*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

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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 · last wk.

#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 · 3mo 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 · 2mo 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 · 4mo 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 · 2mo 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 · 2mo 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 · 2mo 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

Wanna learn how the new #DSA EU data access to platform works for you, even outside Europe? Join our #ICA26 Bluesky workshop on Sat June 6 at 9:00 am in CTICC1, Lev 1, 1.52 with @claesdevreese.bsky.social @dscheykopp.bsky.social @jolukito.bsky.social @kwelle.bsky.social Daniel Angus, Megan Brown

📢 DARIAH is hiring a Data Steward & Community Manager! 🌟 The role is part of STARDAST - a European Commission-funded project on stewardship and recognition for data science talent, led by European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) 🔜 Deadline: 12 June 2026 ➡️ More: www.dariah.eu/2026/05/20/j...

Beware: if the answer is "no", you may be entitled to compensation in the form of Wikipede merch 🐛

Bots in web surveys: threat, tool, or both? 👀 Info & registration ➡️ t1p.de/GSS26-C8 #LLMs #websurveys @gesis.org

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

Bots in web surveys - threat or opportunity? 🤖 In our #GESISsummerschool course, learn how bots operate, how to detect and prevent them, and even how to use them for pretesting, all while considering ethics and data integrity. Info & registration ➡️ t1p.de/GSS26-C8 #LLMs #websurveys @gesis.org

For my Horizon Project EDGE I am looking for a senior researcher from October 1st. This is a 3-year position on inequalities and democracy support. All information on the job and application process is here: gesis.jobs.personio.de/job/2639403?...

Post Doctoral Researcher (SDC-28) | Jobs at GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften

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Nominations for the ODISSEI Open Science Award 2026 are now open! We’re looking for researchers or teams in computational social science who are leading by example: making their research outputs open, FAIR, and impactful. ⏱️ Deadline to nominate: 30 September 2026 👉 edu.nl/nxcmy

Would you like to tackle major societal challenges through cutting-edge data science? Then join our team as a Postdoctoral Researcher – Data Science for Public Policy (gn). We're hiring! 🚀 Apply 👉 hertie-school.dvinci-easy.com/en/p/en/jobs... #Data4Good #WeAreHiring

Learn from @lukotto.bsky.social and @klingelhoefer.bsky.social how to study people's behaviors and experiences in real time with smartphone-based data collection and multilevel modelling at the #GESISfallseminar. More information & registration ➡️ t1p.de/MobileDataCo... @gesis.org

and happy to see the work with my co-authors Yining Wang, @yapete.bsky.social and @jbgruber.bsky.social out now!

Axel Bruns@snurb.info · 3mo ago

@kwelle.bsky.social and colleagues explore the longstanding and unresolved challenges of preserving the history of Twitter, and Twitter as a source of historical data. We must preserve the scattered archives that do exist and learn our lessons for the preservation of future social media platforms.