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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · 8d

#AmCAT is proudly developed by the @societal-analytics.nl

You can learn more about it in the:
* Book: amcat.nl/book/
* Blog post: societal-analytics.nl/blogs/202501...

MEDem @medem.bsky.social · 8d

Day 2 of the #MEDemConference at @gesis.org starts with powerful tool demos:
🔍 AmCAT @sof14g1l.bsky.social on enabling large-scale text analysis of media & political debates.
🌐 HarDIS @sziaja.bsky.social on harmonizing and sustaining cross-national democracy data (surveys, parties, experts).

Sofia Gil-Clavel stands at a podium presenting AmCAT at the 3rd MEDem Conference. Behind her, a slide shows the AmCAT team (Kasper Welbers, Wouter van Atteveldt, Johannes Gruber, Sofia Gil-Clavel) with the tagline: “Developed by researchers for researchers, society, and data savvy users.” Logos of MEDem, VU Amsterdam, and the Societal Analytics Lab are displayed at the top.

Sebastian Ziaja stands at a podium presenting HarDIS (Harmony in the Democratic Ideological Space) at the 3rd MEDem Conference. A slide behind him shows the HarDIS team (Lea Kaftan, Paul Bederke, Selçuk Timur Uluer) with the logos of MEDem, GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, and OSCARS (the funding initiative).

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · May 22

Congrats @sof14g1l.bsky.social (our Lab Manager/ Researcher)! 👏

Check out her cool research beneath and do not forget to help her reach out the right people by re-posting. If you find this work important, you can also donate: steun.vu.nl/ai-beleid

Sofia Gil-Clavel @sof14g1l.bsky.social · May 22

The first research project where I am PI, “Responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in government agencies”, was selected by the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam to seek sponsorship!

Everything is in Dutch, but it can be translated with the Google translate plugin.

Verantwoord AI-gebruik bij overheidsinstanties - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Verantwoord AI-gebruik bij overheidsinstanties

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · Apr 11

On May 19, 15:00 and 18:00 hrs, we will host the event "Ethics of AI and Lab's tools introduction".

In it, Dr. Katleen Gabriels, @maastrichtu.bsky.social, will talk about the impacts of #GenAI in our lives.

We will also kick-off AI tools we make available to
@vuamsterdam.bsky.social researchers.

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · Apr 11

On May 19, 15:00 and 18:00 hrs, we will host the event "Ethics of AI and Lab's tools introduction".

In it, Dr. Katleen Gabriels, @maastrichtu.bsky.social, will talk about the impacts of #GenAI in our lives.

We will also kick-off AI tools we make available to
@vuamsterdam.bsky.social researchers.

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · Apr 2

Interested in learning the basics of #MachineLearning in #R ?

Then our next workshops are for you!

Introduction to Unsupervised Machine Learning
[April 25th, 9:30-12:30hrs] [Hybrid]

Introduction to Supervised Machine Learning
[May 2nd, 9:30-12:30hrs] [Hybrid]

More info here 👇

[hybrid]R-Workshop: Machine Learning in R

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · Mar 19

Directed by Shalini Kantayya, Coded Bias shows Joy Buolamwini (MIT Media Lab researcher) journey to push for the first-ever U.S. legislation against bias in algorithms.

Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · Mar 19

The Societal Analytics Lab would like to invite you to the screening of the documentary #CodedBias. 🎦

This will take place at VU on Monday April 14th between 16:45 – 18:15 hrs. 🍕 and 🍻 at the end.

Send us an 📧 if you want to join!

[email protected]

#CineClub #Movie #AI #Bias

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Coded Bias (2020) ⭐ 6.8 | Documentary

1h 26m | TV-MA

www.imdb.com

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · Mar 14

We have a new webpage!

In it you can find more about our services!

Every month, we will upload posts about:
* How to use VU IT infrastructure
* Good-to-know information regarding our tools
* And more!

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · Mar 7

The Societal Analytics Lab aims to expand VU research infrastructure and foster methodological innovation.

For this, we set up our own server with different AI products, such as LLMs.

Ollama is our most resent product, reach out to us if you want to try it out!
www.societal-analytics.nl/contact

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · Feb 25

Hello 🦋!

We are the Societal Analytics Lab.

We are a group of #ComputationalSocialScientists aiming to help researchers use and master computational methods.

If you are based at the #FSW, @vuamsterdam.bsky.social, then consider becoming a member:
www.societal-analytics.nl/contact

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · Feb 25

Hello 🦋!

We are the Societal Analytics Lab.

We are a group of #ComputationalSocialScientists aiming to help researchers use and master computational methods.

If you are based at the #FSW, @vuamsterdam.bsky.social, then consider becoming a member:
www.societal-analytics.nl/contact

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