Clemens Baldzuhn
@clemensb.eurosky.social
PhD researcher @gesis.org Computational Social Science. Research on probabilistic models for behavioural & attitudinal dynamics. Background in Statistics & Sociology. https://www.gesis.org/en/institute/about-us/staff/person/clemens.baldzuhn
Not aiming to be contrarian, but this is interesting: Actually doing the calculations shows that an LLM prompt translates to 0.28 g CO2 – the cost of running a clothes dryer for 1 second. blog.andymasley.com/p/whats-the-...
What's the full "hidden" climate cost of using ChatGPT?
It's so tiny, and if we include "all the hidden costs" it might actually be a negative number
blog.andymasley.com
New to Computational Social Science and want a structured way in? We offer two parallel courses at the #GESISfallseminar. It's a great entry point for you if you are starting out in #CSS and want a solid overview of the methods & debates that define it! 👉 t1p.de/IntrotoCSSPy... 👉 t1p.de/IntrotoCSSR
Pleased to share that our flagship @eurosky.social project is collaborating with Germany's Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation (SPRIND) to explore algorithms to improve online conversations and increase understanding. eurosky.tech/news/eurosky...
Eurosky is collaborating with SPRIND to test a non-toxic algorithm for the first time - Eurosky
Eurosky is a European initiative to build and operate sovereign social web infrastructure
eurosky.tech
How do people build new ideas from existing knowledge? By tracking Wikipedia searches, we found that novel ideas emerged when people balanced exploration with exploitation—alternating between distant topics and deep dives into related information.
⏰ Last call! "How Are You, Democracy?" Conference on Measuring Sentiment & Polarization in Times of Crises, June 25 in Karlsruhe. Work on sentiment, polarization, trust & democratic resilience welcome. Submit abstracts until tomorrow. 📧 fegert@fzi.de 🔗 www.socialsentiment.org/news/call-fo...
⚽ Our probabilistic forecasts for the #FIFA2026 #WorldCup are out. 📈 Based on a machine learning algorithm combining data, expert insights, and advanced statistical models. 🤝 Joint work w/ Andy Groll & team, @rmichels.bsky.social, Lars Hvattum, Gunther Schauberger. www.zeileis.org/news/fifa2026/
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Statistical analysis recapitulates the development of statistical methods statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/05/28/s...
Statistical analysis recapitulates the development of statistical methods | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
On panelView, and why we should always look at our data first.. yiqingxu.substack.com/p/plot-your-...
Please look at your (panel) data
Many of the most egregious issues can be avoided by simply looking at the data.
yiqingxu.substack.com
Wir laden ein: Vortrag & Diskussion zum Buch „Was das Valley herrschen nennt” von @adriandaub.bsky.social. Er zeigt, wie Tech-Eliten Macht denken, legitimieren und zunehmend politischen Einfluss ausüben. 📅 01.06.2026, 16-18 Uhr 📍 Weizenbaum-Institut ➡️ Mehr Infos und Anmeldung: tinyurl.com/yc2mxd7h
Jonah’s seminar tomorrow: “Bayesian Workflow and the Software That Shapes It” statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/05/18/j...
Jonah’s seminar tomorrow: “Bayesian Workflow and the Software That Shapes It” | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
📣 CFP DGPuK Methods 2026 (@gesis.org, Köln) 🧠 Measuring Media Use & Effects: Computational Opportunities & Challenges topics: theorizing media use & effects in algorithmically shaped environments, concepts and measurement, ethics & bias ... 🗓️ 30 Sep–2 Oct | ⏳ Deadline: 15 May 🔗https://t1p.de/q6ram
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In ihrem aktuellen FAZ-Gastbeitrag beklagt Katherina Reiche eine "Selbsttäuschunug" in der Energiepolitik. Tatsächlich fällt der Täuschungsvorwurf aber teilweise auf sie selbst zurück, denn der Text enthält diverse falsche oder irreführende Zahlen. Ein Thread. (1/17) www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...
New study showing that online hatred is worse in countries with higher economic and political inequality. www.nature.com/articles/s41... By @m-b-petersen.bsky.social et al.
