*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

GESIS is one of the world's leading social science infrastructure facilities, supporting researchers at all levels of their research projects with expertise and infrastructure services. We help ensure...

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Attend from anywhere online! 💻🌍 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 infos & registration ➡️ t1p.de/MobileDataCo...

#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.

New to Computational Social Science and want a structured way in? We offer two parallel courses at the #GESISfallseminar. It's a great entry point for you if you are starting out in #CSS and want a solid overview of the methods & debates that define it! 👉 t1p.de/IntrotoCSSPy... 👉 t1p.de/IntrotoCSSR

We are now looking for a PhD researcher to join the project and our team Survey Data Augmentation @gesis.org. Requires an interest in democratic innovations, ability to field surveys, and German language skills. Details and application: gesis.jobs.personio.de/job/2709202?... Deadline: 29 July 2026

Researcher in Political Science (SDC-29) | 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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Sebastian Ziaja@sziaja.bsky.social · 4w ago

Do deliberative mini-publics generate positive spill-over effects for the democratic resilience of the wider population? We will investigate this at @gesis.org with three field experiments in collaboration with @offenegesellschaft.bsky.social and @acmay.bsky.social (@mzesunimannheim.bsky.social).

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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📣 1 week left to apply! CFP – DGPuK Methods 2026 (Cologne, Sept 30–Oct 2, @gesis.org): How can we make sense of clicks, scrolls & streams – and what do they tell us about media effects? Join the conversation on computational methods, bias & ethics. 🗓️ May 15 t1p.de/q6ram

Christina Viehmann@christinaviehmann.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📣 CFP DGPuK Methods 2026 (@gesis.org, Köln) 🧠 Measuring Media Use & Effects: Computational Opportunities & Challenges topics: theorizing media use & effects in algorithmically shaped environments, concepts and measurement, ethics & bias ... 🗓️ 30 Sep–2 Oct | ⏳ Deadline: 15 May 🔗https://t1p.de/q6ram

Join us for the last SODAS Lecture of the spring on May 8! 📅 In this lecture, @sebstier.bsky.social will explore advances in user-centered data collection approaches, using examples from the field of political communication 📣 Event🔗: sodas.ku.dk/events/sodas...

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

🚨CfA🚨 We're looking for a postdoc joining us in summer in Berlin. 3-year position @hertieschool.bsky.social @hertiedatascience.bsky.social. Pursue your own research agenda in data science for public policy - ML/AI, causal inference, computational methods. Questions? Don't hesitate to reach out!

Data Science Lab - Hertie School@hertiedatascience.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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

PaCSS (Politics and Computational Social Science) is back! APSA preconference at BU joint with Political Communication, deadline for submission is May 8. Should be great! cssi.umass.edu/pacss2026

What do people think about AI-driven persuasion? In a new working paper with @adrauc.bsky.social, we show the hidden costs of attempts at automated opinion change in politics. arxiv.org/abs/2603.27413

📣 CFP DGPuK Methods 2026 (@gesis.org, Köln) 🧠 Measuring Media Use & Effects: Computational Opportunities & Challenges topics: theorizing media use & effects in algorithmically shaped environments, concepts and measurement, ethics & bias ... 🗓️ 30 Sep–2 Oct | ⏳ Deadline: 15 May 🔗https://t1p.de/q6ram

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?...

Join us in week one! Many great collegues from the CSS department (e.g., @gabriellalapesa.bsky.social, @vigneshwaran-s.bsky.social @sebstier.bsky.social, @ahrabhikat.bsky.social) will be involved!

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

📣 We're excited that the program for this year’s #GESISfallseminar in Computational Social Science is out & registration is now open! 🗓️ 31 Aug – 29 Sep 2026 📍 GESIS Mannheim or online More info at gesis.org/fallseminar. Full program & registration at t1p.de/FallSeminar2026-Program. @gesis.org

📣 We're excited that the program for this year’s #GESISfallseminar in Computational Social Science is out & registration is now open! 🗓️ 31 Aug – 29 Sep 2026 📍 GESIS Mannheim or online More info at gesis.org/fallseminar. Full program & registration at t1p.de/FallSeminar2026-Program. @gesis.org

The Societal Observatory Using Novel Data Sources(SOUNDS) initiative is hiring a Postdoc for Computational Social Science. Apply by 24.04.2026 Link: www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/up... SOUNDS: www.sounds-observatory.org @ingmarweber.de @politicsunisaar.bsky.social @saarland-informatics-campus.de

#MeetTheExperts #mte #newseason The GESIS online series "Meet the Experts" will start its 10thseason on April 23rd, this time on “GESIS Guides: Survey Methodology and Digital Behavioral Data explained”! You can find the registration and information about the talks here: www.gesis.org/en/ser...

