How can analytical sociology and complexity science inform each other? Next week, ~20 researchers from IAS and CSH @csh.ac.at meet in Vienna for a 2.5-day workshop to explore shared questions on segregation, networks, collective behavior, belief dynamics, innovation, and more. 📅 14–16 Sept

IAS + CSH Connection Workshop * Complexity Science Hub

The IAS-CSH Connection Workshop will bring together around 20 researchers from the Institute for Analytical Sociology, Linköping University, Sweden, and the

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Join us on Thursday, 10 September, at 14:30 CET for the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with Jennifer Watling Neal @jennawneal.bsky.social 🔹 Using Networks to Improve Interventions 🔹 More info: liu.se/en/event/int...

International Roundtable on Computational Social Science: Jennifer Watling Neal

Using networks to improve interventions Welcome to the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with Jennifer Watling Neal, Michigan State University. The seminar is open to the public...

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Our new @poeticsjournal.bsky.social paper disentangles the role of within-individual and compositional changes in shifting political meaning-making on social media following focus events like terrorist attacks: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Together with @mhbodell.bsky.social

Join us on Thursday, 3 Sept, at 14:30 CET for the first Analytical Sociology Seminar of the term with Marco Giesselmann 🔹 The increase in refugees to Germany and exclusionary beliefs and behaviors 🔹 More info and calendar: liu.se/en/article/s...

Seminars and lectures at IAS

Welcome to IAS public lectures and seminars.

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✨ We’re excited to announce the Fall 2026 IAS Seminar Series, featuring a stellar lineup of speakers and thought-provoking talks. Seminars take place every Thursday and are open to all! #AcademicSky #CSS #socsky #sociology

How does the latte-drinking-liberals idea play out in the Swedish multi-party context? Find out in our article recently published in Journal of CSS: link.springer.com/article/10.1... Created together with brilliant @felixlennert.bsky.social, Elida Izani Ibrahim & @mhbodell.bsky.social!

Partisan tastes or ideological divides? Everyday interests and political identities in a multi-party system - Journal of Computational Social Science

Everyday interests expressed in leisure, media consumption, or cultural practices, increasingly intersect with political orientations, making them strong signals of individuals’ political identities. ...

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When online discourse shifts after focus events, is it because people start talking differently or because different people participate in discussions? @anmen.bsky.social and I answer this question in a new OA article published in Poetics! 🎉 doi.org/10.1016/j.po...

✨ We’re excited to announce the Fall 2026 IAS Seminar Series, featuring a stellar lineup of speakers and thought-provoking talks. Seminars take place every Thursday and are open to all! #AcademicSky #CSS #socsky #sociology

Yesterday’s conference dinner at a former power plant -- Värmekyrkan was a total blast Anna Sotkasiira Wik, Chairman of the Municipal Council, gave a lovely opening speech welcoming all #EUSN2026 participants to Norrköping. The night continued with an afterparty and live music at Harrys, but no 📷

From ABMs and SOAMs to Mixed Methods and Families, there is a fantastic mix of topics tungled into this morning's parallel sessions at #EUSN2026 Conference on Social Networks Check out the full program here: liu.se/en/event/eus...

Károly Takács just kicked off #EUSN2026 with some awesome opening remarks He linked together the history of Norrköping, the city's nicknames, and a locally built airplane, connecting it all back to the 8th European Conference on Social Networks. We are officially underway!

The confirmed programme of the lecture series on Foundations and Frontiers of Analytical Sociology is now available online. The lectures will take place between September 2 and December 11, 2026. Please find the full programme, and short bios of the lecturers here: liu.se/en/news-item...

World-leading researchers to headline new lecture series in analytical sociology

Some of the world's most influential researchers in analytical sociology, network science, and computational social science will visit Linköping University this autumn as part of a new international l...

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

*Upcoming lecture series and PhD course at IAS* 📚 In Fall 2026, IAS will host an online lecture series featuring many of the scholars whose work has been instrumental in the development of analytical sociology.

The confirmed programme of the lecture series on Foundations and Frontiers of Analytical Sociology is now available online. The lectures will take place between September 2 and December 11, 2026. Please find the full programme, and short bios of the lecturers here: liu.se/en/news-item...

World-leading researchers to headline new lecture series in analytical sociology

Some of the world's most influential researchers in analytical sociology, network science, and computational social science will visit Linköping University this autumn as part of a new international l...

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

*Upcoming lecture series and PhD course at IAS* 📚 In Fall 2026, IAS will host an online lecture series featuring many of the scholars whose work has been instrumental in the development of analytical sociology.

1/3 🧵 Introducing Threadle, an open-source framework for network analysis at population scale, developed by @carln.bsky.social @iasliu.bsky.social. Built for multilayer networks with native support for 2-mode data structures. threadle.dev

Threadle - Population-scale network data management system

Threadle is a high-performance network engine built for large, structurally complex multilayer and multimode datasets — such as full-population administrative registers. Built in C#/.NET, it offers me...

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In parallel, IAS will offer an online doctoral course, Foundations and Frontiers of Analytical Sociology (5 ECTS), for a limited number of PhD students. The lecture program will be announced during the summer. Registration and further information about the course are available here:

*Upcoming lecture series and PhD course at IAS* 📚 In Fall 2026, IAS will host an online lecture series featuring many of the scholars whose work has been instrumental in the development of analytical sociology.