Social media users experience more political hostility in less economically equal and less democratic societies - Nature Human Behaviour
Drawing on survey data from 30 countries, Bor et al. find that online political hostility is higher in more unequal and less democratic societies.
nature.com
New publication 📄 "Little change in a changing landscape: Tracking exposure to untrustworthy news in Germany from 2017 to 2024". So far, my shortest paper - and the first with @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social! Read our brief description of news web browsing @journalqd.bsky.social
Little change in a changing landscape: Tracking exposure to untrustworthy news in Germany from 2017 to 2024. | Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media
journalqd.org
🚀 PhD (100%) | Disinformation, Youth & Cross-Platform Dynamics 👤 Profile: Strong affinity with CSS, Experience with digital data (social media, text corpora, etc.), Quantitative & computational methods (e.g., NLP, ML), Interest in political disinformation 📍 Cologne (up to 60% remote) is.gd/dYxJ9L
Doctoral Researcher in Computational Social Science (CSS-117) | Jobs at GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
GESIS is one of the world's leading social science infrastructure facilities, supporting researchers at all levels of their research projects with expertise and infrastructure services. We help ensure...
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Es ist echt bitter: Das Völkerrecht ist das, was der "Gutmensch" mal war, ein Objekt der Häme, fast ein Schimpfwort. Nur dass dies mittlerweile oft aus der Mitte heraus kommt. Wer Völkerrechtsargumente als "naiv" rahmt, macht das Recht des Stärkeren zum Maßstab. Bis er selbst der Schwächere ist.
Since joining the GESIS Panel in 2024, the GESIS Panel.dbd Digital Behavioral Data Sample has released its first dataset, opening new research opportunities by using survey data linked with digital behavioral data. Dataset: search.gesis.org/research_dat... Documentation: shiny.gesis.org/gpdbd/
Sehr smarter Artikel zu AI slop. ‚Kultur wird nicht länger bewertet, nur noch bewegt‘. ‚Hauptsache, es gibt Content, so wie Bullshit-Jobs keinen Zweck haben, außer den Kapitalkreislauf am Leben zu erhalten. Slop will nicht überzeugen, nur weiterlaufen.‘
DIE ZEIT@zeit.de · 6mo agoExtraflache KI-Inhalte, genannt Slop, fluten das Internet. Der Müll hat keinen Sinn und kein Ziel – und passt so gut in unsere Zeit. Wie kommen wir da jemals wieder raus?
Web tracking data has great potential for social science research 🚀 It also comes with its own challenges though! In this hands-on #GESISworkshop, you'll learn everything you need to know about preprocessing, handling, and analysing web tracking data. More infos at t1p.de/WebTrackingD...
"I suspect the value of original or elegant theory will become more important. Good quant work is becoming cheap and plentiful; good theory remains hard." hegemon.substack.com/p/the-age-of...
The Age of Academic Slop is Upon Us
what happens when AI automates "normal science"?
hegemon.substack.com
"Wenn man die Freibeträge auf eine Million Euro erhöht, halbiert sich die Zahl der Steuerpflichtigen und der Bürokratieaufwand sinkt damit kräftig." – Für @sbachtax.bsky.social gehen die Vorschläge der SPD zur Reform der Erbschaftsteuer in die richtige Richtung. www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
Some lecture notes on spatial and temporal modelling, illustrated using R - darrenjw.github.io/spatio-tempo... - #rstats #rspatial #quarto
Spatial and temporal statistics
darrenjw.github.io
"40 percent of MRI signals do not correspond to actual brain activity"; "Since tens of thousands of fMRI studies worldwide are based on this assumption, our results could lead to opposite interpretations in many of them.” www.tum.de/en/news-and-...
40 percent of MRI signals misinterpreted
Interpretation of numerous MRI data may be incorrect: blood flow is not a reliable indicator of brain activity.
tum.de
we have to stop put paper production as the most important goal in academia immediately. Most problems in our scientific institutions follow from this
Andrew Heiss@andrew.heiss.phd · 8mo agoGrading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
🎄 Still looking for a gift for your favourite social scientist? How about a #preprint with 717 urban areas, 30 countries, and 16,164 models of #Immigrant #Segregation across Europe? Just published with @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social & David Kretschmer 🎅 🎁 Wrapped up here: arxiv.org/abs/2512.17037
