Florian Keusch
@floriankeusch.bsky.social
Austrian in Mannheim; Prof. of Social Data Science & Methodology at U of Mannheim; survey methodologist; (mobile) web surveys; passive mobile data collection
Excited to present a tutorial on simulating survey responses with LLMs at @ic2s2.bsky.social next week! ✨ 👉 central themes: analytic flexibility & hybrid samples with @gligoric.bsky.social, @indiiigo.bsky.social, @maximiliankreutner.bsky.social, @jrupprec.bsky.social, and @mstrohm.bsky.social – 🧵
Wir haben in Österreich eher das Problem, dass es zu viele Doktoren gibt bzw. Doktortitel zu schnell vergeben werden. Das wird im Zeitalter von KI nicht besser. Im Moment scheinen mir viele im Umgang damit ratlos zu sein. Denke, dass genau jetzt einige KI-Doktorarbeiten durchschlittern. 1/3
Fachhochschulen sollen Doktorate vergeben können
Das Promotionsrecht ist der letzte fehlende Punkt bei der institutionellen Gleichstellung mit Universitäten
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New paper out now 🥳 When psychologists discuss generalisability, they often refer to vague notions of representativeness. We provide an accessible intro to the total survey error framework as a tool to reason about this more rigorously. w @taymalsalti.bsky.social @ruben.the100.ci >
The call for the DGOF Best Paper Award 2027 is out. Submit your published work on methods of online research by Sep 30. www.dgof.de/forschungsfo...
Genuinely interested in your views: What is the future of teaching statistical programming language for data science in the age of AI? Will we even still teach programming R or Python?
With conference season just around the corner, a bit of advice. Yes, you could easily get a gen-AI tool to draw a comic of you at your desk, cartoon thought bubbles over your head, your research question printed in the bubbles in comic sans font. That doesn't mean you should.
Out now! The latest issue of POQ! Read Volume 90, Issue 3, Fall 2026 here: academic.oup.com/poq/issue
#MRevilla kicks off 7th MASS Workshop in collaboration with the @erc.europa.eu funded WEB DATA OPP Project at @recsm.bsky.social in Barcelona. Many thanks to @floriankeusch.bsky.social @peterlugtig.bsky.social and #BStruminskaya for organizing this event with me🤓😎
We are thrilled to announce that the #ESRA27 call for sessions is now open! We invite all interested researchers to submit an abstract for an ESRA conference session by the end of August. More info here: www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conference/p...
ESRA27 Call for Sessions
The European Survey Research Association (ESRA) is the leading professional organisation of survey researchers in Europe, with members from the academic, government, non-profit and commercial sectors
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As part of a data donation project, we are collecting whitelists of "public actors"' (e.g., news, politicians, parties) Instagram handles. We're aware of some databases (HBI Public Speakers, Vienna's Meteor) - but hints to others (or whitelists shared as part of publications) more than welcome 🫶
Grad students, just an FYI, reputable journals in your discipline don’t need to recruit scholars to submit manuscripts to them. So if you‘re getting email invites to submit your work to [journal you never heard of], it belongs in spam.
"10x more evidence based" sounds scientific right up until you spend three seconds thinking about it
📢 Register now!! 📢 Join Johanna Hölzl for our next #CS3Meeting on May 19, 3:15 to 4:00 PM (CEST). Learn about the generalizability, reliability, and validity of #APIs (e.g., #YouTube @nytimes.com) and their implications for reproducibility in #CSS. 🚨 Sign up here: ww3.unipark.de/uc/cs3_meeti...
Sign up‼️ And learn from Johanna Hölzl about her outstanding research on API-based data⬇️
Joshua Claassen@jclaass.bsky.social · 3mo ago📢 Register now!! 📢 Join Johanna Hölzl for our next #CS3Meeting on May 19, 3:15 to 4:00 PM (CEST). Learn about the generalizability, reliability, and validity of #APIs (e.g., #YouTube @nytimes.com) and their implications for reproducibility in #CSS. 🚨 Sign up here: ww3.unipark.de/uc/cs3_meeti...
As part of the special issue Explanation and Causality in Sociology, @rubac.bsky.social, @cklamm.bsky.social and I discussed what it takes to do causal inference with text as data - whether we try to explain texts, treat them as causes, or use them as controls 💬🔍👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Text as Data and Causal Inference in Sociology - KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie
This article discusses and showcases approaches to causal inference with text as data, focusing on the challenges and opportunities that arise when sociological constructs are embedded in language. We...