Join us on Thursday, 28 May, at 14:30 CET for the last Analytical Sociology Seminar of the term with Lucas G. Drouhot 🔹Once in a Blue Moon: Barriers to Mixed Partnership Among Second-Generation Muslims in France, 2008-2020🔹 More info: liu.se/en/event/ana...

Analytical Sociology Seminar: Lucas G. Drouhot

"Once in a blue moon: Barriers to mixed partnership among second-generation Muslims in France, 2008–2020" Welcome to the Analytical Social Seminar with Lucas G. Drouhot, New York University (NYU) Shan...

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Join us on Thursday, 21 May, at 14:30 CET for the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with Étienne Ollion @eollion.bsky.social 🔹 The Gender Dimension. The Use of Gender as an Analytical Tool in Contemporary French Social Sciences 🔹 More info: liu.se/en/event/int...

International Roundtable on Computational Social Science: Étienne Ollion

"The gender lens. On the use of gender as an analytical tool in contemporary social sciences" Welcome to the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with Étienne Ollion, Centre nation...

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Out now in @jssreligion.bsky.social: Using Swedish full-population data, I show that exposure to religious pluralism through social ties is associated with a lower likelihood that parents baptize their child in the Church of Sweden 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Religious Pluralism and Social Networks: How Exposure to Religious Pluralism Through Social Ties Influences Baptism Decisions

A longstanding debate in the sociology of religion has focused on how religious pluralism affects religious participation. Existing research shows mixed findings, often relying on macro-level measure...

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Exciting news! 🎉 LiU has launched a new excellence centre at IAS: the Linköping Excellence Centre for Analytical Sociology (LECAS). LECAS will receive strategic funding over the next five years from the university.

Join us on Thursday, 7 May, at 14:30 CET for the Analytical Sociology Seminar with Petri Ylikoski @ylikoskip.bsky.social 🔹Analytical sociology and the toolbox of social mechanisms🔹 More info: liu.se/en/event/ana...

Analytical Sociology Seminar: Petri Ylikoski

TBA Welcome to the Analytical Social Seminar with Petri Ylikoski, University of Helsinki. The seminar is open for the public. Language: English. Please contact elin.dahlstrom@liu.se for Zoom link.

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Join us on Thursday, 30 April, at 14:30 CET for the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with @tahayasseri.bsky.social 🔹 A New Sociology of Humans and Machines 🔹 More info: liu.se/en/event/int...

International Roundtable on Computational Social Science: Taha Yasseri

"A new sociology for humans and machines" Welcome to the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with Taha Yasseri, Trinity College Dublin. The seminar is open to the public. Language...

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📢 New paper with @pablobellode.bsky.social and @marckeuschnigg.bsky.social in Network Science. We study how population structure can generate asymmetric exposure to cross-cutting media content in online networks. doi.org/10.1017/nws.... 🧵👇

Join us on Thursday, 23 April, at 17:00 CET for the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with Hannah Druckenmiller 🔹Accounting for Unobservable Heterogeneity in Cross Section Using Spatial First Differences 🔹 More info: liu.se/en/event/int...

International Roundtable on Computational Social Science: Hannah Druckenmiller

TBA Welcome to the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with Hannah Druckenmiller, California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The seminar is open to the public. Language: Englis...

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Join us on Thursday, 16 April, at 14:30 CET for the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with Marion Hoffman 🔹 Micro-foundations of group formation: When do statistical models reflect social mechanisms? 🔹 More info: liu.se/en/event/int...

International Roundtable on Computational Social Science: Marion Hoffman

"Statistical network models with clear micro-level foundations: Insights from game theory" Welcome to the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with Marion Hoffman, Toulouse School of Economics and Institute for Advanced Study ...

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Join us on Thursday, 9 April, at 17:00 CET for the Analytical Sociology Seminar with @annowens.bsky.social : 🔹 Inequality in Context: How Neighborhood Effects Vary Across Place 🔹 More info: liu.se/en/event/ana...

Analytical Sociology Seminar: Ann Owens

"Inequality in context: How neighborhood effects vary across place" Welcome to the Analytical Social Seminar with Ann Owens, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The seminar is open for the p...

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Join us on Thursday, 26 March, at 14.30 CET for the Analytical Sociology Seminar with John Levi Martin: 🔹 Signaling, Performing, and (occasionally) Exploding: The logic of skilled political action in the Weimar Parliament 🔹 More info: liu.se/en/event/ana...

Analytical Sociology Seminar: John Levi Martin

"Signaling, performing, and (occasionally) exploding: The logic of skilled political action in the Weimar parliament" Welcome to the Analytical Social Seminar with John Levi Martin, University of Chic...

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Join us on Thursday, 26 March, at 14.30 CET for the Analytical Sociology Seminar with John Levi Martin: 🔹 Signaling, Performing, and (occasionally) Exploding: The logic of skilled political action in the Weimar Parliament 🔹 More info: liu.se/en/event/ana...

Analytical Sociology Seminar: John Levi Martin

"Signaling, performing, and (occasionally) exploding: The logic of skilled political action in the Weimar parliament" Welcome to the Analytical Social Seminar with John Levi Martin, University of Chic...

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How can computational text analysis be used for building and testing social theory? @marckeuschnigg.bsky.social, @anamacanovic.bsky.social, @anmen.bsky.social & I write about how CTA is commonly used & how it might be used by sociologists in the future Out now: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Computational Text Analysis for Building and Testing Social Theory - KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie

Digitization and advances in natural language processing have transformed how sociologists can measure, model, and interpret social life through text. We provide an overview of computational text anal...

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