It was a pleasure to tutor a project at the Complexity 72h Workshop, leading a team to get a research paper in 72h is quite an enriching experience! Doing research in a team is so much better than on your own :) Our preliminary result! arxiv.org/abs/2606.27968

SimPol: Simulating polarisation in political belief networks in European countries

Here we combine empirical network analysis with agent-based modelling to understand how different ways of structuring belief systems may affect the polarisation drive, and how the diversity of belief ...

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Are you interested in advocacy and democratic values in European research and higher education? 📢 The European Council of Doctoral and Junior Researchers invites you to apply for the Ambassador Programme for Values and Democracy. 🗓️ Registration deadline: 31 March. eurodoc.net/news/2026/eu...

Y’all are very lucky — you still have time until March 4th to apply for the Complexity72h Workshop! Don’t miss it — hurry up and get your application in 🚀

Complexity 72h@complexity72h.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The call for participants for Complexity72h is finally open! Apply by February 28 for the best collab ever! Why??? ✨ Amazing projects 👩‍🏫 Fantastic tutors 📍 A great location 👉 Apply now: www.complexitynextgen.org/complexity72... Do you REALLY need anything else to be convinced? We didn’t think so.

🛡️ We need to protect academia as a core academic institution! @oscarwestlund.bsky.social paid a visit to our lab last week and held a panel discussion at SPUI25 with @natalihelberger.bsky.social and @theresajseipp.bsky.social, on the topic "Academic Freedom Under Attack". Here are some takeaways 👇️

Super excited to dive into the project along with a group of curious researchers! The topic lies at the intersection of different literatures, so there's quite some scope to find new connections 🔭 Join Adarsh and I for the Complexity72h challenge in June!

Complexity 72h@complexity72h.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Projects and tutors at a glance:Inferring empirical belief networks to ground agent-based models of polarisation Bridge opinion dynamics theory with real political data by calibrating a multi-dimensional model using survey-based belief networks - info: www.complexitynextgen.org/complexity72...

PHD AND POSTDOC POSITIONS AT THE DIGITAL DEMOCRACY CENTRE Topic: AI and the News Ecosystem See thread by project PI @claesdevreese.bsky.social below. Please help circulate and/or apply. #polcomm #academia

Claes de Vreese@claesdevreese.bsky.social · 7mo ago

PLEASE SHARE 📣 Multi-position (PhD and postdoc) call for an interdisciplinary project on "AI in the News Ecosystem: Navigating Trust and Authenticity” Project @ddc-sdu.bsky.social (Digital Democracy Centre (SDU)). Multiple positions with different backgrounds and profiles. Links in🧵 #commsky

A new postdoc position (social science) is open in our lab. Come join a great team doing very important work!

Claes de Vreese@claesdevreese.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Work!! 🚨 We are looking for a #postdoc in our AI, media and Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social Dynamic position, great team, nice colleagues 💥 Profile: communication/ poli sci/ computational social sci 🗓️ DL November 1 Spread the word 📣 werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

“Now Scientific American has updated and re-released what it calls the “classic graphic” that shows that a human on a bicycle—able to coast, or freewheel, without pedaling—remains the world’s most energy effecient traveler.” @carltonreid.com on the re-release of the iconic graph in @forbes.com.

Very excited to join the group, learn from its great expertise, and delve deeper and contribute to such important topics!

AI, Media & Democracy Lab@aimediademlab.bsky.social · 11mo ago

@juillermoromero.bsky.social joined our team just before summer! He's a postdoctoral researcher in the Intelligent & Autonomous Systems group at CWI and his work involves modelling the influence of fake news in complex social dynamics. Welcome, Guillermo! More info: www.aim4dem.nl/about-guille...

Stop, and think Is it worth my time? Is it worth my mind?

Happily co-chairing 2 organised sessions with Tod van Gunten at the #Sunbelt2025 conference @insna.bsky.social in Paris June 23-29. Our sessions are "Elite Networks" and "Network approaches to political dynamics". Only 4 days left to submit an abstract! sunbelt2025.org