Letzte Woche war meine erste offizielle Sitzung mit dem @ratswd.bsky.social #RatSWD und ich freue mich sehr auf die weitere Zusammenarbeit. Vielen Dank an @gesis.org, dass ich das Institut in diesem Gremium auf der Datenproduzenten-Seite vertreten darf.

RatSWD@ratswd.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚀 Der RatSWD ist in die 9. Berufungsperiode gestartet Vergangene Woche haben die Mitglieder des RatSWD einen neuen Vorsitzenden gewählt 👏 Herzlichen Glückwunsch an @dvorgrimler.bsky.social (Destatis) zur Wahl als Vorsitzender 🎊

Thanks so much to @snurb.info for liveblogging. And to the #SEASON2026 organisers for the invitation and the great conferencea

Axel Bruns@snurb.info · 3w ago

Fabulous, comprehensive #SEASON2026 keynote by the great Katrin Weller from @gesis.org on where we are with VLOPSE data access under the labyrinthine EU Digital Services Act. TL;DR: it’s complicated, but researchers must push hard to make it work for us. Liveblog here:

Join our hybrid symposium "More than compliance checks and harm prevention? The work of ethics committees in the social and behavioral sciences in a changing research landscape" on Nov 25 (13:00–15:30 CET)!

Job Alert! We now have another position in computational social science. In the context of an interdisciplinary method center, we offer a 4+1 year 100% postdoc position with no teaching! If you have any questions, send me a PM. uol.de/en/job/postd...

An AI-ready, data engineering playbook for FAIR Integration in EOSC and beyond: CDIF4EOSC Workshop, London, Friday 9 October, in person registration open codata.org/an-ai-ready-... #codata #FAIRdata #OpenScience #datascience #opendata

I'm thrilled to announce that the special issue of “Cultural Heritage in Crisis” in Library Trends, Issue 75, No. 1, co-edited by my colleague Andreas Segerberg and I, has been published! It features an amazing group of authors on topics that I’ll post next. View issue: muse.jhu.edu/issue/57540.

We have designated ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine and Reddit and Roblox as Very Large Online Platforms under the Digital Services Act. They now have four months to comply with additional DSA obligations. #DSA

Job opening with my colleagues at GESIS Knowledge Technologies for the Social Science Department: gesis.jobs.personio.de/job/2765070?... #ResearchData #FAIR #FAIRdata #researchinfrastructure

Forschungsdatenmanager*in (Postdoc) für die Erstellung von Harvestingnetzwerken (KTS-84) | 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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Wer möchte mit mir und uns am Institut für Germanistik der @hhu.de zusammenarbeiten? Wir schreiben eine *Professur (W2) für Digitale Textkulturen* aus. Spread the word! #Litwiss #Literaturwissenschaft #NDL #Professur #Jobs

*JOB* My group at @gesis.org has an open position: we are looking for a candidate to support the expansion of our Trusted Research Environment for providing access to sensitive research data: gesis.jobs.personio.de/job/2707934?...

Research Infrastructure Specialist (Postdoc) for Trusted Research Environments (DSS-26) | 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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While we are still waiting for the final funding decision (which will be made by the BMFTR) for RIDLOP, we are delighted to see the Wissenschaftsrat's report that was published yesterday. So keeping our fingers crossed for the last steps in the evaluation process!

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften@gesis.org · 2mo ago

#RIDLOP #Wissenschaftsrat #ResearchInfrastructure The German Science and Humanities Council (Wissenschaftsrat) supports the implementation of RIDLOP, the Research Infrastructure for Data from Large Online Platforms, in its statement published today.

Unlock new possibilities for text analysis with @haukelicht.bsky.social! Explore how to use embeddings, transformers, and #LLMs. 👉 t1p.de/AdvancedText...

GESIS Training@gesistraining.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Learn how to use embeddings, transformers, and large language models for clustering, classifying, or extracting information from texts in @haukelicht.bsky.social's #GESISfallseminar course! 📊🤖📚 More info & registration ➡️ t1p.de/AdvancedText... #LLMs #TextEmbeddings @gesis.org

Für alle, die mehr aus hierarchischen Daten herausholen wollen! 👉 t1p.de/einf_mod_26 Anmeldeschluss ist der 03. September! @gesis.org

GESIS Training@gesistraining.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Wenn Daten hierarchisch strukturiert und Variablen latent sind, ist die Mehrebenen-Strukturgleichungsmodellierung (MSM) die ideale methodische Wahl. In unserem #GESISworkshop lernst du, MSM-Modelle zu spezifizieren, zu schätzen und zu interpretieren – praxisnah in R. ➡️ t1p.de/einf_mod_26 @gesis.org

One course, plenty of practical skills: computational social science, data collection, and Python. Whether you're new to #CSS or want a structured refresher, this course is for you! Register Now 👉 t1p.de/IntrotoCSSPy... @gesis.org

GESIS Training@gesistraining.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Want to get a broad overview of the field of computational social science combined with hands-on applications in #Python? Our #GESISfallseminar course introduces you to common debates and questions, data collection techniques, and methods. ➡️ Register now at t1p.de/IntrotoCSSPy... #CSS

For our new project "SynDIKAT: Synthetic disinformation data, collaboration infrastructure, and an analysis toolbox for social media research" @dede1989.bsky.social and I are looking for a postdoc for a shared position between @gesis.org and @cais-research.bsky.social: rrr.is/postdocsyndi...

