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Nicolai Berk @nicolaiberk.bsky.social · 7d

Very excited to announce the next term of the TADA speaker series!

This term revolves around the validity of LLM generated data in the Social Sciences. We have a set of four great speakers to enlighten us on different aspects of this issue.

If you'd like to join, sign up here: TADA.cool

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Verena Kunz @verenakunz.bsky.social · 7d

If you're interested in learning about explainable AI and fair machine learning, check out this upcoming online workshop ⬇️

GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · Jul 24

🔍 Open the black box of your machine learning models!
Understand why your model makes certain decisions – with state-of-the-art methods in explainable AI and fair machine learning.

This hands-on #GESISworkshop with Lion Behrens & Paul C. Bauer will teach you how.

🔗 t1p.de/fair-ML-with...

GESIS Workshop
Explainable AI and Fair Machine Learning with R and Python
22 to 24 October / Online
Lion Behrens (spottix) & Paul C. Bauer (LMU & Uni of Freiburg)

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Verena Kunz @verenakunz.bsky.social · 15d

Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Theresa 🥳 Ich freu mich sehr für dich, dass das geklappt hat und wünsche dir einen wunderbaren Start im neuen Job 😊

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 23d

The weather in Mannheim this morning set the perfect mood for the start of the third week of the #GESISfallseminar ☀️ Welcome to all participants and our lecturers for a week of machine learning, computer vision and network analysis!

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Andreas Küpfer @ankuepfer.bsky.social · 25d

👏Applause offers a revealing lens on party competition! In a recent article @wepsocial.bsky.social (w/@[email protected]), we study how applause reflects party and coalition unity, ideological agreement, political exclusion, issue ownership, and the electoral cycle! (1/6)

Cover page of the article:
"The sound of party competition: how applausereflects unity, disagreement, and the electoralcycle in parliamentsAndreas Küpfera , Jochen Müllerb and Christian Steckeraatechnical university of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany; buniversität Greifswald, Greifswald,GermanyABSTRACTThis article studies how applause reflects the dynamics of party competitionduring parliamentary debates. While legislative scholars often emphasise theselection of speakers and content of debates, spontaneous reactions from fel-low MPs remain understudied. Analysing 750,000 instances of applause in thedebates of the German Bundestag (1976–2020), it was found that applausepatterns, although largely spontaneous and immediate by nature, systemati-cally reflect incentives from party competition such as signalling party andcoalition unity, ideological (dis)agreement, and ostracising specific parties.Applause also indicates issue emphasis, especially near elections. The findingssuggest that applause can serve as a nuanced and abundant indicator in thestudy of party competition, complementing more static measures derived frommanifestos and expert judgements. By analysing applause patterns over fourdecades, this study opens new avenues to explore nonverbal reactions asmarkers of party competition in other parliaments."

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 28d

Packages are essential to the #rstats ecosystem for sharing code, data, and documentation.
Join @ellakaye.co.uk's #GESISworkshop to learn how to write your own R 📦 from scratch, covering the whole process from setup to publication

More information & registration ➡️ t1p.de/R_Pack_Dev_25

GESIS Workshop
R Package Development
26 to 28 November / Online
Ella Kaye (University of Warwick)

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Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · Sep 8

The University of Cologne plans drastic cuts to its Political Science department, potentially abolishing the MSc in Political Science and eliminating the professorships in IR and Comparative Politics. This would severely weaken the social sciences at @unicologne.bsky.social.
Petition (de/en) ⤵️

Petition unterschreiben

Keine WiSo ohne PoWi! Für eine starke Politikwissenschaft im Bachelor & Master

https://www.change.org/p/keine-wiso-ohne-powi-für-eine-starke-politikwissenschaft-im-bachelor-master

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Ronja Sczepanski @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social · Sep 1

Ever asked yourself how to detect and extract social groups from texts with computational social science? @haukelicht.bsky.social and me have a solution for you out at @bjpols.bsky.social. You can also find the pre-trained models on huggingface!

British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Sep 1

NEW -

Detecting Group Mentions in Political Rhetoric A Supervised Learning Approach - cup.org/45WZppQ

- @haukelicht.bsky.social & @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

BJPolS Abstract discussing a social science research method that uses text analysis for understanding group language patterns and political leanings, mentioning the use of British articles and generating new empirical insights.

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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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Armin Schaefer @arminschaefer.bsky.social · Aug 7

I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word.
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637

stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de

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Verena Kunz @verenakunz.bsky.social · Aug 1

One month to go until it's #GESISfallseminar time again 🥳 Check out the course programme at gesis.org/fallseminar if you want to spend some time in September broadening your #CSS methods skills & feel free to reach out in case of questions 😊

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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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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · Jul 24

🔍 Open the black box of your machine learning models!
Understand why your model makes certain decisions – with state-of-the-art methods in explainable AI and fair machine learning.

This hands-on #GESISworkshop with Lion Behrens & Paul C. Bauer will teach you how.

🔗 t1p.de/fair-ML-with...

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Sarah Engler @saengler.bsky.social · Jul 28

My department at Leuphana University offers 6 fully funded PhD scholarships (incl. research funding) for three years.

