seminar Series returns for the Fall 2025 semester with a stellar lineup of speakers and thought-provoking talks. Open to all!

#AcademicSky #Sociology #CSS

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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · Aug 19

✨ The IAS Seminar Series returns for the Fall 2025 semester with a stellar lineup of speakers and thought-provoking talks. Open to all!

#AcademicSky #Sociology #CSS

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Selcan Mutgan @selcanmutgan.bsky.social · Aug 7

📢 IAS is looking for new PhD students!
There are still 3 more weeks to apply! deadline: August 31st.

Read more: liu.se/en/work-at-l...

#Sociology #AcademicSky

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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · Jul 25

🎥 All keynote talks from IC²S² ‘25 are now available on our YouTube channel!
#ic2s2 #css

International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social · Jul 25

All the keynote recordings are available now, enjoy! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

IC2S2'25 Norrköping - YouTube

This playlist contains all keynotes from IC2S2'25 in Norrköping, Sweden.

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Vermont Complex Systems Institute @vcsi.bsky.social · Jul 24

Our team had an amazing week at @ic2s2.bsky.social in Norrköping Sweden and we will post pictures of our posters and talks soon - the big news is that we're so excited to host #IC2S2 in Burlington in 2026! youtu.be/p412S4GnPkc

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International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social · Jul 24

That’s a wrap on IC2S2’25! 🎉 Thank you for an unforgettable week of ideas and discussions. Congratulations to our award winners, and safe travels home. Mark your calendars: #ic2s2 ’ 26 heads to Burlington, Vermont, in the US. See you next year!

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International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social · Jul 24

Prediction and explanation, together. Duncan Watts opened our final day with a keynote on “Integrating explanation and prediction in computational social science,” showing how pairing causal insight with predictive testing can push computational social science forward. #ic2s2

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International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social · Jul 23

Arnout van de Rijt gave Day 2 a strong ending with his keynote, “Luck and success in millions of life courses.” Do early strokes of luck widen life-course income gaps? This keynote offered fresh causal evidence on chance and inequality. #ic2s2

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International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social · Jul 23

Day 2 Keynotes. How can computational methods sharpen our grasp of culture? In Amir Goldberg’s inspiring keynote, he showed how computational methods reveal hidden cultural patterns. #ic2s2

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International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social · Jul 23

Day 2 Keynotes kicked off with Laura Nelson's inspiring presentation, “Why Qualitative Research Needs Computational Social Science”. What is the state of this maturing field called qualitative computational methods? What are the ongoing debates and futures? #ic2s2

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International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social · Jul 22

With record-breaking submissions and our most competitive, gender-balanced program on record, #IC2S2’25 has officially started! Please check the updated program and plan your day. #ic2s2

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Emilien Schultz @emilienschultz.bsky.social · Jul 21

Tutorial @ic2s2.bsky.social *LLM power to the people* with @eollion.bsky.social just started and the room is full !

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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · Jul 3

📄✨new publication 🚀 Flóra Samu, Simone Piras, Simone Righi, and Marco Setti, and Károly Takács @iasliu.bsky.social investigate the impact of cooperation and prosociality on the formation and maintenance of positive and negative social ties.

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Cooperation is not rewarded by friendship, but generous and selfish students repel each other in social networks

Humans cooperate across various contexts, despite the individual costs involved. Cooperation and prosocial behavior may persist because these costs are offset by reputation and other social benefits. ...

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Simona Bisiani @simonabisiani.bsky.social · Jul 2

don’t these look pretty? when I did my MSc at @iasliu.bsky.social’s then-just-begun CSS program many of these early graduates were our (very friendly and patient) TAs. Nice to see what they were up to beyond dealing with us, and the pool of graduates from IAS growing.

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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · Jun 24

🚨🎓 We’re looking for new PhD students!
The area of specialization is open, but successful applicants should demonstrate a clear interest in themes that align with ongoing research at @iasliu.bsky.social
📅 Deadline: 31.08.2025
💼 Fully funded positions
How to apply 👉 liu.se/en/work-at-l...

PhD student in Analytical Sociology

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Linköping University @liu.se · Jun 4

A big upgrading of the supercomputer Berzelius has been completed thanks to a donation from @kawresearch.bsky.social.
Its doubled capacity enables researchers across Sweden to tackle challenges in areas as materials science, bioinformatics and machine learning.
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Stronger Berzelius ready for the research of the future

The latest upgrading of the supercomputer Berzelius at LiU has now been completed. Its doubled capacity enables researchers across Sweden to tackle current and future challenges in areas such as mater...

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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · Jun 11

Yesterday, @yuanliao.bsky.social held an inspiring lecture on Transforming Urban Mobility. This afternoon, students will dive into Computational Text Analysis! 🔍💻 #SICSS
Details: ⁦ sicss.io/2025/ias/

Summer Institute in Computational Social Science

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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · Jun 11

🎉 🚀 #SICSS-IAS is officially underway! We’re excited to kick off two weeks of learning, coding, and collaboration with a brilliant new cohort of aspiring computational social scientists.

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