Back home after "Social Media Access Days - Social media data between research and infrastructure – sustainable archiving, indexing and access" www.dnb.de/EN/Professio.... It was a pleasure to co-host, thanks to my co-organizers and the professional local team at @dnb-aktuelles.bsky.social #smad2026

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Social Media Access Days Social media data between research and infrastructure – sustainable archiving, cataloguing and access

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I'm hiring a postdoc! @goetheuni.bsky.social Focus: CSS, political behavior, political communication & transforming information environments. 📍 Frankfurt | ⏳ 3 years | 📅 Deadline: 14 April 2026 Full job ad here: www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794987/Zen... (search for “political behavior” to find it)

⌛ Only one week left to apply! *Deadline 17.3.2026* Come and work with us on innovative approaches to gain insights into misinformation dynamics across platforms specifically endangering young people.

Christina Viehmann@christinaviehmann.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🚀 PhD (100%) | Disinformation, Youth & Cross-Platform Dynamics 👤 Profile: Strong affinity with CSS, Experience with digital data (social media, text corpora, etc.), Quantitative & computational methods (e.g., NLP, ML), Interest in political disinformation 📍 Cologne (up to 60% remote) is.gd/dYxJ9L

📢 Promotionsstelle zum 01.07.2026 bei GESIS - Standort: Mannheim - Team: GESIS Panel - Aufgabenprofil: survey-methodisch, facettenreich, innovativ & team-orientiert - Vertragslänge: 4 Jahre - Gehaltseingruppierung: TVL 13, 75% - Bewerbungsfrist: 12.04.2026 - gesis.jobs.personio.de/job/2553179?...

Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (Doktorand*in) GESIS Panel | 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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#EDGE – Enhancing Democratic Support under Conditions of Geographic and Intersectional Inequalities in Europe has been funded under Horizon Europe. My first Horizon project as coordinator—and the first coordination for @gesis.org On my side as Co-PI the amazing @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften@gesis.org · 5mo ago

#EDGE – New project with #HorizonEurope funding – GESIS in a coordinating role With Alexia Katsanidou from GESIS and Sofia Vasilopoulou from KCL in the coordinating role, the EDGE project investigates how economic inequalities influence democratic support in Europe.

Political campaigns worldwide experiment with AI. But how do people see different electoral uses of AI and with what consequences? In a new study in @polcommjournal.bsky.social with @adrauc.bsky.social and @kunkakom.bsky.social, we address these questions. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/

The SOUNDS initiative is hiring for 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻/ 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻/ 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱-𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗙𝗼𝗸𝘂𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗳𝘁𝘀𝗸𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗦 (𝗺/𝘄/𝗱). Link: www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/up... @ingmarweber.de @politicsunisaar.bsky.social

Really enjoyed writing this piece with @heinzleitgoeb.bsky.social. Helped me structure my own thinking about when and how to use digital behavioral data for causal inference. Hope others find it useful as well!

Heinz Leitgöb@heinzleitgoeb.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Joint paper with @floriankeusch.bsky.social out now: We discuss opportunities and challenges of causal inference from digital behavioral data, and methodological approaches for making these data fit for purpose: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Very happy to see this out now! 📃 Coincidentally well timed with the ongoing DSA Observatory Conference in Amsterdam, a new publication titled “Election research in the age of regulated data access under the EU Digital Services Act” has been published in Internet Policy Review today! ✨

New paper by @philippdarius.bsky.social, @jasminriedl.bsky.social, @feloe.bsky.social, @meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social, @sebstier.bsky.social, and me in @policyr.bsky.social: "Election research in the age of regulated data access under the EU Digital Services Act" policyreview.info/articles/ana...

Election research in the age of regulated data access under the EU Digital Services Act

In this paper, the authors discuss the implications of regulated data access under the European Digital Services Act for election research.

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The Societal Observatory Using Novel Data Sources (SOUNDS) project is inviting applications for the following position: 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (𝗳/𝗺/𝘅) 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗿𝗲𝗳: 𝗪𝟮𝟴𝟬𝟭) Paygrade: E13 TV-L 100% Duration: 2 years @ingmarweber.de @politicsunisaar.bsky.social @uni-saarland.de