If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply!

shorturl.at/kcTbG

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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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Christian Rauh @chrauh.bsky.social · Jul 16

🤔 The #EU 🇪🇺 aspires to be a global actor 🌍 — but do other states recognize it as such?

My new study in @intlinteractions.bsky.social develops targeted #NLP / #TextAsData tools to analyze 50 years of foreign policy discourse in the annual #UN General Debate (1970–2020).

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · May 21

Do you want to use computer vision for analyzing image and video data? Join @andreucasas.bsky.social in his #GESISfallseminar course to gain theoretical & methodological expertise and benefit from hands-on tutorials & consulting sessions.

More info & registration at
t1p.de/ImageVideoAn...

GESIS Fall Seminar in CSS
Computer Vision for Image and Video Data Analysis
15 to 19 September | Mannheim
Andreu Casas (Royal Holloway University of London)

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Dr. Dominic Royé @drxeo.eu · Jun 29

We still have a major communication issue regarding extreme #heat, particularly when the news media use photos of beaches or children playing in water fountains. #climatechange

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jun 29

Across Portugal, Spain and France, some areas could exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the coming days, the result of a hot-air mass that recently brought record-breaking heat and humidity to the eastern United States, and another from Africa.

Extreme heat grips southern Europe as temperatures surpass 100 degrees

Portugal is expected to see highs of up to 109 degrees Fahrenheit. Parts of Spain, France, Italy and Greece are also bracing for extreme heat.

www.washingtonpost.com

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Jun 26

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.

🔗 epssnet.org

Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.

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Ahrabhi Kathirgamalingam @ahrabhikat.bsky.social · Jun 20

Morgen noch nichts vor und zufällig in Düsseldorf? Ich halte einen Workshop dazu, wie und warum KI diskriminierend sein kann und wie wir damit umgehen können! Tickets sind kostenlos! 🦜

Center for Advanced Internet Studies @cais-research.bsky.social · Jun 18

📌Reminder: Am Samstag hält Ahrabhi Kathirgamalingam im Rahmen von disCONNECT & CREATE auf dem HHU-Campus einen Workshop zu "Wer trifft die Entscheidung? Was jede:r über KI & Diskriminierung wissen sollte".
Bucht euch ein kostenloses Ticket und kommt vorbei!
@ahrabhikat.bsky.social @hhu.de

Center for Advanced Internet Studies @cais-research.bsky.social · Jun 6

👉 Am 21. Juni, 14:30-16:00 Uhr:
Workshop mit Ahrabhi Kathirgamalingam @ahrabhikat.bsky.social – ⚖️ „Wer trifft die Entscheidung? Was jede:r über KI & Diskriminierung wissen sollte“. Erfahre, wie Algorithmen unser Leben beeinflussen & lerne Tools, um sie kritisch zu hinterfragen.
#FutureMeetsYou

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · Jun 18

Maybe of interest to everyone working in or curious about Computational Social Science (CSS).

If you're looking to build or sharpen your #CSS skills, check out our hands-on courses in the #GESISworkshop program and #GESISfallseminar:

🔗 www.gesis.org/workshops
🔗 www.gesis.org/fallseminar

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · Jun 16

#GESISGuide #AI #LLM
🧠 New to #prompting LLMs or want to level up your skills?
This guide dives into prompting techniques—from basics to advanced strategies like reasoning models & persona prompting.
Includes examples, combos, and key limitations to watch out for.

https://t1p.de/yv10f (PDF)

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Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · Jun 16

Schränkt Präregistrierung die Forschung ein?
Wie könnte die Wissenschaftsministerin verlässliche Forschung befördern?
Was sind unsere Erfahrungen mit Registered Reports?

open-science-future.zbw.eu/preregistrat...

„A preregistration plan is a plan, not a prison.“

Instrumente wie Präregistrierung, Registered Reports oder Adversarial Collaboration könnten helfen, Glaubwürdigkeit und Wirkung ...

open-science-future.zbw.eu

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Verena Kunz @verenakunz.bsky.social · Jun 7

Congratulations 🥳🎉

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Verena Kunz @verenakunz.bsky.social · Jun 5

Congrats Maël!! 🎉

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Verena Kunz @verenakunz.bsky.social · May 28

Join us in two hours 💫

Verena Kunz @verenakunz.bsky.social · May 21

Mark your calendars! 🚨 We look forward to @cc-tp.bsky.social joining us for the last talk before the ☀️ break! Next Wednesday, May 28, at 17:00 (CEST) she will talk about detecting gender biased norms in political speech. More details on the #TaDa Speaker Series & how to join the talk ⬇️

Verena Kunz @verenakunz.bsky.social · Mar 4

The #TaDa Speaker Series is back for the spring 🎉 We're looking forward to an exciting line-up of talks by @prashantgarg.bsky.social, @miriamschirmer.bsky.social, @chdausgaard.bsky.social, @taniseceron.bsky.social, @lukashetzer.bsky.social, and Catarina Pereira! More infos at tada.cool & on Slack ⬇️