“women who submit resumes created with AI assistance are evaluated as less competent and less trustworthy than men who submit identical AI-assisted resumes” 🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/michel...

Women Who Use AI Seen As Incompetent; Men Who Use AI Seen As Pragmatic

A 2026 study found that when women and men use AI tools to create identical resumes, evaluators view the women as less competent, while crediting the men with initiative.

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Somewhat more constructively, and in lieu of me saying something rude.

Making Slides

I was asked to give a short talk in my Departmental Proseminar yesterday on the topic of giving presentations, and specifically about making slides effective. There is more than one way to give a good...

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This week I presented three pieces of our work at @icssi.org: 1. #LLMScholar a trilogy of LLM audits 2. Parenthood in Academia in Europe 3. Department size growth dynamics If you want to know more about them please reach out. @csh.ac.at @netincsh.bsky.social 1/4

Very pleased to have been on the leadership team for this paper! LLMs are already being used all over behavioural science. But it is often pretty hard to work out exactly what has been done, and therefore how much confidence to place in the results. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A reporting checklist for large language models in behavioural science - Nature Human Behaviour

Large language models offer new opportunities for behavioural science, but their rapid evolution poses challenges for research rigour. We introduce a consensus-based reporting checklist to improve tra...

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There's a genre of LLM criticism that I find so destructively unhelpful: using a single vague prompt to "analyze" data, e.g. "summarize the themes across this collection of texts," to claim "see! LLMs don't work." & it's getting published! Reviewers this is not good work pls reject it if you see it.

Where are all the Computing Science undergraduates going? Adjacent fields such as data science, robotics, cybersecurity, etc www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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?...

The abstract submission window for ICSSI has been extended by a week to April 6, 2026 @ 11:59 PM AoE! Find guidelines, templates, and submission link here: icssi.org/guidelines/ See you in Boulder June 29 - July 1, or come on June 28 for the hackathon!

Registration is open for the Master in Social and Economic Data Science at the University of Konstanz. Please distribute and feel free to DM if you have any questions! www.polver.uni-konstanz.de/studium/mast...

I’m organizing two tracks for papers at the intersection of NLP/AI and climate: (1) A special issue in Climatic Change: “NLP and AI as Climate Solutions: Opportunities and Challenges” (2) The 3rd ClimateNLP Workshop at EMNLP 2026 Consider submitting if you have relevant work!

@climate-nlp.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📢📢 Call for Papers is out for the Third ClimateNLP Workshop at EMNLP 2026 📢📢 🚀 We invite short and long papers at the intersection of climate change and NLP 🌍 🗓️ Submission Deadline (preliminary): May 10th, 2026 more info: nlp4climate.github.io/callforpapers/

📢 Last call for abstracts! Submit your work to the DACH-CSS Conference 2026, May 21–22 in Vienna, hosted by CSH & CEU. Accepted abstracts: 3-minute talk + poster session. 🗓 Deadline: TODAY (Feb 20) 📝 Registration open Details: computational-social-science.org/workshops/20... #CSS #DACH #Vienna

Thinking about submitting some inequality-related research to ASA, but not sure what session it should go in? Or feel like it doesn't fit any of the session topics? Perfect! I’m organizing the Open Call session for @asa-ipm.bsky.social. Deadline: Feb 25. (Now back to working on my ASA paper...)

🤔 Can networks be fair? This simple yet tricky question stood at the center of a workshop hosted by @lespin.bsky.social and Fariba Karimi at CSH. Participants explored how connections shape opportunities, how inequalities emerge, and how fairness can be measured concretely in decision-making.

📢 Reminder: The deadline for #ICWSM 2026 workshop proposals is Jan 30th, don’t miss your chance! Find all the details here 👉 icwsm.org/2026/submit.... @lespin.bsky.social @msaveski.bsky.social

🎺 On May 21/22 @lespin.bsky.social , @doriantsolak.bsky.social, and I host “Democracy at Risk? Societal Challenges, Data, and Research Infrastructures in the Age of CSS” in Vienna Keynotes: @lauraknelson.bsky.social and @lorenzspreen.bsky.social computational-social-science.org/workshops/20...

Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute is hiring Postdoctoral Fellows (Deadline Jan 23rd, 2026)! 💫 Reach out and apply if you're interested in working with me! I'm especially excited to work with postdocs on AI for social sciences/human behavior, social NLP, and LLMs.

Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute@hopkinsdsai.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Join us in advancing data science and AI research! The Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is now accepting applications for the 2026–2027 academic year. Apply now! Deadline: Jan 23, 2026. Details and apply: apply.interfolio.com/179059

PNAS: Perception of own centrality in social networks https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2420334122?af=R

Early bird reg approaching, NetSciX in New Zealand, Feb 2026. And you can travel down the north island for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium the week after. netscix2026.github.io www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/conferences/... @cna25.bsky.social @cssociety.bsky.social @netsciconf.bsky.social

Markus Luczak-Roesch@mluczak.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Reminder: The final cut off for the early-bird registration deadline for NetSciX 2026 in Auckland, New Zealand is Dec 15th. We have also released accommodation options for which we have secured discount codes. Time to register! netscix2026.github.io #networkscience #network #science #complexsystems

I'm looking for a PhD student to join my lab at UAlbany for Fall 2026! We are data scientists studying the creation, flow, and impact of information. How do scientists collaborate? How does AI shape information access? What drives local innovation? Want to answer these questions? details below!

I'm recruiting multiple PhD students for Fall 2026 in Computer Science at @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social 🍂 Apply to work on AI for social sciences/human behavior, social NLP, and LLMs for real-world applied domains you're passionate about! Learn more at kristinagligoric.com & help spread the word!

I just got 3.1 mil DKK, so if you are interested in uncovering how climate change 🏭☁️⛅⛈️🌊🌪️🌬️ affects our movement patterns and mobility related behaviors, then I will be opening a PhD position later this year

IT-Universitetet i København@itu.dk · 9mo ago

Hvordan påvirker klimaforandringer menneskers kollektive adfærd? ☔️🤷 👉 Det vil ITU-forsker @vedransekara.bsky.social undersøge i et nyt projekt, der netop er blevet støttet med 3,1 mio. kr. fra Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond 👏 🔗 www.itu.dk/Om-ITU/Press...

📣 I am hiring a postdoc! aial.ie/hiring/postd... applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome pls share with your networks

AI Accountability Lab @aial.ie · 9mo ago

The AIAL is looking for a highly driven Post-Doctoral Researcher who can design and implement research that improves transparency and accountability regarding the use of generative AI in public services Application closes on Dec 02, 2025 More information: aial.ie/hiring/postd...

Honored to be invited! Looking forward to the conference to learn about new directions in complex networks research and to share my work on Network Inequality and Network Fairness. See you in Zaragoza!

𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝙽𝚎𝚝 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟽@complenet.bsky.social · 9mo ago

📢 Keynotes unlocked: 10/12. Thrilled to have Lisette Espín-Noboa @lespin.bsky.social as a keynote speaker in Complenet’26! Join us to learn more about #socialinequality and #networks! 🌐 Info & registration: complenet.weeblysite.com 🚨 Call for contributions open – submit by Nov 15, 2025!

We're hiring! @univie.ac.at is seeking a TT Assistant Professor in the Psychology of Digitalization. If your work is about automation, AI, or immersive technology (e.g., VR) in the context of work and organizations (broadly defined), we’d love to hear from you. 👇

My lab is looking for a Senior Scientist (= PostDoc with option of permanency)! We are looking for someone interested in doing cutting-edge computational social science + helping us with data & software engineering 🤓. See job ad for details jobs.uni-graz.at/en/jobs/7d14...

Here is the first piece in a series of short articles I'm doing about the DSA and researcher access to publicly available information. It focuses on categories of researchers under the DSA, and what data they are each authorized to use. 1/ verfassungsblog.de/dsa-platform...

Using the DSA to Study Platforms

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Really excited to share this new paper on "Data Visualizations as Propaganda", co-led by PhD students Priya Dhawka and Nina Lutz, which just won a Best Paper award at the CSCW conference: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... [Short thread]

Data Visualizations as Propaganda: Tracing Lineages, Provenance, and Political Framings in Online Anti-Immigrant Discourse | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Along with other visual content, data visualizations are increasingly used within online discourse, including political communication. Though often considered to be ''objective'', data visualizations ...

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⏰ Reviewers, today’s the day! Please upload your reviews by the end of day (Oct 24) AoE 🙏 Thanks for all your work! Authors: we plan to send out notifications by Oct 31. #NetSciX #NetSciX2026 @mluczak.bsky.social @ProfMSmall @droneale.bsky.social @danielapaolotti.bsky.social @gabridibo.bsky.social

ERC Workshop on data access under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The DSA is an European legislation that specifies a set of rules to make the digital space safer. Article 40 brings unprecedented opportunities for researchers to access data from very large online platforms and search engines.

ERC Workshop on data access under the Digital Services Act (DSA) Article 40

The Digital Services Act (DSA) is an European legislation that specifies a set of rules to make the digital space safer and more trustworthy for users.

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Come join next Wednesday if you want to rant about society's love-hate relationship with LLMs!

MZES Social Science Data Lab@mzes-ssdl.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🚨 Upcoming: "Large Language Models for Social Research: Potentials and Challenges" 👤 Indira Sen (University of Mannheim) 🗓️ Wed, October 22, 13:45-15:15 CET 📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 🔗 socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/