Postdoc in Computational Social Science: Research Infrastructures und Synthetic Social Media Data (CSS-119) | Jobs bei GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften

GESIS ist eine der weltweit führenden Infrastruktureinrichtungen für die Sozialwissenschaften und steht Forscher*innen mit Expertise und Infrastrukturangeboten auf allen Ebenen ihrer Forschungsprojekt...

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#pride26 #pridemonth This Pride Month we want to highlight two very different publications: a practical guide on how to account for gender diversity in evaluation, and a cartoon on what diversity looks like in everyday life. 🔗doi.org/10.31244/zfe... 🎨pushbacklash.eu/wp-c...

⚽📚 The Ultimate World Cup Research Thread I've set up a little automated thread: every day of the 2026 World Cup (11 Jun–19 Jul) it shares one study on what football does to society: politics, economics, migration, health, crime & more. One paper a day. Kickoff below 👇

#cessda50 was such a great event - and lots of fun being there with my amazing colleagues. Thanks to @cessda.bsky.social for bringing the community together

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften@gesis.org · 4mo ago

Yesterday marked the end of the CESSDA ERIC 50th-anniversary conference, which took place in Bergen, Norway, under the theme “ Future-Ready: Social Science: Data, Policy, and Impact.”

Happy Birthday to @cessda.bsky.social ! Looking forward to an exiting conference progam here in Bergen, Norway.

🥳 Nächste Woche ist es endlich so weit! 🚀 Unsere #10KSWD beginnt am Montagmorgen und wir freuen uns schon jetzt auf das spannende Auftaktpanel zur „Zukunft der Dateninfrastruktur in Deutschland“. 📍 Montag, 22.06.2026, 10:15–11:15 Uhr

several current open positions with my colleagues at @gesis.org

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften@gesis.org · 4mo ago

Find your new job at GESIS! 👉Postdoc in NLP and Research Knowledge Graphs (Salary group 13 TV-L, working time 100%) 🔗gesis.jobs.personio.... 👉Researcher in Knowledge Graphs (Salary group 13 TV-L, working time 75%) 🔗gesis.jobs.personio....

#Pride2026 #DiversityInResearch At GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, we are committed to democracy and an open society. These values are reflected not only in our research, but also in our workplace culture. Let us continue to promote equality and celebrate diverse identites!

As we approach the end of the conference, let’s take a moment to recognize our paper award winners for their exceptional research and on-stage presence. Photo credit to Dr. Kasper Welbers! @kasperwelbers.bsky.social

Posting live from stage at #ica26 where I present our #rstats 🎁 {atrrr} which can interact with 🦋

More congratulations: @janabernhard.bsky.social, @ahrabhikat.bsky.social, and Hajo Boomgaarden won the Top Paper Award in the Political Communication Division at #ica26 for their paper "The Uneven News Landscape: Selective News Bias in Actor-Topic Interactions"

Computational methods division top paper goes to Paul Balluff, @christinaviehmann.bsky.social, Maximilian Linde, @yapete.bsky.social, Jun Sun, Chung-hong Chan from @gesis.org. Huge congrats everyone!

Hi #ica26. We have an open 4.5 yr Postdoc position @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social Berlin in PolComm/Comp Social Scienes on opinion dynamics in climate topics. Hit me up if you want a to talk about it in CT or send to colleagues who might be interested. www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...

Happening now! #ic26 Bluesky Workshop on DSA40 data access with @claesdevreese.bsky.social @antmandan.bsky.social @kwelle.bsky.social - looks like a self-help group but that’s what we are need: a community around platform data access to make it work (beyond Europe!)

Claes de Vreese@claesdevreese.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Unlimited access to all social media data 🎊 No. But a timely panel on the state of play. The opportunities and hard work still ahead #DSA #ica26 Join @dscheykopp.bsky.social @jolukito.bsky.social @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @kwelle.bsky.social @antmandan.bsky.social & 🙋

@christinaviehmann.bsky.social presented cool work "beyond beyond standardization" with several @gesis.org colleagues today at #ica26

Great work by Knöpfle, @marhai.bsky.social and @johannesbreuer.com with numbers on data and code sharing (or rather the lack thereof) in computational communication research #ica26