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❗️📢 Tue, Apr 28, 10:00-11:00 CET 📍 A 231 and ZOOM Mannheim Research Colloquium on Survey Methods #MaRCS with Henning Silber, @umich.edu "Why People (Don’t) Participate in Surveys: Evidence from Multiple Studies and Population" 👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/even... 1/2
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a nonprob college fraternity panel called brolific
🆕 Content alert on Methods Bites ▶️ "Survey Recruitment on LinkedIn: A Step-by-Step Guide to Targeted Outreach" 👤 Zaza Zindel (DeZIM) & Lisa de Vries (FernUniversität Hagen) 🔗 Blogpost: socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/article/link...
![Survey Recruitment on LinkedIn: A Step-by-Step Guide to Targeted Outreach
March 25, 2026 31 min read tutorials [Zaza Zindel Lisa de Vries]
LinkedIn’s professional user base and precise targeting capabilities present social science researchers with a valuable opportunity to recruit survey participants from highly specific populations, particularly those relevant to research on employment and industry dynamics. While platforms such as Facebook and Instagram are commonly used for recruitment of survey participants, LinkedIn’s potential in survey participant recruitment remains underutilized. Its professional focus, career-centric context, and only minimal off-topic content make it ideal for reaching the potential labor force population. This is particularly relevant for studies requiring insights from specific industries, occupations, or education levels. In this Methods Bites Tutorial, Dr. Zaza Zindel (German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM)) and Dr. Lisa de Vries (FernUniversität in Hagen) provide a step-by-step guide on how to use LinkedIn ads to recruit participants for survey research.
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🚨 Upcoming: "AIn't Nothing But a Survey? Using Large Language Models for Coding Open-Ended Survey Responses" 👤 Leah von der Heyde (GESIS) 🗓️ Wed, April 22, 13:45-15:15 CET 📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 🔗 socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/
![2026-04-22 | Input talk | Leah von der Heyde (GESIS)
AIn't Nothing But a Survey? Using Large Language Models for Coding Open-Ended Survey Responses
Hybrid event [A5, 6, Room A231 + Zoom]
April 22, 2026, 13:45-15:15
Abstract
Large language models (LLMs) have the potential to make survey research more efficient, including the classification of open-ended survey responses. However, as most existing research on this topic has focused on English-language text or single LLMs, it is unclear whether their applicability generalizes and how the quality of classifications compares to established methods. In this talk, I will demonstrate how LLMs can be used for coding open-ended responses using different access options and prompting and fine-tuning techniques. I will present a study testing these approaches on a dataset of German open-ended survey responses, comparing several LLMs to human coders and other automated methods. Finally, I will discuss the implications of the study findings for practitioners, including the many trade-offs researchers need to consider.
Presenter(s)
Leah von der Heyde is a computational social scientist and survey methodologist. Her research focuses on the potential and pitfalls of new data sources, such as large language models, for improving the measurement and representation of public opinion. Substantively, she is particularly interested in political attitudes and voting behavior. Leah received her PhD in Social Data Science and Research Methodology from the University of Mannheim. She has a background in political science from LMU Munich, the University of Mannheim, and Georgetown University. Previously, Leah was part of the Social Data Science and AI Lab at LMU Munich, worked for the European Social Survey at GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, the European Parliamentary Research Service, and several market and public opinion research institutes in Germany and Sweden. At GESIS, she is part of KODAQS, researching and educating…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oizrkjzyr6vekl76tjctghcl/bafkreigb4xgjzges3yeoup7w3z3goxg6fgei4qiystwxbq4zkvjughks6m)
Registration is open for the Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques at ISR! Learn from leading experts, build flexible online coursework, and strengthen your survey research skills this summer. Register now and view the class catalog below.
We opened a new PhD position in our department focusing on CSS research on and with AI agents. Please share the job ad and contact us if you have questions: gesis.jobs.personio.de/job/2594220?...
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Partisan nonresponse bias in a nutshell
Polling USA@usapolling.bsky.social · 4mo agoGallup's Quarterly Partisan Affiliation Poll Since 2020 Q2
Are you a survey researcher eager to learn data science? In our #GESISsummerschool course, learn how to collect and analyze digital behavioral and traditional survey data using modern data science tools – and how to apply them effectively to real-world research questions. ➡️ t1p.de/GSS26-C4
While we’re doing this, it’s pronounced “lick-ert”. Not “like-ert”.
Sean Mackinnon@seanpmackinnon.bsky.social · 5mo agoOk this is getting embarrassing for me, so #stats people you know the Akaike information criterion (AIC) right? Uh ... how do you pronounce Akaike? I gotta verbally say it sometimes in teaching, and am tired of making a fool of myself lol
Someone went to the trouble of creating 5 fake OSF accounts today, linking to 5 fake ORCID accounts, and generating 5 fake papers to submit to SocArXiv, with fake author and emails. Dude, if you are reading this, I hope you get the help you need (or a better job).
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GUIDE-LLM
Reporting Checklist for Studies with Large Language Models in the Behavioral and Social Sciences
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